Blue Thursday

Same scene as yesterday. 

Yesterday's image was processed from a RAW file, this came from a jepg. Since I still don't know how to get the color I want from the RAW image, I converted it to a grey scale image. For the color version I followed the basic instructions and proceeded from there.

I know there's more inferred light in the summer months and that my results will look different then, I just need to fool around with it.

Getting there...

This is an inferred photo the Peconic River that almost there! Looks ok this size but it's lacking sharpness and there's more noise that I'm comfortable with. But I'm getting there. Tomorrow I'll post the color version.

The old mill

This is my second attempt at inferred photography. 

I converted this to grey scale. 

I'm not happy with it at all. 

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. 
Back to the drawing board camera!

Curled up

Sasha say's it's the best way to spend a cold day! I have to agree it's in the top five, but someone has to shovel the driveway. 

Hope everyone is staying warm.

First real snow

It's snowing. 

It started sometime in the night.  

I'm not looking forward to clearing it.

My post today is a scene from an East Quogue beach club I made last week. 

Nice view!

Winter on Shinnecock Bay

A bayman emptying pots in Shinnecock Bay. 

It was a beautiful day Monday, maybe in the forties. Still there's no place to get out of the wind.

My interest in baymen go back a number of years. I started documenting them and everything about them one cold November day when I saw a scene similar to this in Captree Bay. It was frigid that day and I couldn't stand being out on the car for as long as it took to expose eight or so frames of film. He was  long raking for clams, probably for the holiday season.

I sent the collection around to publishers, but there was no interest. I still think there's a niche market, I did alright with print sales at shows, and a book would sell for a lot less that the price of a hand printed fiber print.

I should give self publishing a serious consideration. 

Here's two photos I've posted before, scanned from the series.

Digging for soft shell clams

&
Captain Erik Bender

Crushed on the side of the road.

 

Whenever I go for a walk, I have my camera.  I'm amazed at how much litter I come across. I am a little embarrassed to say that Long Island is about the worst place I've ever seen when it comes to litter. We have a five cent deposit law on carbonated drink, beer and water containers. It doesn't seem to help. Go figure. Sometime last year I decided to put together a collage of cans that I found. 

Stick in the Sand

Came across this stick in the sand. 

Looks like it's sticking in a heart.

Beach Dune

This is a beach dune photographed with an old Canon 20D that's been converted to an inferred camera. I was too cold to take a walk down the beach, so I exposed 6 or 8 frames and went off to work. I'm still learning how to adjust the files to make something interesting.

Looking East

The past two days have been frigid. I was at the ocean today, but only was able to walk along the shore line for a short period of time. I made some images with a Canon 20D that was converted to an inferred camera. Maybe I'll post one of those photos tomorrow. I'm still learning how to process the image. This  photo was made earlier in the week, when the temperature was a bit more friendly.

The Path

I just love the light.

You can't see me!

Sasha sunning herself on the window sill.  

She hates being photographed.

Not now, I'm eating...

A doe in the evening sun at 

Smiths Point County Park. 

She only looked my way to see if I had anything better to offer.

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.

Agawam Beach

Morning breaks at Agawam Beach, Southampton Friday.  

This is the beach that appeared on my very first blog post. It's a great place to walk in the morning.

Reflect

May your reflections 

of the past year

be bright,

and the tides of life bring you 

health and happiness in the New Year.

Recover

Recover is the last word of the year for the One Word at a Time Blog Carnival. I decided to participate,  because I feel guilty for always visiting the site and never contributing and after my knee surgery four weeks ago, recover is something I really want.

I've been fortunate in that I don't know what it is to recover from anything except for a broken collar bone as a child and the usual bouts with the common cold. In my 54 years of life, a torn meniscus is my biggest problem. I will recover.

I can say that because I want to walk and kneel and maybe even run again. I have the desire and drive to see that it will happen. It was just two days ago I started going down steps one leg at a time. It wasn't pretty, but it was one leg at a time.

I know that in order to recover, you need support. Family has picked up the slack around the house. Co-workers have given their words of encouragement and understanding. Most of all, I'm sure I've been the subject of a prayer or two. It's funny how I can feel some other force (not the right word) helping me along.

That's how I plan to recover; support, desire and prayer.

It will all be alright, I will recover.

Merry Christmas

 

“I am the light of the world. 

Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:12

Well decorated

I can't help but thinking of those serving in the military around the holidays. 

How lonely it must be for anyone not to be with the ones they love at such a special time. 

January fourth, Jackie, a friend of mine is being deployed for her fourth tour of duty.  

Special prayers for all those who put on a uniform with the aim of protecting and serving.