comic book store

I saw this store for the first time Sunday on my way home from a job in Patchogue. 

The sign says Comics and Cards. 

From what I understand, it's the state of the brick and mortar comic store. 

Another business that is now an 

 internet business. 

A visit to the North Fork

I had a job on the North Fork this morning. 

It was such a beautiful day, I took the long way home. Someplace along Rt.24, maybe Mattituck, I came across this old cemetery with a grave for Benjamin Moore. I got excited thinking it was THE Benjamin Moore, but no, it just Benjamin Moore. 

Still, it was a perfect day for photography even HDR photography!

16) I am grateful for blue skies.

Corner Stop

I just love the red against the dark storm clouds and had to snap a photo.

Three textures and three colors.

11.) I am grateful for clouds moving in the sky.

Water Tower

The old water tower on the Pilgrim State Hospital grounds. Many of the buildings have been demolished years ago, but the water tower is still standing. I shot this a few weeks ago and have been fooling around with it. This is an HDR photo that I reprocessed with Topaz Adjust.  This was my first time using Topaz Adjust, there's a lot to learn. 
I remember coming here when I was in High School to make photographs for class. It was a scary place back then. It still a bit spooky today.

7.  I'm thankful I still have the desire to learn new things.

Vapor Trails 2

I made this photo yesterday right before yesterday's post. This view looking north, made me pull off the highway to get the shot. 

But after I saw the foreground and moon, I liked yesterday's post photo better. I worked both images in Photoshop and Photomatix Pro to enhance the color and make the trails pop!

Vapor Trails

The cold sky is great for vapor trails.

Sorry about my absence, 

I've been busy with work, and the weather and temperature has kept me from venturing out doors.

Big Sky

Here's another photo from Saturday's time at the ocean. I had some time work on this image in Photomatix Pro. They upgraded the program. This is a HDR photo from six images.

Come and rest.

 

This is a HDR photo I made today in Sayville NY. The light rain, and spring foliage added so much to the color.

HDR expained (somewhat)

I needed to photograph this house which is part of park on the former land of the Van Bourgondien's of the famous Tulip fame. So I made a HDR and a straight image for illustrative purposes, since some asked what it was.

I use a program from Photomatix Pro to process my HDR images, there's a few different programs on the market and I've seen incredible results from a few of them.

HDR stands for high dynamic range. In HDR, the photographer takes multi exposures of the same scene, a camera meter exposure, and over exposure and an under exposure. The program combines the

exposures basically filling in the lost detail in the highlight and shadow parts of the image.

With the control sliders you can adjust the effects to no end.

Mostly I just enjoy getting the most detail I can in an image. But, some photographers make some outrageous images with HDR. Google HDR images to see some of the more outrageous.

A walk in a field.

 

 

It's hunting season and I can't go walking through the woods. Today I took a short walk through an open field along side a wooded area. I was caught off guard as a white-tailed deer bolted from the field into the woods. Naturally I jumped out of my skin! I did manage to make this HDR photo.

I love the way the background looks.

Made with the Canon 5d mkII and processed with Photomatix Pro and ACR.

 

Patchogue Ally

 

Long Island has quite a few places with Indian names, Patchogue is one of my favorites. It's so miss- pronounced. There's a lake on the north shore that has an Indian sounding name. Lake Panamoka, it not a tribe or an Indian, it just a made-up name, not Indian at all. I always found that funny.

Today's photo I made this morning while in Patchogue for work. It the ally next to the Pachogue theater. The theater is what saved this village from becoming a slum, that ans some smart planning.

This is a HDR photo made with the Canon 5dmkII and processed with both Photomatix Pro and Photoshop.

Calverton Tracks

I've been trying to use the new 100-400 a lot so I can be totally familiar with it. Unfortunately I've only had the opportunity to use it on still subjects. I really need to get out to a sports event to give it a true workout. It's a difficult lens to handle with out a tripod or a monopod.

Today's post is a HDR photo made with the Canon 5d mkII and processed with Photomatix Pro and Photoshop.

I love Autumn!

Calverton Cornfield.

Coming home from a job yesterday I passed the corn fields and had to turn around and stop. There's something about a cornfield in October.

This photo is an HDR composite converted to gray scale.

I used ACR, Photoshop and Photomatix pro.

The End of August

Adam is back at school, we returned from Vermont last night. The drive is a bit easier, especially with one and a half hour ride on the Cross Sound Ferry. With my two sons up at college, summer for the most part is over.

I have a golf outing today and the heat is up again. The weather announcer said something about the low ninety's tomorrow. Hot!

I just finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the first book in the trilogy by Stieg Larsson. I understand why so many people are talking about the series. I liked it and plan to finish the other two.

Today's post is from Randolph Vermont. We stopped to get a bit to eat and I made this from the McDonald's parking lot. They had some nice original black and white photographs on their walls. A nice change from the usual out of the box stuff I usually see in chain stores. Very impressive.

This is a handheld HDR image made with the Canon 5d and processed with Photomatix Pro and Photoshop.

Doors

 

I just loved the weathered look to these old doors. They belong to the old signal building in Babylon Village. The building is in private hands right now, but the town wants to purchase and restore it. They want to put it on the Historic Registry.

Doors are another feature in our lives that we personalize to give a sense of our character. Maybe that’s the reason so many photographers are drawn to photograph them.

Made with the Canon 5d as an HDR photograph. Processed with Photomatix Pro.

First Presbyterian Church, Smithtown NY

I had some time to kill before a job this evening and the First Presbyterian Church on Main Street in Smithtown struck my fancy. If you remember, a while back I told you of my desire to photograph all the Churches and Houses of Worship along Montauk Highway, from Montauk to Queens. Well this Church is not along that route.

This is an HDR photo, the first hand held HDR I've done. I wasn't sure I could hand hold three exposures and keep them in register, but it worked.

It looks a little ominous, mainly because of the angle. The fact that there were no door knobs or handles on doors made me want to photograph it this way.

Made with the Canon 5d mkII and processed with Photomatix Pro and Photoshop.

Rainy Day Photo

It was a beautiful day today, I just finished working on this image I made awhile back. So I wanted to post it today. I love things look through a rain drenched windshield. I made this image in the parking lot of the Arthur Cromity Court House in Riverhead when I was there for a press conference.

Last December I made a similar photo, at night in Patchogue.

I used the Canon G10 and processed this image with Photomatrix Pro.

Red Caboose

I made this photo of a red caboose in Wading River. I saw it for the first time last Thursday, but I didn't have time to photograph it. I used Photomatix Pro to process this HDR photo. I love the contrasting red and green. It's too bad about the graffiti.

Comercial Kitchen

I made these two photos today while waiting for an event to start. This kitchen is in a senior center and Brenda runs the place. She always make me carrot cake muffins whenever she knows I'm coming there. Today the kitchen was closed. I was amazed at how clean everything was; usually the place is so busy you can't focus on the small stuff. Today, I was able to roam around and look at things and make a couple of photos.

Both are HDR photos processed with Photomatix Pro. Both were made with the Canon 5dmkII.

Colors on the side of the road.

 

I don't know what this is. Possibly a pool liner or an inflatable boat of some kind. It was on the side of the road, dumped by someone. I drove past it and it caught my eye.

It was an exceptionally beautiful day. So I got some of the flowerbeds cleaned up. And put together my tax stuff. And on top of that, Hillary chose my Arrows post as a Post of the Week runner-up again. That's twice in one life time! It doesn't get better than that.

This image was made with the Canon G10 and processed with Photomatix Pro Tone Mapping program and Photoshop.