graceful elegance
Pam and I were transfixed by the aquarium at Epcot, raptly amazed with the variety and profusion of life. Here are two videos of a Ray approaching the wall with graceful elegance.
Mickey Mouse is represented in one of these post images. Can you spot him? Please use a comment to make your identification.
Dusted with light
Snow clings to the rough tree bark surface graced by late afternoon vernal sunshine.
These shots were hand held. I used a Sony Alpha 700 dslr with a variable “zoom” lens, great for framing compositions.
Robert H. Treman New York State Park.
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Fern Generations
Spent and green fern frond with moss and icicles formed during an early April frost.
Fern generations are here with the spent fronds from earlier years, pale green survivors of this season.
These shots were hand held. I used a Sony Alpha 700 dslr with a variable “zoom” lens, great for framing compositions.
Robert H. Treman New York State Park.
The instant of sunrise
The sun disk broaches the Atlantic Ocean horizon on a clear January morning.
There are limitations, certainly, to photographs from that tiny lens on the IPhone 10 (or IPhone X). It captured the moments in this series. I take mine along even with the professional camera bodies, lenses and tripod, for this reason. These images are the unprocessed files.
Views from the bridge on Christmas Eve 2019
Here is a companion post for last Sunday’s photographs of Beebee Lake. This was taken where the lake outflow continues as Fall Creek. Enjoy!!
2019 flew by
These were captured from the 2015 July Fourth fireworks at Ithaca’s Stewart Park. We have a clear view from our home’s front porch, the view is hampered somewhat by the wires, not registered when viewing but show up in photographs. The best shots, shown above, were from a Canon EF 200mm f/2.8L USM lens, the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III mounted on a Manfrotto studio tripod with hydrostatic ball head. ISO set to 1,600 and exposure set to 5 seconds. I started each shot when I heard the very first whooosh of the rocket.
Maybe I’ll set up on the roof for the 2020 July Fourth display? If Pam will let me.
pre-dawn sky event
December 23rd, sky clear at 6:30 am, the International Space Station (ISS) passed through the zenith with a waning crescent, a bowl filled with earthglow, in the southeast. On December 22nd I received the following email from NASA advising me of the event.
HQ-spotthestation@mail.nasa.gov
Sun 12/22/2019 7:00 PM
Time: Mon Dec 23 6:30 AM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 87°, Appears: 10° above SW, Disappears: 11° above ENE
Visit the NASA site to research if ISS viewing is possible from your location.
Here is another photograph of the crescent moon filled with earthglow.
pre-dawn sky event
December 23rd, sky clear at 6:30 am, the International Space Station passed through the zenith with a waning crescent, a bowl filled with earthglow, in the southeast. Here is a photograph of a waning moon above Cornell University from October 2017.
Photographer at work, captured by his wife
Pam captured me at work on the shore of Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
The header photograph is mine of a hot air balloon over our home last summer. I imagine us floating, the Jenny Lake below us.
Michael Stephen Wills Photography 