Flora
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Mount Van Hoevenberg
It was a beautiful day for this hike, a nice little gem of a mountain.
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A Wet TableTop and Phelps
Not exactly ideal conditions to enjoy a hike, it was warm, humid, and wet. When the Van Hoevenberg trail had running water on it, I knew that it would be a sopping mess getting to TableTop.
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Bennies Brook Slide to Lower WolfJaw, Upper WolfJaw & Armstrong
We started before sunrise, and made our expected time to the DEC Interior Outpost. From there we crossed Johns Brook onto the now-unmaintained South Side trail, first crossing the start of the Range Trail and a half mile later the base of Bennies Brook.
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Allen (Friday), Street & Nye (Saturday)
Allen Mountain for my September 46, followed by Street & Nye to get Kathy approaching half way towards a 46 year.
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Rainy Saturday Flora
A couple friends and a flowering peony inspired me to grab some photos from the backyard. Overcast days are the best for photography in general, and…
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Nippletop & Dial the long way
“It doesn’t have to be fun, to be fun.” — Anonymous
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Cascade, Porter, Little Porter, and Big Slide
I made a speedy ascent of the short-but-steep Cascade, enjoyed the amazing variety of mushrooms on Porter, and descended via the expansive Little Porter Mountain on one of my favorite traverses. I followed it up with a hike into the JBL and a quick up-and-down Big Slide.
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Peekamoose and Table Mountains
With the exception of the naked trail runner, apparently 9AM was the time to start Peekamoose Mountain.
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Shenandoah: Old Rag & Robertson Mountain Loop
Psyched at my first black bear spotting, I turned from Old Rag up the Robertson Mountain Trail. This is a steep, constant climb, with 1,700 vertical feet in the last 1.5 miles to the summit.
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Longwood Portraits
More experimentation with camera settings and lenses with my Fuji X-A1 at Longwood Gardens.
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Longwood with the X-A1
It really is amazing living so close to such a resource – what better than to test some lenses?
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First Flowers
Magnolias are early, tough, and usually face the harshest weather, which is why I like them so much.
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Longwood Gardens with SMC Takumars
There is a revolution happening in digital cameras, and it’s all about miniaturization. We peruse 5 different SMC Takumars in this walk around Longwood Gardens.
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Takumar Sunflowers
More exploration with my Lens Turbo, this time with some Super-Multi-Coated Takumars: 24mm f/3.5, 50mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.8, and 135mm f/2.5.
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Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f/1.4 with the Lens Turbo
One of the gems from the 35mm film days, the Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens is popular for use on modern cameras.
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Pentax FA* 24mm f/2.0 with the Lens Turbo
The Pentax-FA* 24mm f/2 is a small (for it’s focal length and aperture), well-built, sharp, fun lens.
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Pentax FA* 85mm f/1.4 with the Lens Turbo
Some shots with my delicious Pentax FA* 85mm f/1.4 lens.
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6 Years Later
She watered it, watched it root, made sure it got the right amount of sun. For six years.
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Spring In The Backyard
We’ve been waiting a while, so it was worth the couple minutes in the garden. Tulips, Japanese Painted ferns, hostas, and even the dreaded dandelion make appearances.
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Organs & Orchids
January 1st is a great time to go to Longwood Gardens.
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Cats & Cacti
I love the ‘silver’ room they have, and am envious of that cat.
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Leafmageddon
Apologies to my friends in New York and New Jersey, but Sandy was not much here in West Chester.
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Longwood Winter
One of the vagaries of shooting film, which won’t really be replicated by digital, is finally getting around to developing a roll which was taken a while ago.
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Sliver of Longwood
From an earlier short trip to Longwood Gardens, I wanted to get there before the water lilies were done for the year.
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Black-Eyed Susans
Getting some time with my Nikkor 200mm f/4 macro in my back yard.
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May Irises
Some snaps of irises from a neighbor’s house…
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Irises, 2012
My irises popped up this week, so heading into a very busy few days I stopped to shoot the flowers.
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Magnolia, 2012
These are a week earlier than 2010, and three weeks earlier than 2009. They’re still my favorite flowering tree.
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Chester County Autumn
Shots from Longwood Gardens and West Chester.
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Longwood July 2011
Always a good spot to see how lenses work out.
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Keene (Interlude)
The day after completing Algonquin, we stayed around Keene.
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Baxter
Day 2 saw a quick and easy hike up Baxter Mountain.
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Friday Flowers
The weather is beautiful; unfortunately for these subjects, their time was over mid-week.
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West Chester Alleys And Gardens
More from West Chester, on Fuji 800Z.
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Longwood? Who Needs It?
These are color positives – chromes – taken on Fuji Provia 400X in my back yard and neighbors’ yards.
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Yes, Spring Flowers
Yesterday’s forecast was dead wrong. Fortunately my flowers didn’t hear it.
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Spring Flowers?
Is it spring yet?
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Magnolias, 2011
I like magnolias because they’re unafraid to be the first ones out, and they’re more of a rugged beauty than the delicate ones who follow.
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Sixteen Negative Shots
Similar to my last walk around Longwood Gardens with my medium format camera, this time with negative color film instead of positive. These are all 16 shots from the roll.
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Sixteen Shots
Do you remember slide shows, in an actual projector? Fuji Provia 400X is a “chrome”, or a color positive image, instead of a negative like most film.
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Orchids and Other Flora
I decided to take another walk around Longwood Gardens to see how the orchids are doing. As usual, I spent time with the calla lilies and the silver room, too.
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The Reel Deal
These are scans of real film, all the way to the sprocket holes. This is from a quick Sunday visit to Longwood Gardens. Taken with my F100, and both my 200mm f/4 macro and SMC Takumar 100mm f/4 macro.
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Longwood Gardens, 2011 Part Two
This is the second roll from my Saturday visit to Longwood Gardens, this one color Kodak Portra 800. Like the previous post, it too shows off the beauty of the large 120 size negatives – and of course the beauty of Longwood Gardens itself.
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Longwood Gardens, 2011 Part One
Yesterday was a great day to go to Longwood Gardens – they’ve opened the expansion to the Conservatory, it is orchid time, and it was a miserable rainy day. This set is from my walk though the Conservatory with Kodak TMY-400 (black and white) and my Pentax 645n.
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Puerto Rico Flora & Fauna
Some flora and fauna from El Yunque rain forest in Puerto Rico.
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Pinks
Some Fuji 400H on 120, shot with my Pentax 645N.
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Longwood Gardens
Some shots from Longwood Gardens near West Chester, PA.