Narrow Streets
no room for big
belching automobiles
in these ancient
narrow streets,
and that's a thing
of beauty,
human scale
or maybe horses
with riders
could navigate,
some days ago,
a distant past
perhaps,
more intimate.
today, they look
human-scaled,
and possible.
little sidestreets
lined with scooters,
filled with people,
walking, the way
people always
walked, together
or in little groups.
no room for big
belchingautomobiles
in these ancient
narrow streets,
and that's a thing
of beauty,
I make photos to make myself feel good; I share in hope of making you feel good. I do as much as I can in the camera, but it does not always end there.
Part of making an image in the 21st century is processing a captured image in the computer. This is like dodging and burning in the darkroom of yesterday. (I've done that too.)
I use Photoshop cc and Lightroom cc. The result is not always what I saw, sometimes more what I wish I saw. Sometimes, the resulting image is a creation more than a recording. Most of the time, I keep it believable and realistic.
I have a Bachelor's degree in Creative Writing.
I have shared poems on the internet, to an audience with more than 150 million views and I'm considering making a selection of poems, in a book or books.
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Is this Italy? I’ve never been, except in imagination. Lovely poem, Murray!
Murray Robertson (photography & poems) 
Is this Italy? I’ve never been, except in imagination. Lovely poem, Murray!
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