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NYC Early Spring 2021 – the rocks that lead off a series of black & white photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/20befbd3-caf1-4255-99fb-34ede14bb562/28.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 A castle turret and a spindly tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f613d6a1-809a-4cec-a406-4fc625c67a51/29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 Here’s more of the castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0d5e6f25-47ff-4cf2-9ffa-36ac716a4b69/30.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 Alice and her athletic friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/109181ca-cef5-4e33-8964-79d7d681f80f/31.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 The King of Poland commemorating the 1410 Battle of Grunwald. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d244d11b-1c98-4504-a7af-1baaeecc49f6/32.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 My favorite of these b&w shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fb41a782-8d27-4142-8a79-0dca57ccc9ca/33.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 Barbara and the dogs being serenaded on their way home from the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c041938c-3994-4615-861c-b87a055fcc19/34.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 A couple of spindles in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a231d18e-7397-472a-b9e2-6f0483a1f901/35.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 Here they are in color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9f63b4a7-b276-4b53-b214-0551ef135454/36.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 The view east at sunrise from our apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/deb254d1-a6bf-4c7c-b79c-297c7c48e639/37.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 The moon peeks out from behind an apartment house – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0e59e77c-2af0-4c96-8c12-cfc4cf19a70b/38.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 – and then breaks loose in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7c761431-5ad1-4944-bfb2-a09990a768e1/39.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 Here’s the full scene from our terrace – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/18acb307-b5bd-4732-9f9a-866f9ea8293b/40.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 – and the same shot in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2c5576ab-5a05-440a-8c17-ad888c7a220f/41.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 The moon behind the Carlyle Hotel, but with a tough-to-explain shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82b5bdaa-5a49-4296-aad2-75a7e4e90827/42.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Early Spring 2021 The same in black & white with the shadow removed. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/ct-spring-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0901762f-1f2a-4cff-9cfb-870502661f7e/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Early Spring in CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0e7b277c-6604-49fc-b97b-71b873212cff/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 The sprouts come up in early April – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/58309598-ca82-4c9d-b3de-e428384ac112/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and get more interesting every week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c2d76cef-d899-4c5a-96ed-31b7034a41c3/4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 The hyacinths are keeping Fido company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/876ffe26-f441-4e0e-9c2f-8c303ed96b12/5.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 While I was examining the greenery climbing up the stone wall – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a8247337-ad8e-4aa4-9765-1392fc924891/6.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – Oops! That’s not flora – just the submerged cache of our golden retriever, revealed as winter recedes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3894abab-28c2-4933-a44f-8977787a335d/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 The flowers are becoming prettier – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d44a6a0-44b4-432e-b677-9d5de1cd94c8/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and in all shades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/947bf6b8-3e80-4943-b66a-a499948f4c84/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 I take these speckles as a sign that something good is on the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1a4b662a-e17c-43ff-8f63-8be1745f7df1/10.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 A satisfying macro shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c2e0bf23-a672-4f1e-8a91-cc7fcea25a96/11.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 There’s a message here – perhaps it’s the comfortable juxtaposition of the very old and the very new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f1da6ad3-c8a0-42ad-94fb-c0757080d1c0/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Here’s our flowering weeping willow treat that we look forward to every spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ddd1342d-a71e-46af-900f-30508dab4de2/13.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Another view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/89815a45-f18b-44aa-9726-7ce99d849ed1/14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 These next four shots contain some good stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1b4e07d5-1a8c-4f0c-88b1-a539ecc39c49/15.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7b06d6cd-db75-4975-9fce-6e28c7950697/16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3eaad328-ea4f-4b8a-9888-5a608b5f646c/19.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d9a87f3e-3e8d-46eb-9959-a6cb4ced96a8/18.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Here, it’s the shadows on the grass cast by the blossoms that make this picture work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/56e9a1ee-6fd2-4492-b7be-77065a5645ba/17.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 A small strand of forsythia by the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1dcdb029-a118-4c90-b4d9-a5f6ddc011dd/20.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Some serious forsythia is framing this driveway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/04199304-ca16-473c-8f93-eeeebaa4fba8/21.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 To emphasize the yellow of forsythia, I usually look for a dark-colored background, such as this maroon barn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ec9d2918-15ac-47d5-9679-bbd711b8ce20/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 But then one day I braked the car and grabbed my camera when encountering yellow on yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/05aa4b9a-a1d3-4d9b-bd4e-2869119bc417/23.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 These next four shots were taken in the historic section of Fairfield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8dc1cb92-14f2-490d-870a-87542ba2b38f/24.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b1b322d5-2e95-4b74-bd8e-0c56c418cd2c/25.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/15dea6e2-6a43-431c-9992-72bf1c8d2e57/26.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/15fabf50-2e47-4e51-ad30-be191b9e77e9/27.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 The foreground flowers signify the season at the local church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5b549be6-26ab-459b-bf2c-49ee0e809e3b/28.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Signs of spring outside the cemetery – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/69bb7ff7-1bb1-4101-9aec-217ebe255b83/29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and with these buds really catching my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4911ba03-f285-4f87-811d-d3247f551801/30.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 One of my favorite local trees – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fc1be5e8-659a-484e-9093-46ef74f09913/31.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and a close-up of its aged trunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/447fe4ee-8f13-4974-9c87-3f9bf442b372/32.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 It’s early spring above the second floor veranda of our home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0f2c18a3-1e8e-4e71-b5ee-c86d6a9dbd43/33.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Azaleas thrive just outside our tennis court – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5262cca4-346f-411b-b83a-0e65c88a6890/34.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and from this angle, those azaleas intersect with the flowering weeping willow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9c9fd727-416d-453a-83bf-c2125b64b9a0/35-1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 One day I made a visit to the fine little zoo in Bridgeport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5dc46d5a-b588-489e-8bae-be0945f42661/35.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 These prairie dogs were waiting for me – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/37479e60-c498-430c-aa19-827c47391047/36.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – in black & white also. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/463a051c-a197-42af-a7b0-d929cdcc3647/37.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 The noble bald eagle – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/35ca5d2a-f771-420e-ad89-029341238a57/38.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – in close-up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9433b591-bab9-4fe1-b06c-bd59b0fa9eed/39.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Three shots of a delightful otter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0feefc1d-f48a-4fbf-9483-6e6c7cea10ec/40.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b90bb279-4ed0-4a3e-af9b-8427bc61ff20/41.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/73643bac-ea0c-4c4f-9339-17736d042b77/42.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 A South American version of the emu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f9352828-444f-4b39-8f32-24030ca6726e/43.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Check out this stretched leopard – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/34131621-7411-4033-82cd-d0100987cea2/44.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and here, head-on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/50bb8a2e-4f2e-4753-8c23-1ffd61cdccbd/45.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 This guy is not what I’d call handsome – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c672f6f6-2280-49d7-b957-d362b1f7d94e/46.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – not even up close in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/05821b15-185c-4bf5-9a4e-5f2795681aaa/47.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 But the tiger is a beauty – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cbd0fc08-c4ca-4bc5-aa85-b42cfbc1b74e/48.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – even in black & white – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/650061f9-fd5a-4f0d-89c0-94b64a317368/49.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and especially up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e01fad90-fdd9-4ec8-b2cb-3e9e8aa29506/50.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 These spider monkeys provide free geometry lessons – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/49f95e2b-7ced-40d7-a2fd-8f4b5ae19f76/51.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and charm a youthful spectator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c115da43-89ae-44e3-9021-c520effd7d38/52.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Here are two more black & white shots by the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/83fd50e9-f4d8-477f-9b40-153650eca09d/53.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2455e16c-5514-42e1-8252-d4cbf536ae3a/54.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 Back to the familiar church – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6b3141d4-1ab1-4671-85c7-4c65ec09b1c5/55.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 – and also the one in historic Fairfield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/04307cae-80a8-4804-a69c-fb65952dec38/56.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 I couldn’t resist including this shot of our Stella in a pensive mood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d38f3436-d968-4ea3-b868-7d2d4b905f0b/57.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Early Spring 2021 This shot of hammock and supporting trees in our backyard is my favorite black & white photo in the portfolio. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/ctwinter monthly 0.5 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075739068-3Q6JKJXCCRS5CO2RJ1HT/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 The photos in this gallery were taken this winter in and around Easton, CT, where we have a weekend house (which has proved to be a mainstay for us during the pandemic). This photogenic church perks up the neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075721307-NOHCTI0QF5O1I80V5ASP/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 The notable trees in our locale never fail to arouse this city-bred kid. Here are two shots of my favorite giant oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075768558-IO7I7BX0LMYW8GFNEFIR/3.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075731650-WOAHOP3CO84IN7OQIYEC/4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 The tree that I return to every season is this one – seemingly in full attack mode, poised to spear the house it enriches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075724708-MAREMWQP1KPAR7WSMC51/5.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075726538-1C8VWWVFV1FWXQSVLPIU/6.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075756490-M2XNM99YK9YI9AT6SQTM/7.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Easton is no elegant suburb – for instance, it's the home to several farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075741289-X7VYXK38SCJPVIIOHI5N/8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075755037-R0S79KLEKEEY7WRFBCZ9/9.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 My hunch is that these deer are of the man-made variety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075754335-H3H8TR50QTO9DEJIOBJI/10.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Here’s a thoughtful homeowner who furnishes a roadside resting place for weary hikers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075780391-EMGFHZWRO0F62UKMGF4Z/11.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 I just like the wood/snow mix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075781924-97LI0PWORI11VEJI0N5X/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 An ice-frosted reservoir in the vicinity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075847012-SEYDXSWCYHEWBWAFBQQW/13.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 This tranquil view is near the school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075823651-YEBG6F10QXMRUGX8CR67/14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 I'm drawn to reflections like these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613077706379-KU20D5XIGZY0OFYWCA06/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Next year's Christmas trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075821647-X66DG4MS0OSJFMHME274/17.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Cemeteries look even more forlorn in the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075817883-G8KSH8NVJGWFI6G60JMC/18.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Gone but not forgotten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075830872-2S3GJVPJDPJB203OHERS/19.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 We have a small outdoor zoo in Easton where I took the following winter shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075851338-DHVV8OO90VC7N31Z5942/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075832719-HNJGHQ82L5WEMR9BRGIP/20.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075839389-2MJSK3I64K1JFRKS8HB4/21.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075840379-66YJFPWPIBKDR681OBKL/23.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075859933-QA00X66NIO055DI0BTPG/24.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075856194-863NUKXG2RAY5KA6ZMXC/25.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 These geese just flew onto the zoo grounds one day, and then followed the pandemic-imposed guidance arrows around the premises. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075861565-G4P9O63KAXGZZQ07FLWM/26.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 This emu misses Australia . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075867995-8TV3MKTLJDT1BNAZM29U/27.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Here’s our house and its grounds in winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075870845-QPR4HZGKQ5X0JS5KPTNN/28.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075890880-32PL8DI3Z3FT88RK0LGT/29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075882142-3DQKWWLZ1YDN3NYZOMA3/30.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075894049-5GAFWDANK8WB73PLA39J/31.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075926111-AAE8U3G88LTG8LSZ439Z/33.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075915320-TMAHNWJ8L2UNFU56BI6A/34.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 I took these black and white photos during a February snowstorm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075928193-JOHPW4N5I80EOWB65C9N/35.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075923787-SQ7CZGSPU7QPZ1MDH0W9/36.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075951189-718S8F8XRSQ23FQ9UX3S/38.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075933858-YYVHJX3LGXI7HLDK4TWJ/37.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075980668-8CYQQLYHO134IZZFAN93/39.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075965904-31NRUDIHLN79A7Z8I4L5/40.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075995261-7TAZ5LQ1483IMSYJWFWP/41.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075985767-BDR26XOELAP41WFNI31M/43.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076000561-J1LZXO6CG5QWA2D9X12O/44.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613075978915-GWRCQHOEVIAYA4AZ0H3S/45.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076038428-UVROY3WLIOLWCIHUD29Y/46.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Back to color (not that you'd notice it) after the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076054861-CJQ02FI6K813XDA06BBM/47.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 These next three shots were taken at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076037697-I9L8N64IQ3SA3QBFLUU8/48.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076057998-BKF3W02YYZAQFF2CT94O/49.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 (Note the four chairs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076042076-3VNLJSTK7HMBB3DJIJ75/50.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Even the icicles look better the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076038858-OT3Z92VZW8LGE6S8WDPK/51.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076083675-6DA8QU2EJ7WDT9556FKE/52.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Now we're on the road out of Easton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076099755-UWSZ5BHGZN8LV5NML4YB/53.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076095636-VFUS5CRV5B5N6SE3AC7N/54.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076103458-8YJL17BFBLX2QN1XDK0H/56.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076107861-3QJCOFK1C8UWM08DT25C/57.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 A nearby reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613155204425-82LYORXJOI2IYVBUQNB6/58.jpg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 Check out the house perched high above the reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076164791-4OU5JKO4BN9T5P5TYH4W/59.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 I'm always attracted to rushing water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076191461-K86DCJLF1SP0N9T6M5UL/60.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076181826-SWE51YEHQLQLE6N6SVUA/61.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076180251-YYDCGBLBVJ0IY1AJMF7U/63.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076266073-FVO68C5Y3XWTTYTRVFWY/64.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 And how about this giant snow-covered frog! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076251373-B1BNHOD3ORHX58ZSWENA/66.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 An old house that caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076273054-B1TJI5LN7OVZJIYNTV3X/67.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 An historical monument in Redding to General Israel Putnam's winter quarters camp during the Revolutionary War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076259678-XBLDXKVJ88PEPQICSS51/68.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076249367-6XGI76UOKT1B80YX5OE3/69.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076369625-WCC1M1JRM833PA3EXULL/70.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 A venerable cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076385397-LB3FA28CAJA1XBRR0S6O/72.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 One of my favorite places to visit is the old town center in Redding, which is especially attractive after a snowfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076381218-HJMR7U4X31LR483GA5VK/73.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076368105-IISMIOQV9NON54N50AB1/74.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076399218-RNJS7C9CB0ILLMPMOFZO/78.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613076412260-82IKH08D4USWVK0X7HDE/80.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CT Winter 2020 - 2021 https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/nycwinter monthly 0.5 2021-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063358902-ERNTRT7A6YIB90KU8647/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 A vivid January sky over Manhattan, punctuated by those new slender skyscrapers (taken from our terrace). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063353133-RHP759QQJ9IB9K7BQU97/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063359120-BPWFFATEX9BDCXWJ7LIQ/3.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063364506-SDX22VOE4PLY5AW3KI83/4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 Here's a December urban landscape before the snowstorm (also taken from our terrace). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063363771-1KFQUEGDCAREHM6EP619/5.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 The same view, in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063367626-BJV4TLGWRUOVRABUF0XV/6.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 Here comes the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063390535-B1FLBUFI007D9TKGNT0J/9.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 No outdoor cocktail hour today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063378279-7Q7OEUQ08GIKOBEGQRNO/8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063411409-9VI01S9LS0EW3YGHPLW6/11.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063418075-42OEAXHJLZQ09CM1TWLX/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 The view down 3rd Avenue (from 79th Street) during the storm.</font? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063394305-92M7WG6TVJTLR3SH33PD/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 The view up 3rd Avenue (from 79th Street). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063408581-4VRYSAD2XSUF4ZMPOQ1V/13.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 Looking down to the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063434856-U5S38WSPAPBJTI6GSZ4Q/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 The streets can be plowed, but the cars require more personal attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063433832-GL83CA9B44BMZ7GNDD09/16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063461432-3SWG5HKPBRBYNILQZ0VT/17.