Long Road

Everything is a little out of perspective in this one. This a bike path, but with the lines on the new hot top you'd think it was a two lane road. The fog helped here by giving the illusion the road goes on forever. There's a person walking down the path a ways. I never knew if he was coming or going, but I wondered. I'm never at these spots for long.

Autumn Dead Bug

I found this bug, by a door, where I work. I wonder if it had made it in, would it have survived? I've never seen anything like it but knew I wanted to photograph it. Seemed to be posed pretty good for a dead bug. Even without the color this thing is cool, but what color!?

Young Tree

Again, I was thinking of something different as I approached the Park, hoping to find it and try to get to work on time. I was using a camera that most people wouldn't because it wasn't current and didn't have enough pixels to be trusted. I'm glad I like to try things like older cameras and lenses. That in itself makes you different and you'll definitely get a different look, much like we did with the old film cameras. Different films/lenses, different results. In the old days (10 years ago or so) people worried about film and optics for the job. Not that way today. Why did that go away? Most people only think they understand pixels (the more the better), but they don't. I don't know what grade your in when you know 2 is more than 1 but in the adult world with photography it goes much deeper than that. This is why some people do better than others with what they have whether they're loaded up with pixels or not. In this image, the low pixel count is hidden in the fog. Have I mentioned how much I like fog? I do.

Autumn Morning

I was telling a friend and photographer the day before how I hadn't taken my Unity Park route to work, therefore no new images. This morning I wondered if I had a chance at a location shortly before this. That spot didn't look good, and I was thinking how the light wasn't happening anyway. As I approached the final turn, this is what I saw. Straight ahead it was and parking made it even better. I couldn't figure out what to do with the little black tree in front and have the sun in a good spot at the same time. I decided to try to hide it as you see it. The subtlety of it makes the shot (and I was trying to hide it?). I wasn't late for work, but wished I could have stayed longer. Who knows.

NEX Rainbows

I think rainbows are something you sit, watch, and enjoy. I'm usually trying to find a better angle, whether speeding around in the car, running through the woods, or frantically trying to find the right lens while time is running out. They just don't last long enough. These were spotted at the end of the work day and for a few moments I watched but finally broke down and ran to get my camera. My angle couldn't have been better and the light on the NEX building was just what it should have been. I captured a few and the rainbows disappeared, almost like they were waiting for me to finish.

Bird

It was windy and sunny and dark and fast! I looked out the window and saw the dark sky relative to the light toned NEX building. All I could think of was, "another NEX image!" It wasn't to be though. I recorded what was there but I was missing something. I started aiming left and playing with the light on the trees and the lack of light in the clouds. I knew at any moment the light could change so I was kinda frantic. I wasn't thrilled with this until I saw the lone bird playing in the wind. Up and down it went, I could barely see when the wings were spread but could tell they were flappen. This was a good day to be a bird.

Gypsy Jazz Band

I never got to thank this duo that entertained us. They were perfect and unexpected. I only took a few images the day of my opening. I guess that makes the few precious. I thought I would go without the camera, broke down, used it, and then put it away. It was a day to experience, not record.

Tony

This is what I looked like on the opening at the Gallery. My mom and dad came to see. I usually do better when I aim the camera at myself, maybe I was nervous. It was a good day.

Telephone Pole

For me, this, I think, is the most incredible image I've made, in my life, of a telephone pole.

Morning Fog

This image again made just to the left of my previous posts. I saw the light as I headed for work and thought I might have some luck again at Unity Park. No luck there. I've left the airport alone because of the construction (their building a longer runway), but not this morning. I found a place to park and started running thru the grass to get my shot and then race back to get to work on time. I wanted to get the fog and mist in the hills but realized the mounded up dirt would be a good element in the shot. I don't know how long the dirt will be there so my soaked feet seemed worth it.

NEX Sunrise

Seems to be a wonderland across the road from where I work (at least before seven anyway). I'm not big into sunsets but don't have a problem with sunrises. There's a different look I think. Soon, the seasons will change enough and it will be to dark to do much before work. Timing is everything in most spots but I'll always look and wonder if there's something I can pull off in the NEX direction. Just another challenge and I'm good with that.

