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A couple of more shots of fog over Princeton Battlefield State Park:
Top - a wider view showing the fog layer over the entire southern field.
Bottom - from the Bob Ross "we don't make mistakes, we only have happy accidents" file, a cool out-of-focus shot. I was parked across the road from the southern field, and every time I tried to shoot this group of teenagers emerging from the fog, a car would drive by and throw off the auto-focus. Eventually, they made it to the road and I gave up, but I like the way this turned out.
As I was driving through Princeton, NJ on my way home a couple of Fridays ago, I snapped this shot of Princeton Battlefield State Park. After raining most of the day, the skies finally cleared and the temperatures fell - prompting fog to rise up in open fields.
I had already driven past a few of those fields, but this one was too good to pass up.
As it began to snow this morning, I was treated to a rare sight - dozens of perfect little six-point-star snowflakes on the ledge outside my window at work. I grabbed my camera, put it Macro Mode, opened the window, and started shooting.
I only got a couple of shots before the warm air from inside melted all the flakes, leaving a surface of water drops that immediately melted any subsequent flakes the moment they landed!
Thankfully, I did get the one good shot you see above.
This is a detail of the cable and fence seen in my previous post of the protective cliff fence behind the Watchung, NJ Municipal Building.
It's getting it's own post so I can enter it into this week's Photo Hunt challenge: "Unnatural."
This shot is from our California trip last year. I was up on the San Clemente Municipal Pier trying to get some good surfing shots, and not having much luck. The long-haired guy above seemed to be one of the few getting any runs in, so I kept my eye on him.
I had the camera in "burst" mode, and started shooting as he began this ride, capturing the amazing near miss above.
Don't worry, neither surfer was harmed in this incident.
I'm using this shot for this week's Photo Hunt challenge: "Unaware."
Trying for a different approach for this week's Photo Hunt challenge of "Un-Corked" than all the wine/champagne-themed posts; our little red friend here being non-conformist and "un-corking" himself.
For this week's Photo Hunt , I'm using another shot from this year's Limerick Day festivities:
The crew from Engine 54 brought out their trucks and gear for the public to peruse. A great opportunity to see this stuff up close.
Thanks for the great job you do, guys!
For this week's Photo Hunt challenge of "Storefront," I found this old shot of 2 storefronts (one inside, one outside) taken in downtown Red Bank. This is the view from inside Zebu, a great bakery/restaurant.
We miss you, girl.
For the last day of National Blog Posting Month, a shot taken back on the 2nd.
30 posts in 30 days, with only 1 day missed - not too bad. Maybe next year I'll nail it.
The story behind this shot is not so much the subject matter (or the fact that it's overexposed a bit - oops) but where I took it: from the shoulder of the Garden State Parkway.
I'd always admired this view of the Swimming River as I drove on this overpass on my way home from Red Bank everyday. Finally, in August of '06, I pulled over and snapped a couple of pics. The late afternoon sun made it tough to get the shot, but the detail visible here (hadn't noticed the boat previously) was worth it.
A very scenic spot amidst the teeming New Jersey suburbs.
Found at Bread Lock Park in Stewartsville, NJ.
More from the park, part of the Morris Canal Greenway, to come...
The United Methodist Church in Washington, NJ is one of the more unusual churches I've ever seen. The reason being the green and terra cotta color scheme. I don't know how the stones came to be those colors, but it is eye-catching.
Another pic from last Thursday.
Taken on 11-11-06 in the Glendinning Rock Garden along Kelly Drive.
We've had some crappy weather this month, but we've also had some breathtaking sunsets. This was taken on Thanksgiving, after a cold front had moved through bringing a swift downpour and heavy winds. Then the clouds began to break, showing the multi-layered sky above. I stood and watched as much as I could, and grabbed my camera when the high cirrus clouds were set ablaze.
More shots to come.
Google Earth is a wonderful thing for many reasons, not the least of which is the Google Earth Community - users who post all kinds of interesting info onto the maps for the general public's perusal.
My job has been taking me to various locations in the Skylands region of North Jersey, so I'll often take a quick look at the area in GE to see if there's anything noteworthy near my project sites. Sure enough, I found this posting from user RobbyR of various sites mentioned in Weird N.J. - particularly about what might be the remains of a World War II era Horsa Glider in the woods above Thompson's Auto Body on Rt. 46 between Oxford Furnace and Hackettstown.
I had searched for site a few times in the summer, finding Thompson's (even though RobbyR's location is a bit off, it's actually between mileposts 15 & 16) but not daring to actually park and look around. But a couple of weeks ago (during the same excursion when I captured the migration shots), I actually pulled up on the shoulder of Rt. 46 outside of Thompson's, and looked up the hill.
And there it was! The dense summer foliage probably hid it from view on my earlier trips, but now it's plain as day ("plane" as day? har har).
The numerous "No Tresspassing" signs would seem to indicate that this is the correct site. Whether or not this is actually the remains of a WWII military glider is debatable (it appears to be in awfully good condition for something allegedly 60+ years old), though the shape is seemingly appropriate.
I took these shots from the bed of the pickup truck I was driving, but I believe the frame would be visible from ground level on either side of the highway (so if you seek it out, leave the good folks at Thompson's - and their property - alone).
The location is at 40°51'52" N, 74°55'17" W.
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
This is the "back" side of the TRENTON MAKES, THE WORLD TAKES Bridge, between Trenton, NJ and Morrisville, PA. It was taken during the same trip as this shot.
I'm using it for this week's Photo Hunt .
