I used Photoshop and onOne filters.
Lamp
Month: June 2016
Insects and
I went to Central Park with only my Nikor-Micro f2.8 105mm G lens on my D750 to photograph small things. After throwing out almost all of them I am left with these. I apologize for the poor quality of a few but I included them because I am so proud of myself for identifying them.
Leaf and Plant Bug (Miridae), Cenntral Park 6/24/2016
Small Flourescent Green Fly (Clondylostylus), Central Park 6/24/2016
Small Flourescent Green Fly (Clondylostylus), Central Park 6/24/2016
Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea), Central Park, 6/24/2016
Ladybug (Coccinellidae) metemorphose, Central Park 6/24/2016
Aphid (Macrosiphini Amphorophora), Central Park 6/24/2016
Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis), Central Park 6/24/2016
Sumac Family (Anacardiaceae), Central Park 6/24/2016
Japanese Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), Central Park 6/24/2016
Japanese Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), Central Park 6/24/2016
Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus), Central Park 6/24/2016
Possibly lotus, Cental park 6/24/2016
Thirteenth Century Doors
These doors are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. The late thirteenth century carved wooden doors are probably from a Beyhaqkim Mosque, Anatoloa, Konya. they are decorated with a radiating interlacing star pattern with epigraphic and arabesque panels at the top and bottom. They are inscribed, “The wise one is he who has learned a lesson form experience. And the ignorant one is he who does not think of the consequences.”
Created for Norm’s Thursday Doors June 23, 2016.
Castle – July One Photo Focus
The original “castle” by Bren Ryan of RyanPhotography was dark (on purpose I’m sure) so first I opened up the shadows in Lightroom. I felt that the castle needed some breathing space and some interest in the sky. To do that I masked the castle in Photoshop and imported a suitable background of my own, taken in Panama 5/21/2014, to place behind it. I selected the water and duplicated it as a layer and stretched it to fill the bottom and stretched part of it to fill the area on the bottom left. I blended it in by cloning and masking then merged those layers. Lastly, I brought it into onOne for a few more adjustments.
Created for Stacy Fischer’s July One Photo Focus.
Hudson in the Evening
At the end of the street where I live is the Hudson River. It is pleasent there of a summer evening. When I took the first image a Black-crowned Night Heron happend to be flying by.
Wave Hill 3 of 3
The breezes from the Hudson help to cool keep it cool in the summer. We spent some time seated in the shade of an enormous Linden tree. The plants in the rock garden are randomly arranged in square tubs of varying sizes.
Wave Hill 2 of 3
Wave Hill is a peaceful and tranquil place.
Wave Hill 1 of 3
The variety and quality of flowers at Wave Hill is exceptional. I am sorry but I do not know the names of many of these cultivars. If anyone can add a few names I would appreciate it.
Taken with a Nikon XD750 with a Nikon AFS VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f2.8 lens
The history of Wave Hill, starting in 1853, is interesting, see the history page at Wave Hill’s site.
