The top two photos were taken in February, 2010, before the cleanup, with an 18-55mm lens. I wish I would have seen the piano building before the fire. The palm trees and the couch look like they’re the limping survivors of some god-induced urban war. All of this rubble has now been cleared away.
The bottom two photos were taken June 27, 2010, after the rubble had been cleared, with a 50mm/f1.8 lens around 7pm. On the left, I like how the blue sky and green leaves contrast the black trunk. The right has a downtrodden, captured feel but doesn’t emphasize the details in the fence as dramatically as I would have liked. I also think a bluer sky would have added to the caginess, but unfortunately, the sun had already gone down.