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The Greens of Summer at Birdsong
August 13, 2024 - There is a reliable cycle of colors in nature through the seasons of the year. There are the bold colors of fall, the no...
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Fall Sequel to the Spring Prequel
January 22, 2024 - Alright, since the title suggested there would be a sequel let's get it out before it collects too much dust. The outsid...
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What is Winter?
January 01, 2024 - Happy New Year everyone! Yes, it is January 1, 2024 as another year has bit the dust. Looking around, it is hard to beli...
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Spring Prequel to Fall Sequel
December 19, 2023 - As one follows the park loop through the woods a wonderful big meadow emerges about one third of the way through. In the...
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Welcome to Knox Farm
November 13, 2023 - To Paul, who loved it here.
I have a friend who does not like fall. I am more average than that. While I love black and...
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Niagara Falls, New York
September 19, 2022 - This was a day off from work dedicated to hiking and photography and as an added bonus my wife joined me. What was not t...
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The Trees of Birdsong
September 02, 2022 - It's hard to believe the origins of this post go all the way back to June 2020. Back then, I was part of a community pro...
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Birdsong in Purple, Part II
August 23, 2022 - Continued from Birdsong in Purple, Part I
It's already the second half of August and my Buffalo & Western New York Land...
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Birdsong in Purple, Part I
June 23, 2021 - Last week's post was somewhat serious and technical but also lightweight talking about pinhole photography, which could...
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Winter Stopped By, Part 2
January 13, 2021 - ... continued from Winter Stopped By
While I did not intend on this being a two-part post here we are back to the wonde...
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Winter Stopped By
January 04, 2021 - On Christmas Eve 2020, the weather decided to cooperate and sent a nice dose of puffy snow our way. Waking up the next m...
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Bright and Happy Fall World
November 09, 2020 - Last post was a celebration of the wonderful bright and sunny summer we had here in Western New York. And today, I am co...
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The Creeks of Birdsong
October 22, 2020 - Birdsong Park in Orchard Park, NY has grown on me over time becoming one of my favorite places to visit and photograph i...
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Greens Replace Grays
March 30, 2020 - Alright, I will be brave and say it. Here's my annual farewell to winter and cheers to spring. May the grayness rest in...
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Darkroom: Birdsong
August 22, 2019 - Back into the darkroom today for some traditional black and white wet prints. And for the subject matter we're not going...
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More Edward M Cotter
August 08, 2019 - In the It's Edward! post couple months back I was all excited about finally catching Edward M Cotter in the act. Today,...
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Vintage Naval Park
August 06, 2019 - Let's continue the exploration of Buffalo, NY with a film camera in hand and an experimental color film loaded in it. Ye...
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Swamp Ponds
March 15, 2019 - Continuing the walk through the beautiful Birdsong Park in Orchard Park, NY with my Yashica LM twin lens reflex camera f...
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Swamp Trees
February 18, 2019 - Back to the Birdsong Park with my Yashica LM twin lens reflex camera for more square black and white photography. This t...
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Back in the Woods
February 07, 2019 - After visiting the city for a bit it's time to head back to the wilderness, or at least as close as one can get in the s...
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The Beginning of Winter
January 15, 2018 - Support this blog: Do you like my free content but are not ready to buy a photograph yet? Using my links (Amazon) to do...
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Dressed for the Holidays
December 26, 2017 - Support this blog: Do you like my free content but are not ready to buy a photograph yet? Using my links (Amazon) to do...
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Greeting a New Day
November 20, 2017 - Support this blog: Do you like my free content but are not ready to buy a photograph yet? Using my links (Amazon) to do...
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Fall Colors & Setting Sun
November 13, 2017 - Previously from Letchworth State Park: It's the season of color - Letchworth is getting very colorful! - Autumn vs. Summ...
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Middle Falls Blues
October 30, 2017 - Previously from Letchworth State Park: It's the season of color - Letchworth is getting very colorful! - Autumn vs. Summ...
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Backwards
April 03, 2017 - When I arrived, the fog I came for was nowhere to be found and it was still very dark. Later, it actually turned out tha...
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Green Lake's Charm Is Back
February 06, 2017 - Yes, I've been complaining a bit about this winter over the past few weeks. With all the dirty gray all around I wished...
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White Clean Up
December 12, 2016 - The snowfall finally shifted a little bit north and made its way to Orchard Park, NY. It was time to do two things. Firs...
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Visions of the Fall
November 28, 2016 - The 2016 season of color is over and even though it has just ended I already miss it. And it was a beautiful fall! My sc...
