Category Archives: Photography

Grohmann Museum, Morning Sun Through Clouds

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff
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Grohmann Museum, Reflected

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

Saw this reflection of my building in a puddle from last night’s rain while leaving work this afternoon.

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Public Restroom in Black and White

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

  I liked the lines and decided to go with black and white because in color the brown door was a distraction from what I saw as the main point of the photo. Plus I kind of like how in … Continue reading →

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Birch bark texture

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

Now that I took a photo of one tree’s bark, I’m looking more closely at bark everywhere. This older birch has a very craggy-textured outer bark, which then peels itself away in curled loops to reveal the smoother, cleaner-looking “new … Continue reading →

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Bloom Where You’re Planted!

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

My equipment is no fancier than A) my older-model iPhone (a 5c, not even the 5s, which apparently had a better camera) and B) my Kodak Easyshare Z915 Digital Camera, which is no longer supported by the company and which I got on sale … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Tennis Courts

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

This is a tale of two tennis courts in Milwaukee’s Washington Park. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted of Central Park fame (see a nice NY Times article about his Midwestern parks here), Washington Park was once home to the Milwaukee … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Cuts

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

I worked from Starbucks at Red Arrow Park for part of the morning and made a quick visit to their restroom before walking back to campus. Maybe because it was a quiet time of day, I noticed something about the floor … Continue reading →

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Neighborhood Watch (Stump Sculpture, Carved Tree Art)

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

Apparently this is a thing, to have your dead tree turned into a work of art. I’ve been driving past this guy for several years now. Might he be described as a “wood wizard”? Today I finally made time to pull over and … Continue reading →

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Ghost Sign (#2) – Seen in the French Quarter

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

I think maybe this was supposed to be a sign for Tutt’s liver pills, except there’s a window where the “T” would have gone. The photos below are from the first two hits from Google News, one from “The Florence … Continue reading →

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Storm Clouds over Mulate’s

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Katherine Wikoff

We’ve had some thunderstorms this week in New Orleans. Thankfully I was inside during the worst one Monday evening. Incredibly powerful thunder and lightning, and very low in the sky…seemingly right overhead! I took this photo as I left the … Continue reading →

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