I haven't been out to the North Fork of Long Island in the daylight in a long time. I usually drive out to go observing, and it is dark when I arrive at Custer Institute, and it is dark when I leave at 1 AM to drive home. So it was a treat to be driving in the daylight, in the morning, on the way to the Astronomy Jamboree. I drove by this scene and it grabbed me, so I turned around and came back and spent some time photographing it. Lovely light, and such an interesting landscape. I particularly like the stalks of the grape vines, and their squiggly dark shapes coming out of the ground. Please click on the image to see it larger.
The trunks are so gnarly but looking at the rows so neatly trimmed, it is really captivating. Beautiful light.
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Who would have thought just a few decades ago that Long Island would have vineyards? The eastern end of the island was known for growing potatoes. I'm not sure about Alaska, but otherwise I believe every state in the union now grows grapes for wine.
ReplyDeletePrimo! I had no idea that grapes are grown in so many states! I remember when Alex and Luisa Hargrave first started their vinyard on Long Island. I photographed them a number of times over the years. Who knew they would start a revolution.
ReplyDeleteOne of the days, I'll get my sisters to do a "wine trail" on Long Island :-) bsk
ReplyDeleteBetsey: That would be fun! We should do that!
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