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 . . . And speaking of plows . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063472375-U7JFGY1WJXZMJ8M5TDLR/18.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 A stranded mother and child. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063463220-UNEA6HM67HFY328D3BG3/19.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 The scene now shifts to Central Park after a snowstorm. (The first three pictures were taken from a middle floor of a Fifth Avenue apartment building.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063466794-SPMJUPWXOQO6TRFWQX0W/20.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063479319-NRP5CU361OR0UADXGOZ1/21.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063483815-H6OAJ83ARIXU4P9ZBT0H/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 The snow-clad World War I warriors on Fifth Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063493780-36BIRCYZYI7EQV071JAB/23.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 The rest of these NYC photos were taken in February inside the southeast corner of Central Park after the most recent storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063526599-B7VH60UBNTE4ZCZ20VXR/24.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 The backdrop here is the skyline of 59th Street. As for the foreground tableau . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063500364-862RIIYWYDCV2ZAYJP17/25.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 . . . here's a close-up view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063493832-X9XM6O0BWVPLVR3Z560K/26.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 Old man with a horn . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063548296-T0YVA4389URTT4XT6WCO/27.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 This little fellow held still for me just long enough for an up-close snap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063538209-13S6LK3N5MB1W2KEYSG9/28.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 These are some of the ducks . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063549524-K4AWWJ013V7G0102AG0R/29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 . . . in their lovely setting adjacent to the venerable footbridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063546010-KC9QN3VTZDO4SKTGU75U/30.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 Here are two other views of that bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613501916810-MO5EGS5TSR3IU1QOBY3B/31.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613063539019-BL5CQ677F8PAREFFLI63/32.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 That's General Sherman, his steed, and an angel, just outside the Park's southeast corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613501920694-U8FZT13Q90NIAIMAKYO6/33.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 I’ve included a half-dozen black and white shots of the Park – complete with skyline, water, ducks, a squirrel, and an apparently displeased carriage horse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613155584606-VFD0I3ZYJ1V7ATD636PR/34.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613155592427-ZSAKUYIK2RYNUTHKGNNR/35.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613155569886-4YM2HEO1ABF7E3NVDQQF/36.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613155563094-ARPTP8UC9DQ1Z19AHXFR/37.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1613155555185-KW3DED4CCCT8AK04OFYQ/38.jpeg Photo Portfolio - NYC Winter 2020 - 2021 https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/memorial-day-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-06-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1a5d873f-e8d2-4f96-b025-3d0ec7c0444d/Untitled-1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 The Easton CT memorial to WWII and Korea veterans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e17fcef4-e985-4529-b9cf-0025677872ec/Untitled-2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 The veterans who are leading the annual parade, which culminates in a gathering at the Town Hall plaza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6956001b-15f9-4e82-8122-370525143fda/Untitled-3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Representatives of Easton’s police and fire departments, plus a decorated Colonel who will be the day’s speaker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d6c09375-b1fa-4a57-8555-4525b7def930/Untitled-4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Boy Scouts and other groupings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d878e2f2-ddae-460d-9784-89630b63924a/Untitled-5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Some standout female marchers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e65afd2a-84e6-4fdf-aa85-3b76ed8800ea/Untitled-6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Easton’s fire truck and volunteer ambulance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ab2b8136-2c56-4076-b7a0-3e65f2a43e27/Untitled-7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Easton is host to several working farms – hence the workers and their heavy equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b3e56804-cfbd-4607-9d96-a550f908c5b0/Untitled-8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Additional modes of transportation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e1561054-2d63-464c-9679-a77a9a3b3b42/Untitled-9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Some venerable autos – and note the under-populated display of the town’s senior center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/90a2c923-e02f-4c64-8184-60ad86532335/Untitled-10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 An assortment of spectators (including at least one superhero). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e397839-2dde-408f-a37a-fc28cee5fe4c/Untitled-11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 The traditional gathering in the plaza fronting the Town Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6fa0e0e8-417d-42fe-bd92-0a4a2decf248/Untitled-12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 The color guard, the town’s guardians, and the speakers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/63f781df-8291-40f2-8966-1221d0ea4cbf/Untitled-13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Photogenic kids are everywhere . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/524c9724-be5d-4230-887e-246727d246a2/Untitled-14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 . . . And here are more kids . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8e01ae20-6d38-45ca-8e08-d68123c42308/Untitled-15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 . . . and dogs, too. One benign pooch (lower left) took umbrage at the direct gaze of my camera, turning a bit hostile (lower right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3625e00f-936d-44e6-bdea-f301ffcfe502/Untitled-16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 Featured here is my buddy, Dick Greiser, whose family founded and have been the proprietors of the village market for many decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ce62dffe-b647-44d9-baf9-f1ae29d34ead/Untitled-17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 The playing of Taps, with the flag lowered to half-mast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2460480c-f191-4f2c-80c5-54a105f66214/Untitled-18.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 The festivities culminate in a crackling salute. (But stay tuned for what comes next.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/49422193-e6f7-4348-943c-46b2d0b2a5df/Untitled-19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/257dfa39-0e67-4e5a-908b-9ff6c195a579/DSC07334.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e526f6d6-601b-421f-8cc3-b9244b4324a2/DSC07363.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/59889c4d-6212-415a-9701-e8dbf6feb8b4/Untitled-23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0a780463-ff16-4d75-9fa5-ef8965d37876/Untitled-21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3bd8c810-fd03-486b-8a62-6cdcd4c61a6c/Untitled-22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ef58ee86-d117-4236-9c23-106d707d6e76/DSC07338.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1623946033628-IRCM0ZPOVPIVQHT68FKG/DSC07421.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fa0cad02-53c7-4225-8fbc-2a31f60cb79f/DSC07441.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1623946071739-5GOASGSRUYMSFPOILIAU/DSC07427.jpg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d3d91144-f2de-4386-9e6d-e95fccfad80b/DSC07434.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Memorial Day 2021 https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/little-island monthly 0.5 2021-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/625022f1-1564-4d24-a647-c9f6df46d533/DSC07446.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 LITTLE ISLAND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/906acabf-4eb6-46e8-96a5-438121f42be6/Untitled-1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 Manhattan’s latest attraction is Little Island, the new public park located in Hudson Pier Park between 13th and 14th street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e632ae30-c152-426f-ab94-0d978c5175cf/Untitled-2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 It’s 2.4 acres floating in the Hudson River, on 132 of these giant concrete tulips atop concrete piles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1624371383920-AYZP5YOFH5VADWG3IAKI/DSC07534.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 For me, what really distinguishes this from other structures built into the Hudson is that it’s three-dimensional, with rolling hills and dales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c431f4de-1bcb-440d-a187-7cf30a49f86a/Untitled-3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 Little Island was primarily funded by Barry Diller and the Diller-Von Furstenberg Family Foundation, to the tune of a quarter-billion dollars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f1f6ff20-2935-4d8b-a6c6-994061ffa753/DSC07528.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 There are plenty of steps, but . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/db9c6412-de08-481a-b440-192877405f38/Untitled-4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 . . . also alternate pathways for strollers (or for guys with suspect knees). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/99f1e9fb-c571-40b3-9247-24a131593ac9/Untitled-5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 They say that more than 65,000 bulbs and over 100,000 trees were planted on Little Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8751ff23-91c7-406c-b268-ea0ce1803206/Untitled-6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 There are some special treats for kids; countless venues to snap photos of companions; and a number of spots to sit and meditate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6ae5634f-9281-4d59-8c08-0fc41619fa5d/DSC07494.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 Here’s a view, looking back toward Manhattan (and those two seemingly off-kilter structures at the top left), of the 687-seat amphitheater . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7b928d2d-f871-4386-942f-b4d4973e412d/DSC07498.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 . . . and here’s the view looking across the river – an ideal spot to watch the concerts, dance and other programs that got underway this month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0183ac06-8bff-4016-9999-722ee8a51ea3/Untitled-8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 There are fine views of the vessels that ply the river and the skyline on the Jersey side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4379ff84-dc96-4193-b5f7-7c4b833d4ce0/Untitled-9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 Here's an assortment of views from Little Island, featuring Manhattan towers, the Verrazano Bridge, and some intrepid ducks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/488a83ab-8552-4249-9ed9-28ee8ff5f25b/DSC07499.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 Little Island is open from 6 am to 1 am, 365 days a year, with no entry fee. My visit was in the morning, but entry reservations are required after noon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b85fd3e4-09cb-408f-b1a2-c1bac8731d31/Untitled-10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 Food and drink are available in this pleasant open setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/536373f5-2b9c-4d04-b26d-ea0b0391348e/Untitled-11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 As the headline of the lengthy New York Times article about Little Island trumpeted: “A New $260 million Park Floats on the Husdon. It’s a Charmer.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/81580ac2-997d-43c3-b3d3-67b4ac14c742/DSC07453.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 Here’s a final close-up of those magnificent concrete “tulips”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/03d6aad3-340a-47c8-8dbb-05ff1b696158/Untitled-12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Little Island 2021 Farewell, fair isle . . . . (The shadowy selfie is of the photographer.) https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/flora-and-fauna monthly 0.5 2021-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/21be698c-5cb0-4915-8bb7-a76be2d4689d/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Water-cooled greenery and a reflective goose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a844a8e4-5899-4100-8d88-e9d5e8e12b50/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna The lush lawn and tree-lined perimeter of Chez Fox-Freund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/09aafa37-a749-4a1f-8364-e2dc73d44cb5/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna A few home-based floral offerings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/48763515-9281-4644-acb4-c4fe34eb90b1/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Those pink blossoms up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8ae68f2f-7176-4333-bc3a-cafe17fe1f82/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Here’s some hydrangeas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bc786296-5376-46c9-8853-6ac95a68da97/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Leaving that abundance to encounter individual buds among local lily pads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6f920385-2182-43fd-8c6a-a7c6aa5b6154/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Slender reeds, their spitting images, and serene lily pads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b1957b50-931a-43dd-871d-ff1536346c65/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna A field of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/20c43710-060e-4b50-b830-7d925f087cc6/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna This handsome barn preens for its close-up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/390895c8-f1bd-4502-a9bf-3358cc571fe2/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Other matters of local interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5d9b13fa-ec43-467b-8964-53d5f36f808d/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna The remaining pix were all taken at the Stamford Museum Nature Center, where visitors are greeted by this rocky waterfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/948e7d2b-833b-47c0-83a5-b5a6bd9c8b89/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna A closer view of the waterfall and a nearby rushing stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/811f6075-6822-434b-985b-ef63f37c9a25/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna I like this sedate image overlooking the Nature Center’s wee lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/75e02c17-e2e1-49ed-8f7d-b2945b9db813/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna SWAN[N]’s WAY . . . . (with apologies to Proust). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d50b0251-ccb2-4b44-b69a-785a5baf2312/15-1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Now two geese get into the act (my favorite snap here). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9623ab2c-f811-4cde-a1c9-88af85960820/15-2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna A grouping of their buddies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4c5ce4ba-44c6-4152-be61-5d9b56e45d04/15-3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna The geese make useful photogenic companions for these two charmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8785c6d3-caad-4af3-9f9e-62cd5739314b/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna They also serve as fine reflective models . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dcc89987-434c-4881-ab4f-3a76a888e0b5/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna . . . even when they’re four on a rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e585316-6f08-485b-b3cb-32c3484e2ff3/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Otters are so telegenic, both on land and at sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3447d93f-303a-48cd-91b9-e455fb7bebc7/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna The little guy can even stand upright, leveraging that swishing tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0ebc5541-3934-43e2-922d-f0d49c762c13/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna “Mr. Freund, I’m ready for my close-up now. . .” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6bae10d7-85e9-4b57-a45b-b52eb2787fda/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Goats . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9180e072-c405-40b8-9e60-4b121c3bcfc7/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna . . . galore . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f82f0694-8dbb-4cb7-89a6-4b8cf5a3d953/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna . . . and quite comfortable in telephoto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/58dbf129-90fe-4f9d-b96f-0bfba7845dd8/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna These attractive curved horns simply couldn't be ignored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d483e60-ad14-429a-9771-45b465b3c19d/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna “Hey, what’s in there, buddy?” – plus some odd-looking pigs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7f958243-1081-4c86-8cd9-0b056ba3df1f/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna Switching now to bovine subjects for the next three frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1f481d9c-73c2-486c-9d4c-246ea7e3b2fa/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bc39347d-a7ee-4a5b-8a78-e5d5b33946a8/29.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d34c4762-f83e-4011-a20d-9f9256e1d663/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna A feeding llama . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/024466f0-2c98-4aee-a97b-95974ece1810/31.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna . . . and an alpaca in repose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dfd011fe-759f-4666-b6fa-1f0cb0d0a351/32.jpg Photo Portfolio - Flora and Fauna For a finale, we hark back to some local flora and our personal golden fauna. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/valley-forge monthly 0.5 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7b945e12-d7cf-424e-a95d-210c4c9a0ee4/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge Valley Forge National Historical Park – the site of the 1777-1778 winter encampment of America’s Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6413c714-1758-49c9-9fad-19dc8fab54ba/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge It's located northwest of Philadelphia (where the British troops spent a much more comfortable winter). I visited there on September 10 and was particularly fascinated by the recreations of the iconic log-cabin barracks that the troops lived in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/16d80ab6-30e0-4dc5-a48d-e87ebb4f8195/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge The encampment has been described as “the army’s epic struggle to survive against hunger, disease, and the unrelenting forces of a harsh winter.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/62e057ee-9b1c-4af7-ae20-1d0db77bc2ee/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge The insides of one hut. The army lost 2,000 soldiers to disease over that winter – a hefty portion of its total strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/88f40592-6680-4bdf-b732-6cead9fa5970/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge But the shared hardships of officers and men, plus some serious military training, was considered the key to the Continental Army’s subsequent success and marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6ae21ca8-f399-46da-83a9-3c738a526e10/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge This will give you an idea of how the barracks were constructed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cff95248-ff8c-4321-b05f-a0c1d79f4b77/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge This structure (temporarily closed for repairs) was George Washington's headquarters during the encampment. And this (below) is what the surrounding area looks like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f422ea3a-b2db-4437-a07b-5a55d4233070/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge Here is the National Memorial Arch, dedicated to George Washington and the army he led. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/34954429-7e0f-4b11-8b76-f2700d5e167d/9a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge Some inscriptions and artwork on the arch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/647bce34-be78-476d-830f-2987980da104/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge I just happened upon this marrying couple near the arch, as well as a large Sikh delegation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1e9058b2-2674-4ed4-b285-319a96822190/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge I was attracted to the Sikh garb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ad0bf269-deba-4c0a-a1dd-eca58e973d7b/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge Here’s the whole group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e58d30c7-6285-4fb6-b1f6-96e31a89e3b1/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge There’s a cemetery nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3bc9b1a4-51e5-4124-bd74-233e8929c126/14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge I always prefer cemetery photos in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8b2a65fd-7d5e-437b-8994-3008f3f96ce0/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge General Anthony Wayne (known as “Mad Anthony”) and his steed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7089281f-d785-4bc5-ad58-f700fa56244c/16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge More of Mad Anthony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/301efb73-95bc-4d31-9fbb-56a5a6e44993/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge Some big guns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e49ab8b5-ecb0-4922-8c78-04e6e4c0d6c7/18.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge Guns also look better in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/54dd8b55-5599-4b07-9950-955a2f0700c1/19a.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge I’m convinced this place is a special part of our heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4a6c66d0-54b7-4ce4-854d-712c8ea1da6a/20.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Valley Forge We will remember . . . . https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/washington-dc monthly 0.5 2021-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/96e08d18-241e-4285-9cff-302a14f3ae56/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. On a recent one-day social trip to Washington, I managed to work in thirty minutes of photography. That’s me in my ndy cap pointing the camera– a moment that Barbara captured on her cellphone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/41d79356-e1e5-46d0-bebe-c97127bfdc63/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. We took the Acela train down from NYC to Washington’s notable Union Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0bc1a745-2ec0-4e01-a750-1d9b9444ec7e/3.