Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Our last snow fall came after a period of abnormally warm weather so the ground was quite warm. This meant that initially the snow stuck mostly on the grassy/mossy areas rather than on the paved areas. From this arose these interesting snow patterns. As the snow continued I imagine the paved areas cooled down and eventually the snow was sticking to them too and everything became white.
Another take on the “Big Sky” statue – this time in black and white. I think I prefer this version to the color version posted earlier (see Big Sky detail). It’s somewhat more abstract and ambiguous – it’s not immediately obvious what it is.
This was taken almost a year ago (January 29, 2016) in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY. I liked the varied tones and it’s almost abstract feel. Although I wasn’t conscious of it at the time, I was probably influenced by seeing similar (but much better) photographs by (I suspect) Minor White and/or Brett Weston.
It wasn’t until I was editing this picture that I noticed the resemblance to a man (somehow it looked more male than female to me) with his arms and legs outstretched. The orange/yellow color reminded me a little of fire so I decided to call this ‘Burning Man’.
It’s actually a slice of dried apple placed on top of a dessert (Apple Tart a la mode) my wife ordered during a recent lunch in New York City.
The previous post featured my favorite black and white pictures for 2016. This one highlights the color pictures. Again in no particular order.
Passing train. In 4th Annual Holiday Train Show at Grand Central.
Yellow flowers. An Impression.
Colorful commercial landscape.
