This macabre thing caught my eye at Rockaway Beach. I thought it was a dead animal at first. This gloomy image matched my mood at that moment. I am in mourning for our recently departed bird Dinka and slip into melancholy easily.
Rockaway Baby
Nature
Jamaica Bay Enhanced
I had fun editing these images. I knew I wanted to create lots of atmosphere and a dark mood when I photographed these. The Snow Geese will be leaving soon. Read-winged Blackbirds are singing away as are the Song Sparrows. Ospreys are building their nests. And I saw 5 Black-bellied Plovers at Floyd Bennett Field.
Lightroom and mostly Photoshop in Windows 11 keeps randomly freezing. I wonder if anyone else is having trouble with it. I pushed Photoshop hard to make it freeze while I made these. I have a new super fast computer, an Alienware Aurora R213. Dell replaced the graphics card. Microsoft had me make a new profile. Adobe techs tried everything they could. 20 tech calls later and it is still no good.
High Line
A few early Spring flowers on the High Line in Manhattan.
Little Island
Little Island @Pier55 in the Hudson River, New York City on a misty morning in March.
Edits to Orchids
I discovered that Photoshop doesn’t work well in my new computer with Windows 11. It keeps hanging. Adobe is working on it. While testing it out I created these edits.
Orchids and Other
A mix of plants that I photographed while visiting the NY Botanical Gardens.
Yellow Orchids
Yellow to greenish orchids work well on gray or a dark background.
White Orchids
White and pale cream colored orchids. One hallway in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is all white orchids.
