2011 Photo a Day
August 8 - Beaver Creek, Brookfield, NY.
August 7 - Sherburne Waterworks.
August 6 - Pixley Falls State Park, Boonville, NY
August 5 - Upperville Falls, Smyrna, NY
August 4 - Imature hawk in the Brookfield Horse Trails.
August 3 - Granville Hill, Sherburne looking to the northwest. Rain had just ended but started up again shortly. I got soaked today seaching for a shot. Went up into the Brookfield State lands and bushwacked into a larger beaver pond area. Heavy rain and the shot did not materilize. On my way out of the woods the sun broke out for a little bit allowing me to capture this image.
August 2 - Staghorn Sumac right after sunrise.
August 1 - Taken on an early morning walk.
July 31 - This wraps up my 7th month of doing a photograph everyday. It opens my eyes everyday! This barn is between New Berlin and South Edmeston.
July 30
July 29 - close up of a purple cone flower.
July 28 - West Canada Creek in the southern Adirondack Mountains.
July 27 - Reflections at the Rogers Environmental Education Center.
July 26 - Blueberries today!
July 25 - Home in the garden.
July 23 - Ohiopyle, PA
July 22 - West Virginia wildflowers.
July 24 - Barn quilt outside of Belmont, OH
July 21 - Bethel Church on the outskirts of Barnseville, OH.
July 20 - Cedar Waxwing at the Rogers Environmental Education Center this morning.
July 19 - Morning Fog. About 1/2 mile up my road.
July 18 - Chenango River between Earlville and Sherburne
July 17 - Morning light looking across to Vermont from New York State.
July 16 - Old Barn, Willsboro, NY.
July 15 - Full moon rising over the Green Mountains of Vermont. Taken from Willsboro, New York looking across Lake Champlain.
July 13 - This is downtown Sherburne at the four corners smack in the middle of town.
July 12 - Drove around catching the beautiful late day light making photographs mostly of various barns in the area. Headed home and on my road I fell across this scene. Haying in motion. Moments can be so fleeting!
July 11 - Hayfield in southern Madison County.
July 10 - Early morning sun on a barn around my block.
July 9 - Rexford Falls, Sherburne
July 8 - July 8 – An interesting day for photography. In an attempt to catch the dawn light I was out cruising for photographic opportunities at 5 AM. A nearby thunderstorm tempted me with grand possibilities. An hour and a half later I was back home without hitting the shutter release once. The light just was not there. After breakfast it was calm so I headed to one of my favorite photographing sites, Lost Pond in the Brookfield State Lands. The short walk to the pond indicated there would be good reflection opportunities. There was no wind. The pond area comes into view and something is wrong. Much of the pond is drained. The yellow pond lilies I photographed this past Sunday, July 3 were high and dry and looking so sad. The pond was down about 3 feet. I’m not sure of the total pond area, but my guess would be maybe 50 acres. Why would the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) drain the pond at this time of year? A cell call to the local DEC office indicated they knew nothing about it. They sent somebody out to the site to repair the removed drain boards. I’ll check there tomorrow to see if it’s been repaired.
So no early morning photographs, no water reflection shots. What to do. All along the truck trails in the Brookfield State Lands there are plenty of ferns and wildflowers. That was my morning subject matter.
This afternoon I canoed along a beautiful area called Beaver Creek north of the Village of Brookfield. Plenty of photo opportunities, but it rained some so I didn’t pull the camera out.
July 7 - Stockbridge Falls, Madison County.
July 6 - On the way home from Music in the Park the sky spoke! This from the road I live on.
July 5 - Moon shot. Okay, less tham a full moon, way less.
4th of July - Paddleford Park, Sherburne, NY
July 3 - Lost Pond, Brookfield State Lands.
July 2
July 1 - Start of the second half of the year. A field in Sherburne.
June 29 - Whorled Loosestrife. Somedays it is so easy to capture a great shot while others it's a struggle to get a passable shot. It was windy and rained on and off all day. What you don't see in the photo is that I am holding an umbrella over the tripod.
June 28 - Beaver Pond. A series of thunderstorms were moving through the area with plenty of scattered rain. Made this shot before the light totally faded. New Turnpike Road, Town of Columbus.
June 27 - Llamas on Shawler Brook Road, Sherburne, NY. It's about 2 miles from home.
June 26 - Route 20 Richfield Springs, NY.
June 25 - Getting ready to rain on the Old Songs Festival, Altamont, NY.
June 24 - Amongst the crowd at the Old Songs Festival, Altamont, NY.
June 22 - Nine Mile Swamp