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. This is the stunning interior of the station’s outer hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f7e6c0e1-bfb1-4839-971a-53ee4b718d30/4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. I’m fascinated by this interior three-story view of the area between the outer hall and the tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/80ffb92a-8f82-43ad-958f-d3b266c75a68/5.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. I couldn’t resist shooting this close-up of that geometric lower level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b1a3a31c-be98-4b70-bc07-29cd46641b1c/6.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. Here’s what you see upon emerging from the station, with the Capitol dimly outlined in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/59b50194-77ce-442c-ac3a-21a66c3dbf95/7.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. So naturally I focused my telephoto lens on the Capitol, with only one lion, several light fixtures, and a relaxed individual in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5372ce48-093b-4e94-b20e-12a5af790b5f/8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. Here’s the Treasury Building, on the other side of a fence that discourages closer contact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/341dcb09-e62c-496b-997f-8f3f05b67b65/9.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. But the fence couldn’t stop me from getting this close-up of the seemingly arrogant Albert Gallatin, the fourth and longest serving Treasury Secretary. (Alexander Hamilton’s statue, which I missed out on, can be found on the other side of the building.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3e9ec252-2b55-43f6-b80a-0cf82dbbd92c/10.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. Situated close to the White House, this is the General Lafayette statue – and that’s how we feel about the French! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4881bcc4-198f-4001-ab0a-88d8843f98d3/11.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. The next four photos are all of the White House, taken through the security fence. The first is a wide-angle shot, dominated by those two huge trees on the front lawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cb36633c-3c0a-4765-8bc3-bea3761b5832/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. The second shot sheds the second tree and brings the building into sharper focus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ea929797-6883-4c1b-a578-201263f539f1/13.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. The third shot is closer still, showing more detail of the entranceway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/504ae1d1-c8ba-4c09-bc24-72350e3d93f5/14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. The fourth shot is a close-up that, to my mind, suggests a more threatening tone – the big tree almost seeming poised to attack the seat of our government. Oh, well . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0c3165c5-6dd8-47d2-889d-4b90970d9639/15.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Washington D.C. The final picture is the very scene I was trying to photograph in the first picture, except that Barbara got it better with her cellphone! https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/fall-in-fairfield-county monthly 0.5 2021-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7c1bcb17-b3d2-44dd-a7c2-f8f49e2ff2be/1A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County This photo, which captures the coloration of the early Fall, overlooks a reservoir less than a mile from our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5a85ee64-c17c-4758-ba91-3f0d33addf8f/2A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County These shots were taken on the grounds of our Easton home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/702de4f4-8ed1-48f3-950a-8bd3da40c748/3A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Pumpkins rule in the days leading up to Halloween. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/89c9bb3a-8ffc-446d-b5fa-ca6a972f935a/4A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Two view of the same limbs from different angles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/89d99733-dd86-48b8-b26d-5964a8b29d48/5A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County I’m drawn to photographing this local church in all seasons. The nearby cemetery lies at rest below a sumptuous curtain of yellow leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a3b2cb0d-9421-4fad-a297-40fb38b6b2d9/6A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County I’m a sucker for shooting vistas that include some water, as on this page and the next seven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1d8c108a-9b5f-4639-8e43-9922f04277d1/7A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Here the emphasis is on the richly colored leaves, but the water does furnish an attractive backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/62d5eb34-35f2-4f44-adc4-fa6867aac189/8A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Now the water comes into its own, offering reflections that capture not only the shape of objects but suggest their coloration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cd3694b7-1114-443f-8517-307d7384713a/9A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Here are several more vivid reflections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/75d5ff83-c387-4055-8bb5-0a777f1190ae/10A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County I happened upon this mini-waterfall and shot it both in its natural setting and up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d21a32b5-3def-4571-bf07-4ec9fbe7cbe7/11A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County There are also some minor rapids in the area, which act up after a big rainfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/75da79f1-69b5-4567-a7e4-504e7576db71/12A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County This is my tribute to fallen leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ec047b7-89b7-4fa4-bb99-1a61b73831a4/13A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County A few resilient leaves, plus the odd tennis-ball-shaped fruit of a black walnut tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/97457b91-1819-43c9-93b2-814a9e2d05e4/14A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County I was fascinated by the soft colors and three-dimensionality of these aging leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/326eb4a3-c5c8-48bf-b4a0-b719bb3b4d14/15A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Two views of the same shrubbery from low and high vantage points. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1686e9fa-1e66-40fe-9926-20542a4187a7/16A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Competing on Sunday morning in the Fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/de96e559-0888-4d41-aa91-70032fafd551/17A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County This is my favorite tree on our property – here displayed against an attractive combination of colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/780fb15b-8d9a-4980-b1ed-69beccba18fe/18A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Some peak coloration, soon to fade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/810573bd-3dab-4b3a-bd9e-8f18e247244d/19A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County A local playground, a handsome home still wreathed totally in green during late October, and a waystop on this Fall’s geese migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ae1c0f62-b630-4687-8957-f1827b7d4856/20A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County This is the notable Easton oak tree, which I return to shoot year after year in all seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e3500b87-0471-4ae3-a6dd-27842ca35ec7/21A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County Reflecting a season’s end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/59952fce-90e4-43f5-a6fe-ef952851ed1b/22A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County A fallen tree and some residual branches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d4e4db15-57f4-4462-aae9-b1a25d4ef6a1/23A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County It’s time to stock up on firewood as Winter nears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d3816b78-a9a5-4b7b-9917-e94a73c6d61a/24A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall in Fairfield County As Fall ends, the fallen leaves overrun the cemetery and play host to a scriptural shadow. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/macys-thanksgiving-parade-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/515a71ad-1e99-453e-b62e-ef1213e5e6f1/1A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 What better way to start off a Photo portfolio of a Thanksgiving Day parade than with a close-up of an airborne Ronald McDonald. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2954ef14-b16a-4be2-95c5-3f7c795a1e20/2A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 It’s the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, back in all its 2021 glory after a covid-limited effort last year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a90e0695-62a7-4eb2-83ee-604cd38c1028/3A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 As usual, there are plentiful marching bands, hailing from all over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5f7cd488-b5e4-48fa-8076-54bba56ebbb2/4A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 There’s an abundance of floats, this one topped by the current Miss America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/042b8432-cf47-4745-bf00-0d93905591c4/5A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 And there are balloons galore – including (L to R) Boss Baby, Papa Smurf and Baby Yoda. (Does my ability to identify these guys surprise you? Well, my colleague Raymond – the father of two youngsters who know all about such characters – is my source for all such naming knowledge in this portfolio.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d01ca419-3a2c-4cf4-8583-a80601799194/6A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 So, for instance, here comes Chase from the TV show Paw Patrol. I’m blessed to be perched with my camera at an open third floor window in an apartment building on Central Park West in the 60’s – courtesy of our good friend, Barbara Baekgaard. And, am I having fun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b687622d-3604-419e-ab16-5bfca9d5e537/7A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 This is the view down the avenue to Columbus Circle, with a large NYC police van dominating the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a0df284b-79fc-48e8-8c11-2cd6874ce9d5/8A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 The NYC police are out in force today – even lending a mostly-unmasked musical presence to the festivities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f41fbc69-f0d3-4a42-b3ec-1e7606319060/9A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 But the cops can be spied all along the parade route – some of them even patrolling by bicycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/92d28360-a106-4d9f-8603-bfedd124810c/10A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 My favorite police presence, however, are these troopers from the NYC cavalry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7dd4d7ca-35c4-4ae1-91d0-85ebb576c5cd/11A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 The mounts left a little reminder of their presence, which was promptly scooped up by experienced patrollers, to the delight of the crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a962ac2b-ae70-4c1b-894d-5ed6602ba068/12A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 This – in case you don’t know – is Astronaut Snoopy; and you can see in the right-hand shot – plus on the next five pages – NYC’s obscenely tall-and-thin skyscrapers that overlook the festivities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f9f29cd9-a5ec-4381-8bb8-b7f658b1b0c5/13A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Say hello to Sonic the Hedgehog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ba55ce7f-7dcb-460e-ab7c-279d7cb0ddc2/14A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 and also to Smokey the Bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/458640a1-e0b3-4275-9aa5-71862d7139e7/15A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 (This one is easier for an octogenarian to write than to say.) May I introduce Super Saiyan Goku from the TV show Dragonball (and check out the shots of the real parade heroes – the guys and gals who keep the balloons afloat). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f726266e-b53c-45f5-afd9-7ef7f3e51403/16A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 I’m a little more familiar with the Pillsbury Doughboy, although not in the right-hand pose. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a182f974-f1e1-493b-8f21-d19f025b11e9/17A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 The parade is about to make its turn east at Columbus Circle. (Oh, by the way, that’s Pikachu from the Pokemon TV show on the left.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fbf01382-c79f-4fb2-8401-18e4381a275d/18A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Now we return to the floats, featuring such as Peanuts and Hallmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eb9f32c7-3083-4876-ba77-f9aee69e2ea1/19A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 (Clockwise from upper left): Elf Pets, Mass Mutual promoting the NHL, the Green Giant, and Olay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ecc34914-c7a0-4eeb-9e41-e29784dc954f/20B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Peacock Live Streaming, Disney Cruise Line, and Blue’s Clues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/37e09e5a-605a-4e0b-8471-1b7ab702cf20/21A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 The salutes here are to the food purveyors Entenmann’s and Heinz – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6c310fd1-a850-43a0-bf0f-78304fdf0f45/22A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 – and also to Jennie-O. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fb952e69-5f34-43e7-a00e-d240d15f7fdd/23A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Some states were represented – here, South Dakota and Louisiana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/958ed813-bf99-494c-b630-93586c74f29f/24A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Top: Lifetime TV channel and Macy’s Holiday Train. Bottom: Two views of the crowd that packed certain viewing sections – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/21028b63-35b4-47f2-a619-e07a1c43d0d2/25A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 – And here, close-ups of some members of the crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/57d1ee01-ff92-49aa-bab8-c0c1dfa5e9fa/26A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Now we return to the bands, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1298af40-4175-4693-9f36-c6515ea0fff8/27A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 and to a variety of marchers, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/176ded62-f204-4210-b4cf-93108c10ef73/28A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 and to an impressive delegation from a high school in a small town in Indiana – Barbara Baekgaard’s home state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b4ba5975-3b67-4032-8d12-ab7201a9ef83/29A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 These marchers formed one continuous line (just follow the arrows from right to left) with the costume coloration switching from green to pink to yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1269f42f-d4e2-4e1c-946f-ab1c9d3f4944/30A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Here’s another view looking south as the parade passes by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f99cff89-ad6a-4eb5-ad11-a0c958ccd26d/31A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 A few more balloons – here’s Ada Twist Scientist, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5afbb14b-1e5a-4fc1-810c-6dff7ffc6285/32A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Red Titan Ryan (from Ryan’s World), https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6b53802a-7c70-4906-9b6a-05b05d3f8000/33A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 And old reliable SpongeBob. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6159ef32-8c49-4e71-8877-35a64ed695bf/34A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 There are also balloons dedicated to ice cream, pumpkins and an acorn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fe581caf-fc38-43a0-a052-27b28b8ba5b4/35A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Say hello to Artie the Pirate, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f45df870-3c7f-4bbd-9c9a-b88670515001/36A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 and to Wimpy Kid (from the book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid), https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/774286b9-9ce2-41cc-9899-35d596a5bf6e/37A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 and to Macy’s own Happy Hippo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/26d82b97-02ef-49bd-973d-3b99ffc44c0b/38A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 These next three pages feature some of my favorite floats – this one, with the delectable elephant, is from Kalahari Resorts water parks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d66247a5-57e4-445d-9b9e-e7d92b8bda2c/39A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 The top two are from the GoBowling.com website; the bottom left features Macy’s Tough Guy and Bulldog; but as to who lays claim to the bottom right vehicle, I have no idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f010333f-7db5-4667-b063-4c8afd1cd6c5/40A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 The characters are from the top window of Hooper’s Store, but I can’t identify the provenance of the enticing image below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d9de107-47b3-4b50-a73b-a95cc957f23d/41A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Some final balloons – Toni, the Bandleader Bear, and a reprise of Ronald McDonald. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5de4c518-743c-434f-b268-6629114d3944/42A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 Tiptoe the Reindeer caused quite a stir as he mingled with onlookers (just check out the expressions on their faces). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d9b3dea-7dc2-4de1-9872-0bdfc8672ad8/43A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021 And here’s a final salute to a wonderful few hours of pure pleasure.... See you in 2022. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/fall-in-new-york-city monthly 0.5 2021-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dc689c2e-959d-4d45-bafa-088c8387090d/1a.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Welcome to the autumnal beauty of Central Park – NYC’s centerpiece – in all its glory. (Other venues to follow) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d5e99e7-fc4a-4de8-b2f1-c209db1431b5/2a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City These colorful snaps of the Park in November (including a glimpse of Park roadway at the lower right) were taken from the terrace of a high floor apartment in a low-70s Fifth Avenue apartment building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/202f2dc2-cef9-4111-b8fd-96b6fb6adc00/3a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City From the same terrace that day I was also able to contrast November’s usual scourge upon tree leaves with the apparent abundance in Central Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ce2f52d8-44c1-4d88-a5e6-e9205dda7a59/4a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City The terrace also provided views of roof gardens in several adjacent low-rise apartment buildings and townhouses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/320c70c2-1080-462c-b62f-cb1644694204/5a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Back to Central Park, now sweetly posing for photographers in the Park’s southeast corner, with a backdrop of major edifices – featuring not only those new slim high-rises but also the storied Plaza Hotel (middle right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7c120025-7e55-4189-930c-b2f1191717ab/6a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City In that same Park corner we see children at play, a relaxed seating area, and both wide angle and telephoto views of the scenic old bridge that adorns what’s known as the Pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/83923eef-c26b-42c7-9ce6-753f383cff7e/7a.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Here’s my definitive in-between view of the same venerable bridge, complete with its tasty Pond reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/53a61a96-1d09-4e6a-9fce-3e6dbf4314f0/8a.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Here the Pond also shows off its reflective qualities for both man-made structures and significant foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d8989300-8825-4883-aad5-cf398c2b64f0/9a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Now we head up to an area just inside the Park entrance at 72nd Street and Central Park West, which contains Strawberry Fields and its evocative memorial to John Lennon (who was shot and killed in front of the nearby Dakota). Also included is an outdoor souvenir shop on the premises; and I’ve imported Eleanor Roosevelt from 72nd Street and Riverside Drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/37903f7f-43c0-43e5-a472-a50cade1665d/10a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City These photos, which were taken around the 72nd Street/CPW entrance to the Park, feature “my bench” – the plaque graciously contributed by my good friends, Fred and Claudine Bacher, and their family on my 70th birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/df577751-127a-44c9-8b18-514256c22b97/11a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Here are views of the area near my bench. The picturesque building (at lower right) is the landmark Dakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b633af9f-41ca-41c5-8ec4-4a23de62e58c/12a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Moving uptown now, we pause at the Conservatory Garden, one of the most scenic of the Park’s many treasures – at its peak in the Spring, yet still offering special treats in the Fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/10ed502a-8d09-4a58-9818-984cfa3bd067/13a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City This area of the Garden features the Three Dancing Maidens, whose performance has attracted the eye of at least one interested onlooker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c205e189-82b1-49c5-8927-c75f1aeec52b/14a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Adjacent to the Garden, just below the Park’s northern boundary, is the Harlem Meer, anchored by the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e1ef38f9-fa55-422d-a68d-a9ed921e4795/15a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Some more shots in and around Harlem Meer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/41431800-3334-4675-b01d-9222869772ce/16a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City I took these with a telephoto lens from across the Meer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8eac277e-6f0e-42e1-8dd8-843150b7180d/17a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City I can’t get enough of this area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f504ca69-2754-4801-93ca-06f460a8bd7d/18a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City And check out the wildlife inhabiting the Meer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9cd46ec2-d6e2-48f1-a2ba-63d11ff55acd/19a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Further west is an area (entered from CPW at 100th Street) that encompasses what’s known as the Pool – an area so woodsy and rustic that it’s hard to believe you’re still in New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/34a14192-9003-4d54-930c-0a173c39f928/20a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City It features weeping willows, waterfowl and such. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9e8c803a-fb1a-456a-be42-2706907557f2/21a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City And more waterfowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/994bab0d-2792-4235-b834-a0f204024c6f/22a.