Coney Island

Coney Island Carousel

April 15th was the official opening of Coney Island for the season. Yesterday the vendors were all working on painting their structures for the season and children were all over Nathan's on Spring Break. And, yes, I had two Nathan's Hot Dogs and french fries for lunch...Does not get much better then that.

Coney Island Carousel

I, for one, am looking forward to spending a good deal of time out there this summer.

The images (could not decide which way to go) posted here are from my iPhone4.....Captured and processed using TrueHDR, Filterstorm, Autopainter and Iris....Also Photoforge for sharpening...

Artist Palette

Artist Palette, Sunset, iPhone4 Autostitch

 What a day - 81 and sunny in Death Valley. Unfortunately, no morning clouds at Zabriske Point so the sunrise was not the most colorful I have witnessed. Still in all this was not a bad sunrise, just normal in that everyday is different in Death Valley.

Spent the afternoon down on the West Side of the Valley around Devil's Golf course before moving on to Artist Palette to catch the sunset.

Although much too tired from the 4AM start of the day, I did manage to get an iPhone4 stitched image ready for the blog. This image was the last capture of the day. The setting sun brought out the pastel colors of the Palette and, I, of course, helped them pop just a bit more.

Tomorrow morning another 4AM start to catch sunrise at Badwater Basin. Not much water in the basin but one still has to show up to see what nature will deliver. 

Redwoods

Redwoods, Scott's Valley, CA

In early October I was lucky enough to have spent one night at a friend's guest house in Scott's Valley, California - in the Santa Cruz area. There was this fabulous guest house behind the main house and when I woke up the next morning this scene was out my door.

It was a timeless view and all I could do was imagine this image as something from another time and place, possibly a wet plate/collodion type image. All I could think of was how fabulous to wake up to this scene every morning.

Captured and processed in my IP4 using various applications.