Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
I just liked the way that the tree was reflected in the lake. It didn’t work out quite the way I wanted. I guess my eye filtered out the somewhat distracting background (which the camera didn’t and couldn’t because of the type of camera and lens I had) and isolated the tree more. I still like it though. Tip: it looks better if you click on the image to see a larger version.
On the Lake at Teatown.
While I was taking the picture the taxidermist drove out and we chatted for a while. He invited me to drop by sometime and see inside.
One of the priests told me that this quite beautiful stained glass window was done by Tiffany. Some additional digging around on the internet confirmed that the stained glass was indeed done by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s firm and the British glaziers Bell & Almond.
Interior view. Unfortunately this exceeded the dynamic range of the camera and it was possible to properly recover the highlights which are overexposed. I include the picture anyway because it gives a fairly good sense of what the interior looked like.
I came across this lovely church while driving through Beacon and stopped to take a closer look. According to Wikipedia:
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is located in Beacon, New York, United States. The church complex of four buildings and a cemetery takes up a 12-acre (4.9 ha) parcel between Wolcott (NY 9D), Rector, Phillips and Union Streets. It was founded in 1832 as a religious school that soon became St. Anna’s Church of Fishkill Landing.
The church and rectory were built in 1869 from a design by Frederick Clarke Withers, who later on considered the former one of his best buildings. The Gothic Revival-styled building strongly reflects contemporary Ecclesiological theories of appropriate church architecture. Despite some modifications and restoration, the buildings and grounds have remained largely as they were when first built. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 as “St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Complex”.
Withers designed a number of building in and around Beacon and all of them are well worth a look: Tioronda (Craig House); Tioronda School; Reformed Church of Beacon
Dedication over the front porch.
Crucifix and graveyard (designed by Henry Winthrop Sargent who also laid out the church buildings)
I arrived just before a service and chatted with one of the priests. He told me that this medallion over the front porch depicts a winged bull, the symbol of St. Luke.
Modern addition to the Parish House. I liked the geometrical shapes. It’s almost abstract.