Another piece of fine garden art from our friend’s garden. I’ve already posted about his herons, his wicker deer, his stone frog, his swan and his ducks
Guardian Lion
Flowers in our garden
My wife asked me to take some pictures of the flowers in our garden before they disappear. Her wish is my command. Above – Blue and white pots on our patio. I liked the dappled light shining through the leaves on the oak tree.
Clematis. I liked the vibrant colors and the lines of the plant as well as the contrast with the rather rough textured tree bark behind.
Intertwined clematis’s growing up one of our oak trees.
Unknown plant (some kind of gaillardia?) in the foreground framed by multiple coreopsis in the background.
Lily.
Curiosity
This was taken at my brother-in-law’s house in Rochester, NY – yes, the home of Kodak. On the left is another brother-in-law, and on the right one of my nieces’ daughters. Between them, and apparently fascinated by either me or what I was doing (i.e. taking pictures) is another daughter. I’m surprised that she found the photography so intriguing because both her grandfather and her uncle are avid photographers and I would have thought that she would by now be used to the sight of a camera. So maybe it was me……
Lomography
I’ve always had mixed feelings about Lomography. On the one hand I find their photographic equipment (cameras and the like) to be overpriced and over-hyped for what it is. On the other hand I applaud their efforts to spread the gospel on the merits and joys of film photography. They’ve done a fantastic job and if film continues they will have done much to contribute to its survival.
I do like their web site though. I find it to be attractively presented, easy to navigate and with lots of interesting and useful information. Not to mention tons of pictures, many in the classic Lomography mode (i.e. light leaks, vignettes and the like), many of which are well worth a second look. From the extract below it seems that they revamped their web site in 2014. Congratulations to whoever did it.
For the last year we’ve been working on the next version of Lomography. We based our work on the feedback you’ve given us over the years and we wanted to share it as early as possible with you and can’t wait to hear what you think. Just one warning first: it is still in development and things can break. All the photos, comments, likes, homes and everything else were transferred as of October 16th, 2014. So anything you do on next.lomography.com won’t be reflected on www.lomography.com and vice versa. Once we are done with testing, everything you did here will be deleted again. So this is a big playground for you to explore.
via Lomography.
Rockwood Hall Foundation and Trees
I seem to be coming to Rockwood Hall quite a lot and have already posted at least five times (I can think of a couple more but I can’t easily find them because the word ‘Rockwood’ doesn’t appear):
Bridge to Nowhere.
Rockwood Hall – Evening.
A Walk to Rockwood Hall.
Winding Path – Rockwood Hall.
Rockwood Hall – July 6, 2011 – early evening
This picture is taken across the grassy area looking towards the foundations of the former mansion i.e. in the direction of the Hudson, which is hidden from view on the other side. I like the way the foundations are framed by the trees. I imagine I’ll come again. It’s quite close and it’s a lovely place to walk around, take pictures (there are so many things to take pictures of) or even just to sit and read while admiring the stunning view of the river.