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When I was a lot younger there was a willow tree up the block from me, a 40 foot high tree with branches hanging down to within a few inches of the ground. I saw this tree at the gardens and had to go see what was inside.
This is the last shot I'll be putting up from my trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens last weekend.
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Something you can only do at the gardens - go into the trees and smell the flowers still on the branch.
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Each of the legs of this canopy is a different type of vine.
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I don't know whether I spent more time looking around at the amazing vegetation or looking around at ho it was affecting everyone. This little guy was getting his first up-close taste of spring. The father was nice enough to spin the kid around so I could get a nice shot of him - look at that smile!
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First shot from this weekend's wonderful trip into Brooklyn to catch the tail end of the Botanical Garden's cherry blossom festival. More to come..
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A fireman, a Neighbor, and Con-Ed. ]]>
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[Insert the usual "I'm sorry for not shooting enough pictures and I'll try, but fail, to be better at it from now on" rant here]
I arrived back in Eastchester yesterday at about 3pm, walked into the house through the basement to find a few drops of water in the back corner. I looked out the window to see my neighbor's backyard entirely covered with water, grabbed the camera, and began shooting. I headed back into the house to swap my wide angle for my telephoto, and upon heading back to the backyard to get a closer shot of my neighbor's place, noticed that in the 30 minutes that had passed, the water had risen another 6 inches. I remembered the scenes of flood devastation I'd seen last year, and while I realized that nothing close to that would happen here, I quickly ran to the basement and brought anything worth keeping (my diploma!) up and put it in my room. Suffice to say, we didn't end up too bad. We ended up with about a foot of water and mud, ruining a carpet and 2 couches, causing us to throw out some stuff that won't be missed. I talked to some people who've lived on the block for 40 years, and nobody had seen anything like it.
This shot is taken looking down towards the end of my block. We have a small stream running in our backyard, which during this storm turned into a river, thus necessitating a visit from the US Coast Gard. On the right you can see him making sure that nobody is in the submerged car.
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My friend's cat Huey, affectionately referred to as "Cat." He's here captured in one of his favorite positions, perched on top of a speaker, looking out the window. For some reason I can't help but watch him and think about a king on his throne overlooking his kingdom.
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Last night was Yom Kippur, the most important Jewish holiday of the year. It is the day where you're supposed to attone for your sins, and that you greet people saying, "may you be inscribed into the book of life." Or at least, that's what I remember being told way back in Hebrew school.
It is also a day that we remember loved ones who have passed away. This Yahrzeit candle was lit in memory of my mom's father, who died before I was born. When I walked into the house late last night, it was lighting up the kitchen, and will burn for 24 hours.
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Waikiki Beach, Honolulu - My third beach picture and presumably the last in my Hawaii series. Finally! I attempted a new technique with this picture in order to better develop the colors. I don't think I got it perfectly, but it's surely pretty dramatic, pretty close to what I remember seeing.
In other life news, today was my first day of my first paying job in the real world, so I expect my picture posting to slow down a bit for the next few weeks. We'll see what happens after that.
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Ho'okipa Beach, Maui - Beautiful! This one is on the north shore of Maui, where the wind is something fierce, so there's no swimming but plenty of surf. I took a walk nice walk, and the wind was so strong that on the way back I could barely continue forward.
Unlike the last one, this image has a lot more foreground than background. I think the two of them work quite well together.
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Makena Beach, Maui
My original intentions were to focus on the sand and the shore, but that didn't work out. Instead this is a crop of that picture. It was taken at 10mm, but probably would have been better off taken at around 35mm. Oh well.
Nikon D70 / Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM @ 10mm
f11 / 1/1000" / -1EV / ISO 200
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Kalalau Valley Outlook, overlooking the Na Poli Cliffs from the land side. Kauai, Hawaii.
Nikon D70 / Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM @ 18mm
f8 / 1/400" / -1EV / ISO 200
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Kauai, Hawaii.
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Friend: "Eww, why would you go to Brooklyn?"Classic New York Skyline picture, taken from Brooklyn Bridge Park.