Austin w/ camera

@austintakes.photos

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Minneapolis based amateur photographer. Mostly street photography. Unless noted, all photos I post are taken by me on a Nikon D5600. Any critiques of photos I post are always welcome!

A low-angle, black and white photograph captures the imposing facade of a large, multi-story stone building. The building appears to be constructed from rough-hewn, rectangular blocks, giving it a sturdy, aged appearance. Numerous windows, mostly rectangular with some featuring arched tops, are symmetrically arranged across the different levels. Prominently displayed in large, light-colored block letters across the mid-section of the building is the word "PILLSBURY." Below this, at the very bottom of the frame, a distinct, large white "A" graphic, with a triangular base and upward-pointing apex, is visible, partially obscured by the bottom edge of the image. The sky above is cloudy, adding to the dramatic and slightly somber feel of the monochrome image. The perspective emphasizes the height and solidity of the structure.
A high-contrast, black and white street photograph shows a dark, motion-blurred car driving from right to left. The car is largely silhouetted, but its wheels show some detail and blur. Above and behind the car, bright sunlight illuminates a modern building with multiple rectangular windows, creating sharp shadows. Part of the building is in deep shadow, while another section is brightly lit, emphasizing the strong light and shadow play. The building appears to be made of concrete or light-colored stone. In the background, another building with balconies is partially visible.
A black and white, full shot captures two people walking on a sidewalk beside a large, textured building. The building, constructed from large, light-colored blocks, takes up most of the frame on the right and center. Shadows are cast across its surface from unseen objects, creating a dynamic play of light and dark. A tall, leafy tree stands prominently in the center-left, with its branches extending towards the building, also casting a shadow. To its right, a smaller, younger tree is visible near a street sign. The two individuals are walking from left to right in the lower center, dressed in dark clothing, with their profiles partially visible. The sidewalk is clean, and the street in the foreground shows a blurred vehicle on the far left, suggesting movement.
A black and white, full shot captures a man and a dog sitting on a grassy lawn. The man, positioned on the right, is seated cross-legged, strumming an acoustic guitar. He wears a dark baseball cap and glasses. To his left, the black dog sits with its tongue out, looking towards the left side of the frame. Bare trees dominate the background, with a few houses visible further back. Two other figures are faintly discernible in the distance. The sun casts shadows on the ground, indicating a bright day.
A photo looking up through a gap in the yellow-green tree canopy at a teal-blue sky with some clouds.
A monochrome photo looks at a tall glass skyscraper next to a brick building. The angle is looking up from below. The sky is cloud-free, but there are clouds reflecting on the glass building.
A low-angle, wide shot captures the towering, reflective glass facade of a modern skyscraper against a vibrant teal sky dotted with wispy white clouds. The building's sharp vertical lines ascend towards a bright, hazy sun positioned behind another section of a contemporary building with horizontal, rectangular windows. An airplane is visible in the distance, flying high in the sky between the buildings. In the foreground, a traffic sign pole extends horizontally, displaying a blue sign with various transportation icons and a large white "GO" printed on it. The overall perspective emphasizes the height and scale of the architecture, contrasting the man-made structures with the natural sky.
A photo looking across a city street at a bright red building. In the foreground is the hood of a black car, reflecting the red of the building, and the blue of the sky. Across the street is a blue SUV. Walking mid step, framed in the red of the building, is a person in all black with their hands in their pocket. There is a sign on the building that says "Lyon's Pub" in yellow-gold writing, with a picture of a lion holding up a mug of beer
A monochrome photo of two people sitting on a metal bench in a city setting. The person on the right has a cigarette in their mouth, and is setting down a protest sign. The person on the left is putting a pack of cigarettes into their bag. In the background can be seen a crowd of protesters with a multitude of signs.
A monochrome photo of the back a crowd of people carrying signs gathered at a protest. In the foreground of the photo is a person bent down, looking at the sidewalk in front of them. On the sidewalk there is writing in chalk that reads "HANDS OFF" and then a list including "judges, due process, social security, medicare, Medicaid, irs, immigrants, nih, vaccines..." and more that are obscured by the person bent over. One person in the crowd has an american flag that is upside down raised high above the crowd.
