Poo-Poo Platter

It was sunny in Seattle on Saturday. It was sunny and warm, and it’s still technically winter. I took advantage of the nice weather and spent all afternoon strolling around downtown Seattle and taking pictures. The light was good to me that day, and, fortunately, I was paying attention. Here are my two favorite shots from the weekend:

Interesting story about the first image. The roofline above Pike Place market is lined with daffodils, but I think most people completely ignore them. Being the flare/starbust junkie that I am, I deliberately looked up to see if the sun lined up for an interesting photo and noticed that it was positioned perfectly behind the flowers. When I was taking this shot, I had a few people come over and ask me what I was looking at and let them chimp a few images. They seemed surprised to know there were flowers up there.

The second image was a completely reactionary shot. I was walking down Pine towards Pike Place Market around 3:30 in the afternoon and saw the gorgeous long shadows of all the people in front of me. Without thinking, I started watching the patterns on the ground and snapped a few photos as I was walking. Walking past Westlake Mall with a camera in my face during a busy Saturday afternoon probably wasn’t the safest thing to do — I almost collided with a few people and nearly walked over a kid — but I had to do what I had to do to get my shot.