Kaaterskill Falls in the Catskill Mountains
Kaaterskill Falls in the Catskill Mountains near Catskill, New York. This waterfall is right off of Route 23A between Catskill and Hunter Mountain. There is a parking area nearby and you walk down to...
View ArticleLate Winter, Early Spring
Late Winter, Early Spring at Taughannock Falls State Park near Ithaca, New York. Nikon D700/28-300VR, 4s, f/22, ISO 200, EV 0, 28mm focal length, tripod. In John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High album, he...
View ArticleDeep Photos
Books from Craft & Vision only cost $5. Last week I read David duChemin’s ebook, A Deeper Frame, from Craft & Vision. Normally a book by David is very..well, deep. In this 22-page ebook, he...
View ArticleView 236: Scenes from a Beach
Lake Ontario beach scenes at Brennan’s Beach near Pulaski, New York. From top: Waves rolling onto the beach, folded beach umbrellas in front of a camp and abandoned flip flops in the sand. Spent the...
View ArticleStoned Dragon, Broken Camera
The last photo taken during my Walt Disney World vacation back in May. At 2:13PM EDT on May 30, 2012, I pressed the shutter on my Nikon D700 digital SLR camera to take this photo of the dragon...
View ArticleAssignment 21: End of Summer
It has been a long hot Summer this year. Made even longer by the mild Spring. As we approach the end of summer and the Autumnal Equinox on September 22. I decided to change what I had planned for...
View ArticleHeralding the End of Summer
The Autumnal Equinox is defined as the point in time the center of the Sun passes through the same plane as the Earth’s equator in the direction from North to South on or around September 21st or 22nd...
View ArticleView 253: Wells Falls
Wells Falls on Six Mile Creek in Ithaca, New York.Nikon D700/28-300VR, f/22, ISO 200, EV 0, 28mm focal length, HDR Image. Ithaca, New York is known for its gorges and waterfalls. Some are easy to get...
View ArticleMinimalist Photography
A minimalist attempt at a winter scene near Ithaca Falls in Falls Creek.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/60s, f/16, ISO 450, EV +1.0, 85mm focal length. I came across the term Minimalist Photography this week on...
View ArticleView 279: Scenes of CNY
Photos from my travels around Central New York (CNY) the first two weeks of May. Niagara Mohawk building in Syracuse, New York.Nikon D700/28-300VR, 1/125s, f/18, ISO 200, EV 0, 135mm focal length. An...
View ArticleView 281: Joy of Throwing Rocks
Spent some time on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario today and enjoyed watching this little boy partaking of the age old fun of throwing rocks into the water. A little boy throws a rock into Lake...
View ArticleChasing Sunsets
The weather this summer has not been conducive for sunsets. Many rainy evenings over the past month have masked the Sun on the horizon. Other times, when it looked promising, haze in the atmosphere...
View ArticleView 293: Sherman Falls
Sherman Falls near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Nikon D7100/Tokina 11-16mm, f/22, ISO 100, EV 0, 16mm (24mm DX), tripod, HDR Image. Just returned from a quick trip up to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada where I...
View ArticleCity of Waterfalls
es·carp·ment - long continuous steep face of a ridge or plateau formed by erosion. Little did I know I have been living near various escarpments around New York state all my life. These escarpments...
View ArticleView 316: Visiting Cowsheds Falls
Do you remember your first time visiting a natural wonder? I am not talking about the Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls but your first lake, river, mountain or waterfall? My family camped when I was young...
View ArticleEarly Spring at Niagara Falls
After a long, cold winter, Niagara Falls had built up a large ice pack around the falls and on the talus rocks at the bottom. Last summer, I photographed the Bridal Veil Falls as people in yellow...
View ArticleView 338: HDR Beach
When High Dynamic Range (HDR) images first came on the scene, many people thought they looked unreal though beautiful. For years, HDR photographers and software companies worked to make the images...
View ArticleView 462: Autumn Waterfalls
As a photographer living in Upstate New York, I have an abundance of natural beauty in the way of the Great Lakes, Adirondack Mountains and the Finger Lakes I can easily visit. The Finger Lakes were...
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