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Jamaica Bay

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We have a new car, a 2019 VW Jetta. I named it James in honor of my mother (her maiden name). We plan to look for a less expensive place to live in a more rural area, or find a summer place, and need a car to do so.

Meanwhile, we are having fun going to places we have trouble visiting. This trip was to Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, NY.

  • Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Yucca (Agavoideae Yucca glauca), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Ospreys with young (Neognathae Accipitriformes Pandionidae), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020
  • Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma), Jamaica Bay 6/25/2020

Hudson Sunset

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Early in June I took these photos at the Hudson River Park near us. There was a family of Canada Geese on the walkway. A man gave the goslings a dish of water. They didn’t mind all the people passing by.

  • Horatio and Hudson Streets 6/12/2020
  • Hudson 6/12/2020
  • Hudson 6/12/2020
  • Canada Geese, Hudson 6/12/2020
  • Hudson 6/12/2020

Lonely Streets

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Seeing the shops boarded up and few people around it feels almost deserted. I thought it strange to see the cellist returned to his usual spot pre-pandemic.

Westbeth for artists is also in the Village. Part of the old High Line is shown here. Check out the link for history.

Charles lane is near the Hudson River in Greenwich Village. “Only one tangible remnant of the Newgate Prison still exists today, the narrow, sidewalk-absented Charles Lane, which marked the northern boundary of the prison property. It appears on this 1885 map, but the City officially mapped it on official records beginning in 1893, when it gained its unusual brick paving.

Charles and Christopher Streets are named for the same man, Charles Christopher Amos, a landowner who had inherited part of Sir Peter warren’s massive Greenwich Village estate in the colonial era. Unusually, the streets were named Christopher, Amos, Charles going north; Amos was renamed West 10th Street as far back as the 1840s.” (source: Forgotten NY) See the old photos and details in Forgotten NY.

  • Bleeker St 6/4/2020
  • Cellist on Bleeker St 6/4/2020
  • Bleeker St 6/4/2020
  • Westbeth 6/4/2020
  • Charles Lane 6/4/2020

Jefferson Market Garden

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I’ve been entertaining myself with tutorials on two Photoshop Panels, The Zone System and Palette Effects by Blake Rudis at the F64 Elite Academy.

The first two images are the results of my first dabble with it. Three and four are before editing. I like the rich and colorful results.

  • Allim and Iris, Jefferson Market Garden 5/30/2020
  • Cacti, Jefferson Market Garden 5/30/2020
  • Allim and Iris (before), Jefferson Market Garden 5/30/2020
  • Cacti (before), Jefferson Market Garden 5/30/2020

Riverside Doors

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Riverside Drive in New York City is full of elegant turn of the century mansions and doors. Here are three. The Hendrik Hudson, River Mansion and The Buddhist Church doesn’t have a very nice building, but I like the statue.

  • The Hendrik Mansion, 380 Riverside Drive 5/28/2020
  • The Hendrik Mansion, 380 Riverside Drive 5/28/2020
  • The Hendrik Mansion, 380 Riverside Drive 5/28/2020
  • The River Mansion, 337 Riverside Drive 5/28/2020
  • NY Buddhist Church, 331-332 Riverside Drive 5/28/2020

Optic 2020 June 7

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I love the annual Optic Conference. This year Optic 2020, organized by David Brommer, is digital and anyone can join to watch the presentations or enter images for critiques and prizes starting on June 7. I highly recommend it to all you photographers out there.

Here are my entries for possible critiques in 9 categories:

  • Abstract – Ice, WFC 1/16/2012
  • Mammal – Eastern Grey Squirrel Reading, Central Park 5/10/2015 sf 9
  • Travel – Barges at River Neckinger, Thames 1/1/2016
  • Macro – Plant, Central Park 8/11/2017
  • Birding – Hermit Thrush, Central Park 5/2/2019
  • Underwater – Koi common carp (Cyprinus carpio), Planting Fields Arboretum, LI, NY 6/29/2019
  • Landscape – Hudson River Park – flames 3/22/2020 3/22/2020
  • Street – Fallen petals, Meat Market 4/30/2020
  • Not entered – Great Masterwort (Astrantia major ‘Rubra’) with water drops, Central Park 5/28/2020

Jamaica Bay NWR

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After visiting Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in the morning of June 21st we drove down to Jamaica Bay in he afternoon and saw an additional 25 species of birds for the day in an hour. The jet speed antics of the Tree Swallows are such fun to watch.

  • Rosa rugosa, Jamacia Bay NWR 5/21/2020
  • White Campion (Silene latifolia), Jamacia Bay NWR 5/21/2020
  • Great Egret (Ardea alba), Jamacia Bay NWR 5/21/2020
  • Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus), Jamacia Bay NWR 5/21/2020
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), Jamacia Bay NWR 5/21/2020
  • Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea), Jamacia Bay NWR 5/21/2020
  • Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea), Jamacia Bay NWR 5/21/2020
  • Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea), Jamacia Bay NWR 5/21/2020