A monochrome photo of a person walking in front of a brick wall. The person is on the right side of the photo, walking to the left. The person is wearing dark jeans, a black hoodie with white stripes on the sleeve, the hood pulled up, and a dark beanie on. They have sunglasses, and dreads are sticking out from under the beanie. They have a bag over their shoulder
A monochrome photo taken looking across a street at the front of a building. In the bottom left corner is the top of a person on a bike rumiding by, and there is another person standing on the corner holding a rolling luggage bag.
A black and white medium shot captures a person with short dark hair, a beard, and glasses standing on a city sidewalk. They are wearing a light-colored button-down shirt, a dark vest, and a belt. Their hands are in their pockets, and they appear to be looking down. Behind them, a street sign reads "Marquette Av" with an arrow pointing to the right, and another sign below indicates "NO RIGHT TURN" with a crossed-out right turn symbol. Buildings line the background, and another person is seen walking in the distance on the left side of the frame. The scene is brightly lit, casting shadows on the sidewalk.
A low-angle, black and white photograph captures a cluster of modern high-rise buildings under a bright sky with scattered clouds. The tallest building dominates the right side of the frame, showcasing a repetitive pattern of numerous dark, rectangular windows framed by light-colored horizontal and vertical lines. To its left, a slightly shorter building exhibits a similar but less dense grid of windows. Further to the left, another tall structure with a more slender and vertically ribbed facade rises into the sky. In the foreground, the lower portions of these buildings are visible, emphasizing their height and the urban density. The overall perspective creates a sense of looking up at the towering architecture.
A low-angle, medium shot captures a vintage-style black lamppost in the foreground, standing before a backdrop of modern, light-colored buildings under a teal sky. The lamppost features an ornate, multi-faceted glass enclosure at its top. Behind it, a multi-level pedestrian walkway with a peaked, dark roof stretches horizontally across the frame. Further back, two prominent high-rise buildings dominate the scene. The building on the left has numerous evenly spaced vertical windows, while the building on the right presents a stepped architectural design with similar vertical windows. The overall lighting suggests it is daytime.
A photo of a large glass and metal skyscraper reaching up into a teal sky. The building is reflecting the sky color, in a darker teal. The sky has some puffy white clouds to the right of the building. Up close to the camera is a lamp post, and the corner of another smaller building with a cross on top. In the air between the camera and the building can be seen a small pigeon flying.
A monochrome photo of a tall glass and metal skyscraper taken from below looking up. The front face glass is reflecting brightly with the sunlight, while the other side is in shadow.
A monochrome photo of a person mid step walking across a sidewalk in a city. The person is mid step, wearing light colored sneakers, dark jeans, a checkered long sleeve shirt with a hood, and a baseball hat with a "P" on it. Their head is down, so the bill of the cap covers their faces. They have one hand in a pocket, and another holding a plastic bottle.
A monochrome photo of a person walking in front of a glass and metal building. The person is lit up with sunlight, contrasting against the shadow on the building behind them. They are wearing a collared jacket, and a dress shirt, with sunglasses on. They have a beard, and their mouth is held in a way that it looks like they are chewing on something. The building behind them is mostly in shadow, with one face reflecting brightly with sunlight.
A photo of a sticker on a pole on the side of a city street. The sticker reads "you guys go ahead I'm gonna dilly dally", with a picture of a frog sitting and wearing an orange and red striped sweater and drinking from a blue mug. The background of city buildings, and cars driving in the street is all very blurry.
A monochrome photo of a person walking from left to right mid step on a city sidewalk. The person has dark boots, dark jeans, a white puffy jacket, a white scarf, and a dark purse over their shoulder. There is a small tree between them and the street. On the street is a bus in the far lane, and a work truck in the closer lane with workmen in front of it working on the road. In the background are city buildings, mostly brick.
A monochrome photo taken from a light rail train seat. Up close and blurry can be seen parts of the seat, as well as metal bars that are part of the train. Those are forming a frame in the center, where three people can be seen. One person sitting closer to the camera is mostly blocked by hardware on the train. Thete are two people in the background, both looking down at something in their hands.