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Here’s my favorite shot of the Pool. And that concludes the Central Park coverage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3e282ebc-4888-4d47-a0ba-dc231c2704fa/23a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Now we circle back down to the Rockefeller Center area. The artwork and flags are there, as is the golden statue of Poseidon – but there’s no ice skating rink or summer dining tables. I think they were getting the area ready for December’s tree-lighting ceremony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f2749621-f58d-4325-b299-12d296157c21/24a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Here are some nymphs and nymphets in the wide aisle leading over to Fifth Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9a300019-4460-4936-af9d-3292ba10d34e/25a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City The sights of Fifth Avenue – St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the statue of Atlas, Saks Fifth Avenue, and a tree that’s about to lose its leaves to the November chill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ab3124ca-4972-4896-8f66-ac8f075b2a0e/26a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Westward to Columbus Circle to check out the magnification of Christopher’s statue as the camera lens gradually brings him closer. The horse-and-buggies are waiting at the southeast corner of the Park; the handsome terrace is just off CPW a few blocks north of Columbus Circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5321dbde-92ab-4dd7-8d4c-a67451376770/27a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City This statuary can be found at the southwest corner of the Park. The pigeons may have emigrated from elsewhere but evidently prefer this perch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f94730a6-fea6-4855-8b04-02a22e0c63ea/28a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City We now head up Riverside Drive to the 82nd Street Soldiers and Sailors Monument commemorating the Civil War, with just a few hardy leaves still adorning the nearby trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/13b5bc90-07eb-41ad-acac-1d6e142301e3/29a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Here’s another view of that monument, a bench to sit on near a cannon, and one adventurous youth checking out the 19th century ammunition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fd5727ca-6d95-4496-ac63-17eed7d299b0/30a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Further up the West Side is Grant’s Tomb, complete with an artistic effort and a view of nearby Riverside Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9996b691-0d00-4566-a1ad-1750aca4744f/31a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City This attractive autumnal foliage can be found in the park behind the Tomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/50e75bc3-f730-403e-844d-09cd2d946909/32a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Heading north now past views of the Hudson River, with the George Washington Bridge in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/086d5f60-cb3d-4a76-adf7-f9de34a90b30/33a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Here’s the bridge up close, as seen from the surrounding streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bc250692-79a6-4de8-9b1e-7f09f66d1239/34a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Even further north is this archway to the entrance of Fort Tryon Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cb5a772d-8380-44db-bb24-492b0ec28171/35a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City If you gaze across the Hudson north of the G.W. Bridge, you see a notable structure atop the Palisades. It’s St. Michael’s Villa, home to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c84cf3ce-dfde-4ebb-96bf-49997ee4bc94/36a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City Finally, just a bit further north is the Cloisters, a worthy division of the Met specializing in medieval art and artifacts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3a8d7f04-4496-4a59-85f6-2d4ba5663146/37a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City These buildings are part of the Cloisters complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/98bf2188-d50b-45f1-907b-ca433a758898/38a.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall In New York City We’ll conclude our Fall in NYC portfolio with this striking view of the main concourse adjoining the Cloisters.... WINTER COMING UP NEXT YEAR! https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/first-2022-snow-in-easton-ct monthly 0.5 2022-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82c41306-3ce8-47b7-8dea-efb4249e205f/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT We didn't have too long to wait this year for the first snowstorm to hit our weekend residence in Easton, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7dfdf65c-939c-41ca-8559-8b325a20b8cc/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT It began snowing just after midnight on January 7, and this is what things looked like behind our house at about 8 a.m. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/918c3100-e353-438c-b8bf-cfeb352481ea/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT Here's a few closeups of the snow’s impact on our yard in the early morning hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3f8b19a8-8c62-47d5-901c-fd103531d4d1/4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT This was taken in the dim light as the snow came to an end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/222d121c-ffc9-40b7-b09a-c4db05508036/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT This shows the transition from that dim light (on the left) to the brightening sky (on the right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d495256-209c-49bd-90b9-14fdd2473add/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT Barbara was hard at work shortly after 8 a.m. shoveling a path for our menagerie to make its way through the thick snow (and for her to frolic with them). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/69dd9cbd-26f2-4ebc-8016-ec39f22ba26a/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT A long shot, medium view and close-up of some attractive snow-flecked flora in our front yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/00e03a9b-2c79-4df2-a68f-6d3eec880adb/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT I like the way the fallen snow adorns the branches of trees, both in the dim light of the dawn and as illuminated by daylight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0e4f0e57-f2a7-4d4e-b7ce-a0451eaae10f/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT Here’s how our house looked later that morning – plus a shot from the second floor terrace outside our bedroom, and the photo Barbara took of icicles outside our bedroom window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ab9c3c17-9db9-49bc-bf6b-3c56a061ee89/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT These two large trees (and the hammock between) are a photogenic staple in our backyard, and even receive some illumination at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e1cca832-2af7-4fa6-a833-40b13633782c/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT I like this early morning overview of the premises. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1da18143-8ff0-4e7c-aed8-9eaf74eaf5e1/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT Here’s Barbara at work again – clearing enough snow off our vehicles to permit usage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b1684daa-636f-4ad7-ba86-5152d87f3682/14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT The snow, the trees, the shadows, and the dog all work together here photographically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6afce3ee-fcb8-47ba-992d-7cee0bbff009/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT Here’s Sydney luxuriating in the snow. Barbara and her niece Alexis are co-parents of this wonderful golden retriever, who loves the outdoors – sun, rain, snow, hot, cold, light, dark – you name it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6161daff-8d17-4b51-a8da-2a8d219a3301/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT That’s Macee (top left), Corki (top right), and Stella (lower left) from our crew. (Harry had opted for the warmth of the house.) There’s also a sculpture of a dog near our front door that today is covered in snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c329f2c7-1d51-4db8-97e4-7586ff92d208/20A.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT By midday I was ready to venture out. My first stop was the grounds of Easton’s Helen Keller Middle School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8cb590b7-126c-4ae9-bced-46b408a0a007/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT No basketball today . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8c78d721-ce36-411f-a120-b5a6300212ba/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT . . . but sledding is a natural – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1c1128bc-0ec6-4f72-b07c-19b026b49336/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT as these participants can attest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b99103eb-ac4c-4d1d-931c-94a513593e5e/17.jpeg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT I enjoyed this view as I was leaving the school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f2b1e861-5a81-4c28-88c0-f73f0ba4867b/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT There’s a lot of scenic water around Easton, including these locales I encountered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1b3ffab5-43a4-4d86-8166-fcd50a10e733/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT This is one of my favorite mini-falls in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2f3bea3b-9992-4728-a34b-d26a85e916d1/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT Here are some shots of the local “rapids”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/32f0e6a9-cd0d-485e-9ac8-f6d47705ff53/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT There’s not much going on today in Easton’s centuries-old cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1b9b15e6-a6e6-4be6-816c-0c1774d4fb60/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT Some images that caught my eye as I drove around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d3f8761f-4e95-4b50-9b95-a49cd7263eb8/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT A waterlogged branch, a fire hydrant, and a clump of snow (top) that I thought resembled the snout of a large pig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7de2085e-5ec9-4683-9204-7015dbe439a0/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT Driving down Old Oak Road you can see some horses, a dam, an old structure, but best of all . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b1b0d2bd-126d-4381-98dd-e051256f4059/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT . . . . there’s a stately house surrounded by my favorite tree in town . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7c802983-6a43-4290-a731-7bbe995fa54b/29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - First 2022 Snow in Easton CT . . . and here it is, in all its splendor. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/noreaster-from-a-manhattan-terrace monthly 0.5 2022-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0e4eab41-8b6f-48c4-87c4-4ae81e3cb4d1/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace The 1/29/22 Nor’easter striking the northeast states triggered enough calamity warnings that we decided to stay in New York City that weekend. (NB: The glowing photo above was taken after the storm had passed.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4a06448a-7da2-4a5c-8f56-1183a773607d/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace This is the scene we awoke to on Saturday morning. The storm, which had been raging since the early nighttime hours, was still in progress, so – coward that I am – this first photo was taken from inside our apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7f981368-597b-448b-a984-c74dab232a02/3.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace Here’s another of the scene outside, which was snapped from the safe confines of the apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a56ba052-4b5f-4047-899c-ab357587d91c/4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace Later that morning I finally got my boots on and gingerly stepped outside on the terrace. Here’s what the city looked like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7d699222-1702-49ee-b95a-cb7b21f9b4c6/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace More views of the city later in the day as the storm was winding down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d3a25afa-33f8-448d-aef1-68819e9e6b62/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace Time to hustle the dogs out of the apartment’s comfort and into the snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f02117c6-ed07-4bd0-aa68-36603aa822f9/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace It was also time for my energetic wife Barbara to plow a path for the menagerie to frolic in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2cbef564-1ec5-4aed-96b2-e7f19f759bbc/8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace This is how our plantings looked that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8428924a-0d85-4301-bdd2-5526f34872b0/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace Our outdoor dining area . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/151bdb3d-59d3-436f-84d7-dbfef5dc5fd0/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace . . . and its accompanying greenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3cd4dd31-6c81-44a0-95cc-fef348364a09/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace Here's the scene looking north on Third Avenue from 79th Street . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1a61a199-9c02-44df-961f-a2c14b610e0b/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace . . . and here's the way it looked facing south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/337150b6-4755-44fc-8afc-604f009e7354/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace As the bad weather continued, we began to wonder whether the sun would ever come out again . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fe7e5f0b-2d1a-4f95-9790-3dbdb4ee1571/14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace Well, it did! – and in all its glory – on the very next day (Sunday). Just look at those glorious shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9583fb51-fa08-46c8-b400-0ede1d07cd18/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace More of the same, now being visited by our golden retriever Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e66bd18-6412-41de-9761-f699870fe892/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace With the sky clear, I was now out there on the terrace with my camera, snapping away at the welcome bright vistas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ab901be6-e78d-4483-94fe-e7c60bef528d/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace This is looking down on 79th Street (left) and south on Third Avenue (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b7fdab83-4f74-4daf-9056-1f240c1e778a/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace I became fascinated by the traces the storm had left behind on various neighborhood vistas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/18b4c7c9-0e2c-4c29-896d-2252319c6e8d/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace Some other local terraces . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/64555a20-8dd3-4b9c-a94a-2de2b9418d36/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace . . . and several rooftops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/00019852-c322-4ff6-ae2d-350e1ccc4273/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Nor'Easter from a Manhattan Terrace I’ll close by juxtaposing a dusted terrace across Third Avenue with some snow-covered cars parked on 79th Street. By the way, I never did leave the apartment and its terrace that day . . . . So much for the Nor’easter . . . . https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/some-unusual-sights monthly 0.5 2022-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d938eef3-1391-4194-9b73-1c8bb3cc7db4/1B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights This portfolio features some photographic images I’ve taken in the past quarter-century that I consider unusual. There was that rare moment on April 9, 2000 when the seasons overlapped. A freak spring snow storm briefly blanketed the Central Park blossoms. By late afternoon, the snow had disappeared, and spring – slightly the worse for wear – resumed its usual hegemony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/aa9e242f-29d0-4b67-b6de-91009050aaae/2B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights The theme for this portfolio occurred to me recently on February 19, 2022, when a “squall” (defined as a sudden sharp increase in wind speed lasting minutes that can create thunderstorms or heavy snow) hit our weekend home in Easton, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6823422d-9407-424d-8bcb-6b9adb84d969/3B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights I ventured out on the screened porch to take the next two pages of photos. The clumps of snow were sticking to the wire mesh of the porch’s screen, providing a painterly quality to the scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/656778cd-b626-4847-96fc-cdb1cbaff734/4B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Here’s my favorite shot from that day. By evening, the effect was totally dissipated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0474174b-ac24-478f-bb9d-7a431c43a8df/5B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights That squall effect reminded me of a watery scene at Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain back in 2001, when the four cherubs seemed to enjoy a man-made summer shower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ab42d810-bc40-49bc-bb07-4772babaecc7/6B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Here are two other unusual Central Park shots from past years. The spray is from an early morning watering of Strawberry Fields. The urban vineyard image was taken just above the Mall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/35d05f34-2518-4af6-a11c-3c4d95900a91/7B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights I’m a sucker for fountain photos. The one on the left is from Central Park, on the right from Washington Square Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e49a11df-4a8f-44c7-bb6b-f28b3eea0bd3/8B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Here’s an overview of those overlapping seasons in Central Park – a brief shining moment, taken near the picturesque Bow Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/61a6d211-8b36-4d38-aa3d-c38c0d0265c8/9B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights These two shots share the Bethesda Fountain angel in the background – the left featuring a brief display of the crossed seasons, the right backstopping the glorious buds of the real spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cd65f127-a417-4e7a-958d-7090907c1b67/10B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights This is more prosaic, but I remain fascinated by the juxtaposition of the three slim smokestacks and the three high-rise apartment buildings – the whole image set off by the puffy white steam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0ee2e01f-4b67-48c2-9b6b-5b2dc11af882/11B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights This rooftop mosaic was taken from the top of the Empire State Building after a snowstorm dumped a load on Manhattan's Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/161fe1ce-305f-47b7-89bf-6eec0bf01e27/12B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Back in the late ’90’s, I took my mother on a cruise which began on a rainy day. At the time, I had no idea that some symbolic significance might later attach to the fog-shrouded tops of the World Trade Center towers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9a532cbe-362d-4830-bc99-77cde9c22541/13B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights I’m drawn to photographic juxtapositions, especially ones with an ironic tone – the offspring of an incongruous pairing. This is a Times Square example – the church hailing "the truth" but sharing the scene with the “wicked” billboard across the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0e655939-6872-453c-84f0-d900a86b58df/14B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights I was also in the Times Square area when this splash of color materialized one day. All I had to do was click the shutter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d392aaad-97d6-4765-a4dd-9c12ca3aace5/15B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Talk about juxtapositions – how about the tiny kayak traversing the huge aircraft carrier moored at a West Side pier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c46f0f7c-dcf4-4152-9e69-ab55dd29da8f/16B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Here’s one more notable pairing – two inter-generational modes of transportation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6b0cfc5a-49d2-4a5e-91da-dfbe93d4e37a/17B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights How about this intrepid cabbie, making sure that his meager air-conditioning reaches the passengers in the rear seat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b381c489-453f-49f2-a6d3-943d08d86c0e/18B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights These two pictures have nothing to do with each other, but yet the passionate bears and the insistent swami each give off definite vibes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a0fc8905-5017-4269-928a-edae669fb4c6/19B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights I’ve long been attracted to this limb of an Easton tree that appears poised to attack the quiet cottage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/be0ce6cb-077f-472e-94da-44dc74dc1968/20B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Two unusual scene at Princeton’s football stadium – when coated with winter’s snow, and welcoming a ceremonial parachutist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b4c0dd30-519e-4f94-a979-096c5a4a43ef/21B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights The Korean War Memorial has long been one of my favorite Washington sights, and I was fortunate enough to be there on a day when the fallen snow perfectly captured the tough slog of our combat troops at the Chosin Reservoir. But across the way, atop this sculpture near the Vietnam War Memorial, the snow did seem a bit misplaced on these semi-tropical warriors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/717fb714-cbaa-4458-8a38-7cb8ff5735e3/22B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Here are the resplendent towers of Saint Ignatius Church in San Francisco – but tell me, what is that spectral bonus intervening in the upper left corner of the picture? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3c4d6c23-1628-4455-98d9-30b33fdf243e/23B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights Along the scenic coast in Northern California, one suddenly runs into this aberrational structure . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3cee4588-58de-4f6a-99f0-1dce44342f3a/24B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights . . . and how about the adornment of this California cemetery plot . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c5c3f804-c8c0-4df9-8632-d00814058787/25B.jpg Photo Portfolio - Some Unusual Sights I’ll close with this choice airborne shot as we traversed the California coast. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/aprilinmanhattan monthly 0.5 2022-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eec4d725-9b41-4942-9955-f49970625e59/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan I shot all of the photos in this portfolio during April, 2022 in my hometown of Manhattan. They embrace twin springtime themes of flora and fauna – buds spouting on trees, especially cherry blossoms, and a nostalgic trip to the Central Park Zoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d5146483-3a5a-4659-af22-97097ef1b85b/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan I began my Manhattan excursion, chauffeured by Gent Zeneli, in the Morningside Heights area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6981bc58-249c-42ef-be69-09e59f455057/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan At Morningside Drive and West 116 Street there’s a sharp dropoff down to Morningside Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/86aceb35-9251-45c8-ab45-01a5fa6999d9/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Some views of the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3fe9244a-7aaf-41c1-b0d4-edf0de63ab8a/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan That’s my buddy Gent, dwarfed by a monument to Carl Schurz, on a plaza just above a lengthy stairway that leads down to the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c6e858f2-9277-4690-991f-245725146ef1/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Having photographed the cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. and at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden in past years, my search for more of the same in Manhattan led me to Sakura Park, on Riverside Drive just east of Grant’s Tomb and north of Riverside Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b9074914-7496-42b4-9db6-084c88f291e5/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan The word sakura means cherry blossoms in Japanese. The Park owes its name to a gift of cherry trees from Japan in 1912. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/90cad14b-0218-40b6-a76d-6c6c4a78ba9e/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan My goal was to capture the cherry blossoms framed against an iconic man-made structure. Riverside Church fit the bill nicely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2aef54ef-0f89-44c6-881e-d3b9c9468fd8/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan I zoomed in a little closer here to emphasize the blossoms and structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bcb107bc-193f-4f58-8fc8-4db19b89f671/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Now I’m even closer, but using a different section of the church as the scenic backdrop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/df04d353-3ee3-45fd-9be1-43dfe7471113/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan If your gaze turns west from Sakura Park, it falls on Grant’s Tomb – another structure that serves as an ideal background for the blossoms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/13e9c03d-dc33-4d9b-adb0-69de1c315a92/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan This is precisely the juxtaposition of blossoms and structure that I had in mind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f5f2b696-f582-478a-908e-ea7960bee4d7/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Here I pair an extreme close-up of blossoms and structure with a more remote view that adds some criss-crossed shadows of limbs in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8aa3e1fc-116b-4e34-bd83-7e21c05414da/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Other images from Sakura Park: a father and son at play; a relaxed visitor; and a monument (sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, the designer of Mount Rushmore) to General Daniel Butterfield – a Civil War hero who is best known for having composed the bugle call “Taps”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a0f759fe-66c2-46e8-a962-5afc2fe55a6d/15.jpeg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan A fitting farewell to Sakura Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1aa366b1-793b-49c8-802b-5078c524db0e/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Here’s a meshing of some other buds, limbs and structure, viewed from a location near Sakura Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/de57a6b3-936c-48a0-85a6-4ae0f2bc5676/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Zooming in on more of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c4d9d807-9b15-4e93-b83a-3ccadde933de/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Now we’re on a street further north in Manhattan, and the structural backdrop is the George Washington Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/04205557-aff3-4d0f-83f9-37f61d3789a3/19.jpeg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan This is my favorite of the bridge-buds shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/299a85d9-38cc-4531-9b07-a124aef226b0/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan We’ve now arrived at the Cloisters, the Met’s tribute to the middle ages, which serves as a background for some notable trees and flora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82eb48d5-a161-450b-9e76-3957bc07a77a/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan These four shots of enlarging blossoms call for a clockwise viewing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3bd4dff8-9b38-489f-a9e9-840579cf0fa3/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Here’s Gent again, but now featuring the man-made structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e1863a83-758c-4e03-80a8-7ba06b27834e/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Some other shots from the vicinity of the Cloisters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f2537c38-a3eb-4586-b5e4-5857571591fc/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Now we’re up at the northernmost area of Manhattan, containing a ball field, Columbia University’s Lawrence A. Wien Stadium, and the path adjacent to the running track that leads down to the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/14fd44d5-02f4-4c5f-adf8-1b8308bac264/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan And here’s the Henry Hudson Bridge across Spuyten Duyvil Creek, spanning Manhattan and the Bronx near where the Harlem and Hudson Rivers converge – a spot which the Columbia students have adopted with that large “C”. This is the end of my first April in Manhattan journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4bf3de8f-064c-4736-84b7-ec46a379f873/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan A week or so later, I paid a visit to the Central Park Zoo (entrance at East 64th Street and Fifth Avenue) to add some fauna to my flora tribute. Pictured here is the famed Delacorte Clock, where the animal figurines dance each hour when the bell strikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ac4b301c-1c3f-40c8-aa3d-ea22f1eca639/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan The exhibit areas are centered around a garden that contains a sea lion pool at its center. Note the views across the pool to the new skinny skyscrapers to the south and a dazzling squiggly tree to the northeast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e31f4bd7-5489-4254-ac89-56ea91d63d3e/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan The sea lions are simply terrific and often preen for the crowd. Here they are – singly, as a duo, and in a threesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b2718b15-8cef-4736-b3ce-eb7c5f3e2cce/29.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan The best times to visit are the feedings, when the sea lions perform some nifty tricks to deserve their meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/259964b6-adc6-461e-9dd2-f153f964f0ea/30.jpeg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Here’s the best trick of all, with the sea lion seeming to be balanced over the water on the tip of his slim elongated tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ab55f6e2-0ec2-428e-ac3e-add33b862b29/31.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Now we’re in the so-called “Temperate Territory”, a landscaped series of paths surrounding a small lake. The photos are of the snow monkeys that inhabit the area. (Can you spot two of them on the outcropping?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c1298f95-cc25-48c5-8b7c-9d249512d81a/32.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Say hello to the fetching red panda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4c386c29-0391-427f-a37c-983aaf086e75/33.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan But notwithstanding a lot of fuss and info about the snow leopard, I searched in vain for a glimpse of the real thing – so these billboards will have to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8ba67f53-e08d-41c0-987f-5cb9fdc81ef5/34.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Well, I thought, the grizzly bear ought to be easier to spot. But all I could see when peering into his rocky exhibit was a man’s discarded jacket – causing me concern that the keeper had given his all. No fear – I soon learned that the exhibit had been closed for improvements, and the grizzlies would return from their temporary home at the Bronx Zoo after Memorial Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b1117457-8964-448f-8cbe-484632deb27a/35.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan These odd-looking creatures are NYC harbor seals. But even given my Antarctic background, I didn’t enter the penguin house – something still bothers me about voluntarily going indoors while this pandemic seems to be ongoing. I bet it’s a great exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0add147b-7d40-4877-b93f-17d8242fdb34/36.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan There’s some fine topography in the zoo – witness the mini-waterfall pictured. There are a few turtles. And this little girl has discovered . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1c05eea0-c289-4230-9429-b87f55fb94bf/37.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan . . . some elegant swans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6f2e77ef-1629-4550-bce1-6dffc47770be/38-1.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan There’s also a children’s zoo located north of the main zoo – see the handsome gate and adorable bunny rabbit. (The scene featuring the puppet master occurred just outside the gate.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8eed73d7-b736-4b22-ac25-9b97fa4d7d3a/39.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan I’d swear I saw (and photographed) this elegant duck a few years ago, swimming in the wild on the lake south of the zoo. But now, the little fellow is on exhibit here, as are some pheasants and other fowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6c09c3ff-5a8c-4cf2-917c-984d15bf7753/40.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan I do enjoy interactions between the animals and the kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c5fcf2d4-89e2-4518-95de-2b74ff34e442/41.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan More of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3beab9be-df52-477f-be5b-0d1863c22723/42.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan I had an opportunity here to duplicate the theme of flora-fronting-a-structure that I used in Sakura Park. At the top is Temple Emanuel which sits just across Fifth Avenue. At the bottom are fore and aft views of The Arsenal headquarters of the Park's Department (that contains the gallery in which my exhibit of Central Park photos was housed back in April 2000). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d2583434-89f9-4b5b-9763-94da56ec416f/43.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan I consider this dinosaur to be just about the most photogenic object in the zoo, and I posed it in many ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/37c0d30f-1cd1-4a2a-a426-b6f10266a484/44.jpg Photo Portfolio - April in Manhattan Here’s the closing shot, for which I solicited a nearby kid to pose in front of the monster. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/two-decades-spring monthly 0.5 2022-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/990db9cf-66ad-4910-a6ba-15222d132658/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos For the photographer (as well as for almost everyone else), spring is the supreme season. Here’s a collection of April-May-June shots I’ve taken over the years in New York City, mainly in Central Park (as with this photo, reflecting springtime strollers in the pond near the park’s southeast corner), and in the vicinity of our weekend CT home in Easton (Fairfield County). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ab9d1958-fefa-4fdb-bedf-8dcc8fe60029/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Let’s begin in Easton, with this classic New England church serving as backdrop for a plentiful floral display; that tree limb “attacking” someone’s home; and the shadows cast on our back lawn by several large oak trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c433aeb9-26c2-45d6-800b-67aa287fcf4c/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Here are the very trees behind our Easton house that cast those photogenic shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e9b5259e-8ea7-43fd-b6e1-226c7d43d7d3/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Ah, the first bloom of spring pervades our yard from the blossoming weeping willow trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/78a73900-2f66-4705-a2ba-2c964aca2e9d/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos The budding azaleas are behind our tennis court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/426beda2-2496-4805-b3f3-3d422e67c4d6/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos This is our golden retriever Sydney, who keeps track of each season from her all-day perch near the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7c49904f-62e0-4ce7-bc80-b89bfb794c99/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos The Eisners – our friends and neighbors (in Weston) – have the most elegant lawn around, featuring wonderful metal sculptures by the talented Carole Eisner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e7cac5c5-0926-4f61-b085-3fad6052700f/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Every Memorial Day, there’s a celebratory parade in Easton that brings out the populace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/69fa6590-1d5c-4a0e-9336-827cc6e5ab51/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Some fauna of Fairfield County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c1810211-3774-42a0-b75e-91b90d0c02bb/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos More of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5c8dc303-e834-4b99-85f5-f01c5d0af593/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Our town, its structures, and the inhabitants also look good in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b85cd9e0-7056-4fca-a724-a2f58f4e863c/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos I can’t seem to pass by a cemetery without trying to capture juxtapositions of tombstones and varied flora. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3e6889c7-72e6-4a9e-99b3-8a0fa113fb90/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos These shots were taken in the nearby town of Westport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9c9d7baa-1b47-4d52-b781-a1003c0cf169/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Now for a change of pace – a trip to the campus of Princeton University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fa7dca32-29ca-41e5-8d04-ebe88a905a97/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Princeton also looks classy in black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/76e82b82-9175-479b-87bc-dd27f79bfe36/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Now we’re on Park Avenue in New York City during the annual floral display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/55c69b0e-b90b-4045-af2d-ba6b445bfcd7/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos And speaking of floral displays, here’s the one on the terrace of our Manhattan apartment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4e8c1e98-7a67-45b9-9877-0b3519118ba4/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Spring comes to Princeton’s Nassau Hall and to Cleopatra’s needle in Central Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/589044b4-899d-49d0-9717-452acf587ce1/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos You can usually find something man-made (like a high-rise) adjacent to the Park that provides depth to the floral display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/51a3715c-b363-4990-b92e-19971f0242a3/20.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos This sculpture can be found in the Park’s Conservatory Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/691edc1b-9691-4fd2-9c02-03069a6ceeb5/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos The ladies also look terrific in black & white, surrounded by floral semi-circles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/20450f05-2a4b-4513-aece-e58436455947/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Here’s that flora in all its colorful beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/18706ffd-df3b-4647-a848-8f6bfa3408ea/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Central Park is an ideal setting for both the artist and the snoozers – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/67f3c9b3-eca9-4786-9621-e17a25d99d70/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos – to say nothing of preludes to nuptials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/759a58f3-4087-43f8-959a-de6638eabcc3/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Also for kids, with the Harlem Meer viewed from a high elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7ff1c0cd-64ab-4c47-93df-baac5adf9946/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Here’s the sailboat basin at East 74th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/01697c44-c222-4823-be54-ca9cbb8647d9/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Our forbears in bloom – commemorating a Pilgrim father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f7c44bb8-0078-43bd-9d52-42e3b012fba4/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Christopher Columbus, Hans Christian Anderson, and Alice’s new friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ba64f62a-6f1d-4d2b-af54-6976ef23b626/29.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos A wonderful sculpture in the Conservatory Garden (plus some real avian visitors), and Romeo and Juliet smooching outside the Delacorte Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ac30e67-f876-4319-bb1c-18be4e0613b7/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos A Central Park ballfield, and the clip-clop of a horse drawing its carriage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e2ff7f74-8356-4676-b702-526c86bf3ba9/31.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Some lovely springtime images from the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2dcd14c7-af03-4af9-a2d3-80b84201d418/32.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Reflections of apartment houses in the reservoir, both in color and black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/13d9ffdc-5293-4c76-981c-6bd2217d87a7/33.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos The limbs of the trees neatly set off the floral displays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0c959709-2d77-4b2d-b18e-d9b6ceafd3fb/34.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos A colorful duck and the ubiquitous squirrel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ee601ca-4750-44b0-80d3-804c138b041b/35.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Blossoms against the Met museum’s southern façade, both in color and black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a63cc2bc-72c4-4517-9793-6343a320a92b/36.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Two of the West Side’s finest apartment houses – the San Remo and the Beresford – loom above the lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ecd7e44-580b-49c2-b41c-8978d56315aa/37.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos A few closing shots of luscious buds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d8cc5be1-a7f9-4e13-b31b-1d7b75edf1d5/38.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos Some more of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c19290af-d3f9-4219-8dfa-6e318c3c7f14/39.jpg Photo Portfolio - Two Decades of Springtime Photos And to end our portfolio, a bushel of buds with the Bethesda Fountain in the background. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/perennial-coney-island monthly 0.5 2022-06-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4450bdb2-a256-4378-aaed-4485f7e3618a/0.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Recently I made an early June weekday excursion out to iconic Coney Island. The public schools hadn’t yet closed, so it wasn’t crowded; but the attractions were up and running, the beach was speckled with early occupants, and the first-rate aquarium hosted a number of visitors. It’s definitely worth a trip – and here are some snapshots of what awaits you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3fb9bd4b-0d9e-4b86-8673-73fbcc754bca/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island This is the historic Coney Island Cyclone, a ride that opened to the public in 1927 and celebrated its 95th birthday this month. Refurbished in the mid-70’s and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, it is Coney Island’s last wooden roller coaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d829f8b7-ec8e-40c0-8128-f631bc07954e/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Here’s the Parachute Jump, a vertical excursion that’s now defunct. Originally built for the 1939 World Fair at Flushing Meadows, it became one of the Fair’s leading attractions. I recall an encounter with it at age six, arranged by my father. The trip to the top took a minute or so, but the drop down lasted little more than 10 seconds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/af80ff98-c760-46e6-84cb-089c2780dc45/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island This guided folks to get around the amusement park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d5c0bef-1a33-45e1-be36-58929bbd501a/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Welcome to the famous Wonder Wheel, built in 1920 and in continuous operation since that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1d0a8b2a-b13d-4abf-80d3-5a9e1130318a/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Some of the cars are stationary, but others are moving – and the experience in a swinging car has been described as a “catch-your-breath” thrill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e4c51f01-8858-445d-a7c6-af0d7b27fcbd/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Here’s Nathan’s Famous hot dog stand, which still exists at its original 1916 site (plus its Boardwalk outreach). It’s the scene of the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on the 4th of July. