Mono shots from recent walks

Good Morning i hope you all had a good weekend

I am starting the week as I usually do with some images taken on recent walks that I felt worked well in Mono edits, now someone asked me recently why I say Mono and not B&W, well that is because I sometimes edit photos in B&W, but I also often do them with other color tones, such as sepia or blues, and hence why I call them mono images

starting this week with a shot of the Statue in Noah's Playground on Popes Island here in New Bedford

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Noahs Playground or as some call it Noah’s Place, which opened in 2017, is an inclusive playground for children of all abilities. It’s named after Noah Fernandes, a boy who died at the age of 14 after being diagnosed with MELAS, a rare genetic condition that affects bodily systems, including the brain and muscles.

Noah's Parents worked with various community members to come up with the idea and then development of this playground

I love both its history and how it is built in memory of Noah, and that it is an all inclusive playground enabled children with disabilities to enjoy it
I seldom take photos of playgrounds, especially during the day, I do not want to be accuse dof being a dirty old man taken photos of children, OK I am not young so maybe the old would be right but not in that context if you get what I mean

But i took this shot early one morning when no one and especially no kids were around

Still on Popes Island, a shot of the Swing truss bridge, I just cannot resist shots of it whenever i visit there

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This is a shot I took and debated sharing, clearly a homeless person sleeping under the cover at this spot on West beach here in New Bedford.

But I went with it, now I would like to think I am not a cheap person and like to help charities that do good, but I am always dubious about people on the street panhandling for money, I through my travels have seen where this can be either a grift to make money, or to get money for drugs and I do not want to sup[port either of those.

I do occasionally go and grab a coffee and a sandwich and drop it off for a person like this to have when they wake up, I didn't do that this morning however.

NOw I as I have said have seen homeless all around the world, but I think this is the first time I have seen someone sleeping on an air mattress