Monthly Archives: June 2014

New York, Photography

Prehistoric ?

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Why did the turtle cross the road ? Who the hell knows ? I thought it was interesting that he caused a traffic jam because of it. He actually stopped in the middle of the road to take a breather and see what all the commotion was about too. I hope you enjoy :)

Fujifilm X-E2 and Fujinon XF 55-200mm R OIS lens – 1/200 @ f/4.8 – 200mm – ISO 200

I am also excited to announce a new Black and White only blog that will launch July 1st called Monochromia. It will be a collaborative blog with seven of us contributing so if you enjoy Black and White images you are invited to check it out at http://groupexpo.wordpress.com – starting tomorrow :)

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New York, Photography

Sagamore Hill

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As most people already know Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt the 26th American President. I was planning to post a series of photos of the main home but unfortunately when I arrived at Sagamore Hill I learned the main house was off limits due to extensive renovations so I had to take a photo from the only angle I could get with a telephoto lens.

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This is an image of the windmill that was used to drive a steel cable that operated a pump for water delivery into the home.

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Here is an image of the steel cable going through the roof of the pump house which is completely underground except for the roof.

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A copy of newspaper from May 1905 explaining how much President Roosevelt loved his Long Island home.

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Music, Photography

It’s Been A Year Already ?

I want congratulate my friend and fellow blogger “Uncle Spike” on the one year anniversary of the guest bloggers segment on his really cool site “Uncle Spikes Adventures”.

I was kind of freaked out when he asked me to to a guest post and I foolishly agreed because I had never done anything like this before. I am not a writer, I take photos (yikes what have I got myself into). For my friends in the USA thoughts of the TV show “The Honeymooners” and Ralph Kramden kept running through my mind (“I got a BIG MOUTH”).

Spike assured me I would be fine and he to told me to just document a day in my life with photos and don’t sweat the writing part. Well this is not exactly a typical day in my life but my contribution to the guest post is called “Making Music, Literally” which can be viewed along with other guest posts by clicking the link below.

Thank you again Spike and here’s to another year of guest posts. Cheers :)

http://unclespikes.wordpress.com/2014/06/26/1-year-guest-bloggers/

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