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
In the middle of November, I did a post entitled: “Falls Last Gasp“. It seems I was wrong as can be seen in these pictures, taken at the end of November. It’s now December 21 and I think I can now say with some confidence that these represent “Falls Last Gasp”.
Taken with a Sony A7IV and Sony FE 28-70 f3.5-5.6 OSS.
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.