Short walk

I went for a short walk yesterday. My Meniscus prevents me from longer treks.  I came across these little white flowers and as I got close I noticed their orange centers.

Possibly Wild Aster.

Fall Ferns

Well, we had some sunshine yesterday after a cold and wet weekend. 

I spent a few minutes looking for color along the Peconic River and found some beautiful back-lit ferns.

Autumn is when leaves get to play the part of flowers.

Sunday, my foster brother and his new girlfriend came out to visit. We haven't seen each other in fourteen years. 

Way too long a time not to see family. 

It was a great visit.

Lifeguard Shack, Jones Beach

The Lifeguard Shack at Jones Beach. 

The place sure looks different in October. 

 My wife and I were originally planning to hold our wedding reception a few hundred yards from this place. We left a deposit and everything. 

A few days later, we received a phone call telling us a mistake was made and there was a fire department diner scheduled for that same night. They tried hard to get us to switch our date. We were disappointed and found another place.

The day before our wedding, Hurricane Gloria came and destroyed the catering hall. We had our reception elsewhere...

funny how things work out sometimes.

Peconic River in Autumn

This image and Autumn Flames were made on the same hike.  

Some people have seen deer swim across this river.

I haven't been so lucky.

Butterflies

 

 I thought these two Monarchs would be a good subject on a

cold morning.

They took off after I snapped two photos.

Autumn Flames

A branch of Greenbriar 

along the Peconic River 

imitates flames in the evening sunlight.

Shell

I was fooling around with Topaz Black and White Effects, a plug-in for photoshop, and came up with this. 

I'm still new to the program, but I'm having fun. 

I once was a darkroom rat, never wanting to come out into the light. 

But digital changed all that for me. 

I still love black and white photography. 

I just don't see in black and white 

the way I once did.

Rays over the Atlantic

I took a walk along the ocean after work yesterday. 

Walking in the sand didn't do my torn meniscus any good.

But, it was good for the rest of me.

Textures

This is another image from the Cranberry Bogs visit. 

Red Maple Leaves

Why are the first leaves to change color

always by the stream?

Under the cloak of night,

autumn flows in on the current and

creates her masterpiece.

When daylight breaks

colors explode and sing

before falling to the ground.

 

Fall on East Pond, Eastport

Morning light on East Pond. 

The colors are starting. 

They look surreal.

XC at Brown

We had a beautiful day for a Cross Country meet in Rhode Island.

The Southampton Lady Runners.

The  men.  My son Evan is on the far right. Only some of the team were able to make the Invitational. We do have a very small team.

They're off !

Evan

At the finish line.

You keep watch, I'll eat.

We just spent two day at the Brown's University Cross Country Invitational. Evan did great, we are looking forward to him breaking his older brother's personal best of 17:36 for the 5K. Evan's a year younger that Brain and his coach says it is possible. He has moved up from the seventh spot on the team to the second spot in one season. Cross country track is a better match for Evan that football was.
Today's photo is from Thursday. Deer at the Fire Island National Seashore are a lot more curious about people. I guess it's because of the amount of people that feed them.

What a smile!

 

A white-tail deer 

smiling 

for the silly human with the camera.

The Old Cranberry Bogs

I've been visiting and photographing this place for over thirty years. 

Where I'm standing, stood a large barn. 

Years ago, it was hit by lightening. All that's left is the small shed that stood behind the barn.

 I thought the HDR treatment would serve it well. I'll have to look through my 35mm stuff for old images.

Maple Seeds

I made this image August 23 

and never posted it. 

I love the combination of colors.

Looking for Surf

I made this photo a week or so ago. I just wasn't happy with the way it looked. 

I'm happy with it now.

We had a beautiful weekend weather-wise. I spent yesterday doing chores and picking the remaining basil in the garden. I was able to make four cups of pesto. Today, I worked a surf fishing contest. Hopefully tomorrow will be beautiful and I can get out to do some new photography.

Leaves on Trout Pond

Still not much happening 

in the way of explosive fall colors 

here on Long Island. 

I went over to Trout Pond 

to find some color. 

This is what I found.

Autumn Yellow

 

I am sad from learning of the passing of Steve Jobs. 

Big October Sky

This is another view from my ride home yesterday. There's a highway guardrail and a chain link fence along the dark green Cedar trees. Pretty annoying, but nothing I can do about it.