125/365: Flood Watching

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Everyone who goes by the river is fascinated by the flood. It's more entertaining than watching corn grow, I suppose.

The Arch towers over the flood waters today on St. Louis Daily Photo.

124/365: The Sacred And The Profane

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Just behind the Arch looking back into the city: the Old Cathedral, framed by spring-fresh trees, standing before the building that has the local office of Deloitte, one of the world's largest accounting firms.

St. Louis Daily Photo turns around from this view and observes a servant of the Lord protecting our city.

123/365: Visit Your Arch (By Boat)

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Another view of the flooding on the Mississippi. The street under the Arch next to the river is completely covered. The water goes three or four steps up the grand staircase from the street to the base of the monument (we've seen much worse). I wouldn't plan a visit arriving by canoe, though. The current is wicked.

Today's picture on St. Louis Daily Photo is a lot more wet than this one.

122/365: 10 Blocks, 400 Millimeters, 1.6 Crop Factor

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Union Station and its surroundings on the western edge of downtown. The silver building with the long, black horizontal windows is the HQ of the Metropolitan Sewer District. I bet you're glad I told you that.

This was shot facing west from my partner's office using a Canon 7D, which has a 1.6 crop factor, and a zoom telephoto at its maximum 400 mm length. The near side of the Station is exactly 10 blocks away. That's compression.

St. Louis Daily Photo is still kicking robot butt.

121/365: Thunderdome

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This is the inside of the Edward Jones Dome, where the robotics playoffs were held. It is the home of the St. Louis Rams football team. This view would be from behind the end zone. You could dock several dirigibles in here. The idea of so much open but covered space would have been inconceivable a few decades ago.

The robot wars themselves are on St. Louis Daily Photo.

120/365: Center Field

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The view from Clark Avenue, looking into the center field entrance to Busch Stadium and the grandstands beyond. Lots of symbols and icons. I wonder what, if anything, the public absorbs from them.

Territorial warfare continues today on St. Louis Daily Photo.

119/365: Seizure

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Advice found just to the right of the wall painting in yesterday's post and the tagger even knows some Latin. People's reaction to graffiti varies a lot. I don't like defacement of buildings but it's permitted on this wall and the work often has a lot of energy. This one has great visual pop. Sometimes it can be witty, like here. To quote another worn Latin phrase, de gustibus non est disputandum - there's no disputing taste.

The guys in today's St. Louis Daily Photo's post took this suggestion seriously.