A low-angle shot captures a commercial airplane in flight against a backdrop of a partly cloudy, teal-toned sky, with the corner of a modern skyscraper visible on the right side of the frame.
A monochrome photo of a person sitting on a metal bench in a brightly lit, spacious and long hallway. The individual, wearing a hooded jacket and light-colored shoes, is hunched forward with their elbows resting on their knees and their hands clasped and their head hanging. The hallway stretches into the distance, its polished floor reflecting the overhead fluorescent lights and the closed doors lining one side. A few other figures are visible further down the corridor, also seated. The overall atmosphere is quiet and somewhat sterile.
A brightly lit room features a coffee maker flanked by potted plants on a counter in front of a large window. Sunlight streams in, illuminating the stainless steel dual coffee dispenser with a blue and white logo. To the left of the coffee maker, a tall, slender snake plant stands in a dark pot, while a smaller, leafy plant in a white pot sits beside it. On the right, another snake plant in a white pot mirrors the one on the left. The large window behind them reflects a distorted image of a tall building with alternating light and dark horizontal bands. Below the window, a light-colored countertop extends, with a glimpse of dark cabinets underneath. A portion of another leafy plant is visible in the foreground on the left. The overall atmosphere is bright and suggests a modern business environment.
A monochrome photo looking down the aisle of a light rail train at a person standing in the aisle next to a bike they are holding. The person has shorts, a dark t shirt with a van on it, a goatee, sunglasses, and has poofy curly hair. A seat is partially blocking the foreground, and more seats are visible in the scene
A photo of a person sitting alone on the far left side of a long bench in front of a window. The person is in a dark jacket, and balding, and looking down towards their lap. Out the window can be seen pillars and sign posts, and multiple lanes in a parking garage. The lighting in the whole photo is a yellowish green tint.
A photo of a person walking mid step on a sidewalk. They are straddling a line of shadow, heading into deep shadows with bright light behind them. They are wearing yellow pants, a black sweatshirt, and red shoes and hay. Behind them is a parking garage. With most of it sunken in deep shadows, some yellow bollards are visible.
A monochrome photo of a person mid-step walking on a sidewalk while talking on the phone. Most of the person is in a bright light, showing a gray sweater and jeans. Their head is mostly in shadow, and there is a deep shadow behind them that they are walking out of.
A photo of an airplane flying over the top of some city buildings. The sky is a teal blue, and filled with small fluffy clouds. The sun is low on the horizon, casting shadows and light splashes on the buildings and plane. The buildings are an orangish brick.
A monochrome photo of a person riding a scooter on a city sidewalk. The person is in jeans, a dark jackey with the hood pulled up, and a backpack. The bsckground is a street with cars, and city buildings
A monochrome photo of a person walking a dog from left to right on a city sidewalk. The person is on the left, behind the dog, holding the lease and wearing a long black jacket, dark pants and shoes, and glasses. The dog is walking at the side ofnthe sidewalk in some wood chips, they are a small dog with their nose towarsa the ground sniffing. The background is a street and a glass and metal city building.
A monochrome photo looking at a person walking down a city sidewalk from left to right. The person is wearing sneakers, jeans with the cuffs rolled up, a long knee-length jacket, a white beanie, and sunglasses. They are carrying a checkered bag on their shoulder opposite to the camera, and have a stick used by the seeing-impaired in their right hand, probing in front of them. In the background are city buildings, and cars on the street
A monochrome photo of a person walking mid step from left to right on a sidewalk. The person is wearing a black hoodie, dark sweats, sneakers, and a black beanie. Their fave is covered by the phone they're holding up to their ear. In the background is a large city building, with an American flag flying in front.
A monochrome photo of a person walkibg towards the camera away from a car. The person has shoulder length curly hair, a light colored collared shirt under a dar sweater, and dark pants. They have a bag in one hand, and a card hanging from a lanyard
A photo looking at a red brick building from across a street. The building is two stories, a dark red brick, yellow-green trim along the top, with black trim around the windows. There are orangish gold letters above the door the read "MR. SANTANA", with a black background. There is tremendous around the entry way in the same color. There are scooters and bikes locked to the rack out front, some falling over.
