Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
This pond was once the outdoor pool of a grand resort hotel in Briarcliff Manor, NY – the village where I live. It was called the Briarcliff Lodge and it was built by Walter W. Law, the founder of Briarcliff Manor.
To get a feel for what it must have been like to have been staying there during its heyday in the 1920s take a look at this short (around three minute) video: A Video Tour of the Briarcliff Lodge.
Taken with a Sony A6000 and Venus Optics Laowa 85mm f5.6
According to Mary Cheever in her wonderful book on Briarcliff Manor: The Changing Langscape:
The “Century Homestead” as it is named in the Beer’s Atlas of 1867, on Chappaqua Road has been called the Reuben Whitson House. However, since there are no Whitsons on the Mt. Pleasant census rolls before 1830, it was probably another Washburn House (cf. The Washburn House).
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-70 f3.5-5.6 OSS.
Thought there might be a picture, so in I went. Somehow the machines seemed to require a black and white treatment (see picture below).
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Sigma 18-50mm f2.8
I liked the overall symmetry, as well as the dappled light filtering through the trees.
Taken with a Fuji X-E3 and Fuji XC 16-50mm f3.5-5.6 OSS II
I went for a walk in the woods the other day and came across this wonderful, gnarly tree. I also liked the way it was framed by the trees on the left and the right.
Taken with a Panasonic Lumx GX85 and Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f/4-5.6 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S.