Man on a fence

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I think that what initially caught my attention was what he was wearing: the bright orange contrasting with the black.

Then I found myself wondering why he was sitting on that fence. It didn’t look very comfortable.

As I got closer, I noticed that he wasn’t wearing any shoes. I wondered why.

Finally, I noticed that he had the word love tattooed on the fingers of his left hand.

I asked him if I could take a couple of pictures, and he kindly agreed, even seemed to enjoy the experience. After I’d taken the pictures, I showed them to him and he seemed to be happy with them.

Unfortunately, in my rush to get the pictures, I neglected to ask his name. Pity.

Taken with a Sony A6000 and Tamron 28-300mm f/4-7.1 Di III VC VXD lens.

Birdwatching I

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I love the little, fuzzy looking Mallard ducklings. The mother let them swim around by themselves, but from time to time she’d look back at them and if one was too far away, she’d head towards it. But she wouldn’t get too close. She’d only go far enough that they duckling knew that it should return to her.

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Taken with a Sony A6000 and Tamron 28-300mm f/4-7.1 Di III VC VXD lens.

Lunch at 3 Westerly

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April 30th was my birthday, and a friend invited me to lunch at 3 Westerly, a nice restaurant on the Hudson River.

Prominently featured in the photographs is a large sculpture. I’ve spoken to a number of Ossining Residents and discovered that the sculpture is almost universally hated.

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It has the rather uninspired name “River Arch”, I’ve observed that some people have started to refer to it as “The Eye of Sauron”. Pity it’s blue rather than red.

Taken with a Sony RX100 IV.

Woman on a train

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I was returning home from one of my walks, when this woman rushed by me, dragging her suitcase behind her. I was struck by her lovely bright red hair, but she was moving so quickly that I was unable to get my camera up quickly enough to take a photograph.

Eventually the train reached my station and as I got up to leave, I saw her sitting on the floor engrossed in her phone.

Taken with a Sony RX100 IV.

The Gasman Cameth

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In my last post I mentioned that I was expecting someone from ConEd to come this morning to inspect my gas meter.

The person in question came around 9:50am, inspected the meter and installed a remote gas detector. Except it wasn’t a “gasman”. Rather she was a very pleasant young “gaswoman” called Jasmine (the same name as my younger daughter).

I was fascinated by her pink hair and asked her if I could take a couple of pictures. She kindly agreed.

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Taken with a Sony A77II and a Minolta Maxxum AF50mm f1.7