At Ossining Station

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In the preceding post (See:At Scarborough Station) I mentioned that I had a choice of two stations when I was going into New York City. In that post I chose to go to Scarborough.

For this post I chose to go to Ossining.

As is often the case strong winds blow down the Hudson. On this day they were not only strong, but very cold so I sought refuge in one of the shelters on the platform. These shelters are like large glass boxes. There’s nowhere to sit, but there is a large button that you can press to get heat. These pictures were taken through the shelter windows.

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And now for something completely different

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At least for me.

After one of our last snowfalls, it got very cold and windy. I was a bit bored, but didn’t want to go out because it was so cold. I was in my kitchen when I noticed that the strong winds were blowing these tall weeds, waiting to be removed come Spring. I hadn’t done much black and white lately, so I thought I’d go with that. Add a slow shutter speed to blur the image and this is what you get.

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Taken with a Sony RX10 IV

Some of my favorite pictures of 2024 – Color

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Vermeeresque. Briarcliff Manor, February 17, 2024

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Creepy hot dog man. Ossining, February 24, 2024

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Benny Benack III at Django. NY, NY, August 8, 2024

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Black Vulture on my roof. Briarcliff Manor, September 22, 2024.

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Stone Bridge with Fall leaves. Briarcliff Manor, November 10, 2024

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Red-winged Blackbird. Briarcliff Manor, June 17, 2024.

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Rockefeller State Park. Pleasantville, NY, May 20, 2024.

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Ice cream eaters. Peekskill, NY, July 28, 2024.

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Pigeons. NY, NY, August 18, 2024

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Paper Bird in a bookstore. Ossining, NY. November 17, 2024.

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Clouds. Briarcliff Manor, NY. November 4, 2024.

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Juno. West Rutland, Vermont. August 26, 2024.

Taken with a variety of cameras and lenses

Clouds

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As I was leaving the Historical Society the other day I noticed some lovely light on the clouds. Reminded me a little of Alfred Stieglitz’s series, “Equivalents”.

Equivalents was a series of photographs of clouds taken by Alfred Stieglitz from 1925 to 1934. They are generally recognized as the first photographs intended to free the subject matter from literal interpretation, and, as such, are some of the first completely abstract photographic works of art. Stieglitz called these photographs Equivalents and argued that visual art could assume the same nonrepresentational, emotionally evocative qualities as music. The images experiment with camera and darkroom techniques to create abstract fields of light and dark, and became one of the 20th century’s most vital visual traditions.

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Taken with a Sony RX10 IV

Abstract composition with wires

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I went for lunch by the River Hudson Today. On my table was a glass jar with a bunch of wires in it. I have no idea what, if anything, this means, but it looked somewhat interesting, so I took a picture of it.

When I started to process it on the computer, I realized that by removing the context of the jar I got a nice abstract composition. At least I think so.

Taken with a Sony RX10 IV