I just returned from the class B championship soccer game Southampton vs. Center Moriches, we lost again. This is the second year the boys soccer team has made it this far. This year we held the loss to one point. That's great, considering that they beet us six zip earlier this year.
We have a young team and they played very hard. I know it's coming boys, keep playing hard and you'll get there.
I didn't take my camera to the game, I just wanted to go and cheer. I wish I had brought my gear because no one was there for the yearbook or local papers.
Today's photo is of a leaf at the bottom of Lower New Milpond which I made on Wednesday.
This photo is also from yesterday's walk at Bill Richards Memorial Park in Hauppauge. I'm not sure what the name of this body of water is. It's connected to New Milpond by a small stream. So, for lack of a better name, I'm calling it Lower New Milpond.
About ten years ago I found a heart carved into a tree right by this body of water. I went back with a young couple for a stock shoot. Yesterday, I couldn't find the tree or even a stump where a tree used to be. How fast things can change.
Lower New Milpond was made with the Canon d5 and processed with ACR.
Election night is over, a new dawn brings a new day. The election I covered was a landslide victory for those up for re-election except for one race which was less than landslide but still a victory. It wasn't good news for everyone I've worked with this past cycle.
So, like Isabel, my retired Greyhound, maybe they'll find a nice spot in the sun and relax. I know that's what I'd do.
Today I have a budget meeting for the County Legislature to cover. I'm glad I'm not one having to make decisions in that arena today.
Isabel on her favorite pillow was made with the Canon G10, and processed with ACR.
I don't have an election day assignment till tonight, so I'm catching-up on things around the house. I wan for a walk around the yard and I can't believe that the Gazania's are still blooming. The Mums also look great but the Montauk Daisy's are coming to an end. We've never had much success with Mums, but this the the season and the second transplanting that they have bloomed. Must be the soil.
So in honor of the Chrysanthemums I'm posting a photo of one I made today with the Canon G10. Processed in Photoshop.
Well it just about over. Things will start to settle down and get back to normal. Tomorrow night at the catering hall will wrap-up this years local elections, hopefully I 'll be home early. I'm covering the Babylon Town results instead of the County wide, so I might actually have an easy night.
Today's photo is from a sunrise on the ocean. It was made a couple of Saturday's ago after dropping Evan off for football practice. I'd go to the beach for a walk and take the Canon G10 with me. This image was processed with Photomatix Tone mapping program. I cropped the final image to straighten the horizon.
I make my living photographing politics, political people and government. Not very exciting as far as blog material. It's not the kind of subject matter that you'd use experimental processes or extreme angles to photograph. Yes, I sneak something more artistic in every once and a while, but it's rare that it gets used.
So blogging gives me the reason to photograph more personal things, it gives me reason to take a camera on walks or places I normally wouldn't take a camera.
After almost a year, I find myself looking forward to reading posts by some of my blogging friends. If fact most mornings it the thing I do after I pour my first cup of coffee. I've learned a lot about the web from fellow bloggers, and I've seen some very creative sites with very talented artists.
I'd like to thank every visitor and everyone that follows and comments on my blog. You are my motivation.
Today's pictures were made on the drive home from a Veterans Awareness Week Kick-Off event the sky was full of beautiful color. To the east was the moon surrounded by shades of pink and purple. Behind me was fire orange and blue. The November sky is special.
Both images were made with the Canon 5d and processed with ACR.
My sister-in-law, wife and son all carved their jack-o-lanterns last night. It was my job to make a photograph and make the pumpkin seeds. I love pumpkin seeds and pumpkin bread, but I'm don't like pumpkin pie... Mostly it's the texture I guess.
Evan kept saying he's too old to go trick-or-treating but changed his mind in the middle of the week. Maybe pressure from his friends in school, or the thought that we don't get any trick-or-treaters at our house, so we don't buy candy, so there'd be no candy, had something to do with it. Anyway, our town as an Elm Street and it's an annual ritual as you can imagine. I think I should donate treats to some poor soul that lives there.
My best friend Louie and I used to go to the condo's to trick-or-treat. We would cut through the woods behind the houses across our street and climb the fence. When I was fifteen, I dressed as a woman and tore my stocking on that darn fence. Since then, I've always known how it felt for you ladies to have a run in your stockings.
Today's post is a happy accident and the jack-o-lanterns. I was fooling around with Evan and made a very slow exposure. It looked creepy so I kept it for my Halloween post.
Have a safe and happy Halloween.
Here' another image looking down at the kaleidoscope of colorful leaves at the public parking lot in Deer Park.I get sent there to record freight trains parked on the rail overpass in the middle of town. The town supervisor made it a priority to get these trains not to lay-up on the downtown overpass.
This was made with the Canon 5d and processed with ACR.
I made this image last Monday in Mattatuck at the train station. This is an HDR composite from six frames of different exposure.
I'm still not happy with how hot the sunlit white door is but it will do. I made this image with the Canon 5d and processed it in Photoshop.
Kids, they can drive a sane person crazy. Sometimes I wonder when mine were mentally high-jacked by aliens without my knowledge. I need to calm down. After a busy day anything could be stressful.
Today's photo was made on Monday in Mattatuck. I made a few images that day with the Canon G10, this is one of them. I processed this with Photomatix Tonal Mapping.
Well, the nice weather ended today. It’s cold and wet and gray outside. But that didn’t stop me from finding autumn colors to photograph. I made this image today at a 7-11 convenience store in Commack were I sometimes stop for coffee. It was raining at that point in the day and I didn’t want to get too wet. I exposed two frames and both had my shoes in them.
What a great day I had today. I covered a press conference on the east end of the north fork of Long Island, Cutchogue. I made a point of heading out early so I'd have some tome to do some personal photos. The weather was perfect and so was the colors. I felt like a sugar addict loose in candy store.
I've come to the conclusion that when we have a wet summer, fall colors are better. I'm gonna have to look this up to see if it is fact or something I'm imagining.
These two images came from Mattatuck, the sign was at the train station. The leaves were a few blocks away. Both were made with the Canon 5d and processed with ACR.
Here's another number for my number series. I found this house marker up in Rocky Point on Wednesday while waiting for a press conference to start. I found it kind of quant snuggled among all the ivy.
I made this image with the Canon G10 and processed it with ACR.
This is a close-up of yellow pine needles I made with the Canon G10 in macro mode. I processed the photo with ACR. This is another image made last Tuesday. It is also the last.
I stopped at the ocean this morning after dropping Evan off at football. The beach lost four feet of sand. Where we used to be able to walk straight out to the water now is a four foot drop. The Indians say that what sand the ocean takes, the ocean will return. We’ll see what happens in the winter.
This is the last of the series of stain glass leaves. This was also made on Tuesday wit the Canon G10.
I just returned home from along day, the end of which I spent outside for three hours under-dress for the temperature. It feels good to be under a warm blanket.
Tomorrow we are expecting rain and Evan has a football game in the morning. So I’d better warm-up tonight.
Here's another photo of back-lit leaves. On the original post, georgia b commented on photosynthesis ans almost seeing the science inside a leaf. It got me thinking about how the leaf veins how they look like little roadways. If I could get close enough, would I see tiny workers carrying out the process of collecting sunlight and turning it into sugar? What do they put the sunlight into once they collet it? Could make a Disney movie.
This image was made on Tuesday with the Canon G10. Post processing included iphoto and Photomatix tone mapping.
I love backlighting and rim-lighting, so give me colorful leaves and a bright sun and I just go crazy. I as at the doctor's office Monday and I couldn't wait to get out of there. All these green and yellow leaves and blue sky were calling me. The office building she's in also had these beautiful planters by the entry and I made a few images there.
This was made with the Canon 5d and processed in ACR.
This past week someone took two political lawn signs I posted at the end of my driveway and tossed them in the woods. It annoyed me, no it really pissed me off. Whether or not you agree or disagree with my candidate, I have the right to show my support by displaying a lawn sign on my property.
By removing my lawn sign did you think I'll change my opinion? Oh, look my lawn signs are gone I'll have to vote the other way.
Do you think that by removing lawn signs other voters are swayed? You must believe that people vote based on the number of lawn signs they see. What, if they don't see my lawn signs maybe your candidate wins another vote.
Or is it that you just don't believe your candidate is strong enough on the issues and people shouldn't be aware there's another person running for their seat.
The truth of the matter is I too hate lawn signs. Mostly because people put them along highways and roadsides, nowhere near their homes.
I think lawn signs should be restricted to individual lawns and any found on any municipal property should be discarded as soon as it is seen. After all, aren't they for supporters to show their support.
When you see a lawn sign in the middle of a divided highway what's that say? It tells me that a particular candidate doesn't have a lot of supporters or they aren't very good money managers and purchased too many signs. Not too good either way.
Sorry for venting about my lawn signs. But is my right to show my support if I desire.
Back to the blog, today's photo is of the ornamental grass by my back door, made with the Canon 5d and processed with ACR. I love making images of this plant.
It warmed up nicely today. I had two outdoor photo-ops and a bit of computer work to get done today. It all went well. I made this photo Saturday on my walk with my wife and dog. It's the Peconic Bay, the body of water between the fish tails of Long Island's east end.
Made with the Canon G10 and processed with ACR.
How do you make a horrible day look good? Photoshop it! It's cold, windy and rainy, a good day to catch-up on things around the house. I made an Apple Crisp that just came out of the oven and it smells great. The fall and winter are the seasons for baking, something I love to do. I just wish Adam was home, he loves Apple Crisp.
Today's photo is of the screen in the front window. I processed it with ACR and pushed up the fill light, black and clarity sliders all the way.
It was a nice day today, a bit cold but sunny. They predicted rain for today, and a ribbon-cutting that was scheduled for this morning was canceled. I got the second coat of spackle done in Adam'd room, sized the photos I made yesterday and sent them off to get printed. I even had time to take Isabel for a walk with my wife. Now, after a nice Saturday and a good diner, we're watching Independence Day. All in all it was a nice day.
Today's photo of a Red Oak Leaf was made earlier with the Canon G10 and processed with Photoshop.
I worked in Howard Beach, Queens at a luncheon today. Federation of Organizations hires me for their three major luncheon, this one being the final one of the year. Today's keynote speaker was Joe Pantoliano an actor who played Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos HBO show. He was the guest speaker at their first luncheon here on Long Island, they liked him so much, they had him back. I was not impressed.
Howard Beach is about two hours away from me so I left early because of the lousy weather. Traffic was not as bad as I figured and I had time to make a few images, today's post being one of them.
This was the side of a restaurant down the block from the catering hall. The shapes and colors were intriguing. Made with the Canon G10 and processed with Photomatix Tonal Mapping program.
It was not a nice day today, windy, cold and rainy. I'm sure days like today was made for big bowls of soup. Soup wasn't on the menu today, but my better half did make a great diner that hit the spot.
Today's photo was made in Quogue. I was driving to the photo lab in Westhampton when I saw this field of wind blown grass. I set the camera on the tripod and made a bunch of long exposures. This is the image I like the best.
Made with the Canon 5d and processed it with Photoshop and ACR.
I'm using OpenOffice.org Writer program to write today's post. My son Adam introduced me to it a while ago, and like many old dogs.... I've learned a new trick.
The look and feel of it is much the same as the big MS version, it has spell check, and a grammar feature. I like the big tool bar at the top, much easier to read that MS. I guess the best feature is it's free and it works on a Mac. That's big, at least to me. I've used Mac's for years and you hardly ever find a good freeware.
Today's photo is a bee on the Butterfly Bush, a dead bee I afraid. Sunday, on our way to church, I saw this little fellow on one of the last flowers. He was still there when we returned. So I made a picture of him. Later in the day, he was gone. Anyway, I used the Canon G10 in the macro mode and processed it with Canon's Digital Photo Professional and Photoshop.
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