The third bird down is a composite image.
Snake’s Head Fritillary, Central Park 4/18/2017[/caption]
Central Park April 18
Manhattan
High Line Flower Fun
I love taking pictures of flowers with my AF-S Micro Nikkor 105mm f2.8 G ED lens. I took these Friday morning on the High Line.
Central Park Spring Flowers
Photographed using a Nikon D750 with a Sigma 150-600 mm lens in Central Park Tuesday April 11. I find that my big lens can work a lot like a macro.
Central Park Birds Wednesday
I actually photographed these on Tuesday April 11 in Central Park and processed them next day. So the title is not totally wrong.
One of those lucky shots.
The Red-headed Woodpecker has been there all winter but I was unable to get to that part of the park to see it until now. A terrible bunch of photos of it, but they are mine.
Im Red-tailed Hawk, Central Park 4/11/2017
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Central Park 4/11/2017
Palm Warbler, Central Park 4/11/2017
American Goldfinch, Central Park 4/11/2017
Red-headed Woodpecker, Cnetral Park 4/12/2017
Red-headed Woodpecker, Cnetral Park 4/12/2017
First Spring Birds
During a brief late afternoon visit to Central Park on April 5, 2017 I captured a few early Spring migrants.
Late Spring Birds
A selection of birds from March photographed in Central Park.
Song Sparrow, Central Park 3/29/2017
Song Sparrow, Central Park 3/29/2017
Song Sparrow, Central Park 3/29/2017
White-throated Sparrow, Central Park 2/16/2017
Blue Jay, Central Park 2/16/2017
White-breasted Nuthatch Central Park 2/16/2017
Goldfinch, Central Park 2/16/2017
Tufted Titmouse, Central Park 2/16/2017
Black-capped Chickadee, Central Park 3/16/2017
Chipping Sparrow, Central Park 3/29/2017
Fox Sparrow, Central Park 3/29/2017
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Central Park 3/29/2017
The Phoebe was hanging out at Turtle Pond. I didn’t get a close shot of it.
Eastern Phoebe, Central Park 3/29/2017
Turtle Pond, Central Park 3/29/2017
Spring Plants
The first one is digital art and the rest are photographs taken in Shakespeare Garden, Central Park, New York City.
Judson Doors
The Judson Memorial Church at 239 Thompson Street on the south side of Washington Square Park, New York City was designed by Stanford White of McKim, Mead and White 1892. It is a composite of Byzantine, Lombardo-Romanesque or Renaissance Italianate. The building materials are terracotta and brick. The stained glass by John La Farge are amazing.
In 1890 the preacher Edward Judson initiated construction of Judson Church as a memorial to his father Adoniram Judson, the first American Protestant foreign missionary. It was backed by John D. Rockefeller and other prominent Northern Baptists. Judson Memorial Church’s location was intended to unite the immigrants of the tenements to the south of the square with the wealthy upper classes. However, the established rich were not keen on rubbing shoulders with the immigrant poor and attendance declined.
From the 1950’s on the forward thinking ministers of the church helped foster the arts and racial and gay rights. One event I found interesting was Lenny Bruce’s memorial service on August 12, 1966. It was attended by Allen Garfield, The Fugs, Paul Krassner, C Sharp, Alan Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, to name a few. Lenny Bruce was famous for his comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. He was convicted in 1964 of obscenity and posthumously pardoned.
- Judson Memorial Church – Wikipedia
- Judson Memorial Church – NYC Architecture (good pictures of interior)
- Judson Memorial Church historical overview
- Judson Memorial Church history
- Judson Memorial stained glass pictures
Created for Norm’s Thursday Doors March 30, 2017