NEX Early

There are four layers to this image (Stumps, Grasses, building, and Sky). The conditions were right for another try and I have to think the haze is what provokes me. I know I've shot on a "regular" day, but haven't found any of the images moving. Maybe that's my NEXt project, but I doubt it as I have too many things going on right now. I still think it's neat that the same place can have so many looks, if you "see" at the right time.

NEX Ice Cold

Yeah, this was one cold late winter morning. Great for an image but I'm talking cold! What to do,.. get some cold weather gear on and shoot comfortably or hop out, try to deal, and get the shot before something changes? I get frantic sometimes and usually when the moment shouldn't be taken for granted. This was here, I was cold, I had to go in for work, errrrrr, get it done. And then I'm back to happy. It's usually that fast. This is of the same building as my last post, aimed a little to the right(012406-7:40am).

NEX Haze

I have a daily view of a large building as I park my car for work everyday (I take pictures right up to the last moment). The sun is usually low and aimed right at me and I've seen enough unique mornings that I have a pretty good series of this mundane location. They are far and few in between shots but I still look and wonder if there is something there. I've never been close enough to this field to say what's growing here and it doesn't look kept up. The walls of the building are north-side windowless and bland to say the least. This is where a photographer can like an image they made more than a "looker" because you know what you started with (091307-7:27am).

Cloud with Moon

I was heading to my car after work last night and noticed the blue sky. Sometimes I have to spend all day inside so when I go out, a pleasant evening looks even better. When I saw the moon, I figured, why not, I photograph everything else, and it isn't the first time I've shot the moon and it won't be the last. I have to say, my first few--> "bah-hored" me. So I start "shooting for the moon" and end up with a cloud shot and the moon in the background. I had other shots with the whole cloud but I like the this where the main subject could still be the moon. It doesn't really matter, I feel like I accomplished something. I needed a photographic fix and got it, in Turners Falls.

Life

Shortly after we heard the sirens, we were practically engulfed by smoke. This fire was a half block away. I don't look for work like this, don't want it, don't need it, can't handle it. My heart was broken when they brought the lifeless dog out. It just wasn't fair. The Firemen worked on this little guy for what seemed like eternity as I watched to see a sign of life. No heart beat, no breathing. I didn't want to stay but couldn't leave, I had to know. I have plenty of images and some may be better, but I like the anonymity of this image. I wasn't trying to create, just capture. As soon as I knew, I left. I think the camera helped in a non photographic way. It was my crutch to deal with this situation and see at the same time. By the way, they brought the sooty little guy back to life. It was amazing.

Eagles Nest

We've watched for this nest every time we went by on rte 5. I get a little help from the moisture of the Connecticut river which is on the other side of this. I had a camera with a fixed lens which wasn't very long. In the old days this would have bothered me. I've learned to work with what I have and not complain. I'm here, the subjects here, what would someone do hundred years ago with a box camera? A long lens or walk would have given me a nice shot of a pile of sticks and branches in the tree. Environment is important to the subject. I'd like this image without the nest (or eagle). What a view though.

Foggy Stop

I feel like the first tree on the left and the extra sign under the "Stop" sign (which you can't see well) make this more real. The tree throws the symmetry off of the nature and the extra sign makes the "Stop" sign less perfect. This was all on my left as I headed to work (it was a three way stop), so I turned to the right, started to turn a "U'ie", stopped, and shot this through my side window. If I were a tree I'd like having this sign as a neighbor.

Tree Shadow

Normally I like my tree work leafless. I couldn't help this with the leaves but then again, it's more an image of the lack of light, in the shape of a tree. I wonder how many people saw this. Sometimes when it's "just" a good day, our attention is on other things like the blue sky, or the lawn that needs to be mowed, not a shadow. I'll admit, I do watch for the changing shadows throughout the year on this wall but, this is another symptom I have of "photographicitus". It's not a bad thing.

Quiet Field

This image is parallel by one block and aimed as little to the right of my previous post. Early morning at the ball field all is quiet. I wonder how many cars passed by and didn't notice a thing. I wouldn't expect anyone to be thinking images like me, they probably have thoughts of softball, baseball, and getting to work on time. Sometimes nothingness or the lack of a main subject works. It gives your mind time to play. With ball players, the image will take on a different meaning. I don't think softball or baseball would cross your mind with this (at first). That's good.