A day in the city

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Above the Chrysler Building, probably my favorite NY City building.

I went into New York City the other day to have lunch with a friend and former colleague. We went to the Palm Too restaurant near where we both used to work. Excellent food and, in my case, maybe a little too much to drink.

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The restaurant is known for the cartoons on the walls.

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A closer view of some of the cartoons.

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On the way home on the train I called my wife and we decided to have dinner at a recently opened restaurant in Garrison Landing. It’s called ‘Dolly’s“, because portions of the movie “Hello Dolly” were filmed there. The old Garrison Metro North station substituted for the Yonkers station, which was apparently confusing to the commuters because when filming was taking place they apparently passed through Yonkers twice. The gazebo used in the movie is still there, or rather an exact replica of it is, the original having rotted.

The food was good and the view across the Hudson River spectacular. The large building on the other side of the river is the US Military Academy at West Point.

Taken with a Sony RX-100 M3.

Still Life

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My wife had been picking roses and putting them in a jug to bring indoors. She left them for a while on a wooden bench that we’ve had for a couple of decades. I liked the way they looked, especially the way the largely smooth brightly colored flowers contrasted with the dull, weathered, textured bench.

Taken with a Sony A77II and Minolta Maxxum AF 50mm f2.8 Macro.

Around the Neighborhood – Egret in Flight

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I came across this lovely egret in Law Park in Briarcliff Manor, NY. I didn’t really have the right camera/lens combination (just my Sony RX-100M with its 24-70mm equivalent lens) so I just had to make do. I wanted to get a shot of the bird in the air and I knew that if I approached it, it would eventually take off and fly to the other side of the pond. And this was exactly what it did. I was still quite a long way away and this is quite an extreme crop, but I like it anyway – particularly the reflection in the water.

I’ll have to go back with a longer lens to see if it turns up again.

Taken with a Sony RX-100M3.