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Picture info: Shot on my Blackberry 8900. Touched up in PSE7.

I took Bella for a walk to a friend's house this morning. On the way, I saw this ladder on the side of an old building in the neighborhood.

Back in the day, this building, now an indoor batting cage (of all things), was an Albertson's grocery store. Across the street was a Tradewell grocery store.

Over the years, the Tradewell became a Red Apple, and the Albertson's went dormant, until it became the batting cage thing.

Our little neighborhood shopping area still exists, but I'm afraid that beyond a gas station and a bunch of parking, it will soon fade away unless someone re-purposes it.

In other news, this is my first non-Canon Rebel photo.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/200, f/3.50, 18mm, Av

I stopped on the way home from a quick errand and took a shot of a walking trail by the house. In reality, it was much greener than this picture shows, but I wanted to see what I could do with it.

I've been on this desaturating kick lately and I really seem to like that. It may be a little played out, but I think it's a cool look.

With this picture, I cranked up the exposure as well to try to blow out the whites a little more.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/800, f/5.60, 18mm, Av

My battery died in the ol' GTI today so I had it replaced at our local Chevron. As I waited, I spotted this wall adjacent to the garage.

I have no idea how old the building is (perhaps from the '60's?), but it appears that the walls are still original. I did some messing around in PS with sliders, etc, to make it a little more aged looking.

Newport Hills, represent!