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Covered Bridge in the Fall
November 14, 2016 - I've been a fan of covered bridges for a long time. No matter where we go we always search the Internet for covered brid...
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An Abstract Dose - Not the usual suspects at Akron Falls
May 09, 2016 - B ack to a familiar spot leaving with not so familiar photographs. Indeed, I first headed up the stream of the Murder Cr...
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The Chestnut Ridge Air Recipe
January 14, 2016 - December 2015 did not live up to the Buffalo winter reputation. No snow and temperatures like in spring bordering on ear...
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Reflected Colors of Winter
December 14, 2015 - A moody photo that has been on my list to post for a while and it feels like today is the right time for it. Why?
With...
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More Colors before Winter Comes
November 30, 2015 - Before the winter season dresses everything in white I would like to share some more local colors with you. Across the s...
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Daybreak Glow over Niagara River, Black Rock Canal Park
November 02, 2015 - How about seeing the makeover of the Black Rock Canal Park? How about seeing it early in the morning before the sun wake...
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When Chestnut Ridge Wakes Up
May 18, 2015 - It was a very foggy morning with humidity through the roof, not all that usual for early May in these parts of the world...
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The Fall Concert at Birdsong
October 20, 2014 - I have done surprisingly little fall photography this fall. Despite its arrival pretty much on schedule it seemed to hav...
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Mutual Riverfront Park, Buffalo, NY
June 16, 2014 - The other day, someone on G+ posted a comment under one of my photos from Buffalo that Buffalo is dead. I did not feel l...
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Spring at the Museum
May 15, 2014 - I returned to the Japanese Garden and Buffalo History Museum a year later to get a little different view of the spring s...
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A Different View (of Watkins Glen)
May 05, 2014 - Before you go screaming at me that we barely made it through winter and it's definitely not fall yet, trust me, I know....
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A new aMazing Bookmark - The Black Canyon of the Gunnison
March 03, 2014 - It's been many photos and many post since the last addition to my a Mazing Bookmark collection, so tonight felt like the...
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Shenandoah: The Skyline Drive View in Autumn
February 03, 2014 - Whether you drive the Skyline Drive as the sole purpose of your visit to the Shenandoah National Park or merely use it a...
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A Warm Flashback
January 27, 2014 - Is the winter getting too long? I hope not, it's only January and we have two to three more months of it in the hopper....
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Reaching for Life
January 09, 2014 - On a winter hike through Emery Park and along its creeks and ravines, trying to see how some of the waterfalls look in w...
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Shenandoah: The Details or the Wide and Grand?
December 26, 2013 - In my last post Trouble with Color I talked about reasons I may choose to go with a black and white landscape photograph...
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Shenandoah: Trouble with Color
December 23, 2013 - Quite often, I intend my photos to be black and white before I ever shoot them. Then, I capture them in color and do the...
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It's Raining, It's Pouring … at Sinking Ponds, East Aurora
November 21, 2013 - It's raining, it's pouring,... by the end of this outing I knew my camera's weather sealing was not all that great. The...
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The Seasons They Are a-Changin'
November 07, 2013 - The daylight savings time is gone, it's 29°F and forecast 22°F for the morning. There are still some remaining colors up...
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Letchworth Off The Beaten Path
October 14, 2013 - Each fall is different and this one is no exception. First, it looked like the colors would come early and a few early f...
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Photograph of Mood, Abstract Emery Park Trees
October 07, 2013 - This morning photo outing reminded me of one topic I mentioned in many of my posts (e.g., Plan but Welcome the Random, A...
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The Season of Fog is Back!
September 26, 2013 - I've had a lot of excuses lately for not going out and shooting. I've been trying to get through my June road trip photo...
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The Last Light at Chimney Bluffs and The Missing Beach
September 09, 2013 - Chimney Bluffs State Park offers quite an experience in a quite unexpected place. When I first saw the bluffs several ye...
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Long Exposures at Woodlawn Beach
August 26, 2013 - The sunset outing to Woodlawn Beach had a dual purpose this night. I wanted to try out a new gadget, a remote cord and t...
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The Chestnut Ridge Jungle
August 08, 2013 - It was getting really late in the evening, just about an hour before sunset, but I felt like I did not get my dose of fr...
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Two Birds with One Stone at Letchworth
June 24, 2013 - There was a hot air balloon rally at the Letchworth State Park over the Memorial Day weekend, with launches scheduled be...
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Autumn vs. Summer, Great Bend at Letchworth
June 10, 2013 - I like to return to places over and over. It's easier with some that are right in my back yard and increasingly more dif...
