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DSC_8370 healing gardens - snug harbor
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DSC_8370 healing gardens - snug harbor

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  • DSC_4825 spring scene at Silver Lake
  • DSC_4848 foggy sunrise at Clove Lake
  • Yes I could have slept in late this particular morning last month, after all it was my first vacation of 2010, but photography is back in my blood, and the weatherman's prediction of early morning fog pulled me out of bed before sunrise (well that and my alarm clock).
  • I had the alarm clock drag me out of bed at 5:30 this morning so I could go out to Clove Lake and see if the late night rain and foggy dawn lighting would add some drama to a large fallen tree I've been eyeing for the last few days - it did not. But not everything at the lake failed to take advantage of intriguing lighting conditions this morning.
  • DSC_5059 foggy morning at Clove Lake
  • DSC_5493 spring scene at the Botanical Gardens
  • Yesterday afternoon I went out to the Harlem Mere armed with a better quality lens than I had last april when I to tried and capture a particularly nice scenic shot for my collection. My 16-85mm Nikkor has been a revelation to the shots my 1st independent maker zoom kept botching, and that scene was one of many that I wanted to try shooting again. But unfortunately the weather turned out to be "too good" this day, as the cloudless sky created shadows that were too deep to make for a good park scenic shot. So after staying for a while to enjoy the feel of the warm sun on my face and the good conversation with several curious people of my equipment, I moved on.<br /> <br /> It's been the theme of my vacation this week to go to places I haven't tried to photograph before. So I deliberately travelled south down a path that I haven't normally transversed in the past. That decision ended up giving my 16-85mm a scene to shoot after all.
  • DSC_5824 Spring scene in Central Park
  • After a day of shooting in Central Park I caught the ferry boat to go back home and enjoy the relaxing ride back to Staten Island. But looking at this scene develop did get me to pull out my camera one last time.
  • DSC_7502 multiple waterfalls
  • A month before I took this shot, I came here to Snug Harbor for the first time in about 15 years. I was on vacation and my quest that vacation was to travel to places in the City I haven't been to before, or in a very long time, hoping to discover new places to photograph. When I arrived here last month the Chinese Scholar's Garden was closed on Monday's, so I determined to come back in May on my next vacation, when it was open. Yes on this beautiful Thursday it was open, but being it wasn't a weekend, not that many people were visiting it, and it looked a little too empty for my taste to take a lot of photographs. So I chose to come back on a weekend when lots of visitors would make the grounds come to life.<br /> <br /> On my way out however I walked past a pine tree, which was located near dead center in this photograph in the background. If you go to my nature gallery at Smugmug, you can see that this garden wasn't totally empty after all. At least one family was enjoying the gardens very much.
  • I've discovered that the winding paths that snake through the Healing Gardens here at Snug Harbor are a popular place to walk both dogs and baby carriages, and it's also a nice place to just sit and relax.
  • DSC_8370 healing gardens - snug harbor
  • In order to appreciate viewing this scene the way I ultimately want it to be viewed, it will need to be a wall sized enlargement. That will mean capturing this scene with either a medium format camera, or a mega pixel DSLR monster like a D3x. But until a ton of money falls down from the sky, I'll have to make due with what I've got.<br /> <br /> Compositionally speaking, for this shot to work I need an interesting collection of people on the far right, some more people on the steps in the center, and some more people off on the far left (by the waterline below that building). I always manage to get one or two of the three spots filled with people at the same time, but rarely all three, even after staying there for several hours. But it's a nice way to spend a beautiful afternoon, plus it's a great way to meet new people as whenever I setup my equipment on a tripod for a lengthy amount of time, people always stop by to chat.
  • An old favortie
  • I keep trying to get a shot that has both people above and Koi fish in the water below, but I always end up getting one or the other. I'll come back again later, maybe in the fall, that should make for a really beautiful shot.
  • DSC_ 3236 early evening in Jersey City
  • DSC_ 3478 hurrying home
  • When it comes to catching people in candid moments, I generally prefer that my subjects are not starring into the camera. But that's not a hard fast rule. Stopping and waving to me on the other hand will get me to wave back, and possibly even snap the shutter, but it is a virtual certainty that they've killed any chance to end up in one of my galleries, but not always...
  • The Jersey City coast provides lots of nice spots to capture pretty scenic photo's, especially in the spring when their flowers are in bloom.
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