Thursday Doors – March 09, 2017
This week’s submission to Norm 2.0‘s Thursday Doors.
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world.
“Red Door” – Art District, San Jose del Cabo
It would appear that I’m experiencing two distinct themes this month: One being the Humpback Whale series I have posted over the past few days, the other is the fascinating doors, so different from the Central Ontario doors I see every day. Most of the doors I will be sharing where in the Art District of San Jose del Cabo, a small town about 20 kilometers from the popular tourist area of Cabo San Lucas.
Where Cabo San Lucas is a busy tourist town with a significant party scene, San Jose is a lot quieter with a bit of a mission town feel, despite the numerous souvenir shops. They also have a very deliberate focus on the arts, with an art district just off the town square. Each shop has its own unique look and feel and it’s marvelously bohemian.
The red door above is testament to the ever-changing look of the evolving art district. As I retraced my steps through the street with Google Streetview I discovered that this door has changed form from its previous persona, check out the Streetview link above and you’ll see that the door was previously bare wood. I actually prefer the red version. And who knows, next time I visit, it may be blue.
I find it funny, that I can talk about a simple door at length, I’m sure most of you understand. There’s just so much going on in the image that we tend to miss when actually there and we wonder how we could possibly not have noticed. That is one of the many joys of photography.
The experience has also made me keenly aware of the variability of light between Ontario and the subtropics of the Baja Peninsula, making for interesting shadows.
iPhone 5s back camera @ 4.2mm
1/4000 sec; f/2.2; ISO 32
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Lovely shot of that red door. I followed the Google link and it does look very different now. That street reminded me of an old town where I lived in Spain.
I like all the colours and textures and could spend days there just enjoying the architecture, and art shops 🙂
I like the red as well, Ed. The street in the Google shot certainly does look different, but great colors.
janet
I realized that the Streetview image is almost eight years old. A lot has changed in the town since then.
You’re right – those of us who love doors completely understand the inspiration of a single door. I like the red door … but also the posters on the side for the exhibit “Souls Uncovered”. It conjures up so many possibilities 🙂
Absolutely, and yes, I loved the posters too.
Nice find Ed. It sounds like a pretty cool area to explore.
Many more doors to share