Trying something new.....

It's late Winter, nothing much going on photographically (unlike my friend Ron who is down in Naples Fl shooting like crazy), and I need something to get the juices flowing again. So I tried to stretch my horizons a little with some different techniques.

This first pic is from Assateague Island in Virginia. I tried to make it look like an old, faded, worn print by adding a texture and a slight color tint to it. Let me know what you think.....

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Better Days Behind Me.....

The next pic is one you may have seen before, but I changed the look a little bit. I cropped it to make it look like a pano and desaturated and softened it to give the print a dreamy, surreal feel. Drop me a line and let me know if you like it. Click photo to enlarge...

Hero.....

Barkin' at the Moon....

Two Rivers Photography Club, which I am a part of recently went on a field trip to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, NY. The trip was prompted by the Winter photo contest that the zoo was running. Considering the threat of poor weather we said the heck with it and went anyway. We were pleasantly surprised by sunny skies and seasonable temperatures, and the animals were very cooperative.

Everyone that went enjoyed themselves, and many thanks go out to Bill Bay for running the trip. I think we should do it again next year!!

Wet Weekend....

Mel and I spent the last four days at Letchworth State Park along with friends and fellow club members Mary Lou & Jack. We set this trip up last March hoping to get more club members involved but as it turned out we were the only four to actually make the trip. 

Letchworth Park at this time of the year is a photographer's dream, and we were certainly not disappointed! Gorgeous waterfalls and brilliant foliage made for some beautiful compositions. Thursday and Friday morning were beautiful but as the weekend progressed the weather really turned against us. Thankfully we were in a nice warm cabin instead of a tent, and we made the best of the weekend. A winery excursion gave us a respite from the weather and on Sunday morning on the way home we made a side trip to Stony Brook State Park in Dansville, which turned out to be a very pretty little park. We'll file that away for next Fall!

All in all, we had a great time and we would like to do it again, but next time with less rain!! Below are a few images from the weekend. Click on the images to enlarge.

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Lazy Day....

Mel and I just spent a very enjoyable and relaxing day with our friends Mary Lou and Jack at their place up on Lake Ontario. Salmon fishing season is in full swing and the town of Pulaski was overflowing with fishermen!
We basically spent the day relaxing and enjoying a fish fry hosted by their next-door neighbors Kathi and Harry who are also friends of ours. Great fish fry you two!!  We took a few sunset pictures and we also sharpened our night photography skills in preparation for our trip to Letchworth Park next weekend. Thank you all for your hospitality and friendship, especially Mary Lou and Jack!! Click to enlarge image

Monomoy Island NWR

We were able to take a guided tour of the Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge just off the coast of Cape Cod. We've been here for a few days of R&R. We both love this area for landscape photography, but the weather gods have not smiled on us this trip. But that's okay, we will make the best of it and muddle our way through... :)

The pic below is from the resident Gray seal population. It's not a great pic, but it's the best I could do from a moving boat.... 

Tech details: Nikon D300 ISO 200, 70-200 2.8, 1/500 @ f3.5