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9d4b2641-bacc-4606-bf39-4674e6ad1562/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island The Coney Island Boardwalk runs along the Atlantic Ocean for 2.7 miles. It was opened in 1923, becoming an icon of Coney Island with a number of appearances in the visual arts and film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e23c880-eb0f-4c69-8fea-6c2c025a79e2/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island An occasional sight along the Boardwalk doesn’t mirror Coney’s playful ambience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cc93caf1-139e-4157-8443-2ea49bfe709f/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island This is called Zenobio, a towering two-armed journey that sweeps you 130 feet in the air at speeds over 60 mph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5314c53f-1d02-4335-9b86-9324fd995252/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Just take a closer look at Soarin' Eagle –––– https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/98c3f497-3875-4b44-96ff-ae82beb7762e/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Soarin’ Eagle is one of the top rides in Coney Island, with short steep drops, hairpin turns, and inversions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/77b6f218-9472-4fe3-a54a-1a4a5cd24dfe/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island – and this is a convoluted continuation of the journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/579217e8-07ec-4145-8de0-d0451e492c73/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island The Steeplechase is an equestrian-themed roller coaster that creates a sensation of horseback riding, with enough jumps and curves to challenge any jockey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/514c5591-4b2e-4406-a367-14d7bba56c2c/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island The Thunderbolt, NYC’s first ever steel roller coaster, debuted at Coney Island in 2014 (a successor to the wooden Thunderbolt that was built in 1925). It features a 90 degree drop plus numerous inversions and turns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a5ab4056-4989-4f71-9f9d-de7d7ad683af/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island I also ran across some challenging Coney Island games, plus an old-fashioned photo booth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e8b4922c-c0fb-4fca-be4e-52822c8856e2/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Here’s the spacious beach, which gets much more crowded on a summer weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d7877549-d51b-4490-b9ff-4163fdabe611/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Several more beach vistas, featuring sun-seekers on view for the birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f723cb8a-b386-44f8-a0ae-b6060f98c2d0/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Then my buddy Gent drove us over to the nearby New York Aquarium – founded in Manhattan’s Battery Park in 1896 and moved to Coney Island in 1957. That’s Gent being welcomed outside by the dinosaur greeter. As you can see, there’s some lively viewing inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1c34650a-e832-4eb9-ba54-5ab6cafbdb6f/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island The aquarium houses a large collection of sharks, including the three shown here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/31ef3aed-dd97-42ef-ac31-675b613e91fe/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island I don’t know what these fish are called, but I’m fascinated by their splurge of yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dfa377ca-86aa-4707-8a16-79da33b24e16/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island Here’s a jellyfish and a crab from the aquarium’s “spineless” section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f3df8fba-31d4-48b8-87cc-a4b1f085b519/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island The place is full of sea lions (plus an occasional harbor seal). We missed the show they put on at feeding time, but I hear it’s excellent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/45af77e8-c620-433d-b772-451616f32fdd/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island For a guy like me with time spent in the Antarctic, watching the penguins frolic is like being back home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/03ee3d49-028c-4c6f-9ad9-4c2257c46927/25.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Perennial Coney Island I’ll close with this scene, which I’ve fantasized as the boss penguin (on the top ledge) barking out orders to his faithful troops. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/discovering-brooklyn monthly 0.5 2022-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7b31ca27-01dc-4029-91c7-ac403f694b2b/J1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn I’ve lived in New York City all my life, but have rarely exited Manhattan to visit the other boroughs. Now, finally, I’m discovering Brooklyn. After last month’s pictorial on Coney Island, I’m now following up with DUMBO, today’s most exciting borough district, and Brooklyn Heights, a residential staple for many decades. We’ll start with DUMBO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cef8bfbe-473a-463c-befd-2eb88ac81a99/j2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn “DUMBO,” an acronym of “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass,” is fast becoming an upscale residential and commercial community, a haven for art galleries, and a center for technology startups. That’s the bridge on the left and the "underpass" in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ffa8431-e7b7-4967-99c8-2b73f25bf105/j3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn DUMBO features old reconditioned buildings, attractive angles for enjoying the Manhattan Bridge and the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, and views across the East River to the Empire State Building and other Manhattan skyscrapers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5eba251c-1155-4c04-b835-1f4ca32b4a3f/j4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn DUMBO is one of many Brooklyn neighborhoods (as presented on the map), but those looming bridges (at right, the Brooklyn) and the boom in building distinguish it from most. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d4b12473-3868-4f52-8ce5-a94a3ed5867e/j5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Venerable St. Ann’s Warehouse (dating back to the Civil War era) has been converted into the global flagship store of the West Elm furniture and furnishings company. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ec827640-9a2c-4875-9366-5434de0dd67e/j6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Here is the retail area of Empire Square; two residential buildings with high ticket apartments; and a glimpse of how close one of the new high-rise buildings will be to the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e76111f-ab36-4efb-b520-e896f61e0abf/j7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Some shots around DUMBO, including my companion Gent fronting a shop serving one of the best lobster rolls I’ve devoured south of Maine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dc3020ad-4b4c-4489-b35d-38998cdc8209/j8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Here’s a good view of the walkway along the East River just north of the Brooklyn Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7d729b1e-2ee5-4a10-920b-dd80f2aedd70/j9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn This outdoor restaurant runs down the side of the building located on the walkway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2084ebf8-9a01-47af-801e-f472c027166c/j10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn In the wide angle shot, you’ll notice an odd-looking building occupying the sliver of land that juts out over the river. The shot below it shows the structure up close, and housed inside it is the 100 year-old Jane’s Carousel – built in 1922, originally installed in Youngtown, Ohio, beautifully restored, and featuring 48 carved horses and two chariots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/802f3322-739e-499b-89d3-1c4b9bdc78c9/j11.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn But what really caught my photographic eye in DUMBO were the two bridges and the views across the East River to Manhattan – such as this one, featuring the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge, an assemblage of skyscrapers, and a fast boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/035095d0-30b7-40f2-a152-f326b77e6c20/j12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Likewise, this stately view of the bridge flying the flag atop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d51fa875-47b4-4140-a5ba-a6cd8b86d46d/j13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn More good views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fb7b802b-5f01-468d-ba15-48bbbaa24c87/j14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Here’s a pairing of the Brooklyn Bridge (top) and (looking north) the Manhattan Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/62d806fb-655e-4479-89ab-bd7e0b830633/j15.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn The Manhattan Bridge seems wedged between old DUMBO buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0d4c5a2b-b090-480c-830d-04967fe087b8/j16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn This is the bridge’s underside . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0ceb1132-7c33-4492-b78d-bb43a838a00f/j17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn and here are its highest points. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8065d0c4-73d4-4982-a383-1ee3358b0be6/j18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn I also like to shoot the bridge seeming to rise out of the DUMBO greenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c658323f-4ff4-4055-b99e-63be557e0e73/j19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Here are wide angle and close-up views of Manhattan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fd758a87-0769-427d-bcf4-d2dfb6f57825/j20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn The boats add a certain energy . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fef0d9ba-60ee-4611-b6a8-a08898534328/j21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn . . . . especially the yellow water taxis . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8b0c83ec-f110-4199-b04d-00c23bb14de4/j22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn – and it all leads up to this telescopic view of the stately harbor lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/466acac7-eacd-44f8-9b9d-33d6c74b1ffe/j23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Opened 45 years ago, the River Café, nestled alongside the East River, has long been a staple in an area which has now expanded around it. The café features good food and superb views from right under the Brooklyn Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d4a33488-51a0-4468-bbdf-ad151e66d9f3/j24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Shots of the River Café’s garden and a view from its interior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/287a632d-31f0-41cf-9211-6f52ffa9606a/j25.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn The scene now switches southward to the venerable area known as Brooklyn Heights, described on Google as “a posh residential area of elegant brownstones.” There are also some wonderful larger structures, such as this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c7225922-8ee2-40e2-b2a0-d0510f80c5cc/j26.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn “Mr. DeMille. I’m ready for my close-up.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ea376280-259f-40eb-9227-48e628397be5/j27.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn More shots of the same structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c268fa66-2dc2-492c-8c75-6228e37ec00d/j28.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Here’s the entrance (top) to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade (below) and its wonderful views of Manhattan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fd669ef0-25c7-45ed-9ec7-c0217a066767/j29.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Some sights along the Promenade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ee5c12a0-25cf-4005-9371-4fa18ef0ee8e/j30.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Views from the Promenade. Those are Manhattan ferry terminals in the bottom shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ecc49779-37dc-4814-99b6-3ac95d8d0125/j31.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn A marina dominates the foreground . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/54fbb11a-aaa7-40a0-b540-621a659cdab7/j32.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn . . . and we’ve gotten closer to the Statue of Liberty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/18fe5c64-2791-42cf-b68c-c7c81b7e4dbd/j33.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Here’s a floral farewell to the timeless architecture of Brooklyn Heights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b02c364e-24ab-42ad-a7b8-be90139563c6/j34.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn On last month’s journey out to Coney Island, Gent took me to a lovely pathway under Brooklyn’s end of the Verrazzano Bridge to Staten Island, which is where we’ll close today’s Brooklyn odyssey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/58be7829-48b2-48a8-ab69-56ef8b8d8694/j35.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn The bridge spans the Narrows, the body of water linking New York Bay to the Atlantic Ocean. It opened in 1964 and was the longest suspension bridge in the world (4,260 feet) until surpassed in the UK, but it’s still the longest span in the Americas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d918ad81-74c5-4680-aeef-be0ec3118fc2/j36.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Here’s some watery traffic around the Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5fa0ae7a-7f0c-4908-a362-3a03ea9a3253/j37.jpg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn Here's how the span looks from two vantage points. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f4a9cde0-fea7-4239-b5e1-ae5dc2164013/j38.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Discovering Brooklyn And we close with a direct view of its underside. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/animal-farm monthly 0.5 2022-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5696bf63-bb4b-49b7-9e55-754a365dd673/A1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm It’s the time of year for some animal photos, so I moseyed over to Silverman’s Farm in our weekend home town of Easton, CT and got some good shots. This placid scene is one of my favorites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/380de877-ba44-4e1c-9348-55c729cd038d/A2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm I’m going to leave you wondering just how this critter mounted the platform to moon visitors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/525dca70-14e0-4db9-8136-c80e7c8fc6ea/A3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm The farm is an ideal setting for kids to get the experience of feeding the animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f53baf44-a8a4-4748-a3e4-125e81942e43/A4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm The redhead caught my attention. He was a little tentative at first but a real trooper by the time of the last shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/956829f5-dc3a-42f0-9059-b655fe4e20d3/A5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm The right-hand glimpse, from the viewpoint of the animals, shows that adults can also get involved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3a2dab1d-ffed-4a3d-8ebb-0d94205c74d5/A6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm This lucky girl not only fed animals through the fence but, to my surprise (and with her looking quite unflustered) found one that had “escaped” the barrier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6de3f49d-b520-451f-8f40-52aaa41c06b6/A7.JPG Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Here’s my favorite view from the inside out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7a3a8374-64e9-4926-951e-21a7231fe194/A8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm The roosters strutted around, making loud cock-a-doodle-doo sounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4381c0cb-fcf8-4566-85fe-a8c9c119d9b0/A9.JPG Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Here’s my top big bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b04416c9-20a4-4592-8dba-6be2895c53de/A10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm This guy just decided to take a snooze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ef3f45e3-525d-4ab8-8ebc-21ebb8772789/A11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Here are two more calm pastoral scenes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1895d560-06a5-4b93-8d4c-d8e5dc3fea95/A12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm South American llamas and alpacas have invaded CT . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/559b954f-47ca-4bb4-bac7-e084affa71d1/A13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm . . . . as has the Australian emu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e3f96125-ef8d-482c-a274-070d8d14886b/A14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Say hello to some homegrown cattle and buffalo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c1855d28-4ade-4645-8892-3d302b60997a/A15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Critters at rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b7642617-06f2-45c0-883c-4b9c0e30b570/A16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm There’s no real connection here, but I’m taken with the images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/167f1b46-04ce-4793-bbd2-60fb902cdd5c/A17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm This porker is not so pretty . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/62717329-87b3-44fb-b711-2428509d6b1c/A18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm . . . . but the bunnies are cute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a2cdc05e-b98a-4c91-b940-a69c0d7eba23/A19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Check out these guys below proceeding in formation to the shindig above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bc30a9df-158a-431d-8f4a-b9a4a34f5cf3/A20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm The farm also has a lovely garden featuring the above objects (plus hummingbirds at the far lower right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/268a3af0-271e-4674-9727-36d6969bc3f4/A21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm A few floral displays from the premises. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8f54b644-3960-4c40-8c9b-2f94aeac840b/A22.JPG Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Give the farm credit for providing a decorative comfort station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/faee3956-55c7-4b8f-ad54-cb8b32d4ca3c/A23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm A lot of animals look even better in black & white, as can be seen with this buffalo. So we’ll view the balance of the portfolio from that perspective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/49fc4c70-d8ff-4eac-b21e-85dcf4d7caa4/A24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Such earnest expressions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7b00405b-5ad4-48cf-8fcf-5a024d0e0860/A25.JPG Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm That’s about as far as he could get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/60c1547b-f9b7-4210-bd43-48f49353d4e7/A26.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Don’t these guys look better in black & white? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/42ff75cd-d201-45db-b225-6f9418aa6f1a/A27.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm You may miss the touch of red, but otherwise these roosters fare well in this medium . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fb8e838c-365a-437c-a1a5-3e7b5940ecc6/A28.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm . . . and the bunnies are made for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/112b4848-07f3-4766-8740-308d174bad1f/A29.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Here’s that snoozer again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/48d54356-2711-4eb6-a87f-c8ea599e05e6/A30.JPG Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm Our South American guests . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5cf4470e-3bac-4a50-b4fa-022f29bbac90/A31.jpg Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm . . . our Australian import . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/18ea6311-a218-4e3f-847f-5cfd75c9bdc4/A32.JPG Photo Portfolio - Animal Farm . . . and a charming peaceful domestic scene to exit the animal farm. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/historical-memorials-in-dc monthly 0.5 2022-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4b5dfeb6-0156-4ddf-8152-c9dc186855de/U1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. I recently spent some time in Washington with my son Erik and was able to work in a little photography. I chose to shoot pictures of government memorials, especially those connected to our history and wars. This telephoto cover shot focuses on the base of the Washington Monument, with the Capitol in the background (although appearing to be right alongside). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/051a03e7-7a27-4a16-8054-ea01c88b838b/U2.JPG Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. Here’s the majestic Lincoln Memorial in which Abe sits enthroned, celebrating the successful conclusion of the Civil War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/007a89e8-c27f-47b2-99af-0d7c79d0ec2f/U3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. On a summer Sunday, the Lincoln Memorial attracts many visitors – human and also canine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e5d2cbf3-8ea5-4483-982f-921a1492a683/U4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. More of the same, close-up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7f7adcfa-a3ac-4855-83e7-c3ad3f26ac3f/U5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. Out in front of the Lincoln Memorial, I spotted a neat juxtaposition – a couple of Vietnam vets being impelled in wheelchairs, while the younger group travels by Segway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b5ebcf98-cdbe-47ac-a227-756e6c7ab5bb/U6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. With the melodies of this jazzman filling the air, many people stroll along the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool toward the Washington Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6a848a55-da8b-4704-b151-d119980ac9a5/U7.JPG Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. Here’s the Washington Monument-times-two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1799cc33-44a6-4087-a3d7-4a0d830dabd2/U8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. The base of the Washington Monument once again, plus some long-distance shots of the White House and the Jefferson Memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3fa87774-e0cf-4483-a6b8-5f516091fb5d/U9.JPG Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. The U.S. Capitol – long may it stand (and with no further incursions). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3e89b868-bd76-48f7-b5a7-f3240cb9a2e2/U10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. That’s Daniel Webster top left, and General Winfield Scott Hancock on horseback who is surrounded by temporary tent lodgings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dcf9725c-94ab-4a14-a136-68af668888ac/U11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. These views of Arlington Cemetery were taken from a road outside its perimeter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/42b9040d-5cb9-40eb-bb94-e14ebc635380/U12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. The mammoth Smithsonian Museum, originally established in the mid-19th century, occupies a number of buildings in D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e1b3d07b-fb0e-4c4a-b570-6ef8ecef8494/U13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. The newest of war memorials, still under construction, honors our participation in World War I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1bfbfc7d-b200-43d5-b0e2-6abacdffb1bb/U14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. Renderings from the World War I Memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/73554d35-78af-4d8a-98cd-ed6c094394f1/U15.JPG Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. Close-up of a World War I Memorial exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/15c6fe1f-83c9-4f30-ac5d-81f787e22d1e/U16.JPG Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. The famous flag-raising on Iwo Jima – a salute to our World War II warriors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/430fb77b-0332-4ad0-a5da-d2558504c4fc/U17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. Close-ups of the men in the Iwo Jima statue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7dffb950-80fa-47c7-93fb-3c382a793ec3/U18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. A relatively recent memorial is dedicated to Dwight Eisenhower, the famed general of World War II, and later a U.S. two-term president of the U.S. (That’s Ike as a boy in the upper left.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1c246b7a-2482-4223-8f0d-236e85d0343b/U19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. One of D.C.’s most moving exhibits is dedicated to the veterans of the Korean War (which I missed being drafted to serve in by a couple of years). The chilly and frightening atmosphere around the Chosin Reservoir is memorialized here by life-size replicas of a platoon of American troops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d506d1b6-92b0-48cf-97d6-9dd2a1f95571/U20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. The Korean War Memorial (continued). