What a pretty bicycle she said

Personally, I'm not a fan of the vignettes. I left the adapter ring for the fisheye lens on by accident and it got in the way. Some people like the effect but for me, though, I'll make sure I take the adapter ring off in the future.

Tree.

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Adirondack Sunset

Taken on the Norman Ridge Road, just a couple miles from the place I grew up in Vermontville, NY.

To the Sea..

Here's an interesting one..

I was hunting through some photos I took a long time ago, this was at a friend's place in March (those guys on Elm Street). Robot painting by Lizabeth Allen. Extreme post editing while learning a couple new programs for the SnG method.

Fall Colors

Somewhere past Keeseville.. I have no idea where.

The River

Most shots of this style have the floating leaf or feather or whatever in focus with the background in a blur, usually from a lower vantage point, looking almost level with the water. I decided to switch that up, use the eye's expectation of that to make it go directly to the bright leaf with the dark background then be brought up to the detail on the trees and back and forth. Oh yeah, and walking in the river up to my knees in mid-October, a bit chilly. I don't plan on doing a shot like this again anytime soon. Thanks to Frank, owner of the property bordering the water, that chatted about his own photography and let me go out and get this shot.

Taken just upriver from the green bridge in Morrisonville, NY on the Saranac.

Fence

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Decay

Fall

Sidewalk

Taken over in Burlington, VT.

McDonough Monument

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Lomo Wall

A shot of a drill of some sort over by a factory here in Plattsburgh. I took this about a month back with the intention of working on some different effects but didn't get around to it until today. I used some effects that simulated the lomo style while playing around with the color adjustment in my own way.

Smokey Sundown

This is true color, actually.. The extremes of the red come from the fact I was shooting at 1/2000 of a sec and some slight hues can turn deep if the backlight is there. Taken just over the NY-VT bridge near Rouses Point. I owe most of the color to the smoke in the air from the wildfires across the Canadian border.

Bike

This shot is unique for me in a couple ways. First, I added a heavy warming filter to give it a deep sepia-esque feel. I usually just add slight tints to barely change the atmosphere of an image. Secondly, no part of the shot is really in focus. I purposely focused it somewhere between the bike and the background to try and give it a bit of a dreamy/fuzzy look. Summer evening shots are fun but I want to diversify a bit away from the standard sunset shot.

Crossing

I was lost somewhere between Rouses Point, NY and Chazy, I think.. 

Sawmill

Taken in the now long closed Frontier Town in North Hudson, NY. I went for a walk around the abandoned property and found some pretty interesting scenes. I accidentally had my ISO set high for most of the day but it made little difference as besides this shot I wasn't going for much artistic work.

After Rain

Ok, I promise, last sunset for a while. Taken on the edge of the former Plattsburgh Air Base landing strip.

Calm Evening

Taken in West Plattsburgh just above the dam.

Burlington Waterfront

One of several shots I took at this location. I didn't think of it much at the time but looking through the photos from that day I decided this one stood out a bit. Let's see.. Looking at other photos the name of the boat was the "Moonlight Lady". Looking across lake Champlain toward the beautiful Adirondack Mountains.

Coffee Shop

Taken at the Coffee Camp in downtown Plattsburgh.

Tampa Sunset

Icy Sunset

Taken in Mooers, NY with a windchill well below zero. My hands were completely numb after only thirty seconds or so of shooting. The light was gone and the temp was only getting colder so I went right home after this shot.

Solitary Tree

Taken somewhere between Port Kent and Keeseville, NY. If viewing from the website click on the image to see a more detailed version.

Bog Silhouette

Taken just outside of Plattsburgh, NY at sunset. If viewing from the website, click on the image to see a larger version with a little more detail.

Foggy Morning

Another landscape shot with trees. I like this one because, unlike the sunset picture, your eyes are free to wander and not be focused on a specific point. Taken in Vermontville, NY.

Cemetery Sunset

Taken in Chazy, NY. Click on the image to see a version with a little more detail.

Found Graffiti

Hrm, discovered a broken link here, noted and I'll find the image and re-upload it.

Monument Rainbow

There was the beginning of a second rainbow to the left but it was really faint so I didn't try to get it in the shot.

Rainy Sunday

A rainy Sunday down by the docks. A slight cooling filter with an increase in contrast.

Heart Shaped Confetti

Found on the steps of a downtown business. There was a bunch swept in one pile from inside and some that had been blown around the sidewalk.

Farm Sunset

More Port Kent

Saranac River

A shot taken while on the Saranac river in Cadyville, NY.

Farm Sunset

Taken somewhere near Saranac, NY.

Broken Feather

A macro shot looking into the angle of the sun.

Ice Cream Stand

Nothing was cropped in this image, I just shot high to avoid as much light as I could from the stand below and adjusted the contrast to get the little bit of detail from the bottom of the overhang out. Shot using the chrome setting, which added a slight shine, though I don't know if it was a measurable change after adjusting levels and selective colors in Photoshop.

Sailor's Point

Similar to a shot I took a few months back at the boat basin. No post work except for a 1.3° rotation and cutting out a couple small points of light on the other shore.

Small Handprint

Abstract Glass

This one is a bit more abstract than my usual work. A section of a glass window material that makes up part of the kitchen counter of a friend of mine. Macro, heavy work on contrast, and a slight warming filter.

Flower

I went for a half hour little walk in Lake Placid and the only shot without masses of people or cars that I got was this one thirty seconds into the trip. Came out ok, though, I used a cooling filter and dampened down any brighter colors in the background.

Sunset

A sunset off of the Military Turnpike near Plattsburgh.

By the Tracks

Rusty Lock

A macro shot of a rusty lock from the dilapidated steam shovel out in the direction of Beekmantown, NY.

Bookstore

A scene I happened upon while taking a break from walking around Church Street in Burlington, Vermont.

Flower

A flower that was overhanging the sidewalk in Burlington, Vermont.

Port Kent

Taken at the Port Kent ferry dock looking out at Lake Champlain. A macro shot focused a bit out to draw the eye to the mid-range of texture.

Ferris Wheel

Strange Findings at the Fair

A sad looking fisherman I found on a bench in the middle of a rain shower. Macro with a cooling filter.