kt moxie - photography

Photo of note: spider!

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:10:49 -0400

I just liked this one... and it kinda gets me in the mood for Halloween! Check out more at daily dose of imagery, a great photoblog.

Photo of note - yummy goldfish!

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 13:53:00 -0400

Amelia loves fish and crackers - so goldfish crackers are a great snack! Isn't this a fun picture? Visit more of this photographer's pics called "Hooked on Colors." Lots of fun colored food.

Photo of note: packing box envy

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:36:17 -0400

I want boxes labeled "Orca whale", "seagull", "Nautilas" and "butterflies"!

Photo of note - window blinds on the brain...

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:45:52 -0400

With all the window blinds on my brain, I thought this was a fitting pic. From a Polish photographer who was adding pictures to a project called "windows to the soul."

Photo of note - helix nebula AKA Eye of God

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:05:37 -0400

This is a picture taken from the Hubble telescope of a planetary nebulae (the glowing gas around a dying, Sun-like star). It's been referred to in urban legend email forwards as the "Eye of God", but NASA just calls it Helix Nebula. Here's what NASA has to say about it:

Iridescent Glory of Nearby Planetary Nebula

This photograph of the coil-shaped Helix Nebula is one of the largest and most detailed celestial images ever made. The composite picture is a seamless blend of ultra-sharp images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope combined with the wide view of the Mosaic Camera on the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Ariz. The image shows a fine web of filamentary "bicycle-spoke" features embedded in the colorful red and blue ring of gas. At 650 light-years away, the Helix is one of the nearest planetary nebulae to Earth. A planetary nebula is the glowing gas around a dying, Sun-like star.

Photos of note - flying cats

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Thu, 04 Aug 2005 14:30:24 -0400

For anyone who has ever played string with their cat, you must check out these photos of airborne cats. Awesome!

Photo of note - vote wisely Detroit!

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:30:00 -0400

Let us bow our heads and pray that the citizens of Detroit will choose wisely today in the primary elections....

Update: We can all breathe a brief sigh of relief. Kwame came in a distant second behind Hendrix. Now Hendrix just has to beat him again in the regular elections.

Photo of note - don't fall in!

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:05:00 -0400

I think we are all happy the shuttle *finally* got back up into space. Here's a cool shot taken by NASA Science Officer John Phillips from the space station of Hurricane Emily on July 17, 2005.

Photo of note - Iraqi child's hand signals

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:20:00 -0400

A photojournalist snapped this one in Iraq, and titled it "Hearts and minds." A smiling child, carrying colorful boxes (tissues maybe?), flipping the foreign photographer the bird. I love it. I think it shows frustration, hope, and fun all at the same time. What do you think?

Photos of note - London

noreply@blogspirit.com (Kristen Truong) — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:20:00 -0400

Speaking of the London attacks, here's some striking images from Mike Golden - a London photographer. Here's what he says about these images (click on image to enlarge):

Aftermath.

Two contrasting images that depict the unusual end of a terrible day, the worst terrorist attack in the UK and largest loss of life since the second world war. As I write this more than 50 are confirmed dead and that figure will definitely rise as the conditions underground where three of the four bombs were detonated are described as "Torturous".

These images depict two of the busiest roads in the city of London at rush hour.

The first image depicts an endless stream of thousands of workers trying to make their way home without any of London's transport system. No Tube, no buses and limited overground rail services. Me, I walked for an hour and half all the way home, past endless queues of static cars.

The second image is Commercial St. deserted. I have never seen it this way before at any time of day or night. Much of the city of London looked like this, like an unrealistic scene from a movie.