Captured the morning flare in DC and I thought I would contrast it with a photo I shot in CT a few months ago.
Archive for the ‘Connecticut’ Category
Morning/Evening Flares 2 comments
Sunrise/Moonset with flock of birds 2 comments
Morning walk scenery – the benefits of Mario waking me up at 5:30 for his morning walk…
iPhone
Duck Moonbathing 2 comments
Caught this duck enjoying the moonlight over the salt marsh behind our house.
iPhone, slight edits in Snapseed
Gaggle at Dawn Leave a comment
This gaggle of geese was enjoying the morning calm of sunrise over the Hammock River (until I came along).
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Sunset Swing Leave a comment
Someone enjoying the view of our town beach from their personal hammock.
iPhone, edited in Snapseed
Heavenly Sunset Leave a comment
Morning Fog Leave a comment
Caught this serene scene of the saltwater marshes of Clinton while walking the dog through the morning fog:
Sunset viewing Leave a comment
Viewing the sunset from this bench is pure happiness:
iPhone, edited with Color Efex
Our Neighbors Leave a comment
South Winds Leave a comment
Weathervane in our neighboorhood:
iPhone, edited in Snapseed
Gone Fishing Leave a comment
These ospreys living in the marshes behind our house enjoy fishing as much as the local fishermen:
Last Tree in Waterworld Leave a comment
Found this floating near our town beach after a storm:
Canon Powershot G12
Dog Happiness… Leave a comment
… is running across Clinton Beach at low tide at sunset:
Neighborhood charms Leave a comment
Summer blossoms in our neighborhood.
iPhone, edited in Snapseed
Long exposure sunset 4 comments
Played around with a 10-stop neutral density filter at sunset and came up with this:
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm
ISO 400
f/9
25 sec
Squabs Leaving the Nest Leave a comment
Here are later pictures of the two squabs that were raised this Spring in our backyard, on top of our outdoor speaker. Based on the hair on their heads, I called them Scruffy and Baldy.
This is Scruffy after having left the nest, finding its bearings in our backyard:
Baldy had already claimed the top of the fence as his perch:
While mom was supervising their progress from the top of a nearby shed:
Canon 5d Mark II, 100mm EFL macro lens
Dove and Squabs Leave a comment
This dove decided that our outdoor speakers would make a great nesting place and she proceeded, over the course of 2 months, to raise 2 squabs (the true name for baby doves, or chicks) there. Here is the first of two posts chronicling that journey. Click on any image to see them in slideshow format:
Canon 5D Mark II, 100mm EFL macro lens
Fishing at sunset 7 comments
A quiet Sunday afternoon at Clinton Beach – hopefully the start of the warm weather season.
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Beach Impressions 1 comment
Shot at Clinton Beach:
iPhone, Hipstamatic app
Flying towards sunset Leave a comment
Captured last night at Clinton Beach:
iPhone, edited in Lightroom
Wishing I Was Outside Leave a comment
That’s how our dog Mario must have felt when looking out of our kitchen window:
iPhone, HDR conversion in Lightroom
3 Views of a Pond Waterfall 4 comments
Captured while driving through the Connecticut countryside:
Canon Powershot G12
Unreal Beach Scene Leave a comment
I used Snapseed’s new double exposure feature to create this scene, which combines two different views from the Clinton town beach:
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Forest Reflections 2 comments
Caught this scene on a recent hike through the Connecticut woods:
Canon Powershot G12
Hawk under the moon Leave a comment
Saw this hawk looking for prey at sunrise behind our house. Here are two different takes on that scene, both shot with my iPhone, but one with the Hipstamatic app.
Walk on snowy beach 2 comments
Here is our black lab Mario enjoying the empty (and icy) beach in the winter time:
Iphone, B&W conversion in Lightroom
Icicles! 2 comments
Found while walking around the neighborhood, shot using the new Hipstamatic Bucktown pack (black&white and infrared). Click on any pic to see them in slideshow format.
Melancholy sunset 4 comments
A wintry sunset over our little town beach:
Canon 5d Mark II EF 16-35mm
ISO 200
f/22
30 sec
Venus over evening calm Leave a comment
Lovely sunset yesterday with Venus the only thing visible in the sky.
