Scene throughout the day - Alex

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 These photos were taken from the balcony of my apartment, which looks right at the corner of an older apartment building on the corner of our street. I took these photos relatively 2-3 hours apart, starting at sunrise (7:45 AM), and ending around 3 pm. I had to increase my f-stop by a lot from the first to fourth photo (around f2.0 in the first one, up to f11.5 in the fourth.) In late January, there is a noticeable increase in sunlight during the day, which is also something I have to deal with while taking photos outside. 

  In a few of these photos you can kind of see the remains of some ivy that has crawled up the building. Though it seems like throughout the years maintenance has come through to take the ivy down, it keeps crawling up the sides of the complex. In warmer months, the remains are green and might even have small leaves attempting to regrow from being torn down, but in the winter (though slowly growing), it turns a brownish color, which after researching I found to be called "winter burn". This occurs when dry winds and sun strip moisture from needles while roots are frozen and cannot replenish water.

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