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.

Autumn on the Peconic River

 

Today's post was made Thursday, late in the day. It's a HDR photo made with the Canon 5dmkII and processed with Photomatix Pro and Photoshop. The river was almost still Thursday and the foliage along the bank was beautifully lit by the warm light of the late afternoon sun.

 

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!

Georgia O'Keeffe

 

I rented Georgia O'Keeffe, last night; it was a good made for TV movie. Years ago, I read a biography about her, mostly because of my interest in her husband, Alfred Stieglitz. All the reading I've done on Stieglitz portrayed him as a controlling womanizer. The movie was a good representation and stayed close to everything I've read. I think some information that was left out was important, like the big summer house on Lake George, where they summered, belonged to friends. And that most of the Stieglitz income came from O'Keeffe. It was through the biographies of both that I became a fan of O'Keeffe's work.

Today's post is a tribute to Georgia O'Keeffe. I recommend the Georgia O'Keeffe video, Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons do a great job as well as Tyne Daly playing the part of Mabel Dodge.

Yellow Iris

 

This Iris is one of many transplanted from my mother-in-law's yard when we first moved in seven years ago. We planted them along the driveway, but they never got enough sunlight. We did get flowers, but they were few and purple. Not that anything is wrong with purple.

Two years ago, I moved them to a sunnier location and, not only do they bloom earlier, they are now yellow instead of purple. I guess it might have to do with the PH of the soil, I really don't know. They are a whole lot happier in their new location.

This photo was deliberately underexposed in camera and processed in Photoshop. Made with the Canon 5d mkII.

Spring Blossoms

 

Spring blooms

 the aroma of worked soil

 a setting sun

colors for another day.

Inspired by Hillary and Jinksy’s collaboration Poetography, I decided to try a poem to go with one of my images. I’m not a poet by any stretch of the imagination. 

One of the first blogs I ever posted on Pictures Poetry & Prose, published by Laura Jayne was always one of my favorites. I thought it was so cool how she found a photo or other image and enticed viewers to pen a story or poem about the image. Unfortunately she closed her site after the loss of her job. I still think about her and keep her and her family in my prays. 

I used the Canon 5dmkII and Photoshop for this image.

Bamboo leaf

It was a beautiful day on Long Island today, Sun shine, warm breeze and clear blue skies, just a perfect spring day.

I came across this patch of back lite bamboo and felt like a kid in a candy store.

I used the Canon 5d mkII and ACR for this image.

Signs of Spring

We leave at 5:30 for Vermont. Brian and Adam both don't have more that the weekend off , so we'll take Easter up to them. Brian is getting a ride across the state and we'll meet him at the Grand Island ferry. Then on Sunday we'll get him back to the ferry.

The weather looks ok, no rain or snow but Sunday it's overcast.

Today's post comes from yesterday's walk in the light rain and the pussy willow is from a few days earlier when we had sunshine.

I made both of these with the Canon 5d mkII and processed them in photoshop.

Arrows

If you have followed the news, than you're aware of the rain the east coast has received. The puddles here on Long Island are incredible. It doesn't even seem right to call them puddles. This afternoon it let up a bit, so I went out to make some photos. Most of them were the usual, raindrops on branches, raindrops on leaf buds, etc, etc, etc.

So on the way back to my car, I saw the one way sign reflected on the puddle over the exit arrow. I used the Canon 5d mkII and processed it with Photomatix Pro and Photoshop.

Pine cones and moss

 

I came across these pine cones and moss and was intrigued by the colors. No story, just had a long day and it's late.

Made with the Canon 5d mkII and processed as a HDR image with Photomatix Pro.

Water and Reeds

The rain stopped, but the wind is still ripping here on Long Island. Strange weather, that's for sure. The forecast is looking good for the end of the week. I can't wait.

Today's photo I made on Friday when the I was chasing clouds.

Made with the Canon 5d mkII and processed with ARC and photoshop.

