Music by Duke Ellington. This is the first in a series of Jazz pictures I have not yet quite finished. It is also an entry for Paula’s “Pick A Word in July” in which I have not participated in ages: Here’s a window.
Solitude
Tag: Miniature
Figure Skating
As the last part of the “Thieves” strips will take some more time to be completed, here’s an interim picture. It was voted picture of the month at the toy photographers MeWe-channel. What a pleasant surprise!
Photoautomat
Noir | Find Her!
Snow White
Mosquito Murder Mystery
This picture was part of a photo challenge which was not just about the photographs but also about providing captions for other people’s work. So here are a three of my favourites:
“That’s life. Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you.” (Jason Nvrmore)
“One terrifying night, Gregor Samsa woke up on the windshield of his car and realized he has changed into a large mosquito.” (Tomasz Lasek)
“Dana felt fuzzy, but knew they would need serious Photoshop skills to remove this problem.” (Tony Tulloch)
Complicity. A mini mystery
Fall guy
In trockenen Tüchern (alternative take)
By the window
Paula’s Thursday Special is windows, and I think I can finally contribute with this picture (after all, it shows a couple of them).
“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean”
Noir | the last episode
Inspired by John Adams, Larry Beinhart, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Howard Hawks, Carl Hiaasen, Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, Elmore Leonard, John Zorn | Headline quotes from novels by Raymond Chandler and Larry Beinhart | Thanks to all the bloggers who supported this project with their comments here and there, and at Toy Photographers | Special thanks to my wife for her patience with a husband who vanished into the dark only to reappear after hours, and for her helpful hints and questions | For the whole story, please klick the Noir link!
“There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.”
“The streets were dark with something more than night.”
Playtime!
Noir | part 11
Today, I also have the pleasure to participate in the photo challenge at Lost in Translation.
“I work at it, lady. I don’t play at it.”
“He sounded like a man who had slept well and didn’t owe too much money.”
“The subject was as easy to spot as a kangaroo in a dinner jacket”
“The cops don’t like me too well, but I know a couple I get along with.”
Noir | part 7
Off the record (II)
empire of lights 