A monochrome photo ofba person using something thay has a sign on it that reads "will suffering end?" The person is dressed in all black, and most of their face is in a heavy shadow, hiding a lot of features. They have a big smile on their face. There are other people walking behind them. The writing is very bright, while a lot of the rest of the photo has heavy shadows
A photo looking down an alley with all buildings close in on either side in shadow. At the end of the alley is a orange-red brick building with 6 windows in 3 rows. Above the brick, is the dark blue sky with some white puffy clouds.
A monochrome photo taken from a low angle looking up at a person riding past from left to right on a bicycle. The person has a hat on backwards, sunglasses, a surgical mask, a white shirt, black pants, and multiple shoulder bags. They are looking down towards the camera. In the background are cars and buildings of a city.
A photo taken at night of a person standing in front of a pedicab that is all lit up with bright white lights. The person is wearing a black leather jacket, with patches of blue yellow and red, and covered in metal spikes. He has a black cowboy style hat on, with some sunglasses on his brim that are lit up with a blue light. He is leaning back towards his pedicab, with his right hand held out in a "rock on" sign. In the background there is general steeetlife and lighting visible.
A photo of two red motorcycles that are sitting on a sidewalk outside of a building. The bike on the left has multiple underlights, lighting up various parts in a blue light. There is an electric banner above the bikes on the building thay is lit up in blue as well.
A monochrome photo taken looking inside a library from an outside window. Inside, there is a person sitting in a chair, with their feet up and their hands on their head, taking a nap. Behind them are shelves of books in the library. Reflecting off the window is a city stewed, with a truck visible, looking like it has the books from inside in the back of the truck.
A monochrome photo taken looking across a street at the corner of a store. On the street in front of the store is a police SUV, and a bunch of people and police are gathered around it talking. The police have vests on with "police" written on the back. Around the front of the storefront are some people gathered, watching the scene on the street. The sign on the store says "net supermarket"
A photo of a person riding a bike in a city at night. The photo was taken while moving the camera at the same speed as the biker, so all the lights and everything in the background is all streaked from right to left, making almost everything else besides the bikers too blurry to tell what it is beyond streaks of light. The biker is a bit blurry too, except their head is mostly in focus. They ate riding a bike with green handlea and a green basket, wearing jeans and a black tshirt.
A monochrome photo taken at the corner of a busy street intersection looking towards the opposite corner. At the center of the image is a person sitting on a motorcycle waiting in the intersection, moving from left to right. The person is a larger framed adult, wearing sneakers, jeans, a hoodie, a backwards baseball hat, and large over-the-ear headphones. The motorcycle they are riding is very very small, almost looks to be child sized. There are cars moving in the opposite direction in the intersection, and more cars can be seen waiting to cross the other direction. In the near background are some smaller 2 story shopfronts, with large city skyscrapers visible in the far background skyline.
A monochrome photo looking at the side of a multistory glass and metal building. There is a 4x4 grid of square windows, each window broken up by more window frames internally. The windows are backlit brightly, contrasting with the dark metal framing. It's cropped in a square, in such a way as it's not immediately discernable what the photo is of.
A cool toned monochrome photo taken looking across a street at a person mid step walking on a sidewalk in front of a city building. The person, and part of the building behind it, are lit up brightly frun sunshine. In front, and behind the person, are very dark shadows, causing most of the building and street to be hardly visible.
A person on a bicycle rides on a street in front of a blue two-story house with a large tree obscuring part of the view. The house has a dark red porch roof supported by white pillars, and a brown front door. There are windows on both floors, some with white trim. The upper level has a small triangular dormer window with a patterned design. The sky is clear and blue. The person on the bicycle wears a brown long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, a light-colored helmet, and carries a dark backpack. The sidewalk is light grey, and the street is visible to the right and left of the sidewalk. A portion of a dark-colored car is visible on the far right. Another house, darker in color, is partially visible on the left side of the frame.
