David Patrick

@davidlpatrick.bsky.social

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NYC creative specializing in ceramic tile. Pattern seeker. Color, texture, photography + history. Member of #EastCoastKin Bluesky arts collective.

#ClassicMono photo looking at the large stained glass window at an angle through the columns looking like trees.
#ClassicMono photo looking directly at backlit massive stained glass window, marveling at the Gothic tracery and rib vaulting.
#ClassicMono photo looking up at the architectural detail and textures of a grille within a pointed arch. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky
#ClassicMono photo looking down a stair, appreciating the stained glass, textures and architectural details. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky
#ClassicMono photo of a sconce lighting the textured stone and a carved beast. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky
#ClassicMono photo of the Guastavino vaulting, appreciating how the light describes the texture and volume. #Stubday #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky
#ClassicMono photo from the shadows at the rear of the nave, a tonal study of light in the large space. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersofBlueSky
#ClassicMono photo from Riverside Park, looking back in the direction of the seminary. RX 100VA. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono photo of Riverside Park, looking out in the direction of the Hudson River. RX 100VA. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono photo of Riverside Park, looking out from the terrace. RX 100VA. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono photo looking out from one of the towers over the courtyard, snow drifting over the architecture. RX 100VA. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono photo looking out from one tower to the next, with Riverside Church in the background. I have free run of the place while we stay here temporarily. RX 100VA. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono photo of the park during snowfall. Sony RX100VA. #BlueSkyArtShow
Color photo of a classic apartment building in West Harlem, partially sunlit, with enmeshed scaffolding next door and a moody sky. #DParch #BlueSkyArtShow
Color photo with a view of a modern building partially shrouded by bare tree branches and moody sky. #DParch #BlueSkyArtShow
Color photo focusing on a building looking down 7th avenue with distorted reflections and a crane on top. #DParch #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono photo from this morning looking up Broadway from our window. Sony RX100VA. #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono photo of the subway platform at #PennStation, taken with the #65x24 app by @heliographe.studio. There is a certain kind of repose, each person lost in their thoughts or situation. #HumansofBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono photo of my cat appearing to roar ferociously. #EastCoastKin
Color photo image of an elegant brownstone partially enveloped by tree branches creating a warm glow in contrast with a modernist facade next door. Sony RX100VA. #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono image of the underside of the overpass at the far west end of 125th Street, observing the construction details in perspective. Sony RX100VA. #Stunday #BlueSkyArtShow
#ClassicMono image from up in the tower during first snow 12.14.25 with the glow from outside pouring in illuminating the rib vaulting. Sony RX100VA. #Stunday #BlueskyArtShow
#ClassicMono image looking down into the courtyard at a luminous tree over a blanketed skylight. First snow 12.14.25. Sony RX100VA. #Stunday #BlueskyArtShow
Color image from the hallway looking out in the courtyard from four Gothic windows during first snow 12.14.25. Sony RX100VA. #Stunday
#ClassicMono image looking down from the tower into the courtyard, snow laden branches hanging over the circular seating area. Sony RX100VA #Stunday
#ClassicMono image from the tower looking out on the Gothic roofscape during first snow 12.14.25. Sony RX100VA.
Color photo from under the tree canopy out into the light, exploiting some of the random and messy highlights. Sony RX100VA
Color photo taken from the shadows at another beautiful tree across a field of tall grass. Taking photos purely for pleasure, I imagine my preferred monochrome as pencil or charcoal drawings, now looking at color quite literally as paintings, and letting them be sketchy. Sony RX100VA. #Stunday
Color photo of a large glorious tree taken from the shadows with warm, luminous light coming through the branches and raking across the ground. Thinking about how I want to make color photos and looking at early 19th century painters. Sony RX100VA.
Color photo looking up at the Flatiron Building surrounding by architecture from various eras in New York. Taken from 23rd street just west of 5th avenue. Sony RX100VA.
#Monochrome photo looking up the trunk of a beautiful tree, fixing on the texture leading up to the sky, in a visual dispersion of energy. Sony RX100VA.
#Monochrome photo of an apparently uninhabited house in the dappled light with simple but interesting brickwork, leaded panels glass. Love this house, I’ve posted views of it before. Sony RX100VA.
#ClassicMono photo of Romanesque relief panel in an apartment building facade, framed by various styles of ironwork.
#ClassicMono photo of a potted plant or shrub with an offshoot framed by the classical stonework in the dappled light.
Color photo of sprinkler list in the neighborhood garden, backlit by late summer evening light.
#ClassicMono photo of a close-cropped view of thick, low hanging trunk and branches. The trunk underside is charred, probably from recent wildfires. Fresh growth coming from the ground. Sony RX100m3.
Monochrome photo of a street view on West 148th street. Details abound in gates and grates, stained glass and fire cones, incised relief Hebrew lettering and a Baptist church sign. I love this city.
#ClassicMono photo of a dewy web amongst the grass and sticks along the Escondido Falls trail. Sony RX 100m3. #BlueSkyArtShow
Monochrome photo with highly differentiated areas of vegetation, a glorious pile of nature.
Monochrome photo of a sprawling tree with bright hazy backlight, all blending into a tapestry of surrounding foliage and vegetation.
Lush view of a garden area at Hollyhock House. Boulders and curvy trees in front of a row of windows.
Street view of old (this New Yorker is assuming) LA Stock Exchange. The ornate bronze doors are oxidized evoking former grandeur.
Woodland scene from Central Park NYC tessellated in color and #Monochrome.
#Monochrome photo looking up to and through the forest canopy with strong backlighting creating a heavenly effect. Strong grain adds to the feeling of a wet media drawing. Sony RX100m3.
#Monochrome photo of a mossy forest floor with twigs strewn in a mystical arrangement. Sony RX100m3.
#Monochrome photo of a partially flooded creek, a tree arching over the water catching the light in a certain way. Sony RX100m3.
#Monochrome photo of a detail of a carved black stone statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For me, it represented maintaining focus in a world gone mad.
#Monochrome photo of a carved red sandstone statue of Dancing Ganesha at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
#Monochrome photo of four geese taking shelter under twisted trees at the Hudson riverbank with large rocks.
#Monochrome photo of rock cairns found near Geo. Washington Bridge, looking down the Hudson. Could not avoid contemplation of past and future. Keep cool today, everyone.
#Monochrome photo of a rough patch of grass and branches in high contrast against a backdrop of foggy mountains.
#Monochrome photo of antler-like branches in a long-grassed hillside, a brightly lit hill and hazy clouds in the distance.
Nearly #ClassicMono #Beachscape, a strange ethereal sunset through misty fog.
Color photo looking across a bay at a bridge against a backdrop of mountains shrouded in fog.
Color Photo of a wispy tree framed by two bushes and a hedge, approaching twilight.
Monochrome photo looking over bushes at a bonsai-esque tree framed by mountains.
Color photo looking across and slightly upward at the observatory, the morning light raking across treetops on the near side.
#Monochrome photo of a bonsai-like tree on an incline, held in suspension, casting shade on the long grass.
Looking out from the plaza at Griffith Observatory over the Los Angeles basis, fog and clouds create a moody scene, enhanced by my early experimentation with color grading.
#Monochrome photo of a single tree in a street scene.