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Wind Sculpture Park - A New Waterfront Park in Buffalo
May 30, 2013 - I've had quite a few posts on this topic but it just keeps coming, and that is a great thing. The Outer Harbor of Buffal...
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Cold & Warm Contrast, Emery Park
May 20, 2013 - I've had this experience many times and I've previously shared that experience in my blog. Planning but keeping an open...
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Spring! ... came to Buffalo and Western New York
May 13, 2013 - Emery Park, same place as where I have recently completed my Seasons project. However, a different alley here. This one...
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The Seasons at Emery Park, a Year-Long Photo Project
May 09, 2013 - One project is finished. Last summer I admired this alley at Emery Park and liked how it almost created a tunnel over th...
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Seasons Change in Emery Park
February 10, 2013 - In some past posts I have talked about revisiting locations in different conditions; different weather, different time o...
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Single Exposure HDR at Niagara Falls
February 04, 2013 - I've planned this photo op a few weeks ahead. Using The Photographer's Ephemeris I checked out the upcoming full moon to...
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Winter as Should Be
January 28, 2013 - This past week has been as winter should be. White all around, cold, and really fresh. You can tell winter's right when...
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Blue Morning at the Marina with a Nice Surprise
January 15, 2013 - First off, no, I am not going to claim this is a current photo. Despite the brief visit of summer temperatures the boats...
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Global warming in Buffalo?
January 08, 2013 - What comes to most people's minds when they hear Buffalo, NY? I bet most will think of and say snow! But the last few wi...
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Nature's Chaos
December 30, 2012 - Reading through the text by James Gleick and looking through photographs by Eliot Porter in the Nature's Chaos book was...
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Winter Coming to Buffalo after All - Chestnut Ridge Park
December 25, 2012 - It is unusual for Buffalo and its parks not to have much snow throughout December. Yet, for almost the whole month there...
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The Tree Tunnel of Birdsong, Orchard Park, NY
November 23, 2012 - Mother Nature is amazing. Each natural setting offers so much more than just one thing. Go to see a waterfall and you ca...
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Do You Know Your Back Yard? ... More Waterfalls at Emery Park
November 09, 2012 - Did you ever try to draw a 10-mile circle on a map with the center being where you live and then hit the Internet to see...
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Fall Falls Hunting at Emery Park
November 01, 2012 - As I finally took some time to explore the Emery County Park this year I also finally found two of its several waterfall...
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Even Little Distance can Provide Different Autumn Look
October 25, 2012 - I've commented on revisiting the same locations on my pages several times (Revisit Your Locations, Revisiting Locations...
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The Beautiful Season of Color is Winding Down All Around, Emery Park Pictured Here
October 23, 2012 - This is probably one of my last fall themed posts. The season has progressed and there is not much green around any more...
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Fall Sunrise at Birdsong Park
October 13, 2012 - I've been actually using weather forecast lately to see when it might be most worth getting up early. For my previous tr...
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Fall Crept Up on Us Early This Year in Western New York, Emery County Park
October 01, 2012 - It feels that way to me and I've heard it from others. But whether it is true or not I am not sure. However, with Septem...
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The Beach of the Dead, the State Park Full of Shit, aka Woodlawn Beach State Park
June 28, 2012 - Look, the weather is great, it's a hot day, let's go to the beach, walk around the lake shore, watch the sun set, watch...
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Eternal Flame Disc Golf Course - Is Disc Golf the New Way to Hike?
June 27, 2012 - A few posts back, in Of Nature and Men (Case Study: Eternal Flame Falls, Orchard Park, NY), I complained about hiking cr...
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The Unexpected Beauty and Lack of Pride to Be a Human
June 19, 2012 - Today, weather did not provide much inspiration. It was hazy, humid, without sun for the most part, but with no defined...
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Morning on Murder Creek - Going for the Details Again
June 02, 2012 - Here's another photo I took during my most recent visit to the Akron Falls Park in Akron, NY. After photographing the wa...
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Variety: Follow the Grand Vistas with Detail Shots
May 20, 2012 - Rock & Water - Morning on Murder Creek: An early morning this Saturday, out of bed at 4:30. Two destinations as options,...
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Adapt, aka Plan but Welcome the Random
May 15, 2012 - I've started this blog with this theme with my Plan but Welcome the Random post. And it just proved so true again. One d...
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Revisit Your Locations
January 29, 2012 - I really like returning to some of the same locations over and over and over. Why? Every time is different. Seasons chan...
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