Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
A friend invited me over for Thanksgiving dinner. As we were waiting for the festivities to start, I noticed a tall, slim, wooden, African statue in the corner of her living room. I walked over to take a look and was particularly taking with the almost glowing red eyes.
Taken with an Iphone SE II
Walter W. Law (November 13, 1837 – January 17, 1924), the Founder of Briarcliff Manor. Painted by Howard Russell Butler. (1856 – 1934)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_W._Law.
“The first president and founder of the American Fine Arts Society, Howard Russell Butler was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1902. He was especially known for his paintings of landscapes and solar eclipses.” (Spellman Gallery)
https://www.spellmangallery.com/art…/howard-russell-butler
The painting hangs in Briarcliff Manor Village Hall. The Village is currently taking steps to further protect this valuable and historically significant painting. These include adding museum quality glass.
The Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society (BMSHS) did not have a good photograph of this painting, so we went over to take one before the glass was installed and photography made more difficult because of reflections.”
Taken with a Sony Nex 5n and Sony E 16mm f2.8
I thoroughly enjoyed my short visit to Boston and enjoyed very much seeing some old friends that I hadnt’ seen for quite some time. I really like Boston. I’d been there before, when my younger daughter was studying at Boston University. I remember meeting people, going out for meals etc., but I don’t actually recall looking around Boston. This time I saw a lot more, but somehow, I felt that I hadn’t seen as much as I had wanted to. There just wasn’t enough time.
I’d like to go again, take my time and see more of Boston.
And to close I thought it would be appropriate to show yet another cow, this one seen outside the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel on Copley Square. Hope you like it.
Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS.
As I was standing on the platform waiting for my train to arrive, I noticed this sculpture on the other side of the tracks. It was very dark and I wasn’t too hopeful about getting a picture. But after some manipulation in Adobe Photoshop, it turned out OK.
Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS.
This statue of Phillips Brooks is installed outside the Trinity Church. The memorial is credited to sculptors Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Frances Grimes, and architects Stanford White and Charles Follen McKim. It was commissioned in 1893 by the church congregation for $80,000 and completed from 1907–1910.
The bronze statues of Brooks and Jesus stand in a domed marble niche that measures approximately 17 ft. x 14 ft. 1 in. x 38 in. The figures rest on a granite base that measures approximately 5 x 11 x 9 ft.
An inscription on the front of the base reads in bronze lettering: “PHILLIPS BROOKS / PREACHER OF THE WORD OF GOD / LOVER OF MANKIND / BORN IN BOSTON AD MDCCCXXXV / DIED IN BOSTON AD MDCCCXCIII / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY / HIS FELLOW CITIZENS AD MCMX”.
Phillips Brooks (December 13, 1835 – January 23, 1893) was an American Episcopal clergyman and author, long the Rector of Boston’s Trinity Church and briefly Bishop of Massachusetts. He wrote the lyrics of the Christmas hymn, “O Little Town of Bethlehem”. He is honored on the Episcopal Church liturgical calendar on January 23.
Taken with a Sony A6000 and 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS