Photographs of many different subjects and associated notes and comments.
View from Hailes Cave
This is a middle of summer view of the Berkshires from Hailes Cave area of Thacher State Park. At this time of year it is typical for this scene to be blurred by the haze of seasonal humidity. On this particular day in late August the air was exceptionally clear. …
In the Heart of the Storm
As you know, many of the photographs that I post have been mildly touched up, usually with Photoshop. It is actually rare for a photo to go straight from the camera to the Web without some assistance. In some instances I have done extensive Photoshop work on an image, especially …
Thacher Park View
Here is a 360o from the picnic area near the Haile’s Cave area of Thacher State Park. This is an experiment to find an acceptable panorama view plugin that works in WordPress. So far, this is the best one I have found. The others I have tried are terrible.
If you go about 1/4 mile farther along the road from this site you will come to the gate for the rock climbing access. The views from this entire segment of the park are fabulous. On this day we could see all the way to the Berkshires.
Not bad, eh?
Santa Fe Caboose at Lomita
Venice, California
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lock
Antiquing Photos
Color photography is fabulous. As a technical innovation, it was many, many steps ahead of any photo advancements that had come before. But, frankly, there are times when going back to the “old days” of black and white. As you may know, many professional photographers prefer black and white. Even …
Old Number 37
Living the Analog Dream – Chapter 10110001100100100011
I have rejoined 1980 or was it 1982? Attached is the very cool Akai CS-MO1A cassette deck that magically appeared on my doorstep having been delivered by the little elf in the white van. In other words, the guy from FedEx. It works extremely well and sounds great, for a …