ku # 4013 / the new snapshot # 126-128 ~ paddling

rock face / Robert ~ Henderson Lake - in the Adirondack PARK (embiggenable)

on Henderson Lake

crossing the Hudson River

Hudson River immediately below Henderson Lake outlet

The better part of yesterday was spent on Henderson Lake, a portage-in wilderness lake located in the High Peaks wilderness area of the Adirondacks.

For over 175 years, Henderson Lake has been the unobtainium paddling destination of the ardent paddling crowd. The lake and a vast tract of surrounding land was owned by a series of mining corporations and was strictly off limit to the public. However, in 2008 the tract of land and the lake were added to the Adirondack Forest Perserve with Forever Wild wilderness designation.

Henderson Lake's other claim to fame is that it is considered to be the source of the Hudson River inasmuch as, where the water flows out of the lake and creates a river - better labled a stream / brook - is where it is first designated as the Hudson. Lake Tear of the Clouds, the highest pond in New York State located on the upper reaches of Mt. Marcey, is often said to be the source of the Hudson. It is, in fact, the originating source of water which eventually makes its way into the Hudson. However, the water divides itself, while passing into and through a number of ponds / small lakes, into a number of brooks and rivers which do flow into the Hudson at one point or another.

ku # 1414 / the new snapshot 104-07 ~ making conversations

sundown / Rist Camp ~ Newcomb,NY • in the Adirondack PARK (embiggenable)

painted roadside erratic

sunlight in sink

sunlight on wall thru old rolled glass
 

surveying the hunting grounds

Tuesday morning and I am finally settled in at Rist Camp. After a late afternnon arrival on Saturday, Sunday was spent driving to and from Canada for a hockey game. Monday was home and back for pet retrieval along with some other things.

The computer is all set up and I am catching up on creating my end of some PHOTOGRAPHS IN CONVERSATION for submission to a LENSCRATCH online exhibition. It's fun stuff and I'll most likely try to continue having "conversations" after the exhibition exercise is finished.

Anyone intersted in having some "conversations"?

all pictures made with iPhone 7 Plus camera module.

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ku # 1414 / the new snapshot # 79-81 ~ an iPhone camera module update

Joy Garden (iPhone picture), Au Sable Forks, NY in the Adirondack PARK (embiggenable)

 bridge in the chasm

looking up in the chasm

In my ongoing experiment with the iPhone 7 Plus camera module, I have found that the camera module is a more than competent picture making device. I have also found that the Snapseed photo editing app is quite proficient and very versatile as a bit of processing software. The Joy Gardenpictue in this entry was made using both.

And, although I have no way of illustrating it on the internet, I have been making very good looking 18"x18" prints from the iPhone made and processed / edited files. Prints that, when viewed from a print size appropriate distance, are virtually indistinguishable from prints of the same size made from a "real" camera with a 12mp sensor.

All-in-all, some very good stuff.

the new snapshot # 58-60 ~ flora edition

As I have been making my the new snapshot pictures, I knew it was only a matter of time until an iPhone picture juried exhibition opportunity would appear. Lo and behold, it appeared today in my email inbox.

I have until August 21st to decide what to submit and, to be honest, the submissions may or may not be just the new snapshot pictures or they might be some other iPhone technique variation. The only restriction for submissions is that the pictures be made and processed on the iPhone (or other such cell phone). Consequently, I have some time to screw around (iPhone picture making wise) to experiment with some different referents and techniques.

Looking forward to it. And, over the next day or two, I'll have more info on the exhibition for anyone who might be interested in submitting pictures.

the new snapshot # 52-57 ~ 70 years under my belt

Haven't been around the blog for a while because, begining last Thrsday, I have had an extended birthday week - big party last weekend with 60 friends, family and neighbors and extended stays by a few. Good time had by all.

During that time I have been making lots of the new snapshot pictures in addition to dinking beer and scotch and smoking cigars. However, life has returned to nearly "normal" so I am back in the blogging saddle once again. And, I will be working on refining my the new snapshot picture M.O.

Ever onward.

ku # 1410-12 ~ coolness in their rustling summer shadows

Scotland ~ (embiggenable)

New Hampshire , USA ~ (embiggenable)

Adirondack PARK, NY ~ (embiggenable)

Adirondack PARK, NY ~ (embiggenable)

Just created a new body of work, TREES (on my WORK front page). What follows here is the Artist Statement from my book, in celebration of TREES

Trees. They are made manifest in a seemingly endless variety of species, shapes and sizes. Trees are affixed with an equally bewildering array of adornments capable of seasonal color mutations which delight the human eye and fuel many autumnal economies.

Trees house us, furnish our abodes, feed us, and give us crackling warmth in the cold and coolness in their rustling summer shadows. They help clean the air we all breathe. And, when clustered in forests, trees provide rich Gan ʿEḏen environments which foster and shelter many of the earth’s wildlife species and plants.

In short, trees are a precious resource to all of the planet’s living things. And, despite their wealth of benefits, I find trees at their most grand and glorious as I encounter them in their natural setting where, quite simply, they are just being trees.

Joyce Kilmer wrote that only god can make a tree. Theology aside, it is well worth noting that only humankind can kill trees more effectively than Ash Borers and their ilk.

ku # 1407-09 ~ whether I should

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As suspected, I do have plenty enough weather pictures for a thematic body of work. I have posted that body of work on my WORK page (click on WORK in the Navigation bar).

The first thing you might notice is that the body of work is, uncharacteristically for me, a B&W body of work. While creating my constructed pictures, I came to appreciate and like the way clouds, when converted to a B&W, seem to take on a more potent visual character of power, foreboding and awe. Hence, I have presented the pictures in B&W.

Does that mean I have abandoned the original color pictures thereof? No, it does not. That's because, iMo, the color pictures; a) are more real to life, b) evince a visual vibe different than the B&W pictures (albeit equal), and, c) color is my true medium.