Today the sky was so blue I just had to post some pictures of it. And the fall blooms provided a nice contrast. It was the kind of gorgeous day that made me think of one of my favorite songs that always gets my feet tapping: ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ by ELO (“Sun is shining in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight…”).
All photos shot with iphone Hipstamatic.
On a walk through Brooklyn I found a parked Rolls Royce (yes, parked and unattended!) and had fun experimenting with some close-up photography of the hood ornament, called ‘Spirit of Ecstacy’ , designed in 1911. Here are a few of my favorite takes.
All images shot with Canon EOS 7D, 100mm macro lens
On a recent walk through Brooklyn’s DUMBO district (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), I found lots of interesting views of both the Brooklyn Bridge as well as the Williamsburg Bridge. The district is New York’s 90th historic district.
All photos taken with Canon EOS 7D, 24-70mm EF
This is Jane’s Carousel, an antique carousel (built in 1922) lovingly restored by Jane Walentas in her studio in Brooklyn. It now sits in a dedicated structure at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, is open year-round, and enjoyed by kids of all ages.
Canon EOS 7D, 24-70mm
ISO 100
f/4
1/30 sec
Who would have thought that the New York Police Department has time for photo opportunities? But they do, and they endure the onslaught of tourists in Times Square gracefully. This is a continuation of my Times Square series I started a few weeks ago.
Captured with Canon Powershot G12, modified with Silver Efex 2
I captured this while driving through South Dakota on a warm summer night.
Shot in South Dakota, with Canon EOS 7D, EFS 15-85mm lens
ISO 200
f/5
64 sec
Burning Man 2012 is coming up at the end of the month. Here’s a photo I took there in 2006.
Driving by New Haven’s port facility, I spotted these rusting pieces of equipment.
Canon EOS 7D
I found these moments of vacation snapshots more interesting than the actual splendor (or squalor, depending on your point of view) of Times Square. Check out the first post in this series.
All photos taken with Canon Powershot G12, modified with SilverEfex 2.
The Flatiron Building will always be my favorite building in New York:
Here are a few other views:
Manhattan Solstice or ‘Manhattanhenge’ is one of two days every year when the sun sets exactly in line with the crosstown streets of Manhattan. Because New York’s grid isn’t aligned exactly along East/West, this phenomenon doesn’t occur on June 21 (like in Stonehenge), but on two days spaced evenly around summer solstice (this shot was taken on July 11, 2012).
Canon EOS 7D, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L
ISO 250
200mm
f/5
1/125 sec
Late afternoon thunderstorm gathering over Clinton Harbor, CT.
Canon EOS 7D, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L
ISO 160
32mm
f/8
1/25 sec
A New England beach offering a spot of reading serenity:
Shot with iPhone, enhanced with Snapseed.
These escapes seem pretty useless when there’s no escape from the 105 degree heat in NY.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 100
f/4.5
1/60 sec
and they’re spectacular (probably not the best ad to endear itself to New Yorkers…)
Shot with iPhone, in NY.
I am discovering that the iPhone is great for capturing the details of life.
Watching these graceful herons at our beach sure awakened in me the desire to fly. I’m glad that the Wright brothers did something about it.
This little girl watched with envy as her bigger sister rode the carousel in Bryant Park. I hope she got her turn later.
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 100
f/3.5
1.0 sec
Fun in my parent’s backyard in Phoenix with a macro lens.
Shot with Canon EOS 7D, 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens
Looking up in New York never gets tiring, even though most New Yorkers don’t. That’s how you can tell who is a tourist and who is not. I still look up all the time.
All photos shot with Canon Powershot G12
Panorama shots taken on a drive across the USA. These are from Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.
All shots taken with Canon EOS 7D.
Well, maybe not everyone at Goldman Sachs is a billionaire, but everyone there can enjoy this view from the 43rd floor of their Manhattan offices.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 100
f/5
1/250 sec
The surroundings didn’t take anything away from this couple’s enjoyment of their ice cream. Captured in New York, 18th Street.
Shot with Canon Powershot G12
ISO 400
f/4
1/5 sec
Even a small Memorial Day parade as the one in our town (Clinton, CT) is a great opportunity to honor our fallen heroes.
All photographs taken with Canon EOS 7D, 70-200mm
ISO 100
f/5.6
1/125 sec
Several herons (or egrets) made the marsh near our town beach their hunting ground today. What graceful creatures – and perfect for photographers since they tend to stand very still as they wait for unsuspecting fish to appear at their feet.
this one took off as soon as I got closer than 100 feet.
Soaring towards another feeding spot:
All shots taken with Canon EOS 7D, EF70-200mm f/2.8L
ISO 250
f/9
1/2000 sec
While walking through the endless emerald tinted rain forest of Costa Rica, something as bright and colorful as this is definitely royalty.
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Shot with Canon EOS 7D, enhanced with Snapseed iPhone app
As the evenings get warmer, Bryant Park, located behind the NY Public Library, becomes a gathering place for lovers, strollers, and chess players.
A fountain offers calming background sounds:
As the lawn slowly fills with people and people watchers:
All shots taken with Canon Powershot G12 and mini-tripod, multiple exposures
Taken from the roof terrace of my building on 52nd Street and 10th Avenue.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 200
f/7.1
6pm
A late afternoon along the High Line in New York yielded some nice photo opportunities. The High Line is a 1-mile New York City linear park built on a 1.45-mile section of the former elevated New York Central Railroad spur called the West Side Line.
All photographs taken with Canon Powershot G12, various exposures combined.
Summer has officially started on Clinton Beach!
A follow-up to my post about where cars go to party in NYC, here’s where they go to sleep:
This was shot as seen from the High Line (check back tomorrow to see what that is):
I took these shots while walking through my neighborhood in the evening, struck by the fact that these sights are pretty rare in Manhattan.
Shot with Canon Powershot G12
ISO 400
f/4.5
multiple exposures
Lying on my back in a peaceful grove of birch trees near our town beach, I shot this with a wide angle lens.
Canon EOS 7D, EFS 10-22mm
ISO 200
10mm
f/22
1/200 sec
Great shot of an antique car at the LeMay auto museum in Tacoma.
These monkeys had no fear – they prowled across the hotel property with impunity.
And this howler monkey didn’t care whether he was flashing us or not:
And this spider monkey thought he could fly:
All photos taken in Costa Rica in April 2012, with Canon EOS 7D, 200mm lens.
Caught on my way to work today: father and son on Park Avenue.
While there’s a constant racket of bird chirps, screeches, and whistles in the background, the birds in Costa Rica’s are actually very hard to find because they hide in dense foliage of the rainforest canopy. I was lucky to get these shots during a week-long visit. Here is a Toucan, the national symbol of Costa Rica:
This was shot at 400mm, and then cropped by 2x. With the naked eye, the Toucan was just a dark blob in the foliage. Here’s another screecher (no idea what this one is called):
And here’s a hummingbird, the hardest one to catch on film because they dart so quickly from flower to flower:
All photos taken with Canon EOS 7D, 200mm or 400mm, ISO 1000 to ensure fast enough shutter speed.
Shot at JFK airport – looks like the airport is in the same shape as the streets in Manhattan.
iPhone Hipstamatic
Shot at New Haven train station on a recent trip to New York.
Canon PowerShot G12
ISO 160
f/4
1.0 sec
Well, actually there are too many to list, but this one’s very nice: Au Rocher de Cancale in the Rue Montorgueil. Posted today because a new follower from Paris made me realize how much I miss it.
Canon Powershot G10
ISO 100
7mm
f/4
1/100 sec
Shot during a dust storm tearing through Monument Valley in Spring 2010.
Canon EOS 7D
ISO 100
50mm
f/5.6
1/80 second
I shot this while on spring break vacation (2010) with my son in Arizona/Utah. This was in the Lower Antelope Canyon, around 11:30 in the morning, when a few openings in the canyon allow light to reach all the way to the floor of the canyon.
Canon EOS 7D, 15-85mm
ISO 125
15mm
f/14
13.0 seconds
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 