Snakebranch Spruce

More roses

Apparently 1/2500th of a second will do it. Compare to 1/400th by clicking here.

Dragonfly in the NYBG rose garden

Bird silhouette in the NY botanical garden

Sweetness sings from every corner

Grass and birds in the New York Botanical Garden

Roses in the New York Botanical Garden

Vine taking over a building in downtown Ithaca

Blackbird in central park

Blues in central park

Sunday afternoon in the park

Afterword: Yes, I take pictures of strangers' kids in the park. No, it's not creepy 'cause I'm calling it art.

Happy father's day!

Crawfish boil III

Crawfish boil II

Crawfish boil

Accidental photograph, but I liked the colors. Was attempting to do before/after pictures of myself for a haircut.

JLK's garden V

JLK's garden IV

JLK's garden III

JLK's garden II

JLK's garden

Graffiti in Chelsea

Strand book store

Plantworks

Hotel Chelsea

Church in Manhattan

Convenience store in Manhattan

Archive room at SCU (CA)

Porno theater! (bay area)

Kitchen

Onion minaret

If a plastic bag swirling in the eddies of a hot-garbage breeze is the most beautiful thing you've ever seen, check out this door hinge. On the topic of hot-garbage: my roommate summarized the weather here with, "it's like you're in somebody's mouth."

Buddy

Sunrise and fog near Ithaca II

Sunrise and fog near Ithaca.

This is a really ham-fisted job with the colors, but I can't help but make things tacky once I begin playing with white balance and saturation. It seems like by the time the picture has the visual impact that the scene itself did, everything's starting to look like a kitschy painting. I ended up here because I wanted the sunrise-illuminated glowing crest of that hill to be as striking as it was in person, although everything else by this point is not at all how it looked to the eye. The post below shows the original auto-white balance version which also does not appear as it did to the eye, but for the opposite reason. Colors looked pale and washed out because the camera can't capture the dynamic range we're capable of seeing. Someone with better photoshop skills (and maybe a better eye for color) would be able to find a good middle ground. The post on the next page shows fairly true to life colors.

The unmolested version:

Sweet peas

Detail on one of James' carnivorous plants