The Sphere

From 2010 Blog

- A pigeon looks out one of the holes ripped into the sculpture "The Sphere" during the 9/11 attacks. Once located at the World Trade Center Plaza the sculpture was retrieved from the wreckage and relocated to Battery Park where it serves as a memorial to the victims of the attack and as a home for many roosting pigeons. Had a nice trip to NYC today for a business meeting at New York City Transit, 2 Broadway and got time to catch a few early morning pics. Canon G11, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 400.

PEZ Boys

From 2010 Blog

- Four of my PEZ boys up close and personal. The three closest are glow in the dark models although it's hard to tell in this photograph. There are three different Alpine PEZ Boys and one Pilot PEZ Boy in the shot. These are all European PEZ. Canon 7D, 1/250 sec @ f/5.6, ISO 800, 100mm macro lens.

Bling-bling

From 2010 Blog

- This wall of cheap jewelry screamed "take my picture" so I obliged. Of course I asked permission and the Asian shop manager said OK but gave me the "why would you" look. It's a look I'm very familiar with. This was one of many shops we visited in Greenwich Village during our trip to New York City back in April. Canon G11, 1/200 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 800.

Corymb

From 2010 Blog

- This photo is from a few weeks back. These flowers of a red-tip photinia are produced in dense terminal corymbs - branched clusters of flowers. Each flower is about 5mm in diameter, with five rounded white petals; they have a mild scent. I used to have a long hedge of red-tips but they feel victim to the common fungal disease that has plagued this once popular shrub. One lone survivor across the yard still produces these flowers and the bright red new spring foliage that gives the plant its common name. It also hosts a pair of nesting cardinals; red birds in a red bush. Canon 40D, 1/125 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 400, 50mm macro.

Doodlebug

From 2010 Blog

I caught this little beetle scrounging around in the center of one of the blooms of the Siloam Doodlebug daylily. I spot all kinds of insects in the daylily blooms. Canon 7D, 1/125 sec @ f/4.5, ISO 1600, 100mm macro.

Dragon Fly

From 2010 Blog

- Got this close up photo of a dragon fly at the beach today. His face has a kind of carton like appeal. Swedish folklore holds that the devil uses dragonflies to weigh people's souls - pretty heavy stuff. I think they are just valuable mosquito eaters. Canon 7D, 1/1250 sec @ f/8.0, ISO 400, 100mm macro lens.

Valediction

From 2010 Blog

- How our office vending machine thanks you for spending your dollar. The inflection is a little cold and mechanical, kind of like you get from those scripted service employees at national franchises. I have a good friend who always replies "Don't tell me what to do!" Apparently this is a U.S. custom as Europeans feel the phrase is fake and that the speaker only wants to sell something to them - duh. Canon 7D, 1/100 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 800, 100mm macro.