Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
This guy seemed to be enjoying sitting by the Hudson. The wind was quite strong and as you can see, he was bundled up to keep warm. I also suspect that he was sleeping, because every so often his body would slide to the side and after a couple of seconds, he’d right himself
Taken with a Sony RX100 VII
I was going to have lunch at a restaurant on the Hudson River, but I was very early. To kill some time, I stopped for a coffee at this coffee shop on Main Street, Ossining. It’s called “First Village Coffee“. Now, I’m not much of a coffee connoisseur. If it’s hot, wet and vaguely coffee-tasting that’s usually good enough for me. However, judging by the number of people on line (it was packed) the coffee and food must have been good. Speaking of food, they have a great selection of baked goods. There’s limited seating inside, and more outside on the street. There’s also a small outside area at the rear.
All in all, a very pleasant place.
Taken with a Sony RX100 VII
My kind of garden: low maintenance.
Taken with a Sony RX100 IV
I’ve posted pictures of these brick columns before. While I don’t know exactly what their purpose was, they look as if they were once an entrance to the Speyer estate. The brick wall that once surrounded the Speyer property is a well-known sight in Briarcliff Manor, but most residents do know why it’s there. I do, though – for two reasons. First, I’m the Vice President of the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society, and second because my house is inside the wall i.e. on the site of the old mansion. I even have some pieces on Speyer buildings on my property. For more on the Speyers see here and here.
However, this time as I approached these columns, I noticed that they looked different. Where once there were once five of them, now there were only four. From the second picture it was clear that one of them had fallen. It was also clear that some trees had been cut down. I have no idea if one of the trees fell on the column and knocked it down or whether the column fell of its own accord – It was, after all, at least 125 years old.
Taken with a Sony RX100 IV
These were taken along River Road, one of the most expensive parts of Briarcliff Manor. They’re all large houses. What you’re see here is the part of the house that faces the road. The other side faces the Hudson River. You can get a sense of what the views must be like in the final pictures.
Taken with a Sony Nex 3 (converted to full spectrum Infrared) and Sony FE 28-70 f3.5 – f5.6