trash waits on the streets of midtown in the morning

Wow, what a contrast... your previous post of the beautiful blizzard snows and now you're featuring mounds of trash. I like seeing the people in comparison to the mountains of bags, and everyone seems so nonchalant too!

Great shots! This has always been a talking point when discussing the many differences between Chicago and NYC. Chicago has insanely urban-beautiful alleys with fire-escapes, dumpsters and hobos while NYC lacks the alleys but has a unique tradition of lining the streets with mounds of garbage. I love it and can't wait to finish my phd so I can get my ass out there. Alleys are nice but... you know...nyc and all...

I like the theme. I like your style, exploring the photogenic pictorial of the urban environm' The first pic is nice,..

Yours photos are very amazing you can make dirty things in wonderfull photos...I hope you will understand what i wanna say... =D nice job!

they finally picked up the trash from my building this past saturday. i can't believe it took them a week to do it.

The light in these photos is gorgeous! Did you use a different filter than your usual posts?

Wow! beautiful flog

I have to agree about the lighting. It's great -- almost melancholy. Was this natural or filtered (on-lense or post)? Also, just curious if you use auto or manual metering.

thx so much. i always shoot in shutter priority (TV) mode, adjusting the shutter speed and ISO intuitively, dependent on my light.

with the recent combination of my shooting RAW with the 50mm f1.8, i've been shooting a lot darker/faster, and then messing around more in post... softening levels and pushing less natural color balance to get different moods out of the sets. sometimes it works, sometimes not, but it's been interesting to experiment with...