Iphone, edited in Snapseed
Frozen beach frolic Leave a comment
Our dog Mario enjoyed the first snow of the year, especially on the beach at low tide:
iPhone, Hipstamatic app
Frosty leaves Leave a comment
Captured these on a cold morning while walking our dog. I love how the frost gives everything a bit of additional texture, which stands out especially strong when the light is low during sunrise.
Lonely tree at sunrise Leave a comment
This tree feels so lost and lonesome to me every time I walk past it while I’m taking the dog out. Captured in the marsh near Clinton Harbor.
iPhone, adjustments in Adobe Lightroom
Hawk hunting at dawn 3 comments
Captured this Red-tailed Hawk as he was surveying the field behind our house for his breakfast during sunrise. The other images were shot after I followed him to a tree that allowed me to get closer.
And this is the one when he finally had enough:
Antique Village Leave a comment
Not quite, I just used an antique filter to capture a neighbor’s house.
iPhone, Hipstamatic
Happy New Year! 1 comment
May your 2017 be as bright and lovely as this sunset (view over Clinton Harbor).
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm
ISO 100
f/18
1/30 sec
Winter morning walk 4 comments
Walking the dog at the same early, but now darker, time (6:30), and during a recent snowfall, provided new perspectives:
iPhone, Hipstamatic app
Bullseye 4 comments
Top of a pillar of the wooden bridge that connects to our town beach in Clinton, captured after the first frost of winter:
iPhone, edited in Adobe Lightroom
Fall Sunset 4 comments
Captured on Clinton beach using a long exposure:
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35 f/4
ISO 250
f/10
30 sec
Bike break at sunset Leave a comment
Someone had biked to our beach and parked their bike while enjoying the sunset.
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm f/4
ISO 2500
f/7.1
1/400 sec
Winter is here! 1 comment
First snow in CT produced some nice photo ops right in our backyard:
Sunburst over Connecticut Leave a comment
Winter sunset at Clinton Beach.
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm f/4
ISO 250
f/22
1/40 sec
Outdoor painting 2 comments
Our little harbor often attracts landscape painters – and I enjoy including them in my landscape photography:
Canon 7D, EF-S 10-22mm
ISO 100
f/8
1/100 sec
3 exposure HDR
Fall Sunrise 4 comments
One last shot of fall foliage before it all turns grey…
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 400
f/5.0
1/250 sec
Take-off at sunset 1 comment
Captured this seagull as it took off from its perch on a pier, while kayaking in Clinton Harbor and looking straight at the sunset:
Canon 7D, 200mm lens
ISO 200
f/5.6
1/5000 sec
Mario reigns on the beach 1 comment
Captured our dog Mario on the beach using the iPhone Hipstamatic app:
iphone, Hipstamatic
Factory on the horizon Leave a comment
Captured this factory in New Haven while crossing the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge:
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Blue Heron, Walking 8 comments
Came across this poem by Julie Bruck in a recent edition of the New Yorker, which matched the photos I took just the day before:
Not one of Mr. Balanchine’s soloists had feet this articulate,
the long bones explicitly spread, then retracted,
even more finely detailed than Leonardo’s plans for his flying machines.
And all this for a stroll, a secondary function,
not the greatdramatic spread and shadow of those pterodactyl wings.
This walking seems determined less by bird volition or
calculations of the small yellow eye
than by an accident of breeze, pushing the bird on a diagonal,
the great feet executing their tendus and lifts in the slowest of increments,
hesitation made exquisitely dimensional,
as if the feet thought themselves through each minute contribution to propulsion,
these outsized apprehenders of grasses and stone, snatchers of mouse and vole,
these mindless magnificents that any time now
will trail their risen bird like useless bits of leather.
Don’t show me your soul, Balanchine used to say, I want to see your foot.
Summer is here! Leave a comment
And the kayak slots at Clinton Beach are packed!
Summer Sunset at Low Tide 8 comments
Took our dog Mario out for a walk during low tide about an hour after sunset – and we had the entire beach to ourselves!
Canon 5d Mark II, 40mm 2.8 lens
ISO 3200
f/2.8
1/20 sec
Nature’s Camouflage Leave a comment
Can you spot the toad in the forest?
iPhone Hipstamatic
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 