Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
Taken at the Rockefeller State Park Preserve towards the end of the day. It had been quite gloomy, but then the clouds parted and this lovely light streamed through. Lucky!
Taken with an Olympus OM-D EM-10 and Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42 f3.5-4.6 II
I came across this blob of ice in a nearby stream. I like it’s smooth texture and shiny surface, especially in contrast to the darker surroundings.
Taken with an Olympus OM-D EM-10 and Panasonic Lumix G Vario 14-42 f3.5-4.6 II
Having spent some time enjoying the majesty of Raven Rock we headed for home. It was at this point that I realized that the long downhill stretch to the rocky outcrop was now a long uphill stretch. And after walking for 1.5 hours already my aging legs were starting to ache. Moreover I soon made a mistake. I came across one of the trails heading back and mistakenly turned in the wrong direction. After walking for quite some time I realized that I wasn’t seeing the lakes that I was expecting to see. Since I didn’t know where this particular trail was going to end up there was nothing for it but turn around and go back, adding extra time to my journey.
I was close to where I’d started when I noticed this dead tree with the rolling hills in the background.
Taken with a Panasonic Lumix GF-1 and Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f4-5.6
I found the textures and tones to be interesting.
Taken with a Panasonic Lumix GF-1 and Lumix G Vario 45-150mm f4-5.6
I think it’s fair to say that 2020 was not a good year. It started well enough with the final days of our trip to Switzerland (Geneva) and France (Paris) and then went downhill from there. In February I had some fairly serious surgery, which initially went well but later led to some complications, which while not too serious led a period (from February to August) where I didn’t feel up to going out and taking pictures. During this period, of course, the COVID Pandemic started which didn’t help matters. Eventually the health issues were sorted out (at least for now) and after some additional surgery I started to feel stronger. Then tragedy: my wife of 42 years passed away suddenly and unexpectedly after a very short (just over two weeks) illness.
Since that dreadful day in October however, I’ve been going out a lot, walking the dog and taking lots of pictures. In past years I’ve divided them into two separate posts: color pictures and black and white pictures. This year I haven’t used a single film camera (I do most of my film photography using black and white film). Moreover, I haven’t done many black and white conversions of my digital images. So it didn’t seem worthwhile to do two separate posts.
Above: Watching the Sun go down at Scarborough Station.
