Fall Focus, by richard It was one of the last warm days of summer. The reeds and grasses in the bird sanctuary had started to go to seed and the light was getting lower and warmer earlier and earlier. We took the gear for a walk and I mounted the old Nikon 500mm mirror lens [...]
Categories: Bayonne,Experiments,Flowers,Focus,Richard,Sunset,Telephoto
Barnegat Light in the Afternoon, by Richard. It is said that to make interesting photographs one must stand in front of interesting things. It is also said that one should view one’s familiar surroundings as if one were a visitor from another place. I’ve lived in northern New Jersey for most of my life and [...]
Categories: Beach,Beautiful Light,Lighthouse,New Jersey,Richard,Sunset
Every Thursday as we travel to Ridgewood, New Jersey for a meeting, we pass a cemetery whose entrance gates look as if they were built as a WPA project during the 1930s. This is the George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery and I’ve been meaning to drive in and see up close some of the other [...]
Categories: Architectural,Beautiful Light,Post Processing,Richard,Ridgewood,Sunset
The gate into the bay, by Richard. A long time ago, when 1/8th inch tape cassettes were the cat’s pajamas (oops, I mean the hot new thing, 78′s were the cat’s pajamas), there was a commercial for Memorex brand tape where listeners were challenged to determine which was the live performance and which was playback [...]
Categories: Bayonne,Landscape,Linda,Lowlight,Newark,Night,Post Processing,Richard,Sunset