The Clouds of Michelanglo

First, I manipulated these three images. I saw these incredible clouds yesterday on my way up island. I pulled over to find a spot where I could photograph them. There were amazing to me, like nothing I've ever seen in my life.

As I was making these photos I knew what I had to do.

The took the title from Refuge of the Roads, by Joni Mitchell's. She sees the clouds as “muscular with gods and sungold.” 
I saw them a bit different.

I guess these incredible clouds are responsible for the high winds and rain we are having today. Feels like the wind is gonna rip the house right off the foundation.

Photographed with the Canon 5d mkII and processed as HDR images in Photomatix Pro and ARC.

American Flag

Maybe it’s because of sign ordinances that a lot of retailers fly super large American Flags. It would probably look very unpatriotic for someone to pass a regulation on how big the American flag is that you fly.

I saw this flag flying high from a pole in the parking lot of a McDonald’s in Oakdale.

Photographed with the Canon 5d mkII and processed with ARC.

The Allspice Jar

 

I made this photo a week or so ago. I was drawn to the sunlight coming in the window and the way it illuminated the old jar. The jar is empty, it just sits in the corner china cabinet. I'm not even sure we have any Allspice.

I wanted to make a Herb Bread from a recipe I found in a book for bread machines. We love a similar recipe that came with the machine. One big difference is the new one is made with wheat flour. The recipe calls for Savory, so I went looking for some, but could only find in on the internet.

This photo was made with the Canon 5d mkII and Photoshop.

 

The Congregational Church of Patchogue

 

There's a stretch of highway here on Long Island that runs nearly the whole length of the island. It is known by many different names, officially it is NY27A, but in every village it passes through it becomes Main Street, and for a good length of Suffolk County; Montauk Highway. When you cross the county line into Nassau, it becomes Merrick Road.

I've always been fascinated by the amount of churches along 27A, so much that I thought one day I'd make a photo essay on all the places of worship along the road.

Maybe today's could be the start of the project. This is the interior of the Congregational Church on Main Street in Patchogue. This photo doesn't do it any justice, the church is awesome.

This was made with the Canon 5d mkII from two exposures. The first exposure was for the room and the second was for the stain glass. I used ACR and Photoshop.

Winter Wonderland

 

I had a bit of time between jobs today and had to pull over and photograph this winter wonderland. This little stream is in Blue Point near the Patchogue border. Blue Point is a great little place on the south shore of Long Island and just might have one of the best micro breweries on Long Island. Not that I'm an expert on beer, but I do enjoy an ice cold brew every now and then.

This scene was originally recorded in color as an HDR image and then desaturated all the color.

I used the Canon 5d mkII, Photomatix Pro and Photoshop for this photo.

Drapes

I saw these drapes and the tie back and thought of the Harry Potter movies.Maybe it's all the movies we watched last weekend. The light, tone and color just screamed for me to make a photograph.

Click

I used the Canon 5d mkII for the clicking part. I processed it in Photomatix Tone Mapping Program, but was unhappy with it. I reprocessed the original RAW file using ARC and Photoshop and like it much better now. I should have saved the first so I could have posted both, it just looked too artificial.

Morning sun through the pillions

What a beautiful day today. The sun was shinning and it was beautiful out. My wife, son and I took a short walk in the village and then went to see the movie Shutter Island. I won't spoil it, it was a good movie.

Today's post is also from the Wharf. I used Photomatix Tone mapping to process this photo.

 

The Old Stomping Ground

 

I had an assignment today to cover someone I really don't care for. But, A job is a job. The best part was that I was in a neighborhood that I spent much of my time as a young adult. So, after the job I drove around the old stomping ground.

Today's photo was made in the parking lot of Vanderbilts Wharf. We knew it as The Wharf back then. It was the starting point and sometimes the finishing point for many a Friday and Saturday night.

I cant believe the sky in this photo, it looks surreal.

I used the Canon 5d mkII and processed it with ACR.