After a day’s series of lectures and workshops at OPTIC by B&H Photo and Video provided and free dinner followed by a trip to the Edge | Into The Sky. Out Of This World. (edgenyc.com). The viewing platform is terrifyingly high. For the adventurous the offer “City Climb” which allows one to climb higher. I got a thrill going out onto the glass floor. As a New Yorker I never wanted to pay to go see the Edge. I did enjoy it.
From June 12 to 15 I took part in B&H Photo and Video’s OPTIC 2022 Event (bhphotovideo.com). All I can say is wow! Thank you B&H and a special shout out to the organizers, like David Brommer. It is simply amazing that one can go to free events like this and learn so much and have so much fun. I bought some more gear at B&H too.
There were lectures by top photographers and teachers, Scott Kelby, Matt Kloskowski, and Alen Shapiro to name a few. Thanks to Canon, Sony, Nikon and other sponsors we had three days of outside events. There was a competition and free prints and much more. I’ll cover the events in subsequent posts.
Still life’s provided at the show which was at the New Yorker hotel…
I experimented with a watercolor effect created using some actions and brushes. If you are interested in trying it out or to see how it is done go to Transform Photos into Watercolors with a Free Photoshop Action.
Second post for June 4 trip covering other flora and fauna.
Around the corner form us is the Chelsea Market by the Meat Packing District in Manhattan, New York. Once owned by the National Biscuit Company. It is a fun place to visit and has lots of shops and eateries in it. For Thursday doors st Duff, June 9, 2022.
On June 4, 2022 we went with members of Linnaean Society of NY and the NYC Butterfly club led by Rick Cech to observe butterflies at Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester, NY. I got some help identifying these by some of the experts in the group but it is more than likely that I misidentified a few. Skippers are such a challenge!
The rest will be in the post after next.
The NJBG at Skylands in New Jersey is one of my favorite places to visit. I’ll show to manor in the next post.
Berlin is a charming little town. There was a fair on Sunday May 22. I bought multicolored eggs, strawberries, mushrooms, and asparagus.
