Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Taken near the Bear Mountain Bridge looking North up the Hudson. Bright yellow forsythias in the foreground; The distinctive conical shape of Sugarloaf Mountain near Garrison in the background across the river; and the Hudson River in between.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3
This two frogs (along with three others and a few ducks) sit on the base of the Honey Bear Statue near Central Park zoo. Apparently water sprays from their mouths although when I was there the fountain was not functioning (possibly because of the season).
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.
Although a spectacular building, St. Patrick’s Cathedral would be really imposing in any other city. Unfortunately in New York City it’s dwarfed by the enormous buildings around it and its size consequently diminished.
It’s still a lovely structure though, and as I was walking by I noticed these strange shadows on the side of the cathedral. I guess the shadows were from light reflected off one of the tall buildings opposite.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3
For some interior shots of St. Patrick’s Cathedral see: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, NY
After lunch at the Loeb Boathouse in Central Park, my wife went shopping with our friend and I decided to go back home. So I walked back to Grand Central Terminal and on my way passed Trump Tower. From what I’d heard the the security would be terrible, but I was surprised that it wasn’t really that bad. There we a couple New York City policemen in front of the entrance – in full armor and bristling with weapons. They seemed to be very pleasant, however, even posing for pictures with tourists. It was a hot day and my feet were hurting (unfamiliar shoes) and I didn’t go inside. I wanted to take a picture of something though – just to commemorate the occasion. Finally I spotted this plaque on the side of the entrance. It’s not all that big – maybe a couple of feet tall, but the name ‘Trump’ appears no less than seven times, in bright gold letters.
This statue stands just outside the zoo in Central Park, New York City. According to the Central Park Conservancy web site:
This whimsical bronze is in a niche that flanks the triple-archway that supports the Delacorte Musical Clock between the Central Park Zoo and the Children’s Zoo. The Dancing Goat is the bear’s counterpart on the southern side if the Zoo.
Cast at Roman Bronze Works in Brooklyn and installed in 1937, both sculptures are decorative fountains. Water sprays from five small frogs at the feet of the bear, and from five small ducks from the feet of the goat. Created by renowned animal sculptor and Brooklyn native Frederick George Richard Roth, the lighthearted pieces are among several Roth works he did for Central Park in the 1920s and 1930s. (Among them is Balto, the statue of the legendary Alaskan husky).
Central Park Conservancy restored the sculptures in 1993, and today Roth’s pieces continue to delight Park and zoo visitors of all ages.
Sadly I missed the ‘Dancing Goat Statue‘.
Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3