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Tuesday February 14th 2012, 2:13 pm
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(Sep 3) Ran back to Cordwood Landing Park to see what the camera could do in extremely low light.

darkness and poison ivy surround you
Don’t be fooled. By the time I took this photo, I couldn’t see anything through the viewfinder.

the path grows dim
I can’t remember for sure if I had a tripod or monopod, but I think I did use one.

and the forest comes alive
By the time I took this photo, I couldn’t see anything on the LCD screen either.


Sunday February 12th 2012, 3:22 pm
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(Sep 2) The long tyranny of August led into a short September, whereupon I had to move, yet again. As I write this, in February, it appears I will be moving again before summer, and quite possibly soon. I really don’t know why I bother packing and unpacking anymore.

back here again
I made a point to catch sunset at the train station.

moon
It’s times like this that the camera shines compared to all of my previous digital cameras.

that might explain why I'm back here again
I’ve noted that I seem to be seeking out overhead views. This is inevitably a problem since I don’t have access to many.

incoming!
In a bit of luck…

return of the commuters
A train was arriving.

camera, please ignore bright lights
Its lights turned out to be overwhelmingly bright.

more likely I'm too much of a wannabe to know how
Perhaps you just can’t film an oncoming train in twilight.

the lights, they're so bright!
When it got closer than this, the lights overwhelmed the photos.

eye-pad
Someone waiting on the platform probably means that same train is going to roll back into the station westbound in few minutes.


Saturday January 21st 2012, 3:26 am
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(Aug 30) August in Miller Place finally ends.

everything's gone gray
My very first photos as a child were in fact, black & white. Another thing I caught just the tail end of.

toadstools
It’s not that there was no color film when I was a child. Color had been commonplace since my parents time. But B&W was still cheaper, though not for very long.

we're not in kansas anymore, toto
Today of course, we’ve gone from B&W film being more expensive than color, to film itself in danger of extinction.

that toadstool has a tumor growing on it
I haven’t shot on film in twelve years now.

or a tiny pumpkin
If I recall correctly, my very first photos were similar to these,

at fungus eye level
photos of the yard.

toyota
In other news, … My wheels for the summer.


Thursday January 19th 2012, 6:45 pm
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(Aug 29) The never-ending August continues. Having gone right from the house to Cedar Beach, I next went left to Cordwood Landing County Park. It is a strange place with a path that’s hard to follow. Is this tl;dv; ? (view) I took around 300 photos, so I’m only posting about a sixth of them. Five pages to click through.

all hail the politicians
As so often we do, our journey begins with a sign.

not moar
Natural

much moar
Vivid.
Unfortunately I don’t remember exactly what the difference is.

improvised delineation
Additional guidance provided by the sawhorse.

revenuers stay away from mah still!
No, that’s not the clubhouse in the park.

golden treetop
It already feels like it gets dark early.

less wowee
Again, Exhibit A

the colors, the colors
Exhibit B. I think I like B better.

what's that up ahead?
We continue our journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of

the edge
The Long Island Sound

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Tuesday January 10th 2012, 6:26 pm
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(Aug 23) It is still August on this photoblog (forever?).

hbr
I start again, down Harbor Beach Road.

mt. sinai harbor
The harbor in Harbor Beach Road

sea grass
Telltale signs water is near

the source of the shit in the area
One of the many birds in the area.

big sky
There are a variety of different “views” here.

The temple of rollerblading
Where it all began. I learned and scraped here.

toward port jefferson
Looking west

toward connecticut
Looking north

toward miller place
Looking east

mt. sinai
From the pier

cedar beach
The beach in Harbor Beach Rd.

boats
On the water

finally!
I’ve been trying to get a bee in flight forever.

the winged rat
I’ve never seen anyone actually sitting here.

winding
In all these years, I’ve never been on this path before.

mine's better!
It’s just like this one!

they're not allowed anywhere
Yet one more place nature is prohibited from nature.

tracks
Someone perhaps didn’t get the memo

plaque
This place is in many ways the opposite of the WTC

harbor beach rd
And then back out toward home.

hidden
I like how this looked from the street