In this period of social distancing, it's nice to be able to return to places I love to see where few people gather (although there were lots and lots of fishermen off in their boats). These two images are of such a place...Cedar Point...that I've photographed several times before.  As always in nature, though, so many elements change daily that the photographs are always different. 

And still more from the archives even further back in time...2000.

 

Here's another from the archives...an orchard near Kingston, NY I photographed in 2002 using Konica Infrared film.  That film is less extreme than the Kodak version. I don't think either is still available.

Revisiting old photographs is fun, and I enjoyed posting them here, but I was finally able to get out yesterday and make some new ones.  These are from Dutton Island Preserve which I haven't visited for several years. I was glad I did!

From the archives of 2005, two photographs of ruins beside the stream in Beacon, NY.  These are both gone, now, replaced by new condos and such.  (4x5 Film)

Odd how appealing it is to return many times to a place that's been photographically rich.  Little Talbot Island State Park (Florida) is one of those places for me. The light and the ocean are ALWAYS different! These are from a roll of film I exposed on Sunday, February 23rd.

Sometimes the light is rather flat, and the sky is also fairly dull.  However, the ocean refuses to have a boring day, and leaves rhythmic tide pools as the tide recedes.
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It's been a long while since I visited this part of the St. Johns River.  Here are two photographs from there...one from the shore, and the other from a dock.

Here are more images from yesterday's (January 24th) traverse of Huguenot Park.

I returned to Huguenot Park today because the clouds and sky were photographically very promising. Here are two from today's efforts.  More will be posted soon.

For those of you who visit this blog from Australia, I want you to know I mourn the devastation and loss of animal life you are experiencing. You are in my heart, and I send whatever will travel through the ether in sympathy and caring.  Despite pervasive news coverage of our domestic situation, your plight is not being ignored and is being reported on more often now.  <3 p="">

Returning from DC this past week, I drove through Shenandoah NP on Skyline Drive. I stopped often to make these photogaphs.

Despite it being Thanksgiving day, I got to spend a little time out with my camera.  I was hoping for some photographs in the city (Jacksonville, Florida), but the light was absolutely no good for what I was hoping to do, so I compensated with a photograph of the Treaty Oak, and then my favorite shrimpboat berth with shrimpboat.  (MF  Film)

At Little Talbot Island SP again, I loved finding these last Friday..  (MF Film)

As often as I've visited Little Talbot Island SP to make photographs, I can't remember ever being disappointed.  These four are from the very southernmost part of the beach and are not indicative of the gorgeous stretches of 'clean' sand that are so appealing to those who spend time here.  (MF Film)

 

Here are two more from the area where I photographed the wood fence below.  I was uncertain about including the graveyard headstones, but decided they belonged and shouldn't be ignored. (MF Film)

Our annual trip to the mountains in north Georgia was again in the general area of Blue Ridge.  Here are a few photographs from the week including one from Burt's Farm which I photographed last year.  The pumpkin display is extensive and features orange and white ones.  (MF Film)

Here are two photographs I rather like.  One is from many years ago at Pemaquid Point on the Maine coast.  The other, taken recently, is also of rocks, but in Florida at the mouth of the Fort George River.  Both were taken with the same camera, a Pentax 67 but more than thirty years apart. That camera is still the one I use almost exclusively. 

I'm trying to stay away from the shore where it's all too easy to find interesting subjects.  So, I went for a very long walk on a bike path a few hundred yards inland and found this.  (MF Film)

Most of the trees at Washington Oaks State Park are live oaks.  I recently read that they were much prized by ship builders because of their often complex curves.  These photographs were made in the gardens which are beautifully maintained.  (MF Film)