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Funny - I recently left a comment on one of Albert Yee's Flickr posts about "accidental" shots that turn out cool. And today in work, while sorting through some survey photos from Friday, I found this one.
I was trying to zoom in on the transformer; particularly on the switch that changes its operating voltage from 2.4 kilovolts to 7.2 kilovolts (you can make out the "2.4" label). I didn't realize the auto-focus had gone with the branches instead of the transformer (it looked good on the LCD), so I accepted it and moved on.
The white light from the overcast sky highlights the branches really well, I think.
One of my stops this past Friday was a custom chopper shop. This work-progress is almost done.
This is my entry for the Jorj.Org Photo Hunt challenge: Smooth.
More shots on my Flickr page.
I can't be sure this is actually a raven - all the research I did seemed to indicate that it's easier to tell a raven from a crow while they're flying. But the ruffed neck works in my favor...
This cemetery is next to a Friends Meeting house in Dover, NJ.
I might try to process this a bit more and re-post...
How many times can you nail the same sign in the same spot on the same utility pole?
We don't know yet, but someone in Kingswood Township, New Jersey is working on the answer...
Heights are obviously no obstacle to the intrepid photographer seen here. Sometimes you really need to go out on a limb - or rocky outcropping, as it were - to get the shot.
This was taken last year in Ricketts Glen State park, overlooking the massive, 94-foot Ganoga Falls.
Hmm - that guy looks familiar. Where have we seen him before...?
Anyway, this is my entry into the Photo Hunt subject "Unchallenged."
Our new* puppy Madison. This shot was taken about a half-hour ago.
This is my entry for this week's Photo Hunt Challenge: "Unexciting"
* New being a relative term - we got her in December. She's about 4 months old now.
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...