A monochrome photo of a dark statue thay defects three people wrestling or otherwise tumbling together. Two people are laying down, grappling at the person who in the middle's legs. The person in the middle is outstretched in a jump, with one arm reaching up towards something, they are naked. The angle of the photo makes the outstretched arm look like it's reaching for a circular window thay is on the building behind it. Sort of making it look like it's a basketball player reaching for the ball.
A photo of a person walking a dog on a sidewalk in front of a large three story house. The person is mid step on the left of the photo, holding the lease of the dog walking almost centered in the photo. They are wearing dark pants, a green jacket, and some greenish rubber gloves. The house is an older style, with decorative trim all around and lots of windows. Its a pale, slightly green off yellow color, with a faded pinkish trim. The sky behind is a teal color instead of a deep sky blue.
A photo that shows three individuals walking on a city sidewalk. The person in the foreground is wearing a gray beanie, glasses, a dark gray jacket, and a dark gray shirt. They are looking towards the camera with a scowl on their face. Behind them and slightly to the right is another individual wearing a black puffy jacket and light gray pants. This person has a beard and is looking down and to the right. To the left is a third individual wearing a light-colored button-down shirt and a dark jacket. They are looking towards the right side of the frame. The background shows city buildings, a crosswalk, a street sign, and a vehicle.
A photo of a person with their head down walking from right to left. They are wearing all black, with a black beanie, and a backpack. In the background you can see a car driving on the street, and a building with an awning saying "hark's food market"
A photo taken across a street looking at the front of a building. There is a person in a green and yellow plaid shirt, a beany, and black and white fitness pants, walking about centered in front of the building. The building sign reads "mackenzie" on a red and yellow sign, and "an american bar with a scotch flavor" on the black awning below that. The front is painted mostly green, with a red and yellow door. The second story is a orangish brick facade. The sky above is a dark blue.
A monochrome photo looking at a person holding a leash of a dog in front of a big building. The person and dog are in a bright area of light, along with a bit of the building behind them, but the rest of the photo is in heavy shadows. The dog is sniffing along the end of a concrete planter, and is a big white fluffy dog. The person is in a long dark jacket and has one hand in their pocket.
A photo taken looking across a street at a blue and white bus stop bench. Coming into screen from the left is the front end of a yellow and white bus. To the right of the bench is a big blue and white sign that reads "Giant wash coin laundry". In the background is a yellow sign of the same color as the bus that reads "leaning tower of pizza bar parking. The sky is a teal blue color that.
A person wearing a bright orange winter coat, orange pants, and dark shoes walks to the right on a light gray sidewalk, pulling a dark teal rolling suitcase. They also carry a black duffel bag slung over their left shoulder. The background features a muted urban landscape with a mix of building facades in shades of light blue reflecting the sky, dark blue, and a warm brown. There are also bare tree branches visible in front of the buildings, suggesting it might be late fall or winter.
A person walking mid-step wearing a bright orange winter coat, orangish red pants, and dark shoes walks to the left on a light gray sidewalk, pulling a dark blue rolling suitcase. They also carry a black duffel bag slung over their left shoulder. The background features a muted urban landscape with a mix of building facades in shades of light blue reflecting the sky, dark blue, and a warm brown. There are also bare tree branches visible in front of the buildings, suggesting it might be late fall or winter. The overall color palette is a contrast between the single bright orange figure and the cooler, more subdued tones of the city backdrop.
A photo taken from waist-height of a person standing in a train doorway that is partially opened. The person is in a black jacket, and black pants, with a gray undershirt. They have a strap over their chest of a bag. Tattoo's are visible on the back of their hand and neck. They are looking directly into the camera. The train doors on either side are red with some white.
A monochrome photo looking at a person sitting in a chair at a table on a city sidewalk. They have their phone in their hand, sunglasses on, a long jacket, and a bag over their shoulder. They are looking off camera in the direction of the sun.
A cool toned monochrome photo looking across an intersection at the corner of a building. The right side of the building is lit up brightly with sunlight, and there is a person crossing the street to the right that is showing as silhouette against the bright building face. The other side of the building, as well as the street, is in deep shadows, except for a couple splashes of light reflecting off the building