2009-01-11 // 17:00:11
tonimarie
haha.
Odessa... the town is VERY small, but Odessa is by a bigger city, Kearney Nebraska... you may have heard of it before? maybe.
There isnt a lot to say about Odessa because there is hardly anything here... only cornfields :)

2009-01-10 // 18:15:14
tonimarie
ah, well i see you have an apartment now! and it looks cute.

^ haha! if by cute you mean small--yes, it is very very cute!! so what's odessa like?

2009-01-10 // 02:05:07
tonimarie
thats awesome! its good to meet another midwester!
what made you move to new york?

^ the Devil. not really. i just graduated from school and had big travel plans that unfortunately fell thru. a friend was moving here and asked me to come, so we moved here without jobs and without a place to live--it was insanity! i hope to move back to iowa someday. {midwest rules!}

2009-01-09 // 21:49:36
tonimarie
are you from iowa?

^ yes! {sorry--i just noticed i wrote "plain states" below, when i meant plains states! some of my favorite states, and not plain at all!}

2009-01-09 // 06:16:35
tonimarie
ehh, doesnt sound like fun. luckily, for us... the days have been up in the 40s, and today was nearly in the 50s... the nights arent so bad now.

^ meh--i miss my midwest, where, if it's gonna be so cold, it snows. and snows. and snows. i think the plain states get winter right. ;))

2009-01-08 // 22:07:33
tonimarie
nebraska is... getting warmer :) how is new york?

^ freeeeezing tonight--the wind is coming off the rivers and blowing down the street tunnels between the buildings--i'm glad to be indoors now!

2009-01-08 // 15:48:18
tonimarie
i love this

^ hey thanks, tonimarie! what's up in nebraska?!

2008-04-20 // 01:32:05
g.
(i will write you the story about the bear in your gb, as there is no crane in the story...though some swimming...)

2008-04-19 // 23:52:10
g.
just whisper in it's ear where to...i know, it's a hard time for cranes these days, just virtual business going on..but the one in R. already is in pension and probably will stay forever »link . if a second comes, chances are good nobody would destroy a love (do you know the story about the brown bear in estonia?)

(btw, i went to the seaside today to have a little rest. i didn't close the window. did you? did it rain?)

^ no--tell me about the brown bear in estonia! i only know about the bear in russia, who was taken from its home in siberia to perform in a moscow circus. it rode a bike. do you know this story? i went to a garden today to rest! i did not close the window. it didn't rain. it felt nice to come home to an open window, with some breeze coming in, and the sounds of the street below.

^ and--i am whispering in the crane's ear now, and the crane is unfolding its wings, just a bit, and nodding its head, and i think maybe even a little smile is starting to appear...

2008-04-19 // 15:57:49
g.
hm, bit much of docks maybe but i couldn't live without them neither. and they make a perfect pair with the expiration effects on top left in the sky. btw, could you add these cranes into stefans bag? i love cranes, and i'd like to meet them a crane in riga. think they would go well with each other :-)

^ origami cranes migrate about this time... migration patterns may lead them off track a bit, this year... ;)

2008-04-17 // 00:37:03
orezemit
I'm going to refrain from editing the comment I left below and just say that I do like this picture just as it is. That's not to say I wouldn't like to see a variation of this wonderful photo - - - I probably would. I might even like said variation - if it were made by one with a keen eye.
Bye.

2008-04-16 // 17:29:28
orezemit
Great sky in this shot - just perfect for this film. Not being critical here but I'd like to have seen this one without the foreground dock - just a little water with reflection, curve on the left, and more sky. Hope you don't mind my saying so. No disrespect to this photo at all.

^ amazing comments, these, because i feel the same way. still not sure--i thought i'd post it and figure it out along the way. i was disappointed when i saw how much of the dock was in the shot--i didn't account for that while i was framing (with my right eye, i think!). then stefano made that comment about an origami crane, which i loved, so i left the pola up...for now! but, anyway, i love that kind of constructive criticism that i can learn from--you are really looking, and offering such great suggestions, and i really appreciate that. thank you!

2008-04-15 // 16:46:04
Stefano

Is that a construction crane? If so, then it is an origami construction crane.

^ yes, that is a construction crane. it is also origami. safer that way, hopefully.