Apple Blossoms

May 31, 2020

Beautiful Spring weather has finally arrived to the New York Capital District! On this beautiful weekend day, I spent some time walking our apple trees and photographing the blossoms with the Canon 7D Mark II and the EF 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L lens; yes I was also trying to capture a few birds that afternoon.

We have about ten apple trees consisting of Honeycrisp and Norther Spey varieties. Last Fall I pruned these 9 year-old dwarf and semi-dwarf trees back quite a bit to open them up and let more air into the trees. I am hoping for a better fruit crop in 2020. If these blossoms are an indication, we are well on our way.

Color photos were processed in Adobe Lightroom and the black and white photos were processed in Adobe Photoshop with Nik Silver Efex Pro plug-in applying a Fuji ACROS filter and select Dodge & Burn.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Pump House on the lake shore - Canon 7D MII | EF 135MM F2L

Burlington, VT

June 23, 2019

For Father’s Day Weekend, we spent a couple days in Burlington Vermont for a soccer tournament. We stayed downtown at the Marriott Courtyard, which was convenient for getting out-and-about to take some photos when we were not at the soccer field. I managed to walk just short of 10 miles while out taking pics; visiting Church Street, the lake shore, and the University of Vermont during the weekend.

A Pileated Woodpecker pecks away at a stump - Canon 7D Mark II

Pileated Woodpecker in Spring

April 29, 2018

I have been seeing a lot of woodpecker sign this Spring and every once in awhile I spook the Pileated Woodpeckers while walking the dog...there is always two. On this late sunny afternoon in early April, my son happened to notice that we had a visitor on the tree stump in the backyard. I managed to grab the camera and start taking a few photos through the glass window in our backdoor.

Under The Lights and Rain

September 10, 2017

This past Spring's club U14 soccer season was a very busy time, both personally and professionally, which prevented me from spending much time in post with the photos I took at my son's games. Overall, I took approximately 8000 photos of tournaments and league games. Throughout the Summer I have been pecking away at them and this series is one that I knew I wanted to convert to black and white from the moment I downloaded them from the camera.