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c1267658-f43f-4e38-8da3-a3841d541c0c/U21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. The Korean War Memorial (continued). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/63d349b5-0de2-4d04-9bd6-230663c4a567/U22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. The Korean War Memorial (continued). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9110603f-f53f-4422-bf65-b15a8867a717/U23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. Some close-ups of our Korean War troops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ad2ec2fb-a07c-4c9a-ae30-5d3d74fc4c6a/U24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. Now moving over to the Vietnam War Memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/df4bac4e-5260-4b6d-9b74-b64481187f3c/U25.jpg Photo Portfolio - Historical Memorials in D.C. This is the evocative statue at the entrance to the Vietnam War Memorial. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/fall-photos-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c9287a07-8b00-497e-a387-2d2327013ea5/P1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 There’s something about the way the colors of autumn in the northeast create special images each year. Here’s a watery scene from near our weekend home in Easton, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/308c0ff8-ecf8-4e6b-b74b-42c36514ace2/P16+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 The colors pop up both close and away in the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/46446853-f6fc-4b43-9775-4c0ccb22921a/P13+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 I spotted these early Fall images along the back roads near our home – not much color but some worthwhile shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9acd5bf5-8ef2-47f0-9f92-204861ebf048/P4+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 Here are a few shots from the picturesque town of Southport, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b1c64719-a777-4362-b500-32adbd98ad76/P2+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 I spend some time each weekend at the home of our good friends, Dick and Carole Eisner, in the neighboring town of Weston. Once the Fall leaves have been raked, Dick and I play octogenarian tennis on his court, while Carole’s colorful and imaginative sculptures adorn their front lawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b87ea8e1-013a-41f2-921e-cd6d0cf19893/P3+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 Here are some scenes from our home. The big trees in the bottom shot were planted as little shrubs by my wife Barbara and our friend Bill Silver a decade or two ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e52b1746-d0d5-4c76-b20d-53525506d08f/P5.JPG Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 In September, we went down to North Carolina for Barbara’s high school reunion. We stayed at a hotel in Durham, and I photographed its golf course from the window of our room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7dc58dbf-47ff-416e-aec5-7b5afa1fa6f1/P6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 On that trip we paid a visit to our grand-niece Kate, who is a freshman at Duke University this year. For me, the Duke quad surrounded by dormitories was reminiscent of the quad I lived in as a junior at Princeton 67 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c4387fa0-0a4d-4a77-9b19-194c4bd693ce/P7.JPG Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 These geese were spotted near the lake in Barbara’s childhood home town of Rocky Mount, NC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a57bb160-a002-493f-9421-084bd4a0fbd7/P15.JPG Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 Now I’m back in NYC with a photo from Carl Schurz Park near the East River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3bf02b3b-b9f2-442d-841f-b6ded985aea3/P8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 Barbara took this fine shot of Central Park with her cellphone from the window of one of her Fifth Avenue brokerage listings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d123be17-1feb-435a-854a-afc765fbcd83/P10.JPG Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 In October we went up to Cambridge, Mass for my 60th Harvard Law School reunion. We stayed at a Boston hotel, where I snapped this photo from the window of our room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d4d2bbe9-1501-4821-92c6-7d40312c3bba/P11.JPG Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 Here’s another shot of Boston in the Fall taken from our hotel room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8d9eff08-a14f-4ea0-8491-53079daa07d9/P12+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 These buildings are part of the law school where the reunion was held. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5cc10c0b-6b7b-4263-85e6-e58eff264ab1/P9+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 That same month, I visited my granddaughter Paige at her school, Masters, in Debbs Ferry NY, and encountered some interesting images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0b6628a6-385a-4c16-8398-8d55bb95fe87/P14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Fall Photos 2022 I’ll close with a shot of what late Fall looks like in CT, with the trees stripped of their leaves and awaiting the snows of winter. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/cathedral-duo monthly 0.5 2022-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/75db73c1-4efe-4bdb-b3e5-74ab3c828f17/1A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo In 2021 and 2022 I paid visits to the two largest U.S. cathedrals – in New York City, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (left), and in D.C., Washington National Cathedral (right). I’m proud to include my photos of these splendid edifices in the blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82e21a55-585b-49ba-bf9a-f9bc556f545e/2A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Let’s start with St. John’s, the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Although construction was begun in 1892, for a variety of reasons it is still an unfinished building! – although nevertheless ranked as the world’s sixth largest church by area. Here are some views from around the outside of the cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f93d7d8f-889c-45b0-9e7b-796456e0c46e/3A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Segments of the front façade on Amsterdam Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e8f30ea-cbf3-4946-966d-da8a80f05b4f/4A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo More of the same – the size emphasized by comparison to the two step-sitters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/97ca212a-3403-4bde-b7ca-63a13c894522/5A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo These individuals are located on the cathedral’s façade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4f96e6f8-3786-49b6-842a-2e7d2c15e731/6A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Some sights from the adjacent garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f9561ca3-8556-4823-b44f-0e4d77639793/7A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Side and rear views of the cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/86e7c3b7-d59e-49bb-b93b-c21e9dbef7c8/8A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Now we’re inside, and my lens wasn’t wide enough to capture the tops of these structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8ace1e85-564f-486d-951e-c71b7be00252/9A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Some decorative stained glass . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/350d8e4f-5e88-4d81-bf90-1bcb17befe29/10A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo . . . and the stained glass highlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/620dd607-dd14-46a7-9496-4c198fea6202/11A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Such lovely ornamentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fcdf244a-c4cc-4281-bfab-f083625670c1/12A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo More of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d5e1b052-01c4-41d2-8877-ea1325dfd3ad/13A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo The Cathedral’s Columbarium (upper right) – a sacred space for burials and the committal of ashes, still in use today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b04527eb-5e54-4adc-9982-25f5adf65617/14A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo As I mentioned earlier, the cathedral is still unfinished – and here is some of the work going on daily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2f5e55bb-f536-4169-8e1d-3c0e4a56d826/15A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo This evocative sculpture by Meredith Bergmann commemorates the planes striking the twin towers on 9/11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5231b54b-f5d3-45e4-8742-2666ea380125/16A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Now shifting to D.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a69a8d58-d6b9-47e6-a878-feb26126d43b/17A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Here’s the façade of the Washington National Cathedral, located at Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues in the northwest quadrant of the city. Construction began on this Episcopal Church in 1907 and was completed in 1990. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f06c8afd-7330-4fcb-b99b-463927e4704b/18A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo The cathedral was designed to play a role similar to Westminster Abbey – a national shrine and a venue for great services, “a house of prayer for all people.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e4b5857-7e31-4821-aaa4-a1eb334dc288/19A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo I put my telephoto lens to work for these close-ups of gargoyles adorning the façade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3fc2cf83-c420-4760-b0dc-f0c011719289/20A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Here’s what the cathedral looks like inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3a4a1233-2d1f-4bb1-a2ba-aff3d1c61a33/21A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Some wonderful stained glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5bde8b35-e704-4692-99be-1ebeac63418a/22A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo More interior views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d98ac45-e61b-4036-adba-93aeb24c649d/23A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo Elegant ornamentation . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fcacdd2a-050b-4ffd-ae33-193a5d166897/24A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo . . . and more of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1dd0e8ad-046d-4994-856d-2d6199b2c91d/25A.jpg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo “Light a candle . . . .” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5b1856cf-2f49-42dd-a583-746faaddacaf/26A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Cathedral Duo I’ll close with the cathedral’s exhibit featuring the text of a poignant letter Abe Lincoln sent to his Springfield friends in February 1861 upon leaving town to become the president of the United States. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/photos-featuring-words monthly 0.5 2023-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c669296c-aff4-4dbc-9c43-f95a685af1a8/1A.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The common theme shared by the photos in this portfolio is that each includes a sign or plaque or some other written material that comments on, or helps to clarify, the overall picture. For example, this first photo captured my attention when I came upon it in a small California town some years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9d83df23-deaf-43ab-b474-df0102cc0e83/2a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words I’ll admit that the gull doesn’t look handicapped, and the beach-goers aren’t exactly wading into the surf, but in each case something about the juxtaposition of words and scene caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/59194351-f4c2-4ce5-9f3e-868166cada43/3a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words What better way to distinguish just what university you’re visiting than by a recital of its name. Here, it identifies the schools that my granddaughter Delilah (Johns Hopkins) and grandniece Kate (Duke) are currently attending, and, the University of North Carolina, where my wife studied some years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/481b4563-590a-4d12-aef9-cc8e1a9e4467/4a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words And then, of course, there’s my school, Princeton U. The buttons adorn the hat of my deceased classmate, Bob Rodgers. The Class of 1956 plaque that my roommate John Doyle is pointing to is attached to the front wall of historic Nassau Hall – a choice location that I’ve prided myself on securing (as class president back then) for our 25th reunion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/240c344c-6fde-4011-9930-644b3552a7a0/5a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words One of my favorite recent activities at Princeton reunions is playing the piano (and singing “Forever Young”) at the annual Battle of the Alumni Bands – and I'm introduced as the oldest participant they’ve ever had. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/42fa90fb-17a2-46cd-9cee-02c9eea3b8e6/6a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The cheerleaders and Princeton band spell out “Old Nassau is #1” at a homecoming football game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/00111c89-ba02-4c5f-b4ef-3e9a0081be7d/7a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Here’s the spacious indoor arena that hosts Princeton’s basketball team, which featured All-American Bill Bradley in the 60’s and beloved coach Pete Carril over several recent decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cb85cc01-29f0-4548-a35e-cf1c2fc57e44/8a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Times Square is full of signs touting Broadway shows and such, plus giving us this neat juxtaposition of “Wicked” and “The Truth”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cb1b77e3-c382-4c70-aa47-a39f2d399fb7/9a.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Just in case an observer wasn’t aware of what famous Manhattan department store occupies this block, the signs let you know the answer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f93c08ab-d9e3-46e6-9265-6604cd2aa911/10a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The famed Washington Cathedral not only features some prayers, but also the full text of a memorable letter by Abe Lincoln to his Springfield, Ill. neighbors as he embarks for D.C. and the presidency in 1861. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f6843238-908b-483a-bbec-e18b182043b8/11a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The Met lets you know whose Cloisters these are; the Columbia undergrads dominate the waterway north of Manhattan; while NYC’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument features the names of famed Civil War battles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7a248f01-0cf8-409f-ab0d-2efc4f524083/12a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Here’s what’s on the walls of the regal arch at Valley Forge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/47b7c649-e0af-4a37-b5f5-ac85c4ce0ed8/13a.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words And in case you might wonder which cemetery this is, the plaque on the stone gives it away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/377396e2-66e1-41ae-854f-9e707ba72325/14a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The memorial to World War I in Washington is still a work-in-process, but this big sign and the smaller wall inscriptions regarding the warfare and a top general let you know what’s up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c8d4d19f-4cf4-41c2-a133-bbf946810880/15a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words At the Dwight D. Eisenhower memorial in Washington, the inscriptions behind Ike’s figure attest to his dual role as commander of D-Day troops and later U.S. President. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5b8064b7-a59c-4033-8401-40b0a7de8c93/16a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The number of casualties and their names adorn the Korean War Memorial in Washington – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b12c0fe5-d2e8-467f-9e9b-e25bb3e862b5/17a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words – plus a pertinent slogan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eed0e405-59da-4f99-8b7f-225d53c5a5df/18a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Across the way at the Vietnam War Memorial, the names of the deceased tell it all. (By the way, I’m guessing that the few names on the lower left photo may well identify the first to die in that conflict.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5fd600dc-9c14-4b14-81b5-1e7774ce3968/19a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The name “Dumbo” (including its backward version at the upper left) refers to the area of Brooklyn accessed by the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/114bbeba-e155-460b-8019-28764ad41651/20a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words We’re still in Dumbo here, where you can see the evolution of West Elm from the scribbling on an old wall to the fashionable shop nowadays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7e63f061-e968-44da-8f76-bc69f887e836/21a.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Look closely and you’ll discover that this establishment is Dumbo’s fabled The River Café. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4d2cf56c-9c02-473a-8585-07ef9232d398/22a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words A leading restaurant in Portland ME sports a small unobtrusive sign outside but a giant bar when you step inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/614ac90a-0b69-490d-a1b1-d1a44aaff48e/23a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words That’s my wife and cousin Michelle waiting for other family members to join the dinner party at – you guessed it – the Locale Café & Bar in Closter, NJ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/95782f2f-ffb2-4652-b87d-a94f3832b5e0/24a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words </font size=+1>Immediately following the 2020 election, Manhattan establishments exhibited a real fear of impending destruction, and many of the biggies – AT&T, Ralph Lauren, Hermes and Jimmy Choo – decided on boarding things up to protect the glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/355360ef-f485-49a0-b921-d85742c02b4f/25a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words </font size=+1>Last fall Barbara and I travelled down to her old NC hometown, Rocky Mount, for her high school reunion. I was impressed by how they commemorated classmates who had passed away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6de92a92-594f-4efa-9594-2411011dcd24/26a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Here are three Rocky Mount landmarks. There’s the Booker T. movie theatre, dating back to segregated days, and the Piggly Wiggly grocery store, still going strong. The structure at the lower right was a youthful hangout during Barbara’s high school years – The Goody Shop – and although no name was ever displayed on the building, the kids knew where to go . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/66fc9095-2363-4f3e-bb9d-69efa03b33ec/27a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Still in Rocky Mount with Barbara, I snapped shots of what had replaced her mother’s Past’n Present antique shop and her father’s Star Furniture store (including what’s left of the partial sign at lower right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/42e94959-81fc-4906-a8f4-56ab6a4a500e/28a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words And here’s the Rocky Mount cemetery – or at least the section of it where Barbara’s mother and father can be visited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/966dea50-a35e-4272-8656-9722b34b6a4b/29a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Now we’re out in Coney Island, where the famous rides have well-known names – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/65f91159-6604-4c8b-9596-462a7116247e/30a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words – and Nathan’s hot dogs dominate the culinary scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5515497e-42cc-4fe6-b9d2-d3a02d18dd91/31a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words I also visited Playland in Rye, NY on an off-day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f2c71dff-c65b-4b30-9d7b-f19e63010a26/32a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Here are some lesser attractions at Playland and Coney Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8348399f-0edc-44e9-a032-d37dbfcf48fe/33a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The sign (as well as the iconic street lamp) identifies the wintry Central Park location of Cleopatra’s Needle, while the “Imagine” logo draws you to John Lennon’s Strawberry Fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4963e1bb-4018-4d7f-be17-15403d3cf77b/34a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day parade identifies many of its attractions, including the state of South Dakota, Jennie-O and Hooper’s Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/61590f02-a101-4003-a37a-4ee421952b5d/35a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words The sign points the way to the Napa Valley vineyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bb33b6ec-8ee5-4363-901f-7941a9e83169/36a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Here’s some writing that caught my eye – the psychic readings in New Orleans and the warning at Silverman’s Farm in Easton, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/710f4503-0c89-4a14-9288-afc7944d6a1b/37a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Three historic signs near the sea in Portland, ME. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0602bfa4-5863-432e-9ab5-f9b52ca95801/38a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Helpful labels on display at the annual Memorial Day parade in my weekend home of Easton, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/237c4454-1ef2-46aa-a49c-d92cfad2a037/39a.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Alan Patricof, my high school classmate, knows how to sell his recent memoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0141906b-cde1-4a27-80ca-b3d8e0ac325c/40a.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Sometimes you don’t even need words to convey a specific message. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/460b0e32-87e3-4101-b4c8-17e9fd56b2ca/41a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words Here are a few family shots. That’s my granddaughter Delilah with me (she plays a mean game of backgammon); my grand-niece Kate celebrating her high school graduation; and my sons Erik and Tom strolling down the main street of Park City, Utah during my last ski trip with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2c1df149-428a-4d77-ab55-b32c8b9b45a8/42a.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words That’s my granddaughter Paige and her father Erik, erecting a cautionary sign for the roadway approaching our CT house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/107f9df4-b54b-43f9-a89b-e91bea48d8d8/43a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words My parents are buried in Westchester’s Kensico Cemetery. Here are some shots of what’s visible under the huge twin bushes that mark their final resting place. (Note the photo at bottom right; when I visited in 2021 I had just finished my memoir “The First 85 . . . .”, so I left a copy for them to peruse at their convenience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/089651e0-38c0-425b-82d8-3e550033bdef/44a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words You can see benches all over Central Park that pay little tributes, like this one at the top that lifts appropriate Beatles lyrics from “In My Life” . . . . Hey, that bottom one (at 72nd near Central Park West) is for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ae2356f-e84d-4371-821a-787a67559705/45a.