Shaft

While waiting for the subway to come, I boringly started looking around.  Above and behind, I saw that there was a shaft that vented up to the sidewalk above.  The bright sunlight created a shadow that fell below creating an interesting geometric shape.  

When you look at it, it becomes difficult to know which direction you are looking, or what end is up.  A couple of times, I looked at this picture and was confused what was happening.  Are we looking down or up?  It almost looks like a prison cell as seen from above.  

Shaft

Geometry

Lines and circles... basic geometric shapes. A street crossing is made up of them. The evenly spaced lines to define a crosswalk. The circles of the manhole cover.

On this particular day of picture taking, the bright sun created strong shadows that defined a particular crosswalk. I was especially attracted to the manhole cover. I focused on it and watched the silhouettes pass. They weren't people, the bright light in my faces didn't make that possible, they were silhouettes.

I waited, and isolated the legs and shadows of the silhouettes as they moved through the geometry of the crossing.