Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
We went with some friends to the Ossining car show, which was held at Maryknoll in Ossining. After we’d looked at the vintage cars we decided to take a look inside the Seminary Building (above).
Sony Nex 5N with 18-55mm kit lens.
Medallion.
Stained Glass Window.
Bell and Oriental Pavillion.
Madonna and Child in a niche.
These were taken in September, 2011 in Tarrytown, NY where I was trying out the first camera in my budding vintage camera collection. The focus of the collection at that point was on rangefinder cameras, and this one was a relic of the former Soviet Union: A FED 2 (slightly modified copy of a Leica II) with a FED 50mm collapsible lens “borrowed” from the Leitz Elmar. I was surprised and very pleased with the results – not a bad lens at all.
Tarrytown is a picturesque and historical Hudson River town with a number of good restaurants. In summer many of the restaurants have tables on the sidewalks, giving the town a pleasant al fresco atmosphere. It’s a nice place to hang out.
The Reformed Church of the Tarrytowns
Mannequin outside Santa Fe Restaurant
A building on Broadway
Hope Hose Co.
Turtles
Taken during vacation in Cancun, Mexico sometime in March 2007.
Statues: Isla Mujeres
Metal Madonna
Chichen Itza
Boy on a Hammock
Tulum
Taken on the grounds of our hotel (the Arial Sands – closed since 2008, but supposedly slated for a major redevelopment) during vacation in Bermuda in 2005.
I’m something of a US Revolutionary War buff. I’ve had a particular interest in the battle of Saratoga, partly because it provides numerous examples of why the British could never have won this war (e.g. difficult communications; long supply lines; ready access by the US to militias etc.) but also because it was to my mind the most significant battle of the war. It finally convinced the French the the US had a chance of winning and brought them in on the US side. Saratoga is not too far (about three hours) from where I live. My wife was travelling somewhere so I thought I’d go up there. It turned out to be a gloomy rainy day. I had my then quite new Panasonic Lumix LX3 with me but didn’t want to damage it in the rain. So instead I used my old iPhone 3GS.
Battlefield landscape: a view from the ramparts.
Cannon
Benedict Arnold boot monument. I’ve always been fascinated by Benedict Arnold. If he’d died at the Battle of Saratoga (as he almost dig) he would have gone down in history as one of the US’s greatest heros. As it turned out he later turned against the US and his name is now synonymous with ‘traitor’. Not everyone gets to be a general on both sides in the same war.
Site of US Headquarters. Note the interesting flag, which combines the bars of the later US flag with the Union Jack. Apparently it’s called the Grand Union flag.
Site of British Headquarters