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Category: Picture of the Month
The Song Sparrow
Spring is all around us. I can feel it in the pollen and my allergies. On the bright side, I was able to enjoy several animals coming to visit us in the country. I’ve seen red-shouldered hawk, groundhogs, crows, blue jays, different sparrows, cotton tails, white-tailed deer, and even a red fox.
What I want to share with you this month is a picture of a song sparrow, one of the 20 species of sparrows you can regularly see in the Estate of New York. They are the chirping kind, as you can expect from their name.
Song sparrow, Monroe, NY We got a bird feeder to see if we can get them closer. I think the squirrels got most of the seeds, though.
The Naked Cowboy
Picture of the Month (March 2023)
Manhattan is full of well-known tourist attractions: the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, Central Park, Grand Central Terminal, the Statue of Liberty, and Times Square, among others.
Times Square was the center of many sinful activities and businesses during the 70’s. Sinners from all over will visit this crossroad (7th Avenue, Broadway, and West 45th Street) to enjoy strip tease shows, drug dealing, adult magazines, prostitution, and much more.
In the 80’s, Times Square started changing when the City of New York adopted strong actions to provide safety in the area. Disney Corporation bought buildings in the area and the City of New York invested money to make changes. Today, Times Square hosts well known corporate stores and offices, like Disney, M&Ms, Hershey’s, NASDAQ, and Hard Rock Café. It also offers a kiosk to buy tickets to a Broadway Show at a discount, and a myriad of Comic characters ready to be part of your selfie. The lights from the neon, and LED signs, with their varying palette of colors, bathe hundreds of tourists, commuters, and a few locals who walk around.
Times Square still has vestiges from the 70’s. Summer or Winter, the Naked Cowboy wanders Times Square dressed in only a hat, boots, and a guitar that covers the front of his underwear. He walks Times Square ready to sing to tourists and pose with them for a picture …
The Naked Cowboy sings to tourists at a balmy 56 °F. Everything changes, but everything remains the same …
Cold and Pretty
Picture of the Month (February 2023)
February can be very cold, as we had three days of Arctic temperatures in the North East. But, it can be pretty. Especially when the sun is out and about at a lower level on the horizon. Here is where you get the calid colors in the late afternoon. (Just the colors, the air is still freezing …)
Sun comes down for a winter sunset in Central Park, Manhattan And, as you can see, Central Park is always a great place to spend an afternoon and take a picture or two.
Javier
New York Skyline
Picture of the Month (January 2023)
I usually, that is about 99.8% of the time, do not modify the pictures I take to look differently from what I saw. I do not add lightning, or change the sky, or abuse the editing tools available in Lightroom or Photoshop. The idea is to represent what I see in a truthful manner.
Having said that, I had a “what if” moment when editing this cityscape from lower Manhattan. I decided to manipulate the color of the sky to make it a little more dramatic. I like the result very much. I just don’t plan on doing this more often 😊
New York Skyline Christmas Light Show from The Channel Garden
Picture of the Month (December 2022)
For some Holiday cheer, here is a picture of the light show offered by Saks Fifth Avenue as seen from The Channel Gardens in Rockefeller Center.
Saks Fifth Avenue’s Light Show as seen from The Channel Garden in Rockefeller Center.
Light festival from Saks Fifth Avenue as seen from Rockefeller Center. I hope you have a great Holiday Season and that you enjoy family and friends.