Photographs and thoughts on photography and camera collecting
In an earlier post (see: Down the Roaring Brook Trail) I mentioned coming across an old, abandoned vehicle in the woods. Here are some more pictures of that same vehicle, this time showing closer in detail.
The road down to one of our beaches is lined with racks holding canoes, kayaks and the like. As I was walking past one day I noticed this “face” on one of the canoes.
I don’t know whether this resemblance is completely by chance or whether another passer-by had spotted that the two rivets looked a little like eyes; and that the trapezoidal shape could easily be the outline of a face and had then decided to scratch in the nose and mouth. Whichever it is it still looks like a face to me. I also liked the rough textures and the vivid colors.
This is a great example of how we walk past so many interesting things without really seeing them. This lovely firescreen is in the pavilion in our local park: Law Park. The pavilion looks out over the swimming pool and in summer they serve food and drinks. It’s a pleasant place to pause during a dog walk, and also a shelter from inclement weather. So I’ve been there many times. I’ve noticed this fireplace and may even have included it in a picture, but I’d never really looked at it. When I did today I was surprised by the graceful lines of the beautiful wrought iron work. The rusty textures are nice too. At first I was going to convert this to black and white, but eventually decided that it was interesting enough to stay with color.
I was really impressed by the late afternoon light on this old equipment (I have no idea what purpose it once served) in Pelton Pond. Interesting how the water poured into the hole that you see in the picture.
Satellite Building
Taken at the old water works/pump house on Pocantico Lake (near the Rockefeller Trails). I’ve been here a couple of times and it was a bit dilapidated with ivy growing, windows broken, and locked doors hanging off their hinges. Now the area around it has been much improved: a new access road has been put in and grass and other undergrowth has been cut back and tidied up. But the building has gotten much worse: the doors have now fallen off completely and the inside is accessible; portions of the roof have caved in and the ivy now almost completely covers the building.
Collapsed Roof
Interior
The Red Dress. In one of the rooms I came across this red dress amongst the crumbling masonary and rusty machinery. It almost looks posed.
Overgrown Main Building