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This image is from a commissioned shoot I did for choreographer Sara Silken and her dance group. View her work on youtube at www.youtube.com/user/ssilkin
Sara is the one in this photo. I have about 7 more that I did for her and I might be posting one other to flickr at some point. And a bit later next week I'll put all of them on my fb fan page. We had lots of good fun with levitating that day :-)
In other news...the Linda Vista abandoned hospital shoot is just under a week away on July 3rd. I still have a couple slots for people to join in if you'd like, or if you know someone who lives here who wants to. The cost is $50 per shooter to come along for a 14 hour day of shooting in the hospital. This is not a group thing, we are all shooting individually.
Auf dem Dach des Rockefeller Centers - On the roof of Rockefeller Center
Über den Dächern New Yorks - Over the rooftops of New York
Stark bewölkter, aber auch sehr warmer Tag in New York.
Very cloudy but also very warm day in New York.
Manhattan - New York
Amerika - America
September 2012
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Actually it was a little warm on this late summer evening by the river ... but the cool tones of blue hour were quite soothing. A pretty place to sit and enjoy the sounds of the flowing river ... and nothing else.
This old mill site is like stepping into the past. I can't recommend this state park in Paxton enough.
Two Alco C430's have a good roll on WNYP's Farmers Valley job as they cross the NY/PA state line just north of Eldred, Pa. Already being after 4:00 PM in February, the short chase would be over after 20 minutes and 3 shots when they reached the 10mph treed-in branch.
At the mouth of the York River feeding into Chesapeake Bay, this is Virginia's newest state park. It celebrates the numerous Native American tribes that occupied this area from approximately 11,000 BC until 1600 AD.
As things are about to really warm up finally with temperatures heading into the 80 degrees F range next week, winter is a thing of the past.
It did have its pretty moments like this one with the light snow on this pretty scene along the Gunpowder River in Maryland.
Happy Fence Friday too :))
An old boxcar I spotted in a Norfolk Southern mixed freight at Carney's Crossing on the Pittsburgh line on a recent adventure.
In a "bird-rich" state like Florida, does the commonplace northern mockingbird deserve to reign as the official state bird?
According to the Florida Department of State Division of Historical Resources, the Mockingbird "is a superb songbird and mimic. Its own song has a pleasant lilting sound and is, at times, both varied and repetitive." The bird was put in place in 1927 under Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3. The bird won over the Legislature in part because "the melody of its music has delighted the heart of residents and visitors to Florida from the days of the rugged pioneer to the present comer."
Someone else once wrote. "I am finishing this post the next day because I had to go buy a new computer after I threw my last one out the window when I read that Florida's state bird was the northern mockingbird. I cannot think of a more pathetic choice for one of the most bird-rich states in the nation. What's their state beverage, a half-glass of warm tap water?"
"The fact stands that four other states have the same official bird; Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. It's as overused as the northern cardinal (five states) and the western meadowlark (six states), and some make the convincing argument that every state should have its own bird."
Who would have ever "thunk" the Mockingbird could stir up so much controversy. The debate still "rages"!
I found this controversial little one along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida preparing to share its pleasant lifting sound to the world.
Amtrak's westbound Shenandoah has just departed the Grafton West Virginia station stop and the few passengers on board are getting a view of the all the railroad infrastructure that was still in place in 1977. that included D Tower that the train had just passed, the coaling tower, and the roundhouse that provided support for part of the foot bridge that this shot was taken off of. Those are all no longer but I read that the station and hotel are awaiting restoration. There were only 25 of the GE P30CH's in Amtrak's fleet. I suspect that by this time in 1977, there weren't enough F40's to go around and they needed HEP for the Amfleet coaches.
Montpelier, Vermont
Fun fact: Montpelier is the only state capital city in the U.S. without a McDonald's restaurant. Thanks, Lois, for that information.