Down time is coming

October is almost here and it's my favorite month of the year. not only is it the beautiful colors and weather but I always take most of the month off   ;O) . Lord knows I need it. The first few days will be spent in the Adirondacks and Vermont shooting the fall colors, moving onto the Cape and Martha's Vineyard , finishing up the road trip at Watkins Glen .

below is a photo I took tonight at sunset with the idea of montaging it with a coastal shot from my vacation . if not then maybe I'll get the shot I need when I head to the Jersey shore in December.

Leaving under a black cloud

A little bit of Blues

It was nice to have a little down time today

After 5 straight days of 12's at work and 3 days at the gym , my mind , body and soul deserved a little bit of the blues.

The Adirondacks

are simply the friendliest mountains in America.

Irene

by now most everyone knows about hurricane Irene rolling up along the east coast with the possibility of MAJOR damage . as of this moment it is just reaching North Carolina . with the eye of the storm still forecasted to hit Albany , NY some time Monday. This is the area where I live.

arriving at work this afternoon I was handed a letter issued from the , " U.S Department of Transportation " Federal Railroad Adminstration . This letter basically gives me authorization to cross police lines , road blocks , and control points in direct suppport of any and all infrastucture which supports interstate commerce.

I can't help but think if the situation should get as bad as they say , what makes them think for a moment I'm going to be out running around trying to keep it all together? with winds calling for 65+ mph and 14 - 16" of rain here , a 150 miles inland of the ocean , I don't think so.

stay safe everyone and here is a photo from Rock harbor on Cape Cod Bay ( 2009 )and Kills Devil Hill ( 2010 )on the Outer Banks.

Water : Life begins

Babes in the Woods

I got to the trailhead at about 7am this morning , cool and a light breeze I was ready for the steep up hill climb to Rainbow falls. the wonderful , beautiful ladies jogging , jiggling and hiking along the trail this morning made the trip that much more enjoyable . God I love New York   ;o)  I came away with a full day of exercise  , took a couple of hundred photos ( I did delete every photo but the one below ) and have a lunch engagement for Friday afternoon. What more could any man ask for from a hike?

I'm going to miss New York when I retire.

In sight of the resent bear attacks around the globe , a couple of my friends , knowing that I love to wade and hike the mountain streams looking for photos have ask on a few occasions if I worry about bear attacks. I give them my standard answer , I don't think about it ! but truth be known , if I have to go down , better it be against a bear then some drug crazed kid that would shoot me down in the streets. this what was on my mind when I came across this pasifier out in the middle of nowhere. you just never know what you will come across !

Cameras are really kool toys !

I have more fun trying to figure out how to do anything and everything that cameras were never intended for. I do know they don't make very good beer mugs, even if you frost them first.

 give a kid a camera and he or she will be busy all day long.

One of the things I really like to do is take my 70-200mm lens , throw it out of focus and start searching . this lights up the last few brain cells I have rattling around in my head like free electrons , bing  bing  bing...

It's sort of like tripping back to the 60's .

All along the coastline