"Handstand"

A sculpture by Milton Hebald, which was installed in downtown Los Angeles in 1986. I've taken numerous photos of this over the years, this one being the most recent and the one I like the best. The form of the human body against the linear grid of windows in the background building is, to me, a wonderful contrast. What look like reflections of clouds creates a sort of "transition zone" between building and the body. And look! The sculpture forms the letter "Y." ©Carol Leigh

Urban Squarification

Quite often I find that a rectangular image I've created looks good or even better as a square, and it's become my regular practice to examine each image I take to see if "squarifying" it is a viable alternative. Here you can see my original image, which incorporates light and shadow and color on skyscrapers, and how squarifying it creates two different/additional images. You may wish to keep this squarification concept in mind as you peruse your own images ... you may be pleasantly surprised! ©Carol Leigh