Road Trip Out West; Exploring, Wandering and Photography; Part XV; Old Town Albuquerque, New Mexico

I love how these red peppers are hung as decoration.  I found them in several places.  I think the
older they get the darker red they become.  These were pretty bright red so I am assuming they
were hung up relatively recently.  (click any image to enlarge)
All images were made with my Fujifilm X100VI from JPEG files except as noted

I've been to Albuquerque, New Mexico several times.  I like the city.  It is a nice mix of old and new.  For this trip, my wife wanted to stop in the Old Town Historic District right on Historic Route 66 as it passes through the downtown area.  I have been there several times and really didn't need to go again, but she wanted to see if she could find some sort of gifts for our three granddaughters.  So, as she shopped, I wandered around—with a camera, of course.

If you've been following this blog for some time, you might know by now that I don't necessarily photograph what others would photograph, especially in a place like this.  I look for the unusual, colors, contrasts, patterns, textures, humor, strange juxtapositions, etc.  These may not be your typical photos.  

I grabbed my Fujifilm X100VI and slowly walked around the square and adjacent streets, past the shops and other businesses casually looking for anything that caught my eye.  Here are some of those images.

I spotted this little gated alleyway and thought it had a nice look.

The green door is an unusual color for a southwestern, adobe motif.  Blue is very common but I
really haven't seen much, if any, green at all.

This is the San Felipe de Neri Church.  It was built in 1793. I think
the lines, curves, light, shadows and tones are beautiful. 

I found the light and shadows visually interesting.  The X100VI's
sensor had no problem bridging the dynamic range of this scene
as this is from a JPEG file.

I love the architechture.  Wooden beams, teal colored rocking chairs, hanging red
peppers, the wooden railing and white trim.

This is from a raw file.  My fault.  I overexposed the JPEG a bit, the highlights on the
tops of the skulls were blown resulting in loss of detail.  So far, out of all the X100VI images I’ve
posted, this is the only one from a raw file.  That said, I had no idea that steer’s horns were tied
on by rope!  I thought they naturally grew out of the skull!  Lol.

Kind of like in the Flagstaff post, I find these kinds of pseudo
bulletin boards fascinating.  Of all places to put stickers.

Again, both the orange door and the green door are unusual colors for homes in the desert southwest.

After my short 'walkabout' in Albuquerque’s Historic District, we found our hotel, had a great dinner at a local Mexican restaurant and settled in for the night.  Tomorrow brings a new adventure as we continue our journey east.  

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Thanks for looking. Enjoy!  

Dennis A. Mook  

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