Month: June 2010

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Landscape Travel

Wednesday June 23, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – This was a travel day, starting in the morning at LaGuardia and ending the day in Quito, Ecuador, via Miami. This out of the window of a taxi on the way to LaGuardia. The Bridge is the Triborough Bridge – at least that’s its historical name and what most New Yorkers call it. It was officially renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in 2008. Here’s a short excerpt from the Wikipedia entry on the bridge:

“Construction had begun on Black Friday in 1929, and the Triborough project’s outlook began to look bleak. Othmar Ammann’s assistance was enlisted to help simplify the structure. Ammann had collapsed the original two-deck roadway into one, requiring lighter towers, and thus, lighter piers. These cost-saving revisions saved $10 million on the towers alone. Using New Deal money, the project was resurrected in the early 1930s by Robert Moses and the bridge was opened to traffic on July 11, 1936.”

Here’s a link to the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s page on the bridge: RFK Bridge

RFK Bridge

Leica M9 and 35mm Summicron Asph.

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Family and friends Travel

Tuesday June 22, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Maria’s passport picture. We needed photographs for visa applications for Brazil, Kenya and Tanzania for a trip that we’re planning for August.

Nicon D700 with Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens and an on-camera flash.

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Landscape Urban

Monday June 21, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – A walk in the East Village in the evening of the longest day of the year.
East Village

Leica M9 with 35mm Summichron Asph

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Events and holidays Family and friends

Sunday June 20, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Dinner at Bar Boulud with some old friends and our son and daughter, who took me there for Fathers Day. This is a silly made-up holiday designed to promote greeting card sales, but I have nonetheless promoted it to our children as the most important day of the year.
Dinner at Bar Boulud

Nikon D700 AND Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens.

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Garden

Saturday June 19, 2010

WARREN, CONNECTICUT – Perennial boarder. We bought our house in Warren in 1987. It was a split level ranch on a cornfield. We’ve added bits and pieces to the landscape over the years – it’s a delight that our efforts finally look like mature landscape.. It would be an exaggeration to say that we’ve had a master plan, but we have pursued a general direction, leaning toward the use of native plants in naturalized settings. We’ve planted one perennial boarder, however, that’s an exception.
Perennial boarder

Leica M9 and 50mm Summilux Asph

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Landscape Out my window Urban

Friday June 18, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I spent the late afternoon stalking reflected sunlight out the window of our dining room.
Out my window

Hasselblad H3D with HC 300 lens.

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Icon Landscape Urban

Thursday June 17, 2010

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Midday found me in midtown on my way to a lunch date. Here’s one of my favorite spots, the plaza in front of the Seagram Building.
Seagram Building New York

Leica M9 and 35mm Summicron Asph.

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