Expected, Different, and Unexpected

On the way back from the grocery store late this afternoon, I drove by the biggest park in Sea Cliff where there are a couple of baseball diamonds and a memorial for those lost in the service of the country in the armed forces.  So I shot this - it's sort of the expected landscape photograph, based on its composition.  Then I went looking for a different composition.

I found this only a few feet away.  It is a different than the expected composition, with the tree trunk sticking up through the center of the photograph.  It has a completely different feeling from the first photograph.  And I like it because it is unexpected.

Then we get to this photograph, which I think has that "something" extra.  Completely unexpected.  As I wandered around looking, I was stopped in my tracks when I saw the tree coming out of the top of the rock.  This is my favorite.  This rock, which we are seeing from the side, has a bronze plaque on the front of it, with names of the lost.

Only One Part Left

This is all that is left of the original power plant, that was made up of a complex of many buildings and smokestacks.  I spoke to one of the workmen the other day and asked how this last part will come down, and he said they would disassemble it piece by piece, rather than to topple it over.  I like this view - most of my photographs are from the other side.  This was earlier in the day, and the light was good on this side of the buildings.

Seven Years

I went out to Huntington today to see a photography exhibit at the Heckscher Museum of Art.  Afterwards I drove down Route 110 through Huntington Station to meet my friend Bob for dinner.  I realized that I have not driven this route for seven years now.  Wow!  I used to drive it all the time, before I retired.  I drove by this church and saw the late afternoon sunlight on the building, and decided to stop and photograph it.  It is Calvary Holy Church and it feels as if the building is having a conversation with the sun.  There were a lot of distracting colors in the original image, so I decided to convert it to black and white.

Ice and Sea and Sky

Our side of the harbor was completely frozen over for the last couple of months.  What is amazing is how quickly the ice has broken up after a few days of temperatures in the fifties.  The individual ice floes are much more interesting to photograph than an entire broad field of ice covering the whole harbor.  I spent about an hour, wandering among the ice floes, with the tide out.  This is one of my favorites, but I have several others.  I may post some others and ask for a vote.  I love the delicate colors in this image and I love that the sky has become the sea.

Night Light and Moonrise

I went out to the garage to take out the garbage.  After dragging the container down the driveway, I came back to the garage to close the door and happened to see the inside light of the garage shining out on the snow.  In addition to that, the moon was rising through the trees in the background.  I had to crank up the sensitivity of the camera in order to get this. I used ISO 6400 and hand-held the camera against the side of the garage.

The Engaged Couples

Tonight was the closing Mass for the Pre Cana couples who just finished four weeks of the in-home program for engaged couples getting married in the church.  We have had five couples come to our house for discussions about communication, conflict resolution, finance and parenting, among other topics relating to marriage.  There were two other groups as well, and we all came together for a lovely mass with a relatively small number of people.  The parents of the engaged couples came as well, and it was a really nice ending, having everyone come together to celebrate.

What Time is It?

Let's see, what time is it?  This is a wonderful coincidence, but yesterday I went to Lucia's Salon for a haircut, and in the back room where the they wash hair, I noticed all these timers lined up.  I knew immediately what they are for - they do a lot of hair coloring, and everything is timed.  See, I even pay attention at the hairdressers!  This tickled me because I have never seen so many timers in one place.  And, it was the day we switch to Daylight Saving Time and switch the clocks forward. But of course these are not clocks.  So this doesn't make that much sense, but I grabbed my iPhone and shot it anyway.