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photos Featuring Words And what better way to end this portfolio . . . . https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/orchid-show monthly 0.5 2023-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b610679e-3177-4c9d-8aa5-b9101922b3a9/P1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show The annual Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden – currently in its 20th year – is on display until April 23rd. I took the photos in this portfolio during the 2019 show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6bbfb5f2-620c-486d-b25f-dd2b26d6045a/P2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show A little Botanical Garden warm-up before getting to the main event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eb1ea58b-76bf-4a4a-90ed-0ddec81d34f2/p3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show ♪ “You make me feel so young . . .” ♫ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6871bbf8-faee-4b83-8ea0-ffcaf5d23f1d/p4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show I was unaware of this annual photography bonanza until Tina Ravitz, a friend and fellow photographer, introduced me to it that year. It's well worth attending. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4d6e840f-9844-4a07-af7e-142d999fef3a/p5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show The 2019 show was housed in the Enid Annenburg Haupt Conservatory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bb4e53e4-d4cc-4209-a8dd-5a3abdc3ffbb/p6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show We now step inside to where the beautiful flowers reside – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c76c97b9-cb8d-4ed8-b560-7e071dc1ca8b/p7.JPG Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show And it’s this kind of sight that greets you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d9222171-2c28-44af-b16e-25d2f53a2ce8/p8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show My horticultural knowledge is minimal. Tina has been helpful in naming some of these floral offerings, such as this shrimp plant (left) and jester tulips (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a91059a9-8aaa-4970-8b91-4e0b30537594/P9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show Some additional yellow blooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/55c48f83-702c-4700-8dd3-efc0268a6cec/P10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show The orchids (above the tulips) are called dancing ladies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/546fe05c-812b-49cf-80df-03726fa274e3/P11.JPG Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show Switching now to white and featuring first a water lily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e6fa8f73-e8c7-46bd-bbbd-025fa9f88ebd/p12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show All orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/96405e05-03a9-4c3f-8e67-2d3154027938/p13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show All orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/94eb45cb-0fae-4136-a6d8-e8dd64bee388/p14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show All orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a8b2e9af-811f-4889-bb2a-be5134d49214/p15.JPG Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show A red tulip leads the way to more colorful displays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5a852440-dec8-468b-be29-7790428c9997/p16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show In the center is a bromeliad, which is all I know about this threesome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/338703a9-190b-4ec8-a7ea-2b0f2729f930/p17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show Tulips and a jester tulip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dadd88e8-1d56-416b-8daa-8be0757800c6/p18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show All orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f853d14a-0cee-4a46-8e75-a7c175c7318a/p19.JPG Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show And here’s a purple member of the tribe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e6a5b968-56e9-4ae8-8295-d7dda70bbc52/p20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show All orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0946b67f-d90b-4829-ae22-54b975cda5ce/p21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show All orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d22af70-4ab0-4eae-be25-f50739dc97cf/p22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show All orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/db108572-3436-4a2d-b3eb-987251f5f031/p23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show All orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0f634f5a-658a-4553-afbe-9a20800c7457/p24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show A touch of pink orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4a8f197f-ae15-4951-8f2e-51db8d54a280/p25.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show That’s a bird of paradise at top left, but I haven’t been able to identify the other two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/70f220d0-f9f7-4d56-8303-039ef1221f47/p27.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show A montage of greenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8f8c19ed-5dfa-4ff7-be0e-51bfaea8afc4/p26.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show Orchids on the left, succulents on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c41f118a-e77e-4d38-a8fd-953ff1b091e5/p28.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show “Sausage-shaped” succulents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2b54376a-10eb-407b-8767-ec6127efb59f/p29.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show Now we’re getting into the cactus area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c022dba4-5376-4756-bce1-61e84588114e/p30.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show Cactus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4dcffd05-a30e-44d8-a524-b9cdefebd9d1/p31.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show More cactus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6bd17044-e297-4f04-8824-c52ba1b2601d/p32.jpg Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show These two succulents really caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ffdda1bb-6832-455e-b5fd-f4e4a7ae6989/p33.JPG Photo Portfolio - Orchid Show And I’ll close with my favorite of all these images – a bona fide orchid. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/my-final-ski-trip monthly 0.5 2023-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/16883d6b-5bbb-4303-8cda-274292da1d11/1F.JPG Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP I wanted my granddaughters to witness the old man skiing into his 80’s, and seven years ago my wish was fulfilled. In March 2016, the girls, Delilah and Paige; their fathers, Tom and Erik; and my wife Barbara and I headed out to the Deer Valley ski area in Park City, Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1a7579a6-348a-41d7-a5c5-7bfbfaa1d5b5/2F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP Park City is conveniently located – only a rather short drive from the Salt Lake City airport, just behind these mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/32644226-4d84-4317-a987-c52d56b025d8/3F.JPG Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP This is the first memorable sight upon entering Park City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/389b4a0e-f667-4333-ad3a-f8d7fc790e55/4F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP Here are two views of the delightful town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bc4dcf61-9500-43ab-a8e2-40509a5716a6/5F.JPG Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP This is where we were staying, close to the Deer Valley slopes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/30bd39ff-0d4f-4347-b131-5166a31a0b91/6F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP Superb vistas such as these were all around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/66dc2d17-273e-4a56-8012-8967eb763bfd/7F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP Chairlifts abound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/52279cb5-b771-4213-8af4-c9a87d31bed7/8F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP Oh, how I miss scenes like these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0ea960ac-a42d-4d17-b6ad-f6657562e547/9F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP These are some of the slopes I skied on . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/066260b4-57a2-4207-bb41-85d103190b2e/10F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP . . . . and here are the mogul slopes where better skiers plied their trade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1bf9a403-b9b7-4e95-b850-983464636278/11F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP This is Utah Olympic Park, a training area for would-be Olympians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8489ab66-9cf3-4e54-9ca7-db6a7ce113fa/12F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP Stein Eriksen, a great Swedish skier, was the virtual godfather of Deer Valley. Its best-known lodging bears his name, while a lifelike statue graces the entrance to the ski area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0f064df3-4b3b-4bd6-bbae-790728c423a5/13F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP These handsome sculptures caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1c9c46c5-ecb1-404c-9bc3-1e366a4ff8ec/14F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP Here’s the family (minus the photographer). That’s (L to R)Tom, Paige, Delilah and Erik on top, with Barbara added below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2a563f7b-78b8-4bf7-8369-ea7ce8910580/15F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP The girls were really into this vacation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1d9f1fde-38fa-47a5-a3c2-8914b9f92e75/16F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP They even posed for grandpa’s camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9a37ec34-692f-4a2b-8f47-99fc99fc25c7/17F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP After a post-ski hot tub, they tried out the lift right next to our lodgings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3365a116-a56f-481e-ac0e-85d5581a13eb/18F.JPG Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP Barbara took this fine shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/942e179c-8dab-46b6-91f5-c9a168f69e91/19F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP More family . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8ef11c52-c56e-4a89-9bd4-5ff1f374f7c9/20F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP . . . and even more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5e3253d5-d991-4a82-9260-7e28af60c3c6/21F.JPG Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP As good as it was, this proved to be my final venture on the slopes. (Note the absence of skies attached to the boots of the second guy from the left.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/679de910-2beb-41af-8f29-7b3ba65afdaf/22F.jpg Photo Portfolio - MY FINAL SKI TRIP But what I thought about, as we drove out of Park City back to the airport, was how fitting the trip proved to be to conclude an activity I had enjoyed for so many years. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/spring-is-here monthly 0.5 2023-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cc15e814-7beb-47b0-8b00-52127fab3b9b/1A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE In these northeastern regions I inhabit, the most enchanting season of the year is undoubtedly spring. Here’s a portfolio dedicated to spring’s bursting into bloom recently in Easton CT and New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4542182b-70c9-40f3-b936-09fffc5cb216/2A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE On a fair day, one of my favorite end-of-winter pastimes at our CT weekend home is to lean way back in the hammock strung between two huge oaks and gaze up at the angular display above – bare branches and limbs beneath the blue sky, with no leaves yet appearing to clutter up the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/16a253fc-9219-40d2-880f-4ce23c7cb74b/3A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE And then, one day in late March, I noticed some tiny ornaments puncturing the heavenly view, and actually increasing the pleasure offered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/41617577-3d2a-4894-a575-1100b7fdc376/4A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE As April took over, there were also stirrings in other parts of our yard. That bare stone fence, for instance, welcomed a brisk new neighbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bd31abbd-ff62-4197-b600-6e9d73c90f67/5A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Other sproutings began to occur, including these handsome hyacinths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/08108f7b-2eac-42b4-9512-65a0d63ca54e/6A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE And with April now ensconced, say hello to the perennial forsythia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/933717d8-bea3-43fc-9c1f-99bf55dca8f0/7A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE These two immobile doggies who survived the winter together now welcomed floral neighbors – as did the tennis balls that my wife Barbara determinedly bats out to our live critters in all seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/26421d08-d03c-4337-a691-06c8747c6297/8A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE More flora – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4528fa18-9854-464e-9c24-07f29417ffcf/9A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE – And more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2adc16ba-7270-4707-85c7-41a37e8850f0/10A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Now it’s getting really pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f3b068e0-26e8-4a14-9660-584c07cddd44/11A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here’s a grassy grouping of the smallest intruders (dandelions), while the spacious azalias sprout over our tennis court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0ffbf890-72d6-489d-a62a-0f093a8aa063/12A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Nothing signals the advent of spring on our property like the blooming beauty of this handsome weeping willow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/66df3405-a95f-443f-b961-380a641b4b68/13A.JPG Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here’s the entire picture of what’s been going on this month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cb9d588c-16d3-48b5-9d06-f62186e6d35b/14A.JPG Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Once more, from a different angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e5329f51-8f84-40a1-bfd4-fa980d0dea21/15A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE One day, I noticed a strange sight on our back deck – a whole dead fish – with our place located almost a mile from the nearest source of water. I couldn’t figure out how it got there, until . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/141eda36-a0be-42d2-b9b7-5fe2c0f1760a/16A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE . . . I noticed a speck in the sky above our big tree. Was it a plane? No. When magnified, it looks a lot like an angry bird of prey, who probably just lost his hold on the fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5ad4e46a-de30-4343-9cd8-c7240ad36c35/16AA.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Some final shots from late April – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9bcc2c89-dfa3-433b-9de9-c1b523921675/17AA.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE – including the welcome addition to the scene of the color red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/94887179-1489-42a8-aa9b-b935b4e05faf/17B.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Now we’ve shifted locales to New York City, where the initial flowers I encountered were right in our living room – some beautiful orchids we’d received as gifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1dc5855e-5138-48aa-acee-aa526b585f89/18A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here’s how the yellow display looked when highlighted by the rays of a vivid morning sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bacea95d-3927-491a-b1ba-5d5f6a33efce/19A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Barbara plucked some strands of colorful flora from CT, placed them in a pickle jar, and motored it down to Manhattan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8a085fe8-e835-4e2e-9837-043c4033091d/20A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE By now, the Park Avenue malls were awash in tulips. Query, though, how did that one yellow guy sneak in among the purple horde? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/529d6143-49d1-4dbf-b765-44383b632cc0/21A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Heading for Central Park, I encountered one of those bike stands that abound around Manhattan, plus the indomitable vendor of hot dogs etc. who occupies a post near the Park’s Fifth Avenue entrance at 72nd Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b9e18e05-0a67-4c54-8109-c7191cf364b9/22A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here are some of the views you see upon first entering the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6ec6bd6b-1d51-4717-8490-7276adde5d47/23A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE This blooming tree makes a good backdrop for cyclists – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3711b063-917f-40b3-a109-0b67676e782f/24A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE – as well as for horse-and-buggies – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5bfe337c-5962-4cf4-8e98-5b3dda92efb7/25A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE – and even for Flat Rate bicycle tours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5b15ebab-d856-4487-a069-a3d255d74db8/26A.JPG Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here’s a nice park view – at least if you’re favorably inclined toward those recent spindly towers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/93bf3b03-1d1e-45f2-abfe-530dea57e4bf/27A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Now I’m heading over to one of my favorite park vistas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bed0d7ee-1a4b-4482-b18a-ca516fce2728/28A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE It’s the statue of a Puritan father amongst the blossoms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/95397ebe-0dc4-48a0-9d27-721e8fd343db/29A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE This is how he appears up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8dfa2fdc-0d7c-4c41-afa0-55ea2651d54b/30A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here’s a view of a big tree – and look! – the pilgrim father’s head is right there in the crotch of the trunk (courtesy of the close-up). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/74880d0f-c6ed-4022-9ed5-230c99a190fe/31A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE We now leave the 72nd St. area with a view of this very attractive springtime sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2ca4d462-1586-47cf-a568-1e2cbc0f5a62/32A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE My companion, Gent Zeneli, and I were driving along upper Park Avenue to our next destination when he spotted this tree-like growth seemingly sprouting right out of the big stones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e0d630c7-5fb4-4c1c-b9aa-c0d680000980/33A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Our next destination was Central Park’s legendary Conservatory Garden, behind this entrance gate on Fifth Avenue and 105th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ee8fa88f-1c59-48b4-9a76-5dae9cd8831a/34A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here are the first sights you see upon entering the Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2cbd2030-cc9f-4dca-9e77-89e75020e32e/35A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Then there’s this semicircular pergola covered in wisteria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/13373a54-631f-4cac-97c7-4ab890a9b6e4/36A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here’s my favorite statue in the Garden, with the spring buds framing her lovely head and her reflection glistening in the pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/73034555-bbcf-4d62-86cb-a8134e471bee/37A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE There are plantings like this all over the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2172097c-51c9-49ac-a85e-3a13364185ce/38A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE Here’s what that last one looks like up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4413d9ec-9e5d-41d3-9648-e43a1026320d/39A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE There are several red, white and blue patriotic offerings – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cc107081-f5f3-4c8e-b285-c3a146bc5298/40A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE – which look like this up close – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cc5a2840-ec81-4664-8e62-fd86dd94dafe/41A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE –and better even closer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/666c2d8f-8958-439a-a87c-5d027a9a4d37/42A.jpg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE There’s a lovely walkway leading away from the flowers, where I asked Gent to pause for a seated photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/18eee314-ecc2-4d6c-8022-c86d3b15b603/43A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE This is the last sight you see as you head back to the park exit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bdb37fb9-2c1f-4e1d-a389-1236658a99b6/43AA.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE But I couldn’t omit this arresting photo of Central Park that Barbara took from one of the Fifth Avenue apartments she’s been retained to sell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/20b46603-bbb5-4cc2-a001-79b6903a5d03/44A.jpeg Photo Portfolio - SPRING IS HERE And here is an earlier shot that I will now leave you with, from this wonderful early spring of April 2023. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/atlantic-city-junket monthly 0.5 2023-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1685028886760-SN63YR3J10GDH9LT7A2K/A1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Notwithstanding our geographical dispersion, my sons and I try to get together at least once a year for a brief guys-only vacation. This year, in late March, Erik, Tom and I revisited Atlantic City, NJ – a convenient outpost for earlier trips. Here’s the view of the beach and ocean from our room at Caesar’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1cc5525e-eedc-4c1b-8507-0223d1cbae31/A2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket The views north and south, also taken from our room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1685028935468-QGE3Y3G22J6AXO4EZMN3/A3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket When we arrived the day was bright. . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e99b5218-abd7-4a5a-a736-66b745926754/A4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket . . . . but later turned quite foggy . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1685028989114-O7AETE36P9ZR2M4WCMHC/A5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket . . . . until the next day, when it was brighter than ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a2ae4086-10d1-4db3-8da0-92f1869c1d01/A6.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Each morning we took a stroll on the deserted beach. The weather was crisp, often windy, but quite refreshing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cfa731bf-5518-40ce-9bdb-f63a23d3f935/A7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket The sole signs of life on the beach were this little vehicle and the tire tracks it leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/be5577b9-6e65-4485-8f01-af2a76c1a84d/A8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket I like the way our lengthened shadows intersect the tire tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c4038f0e-7747-4912-ad89-a886fcad706f/A9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Here are two views of the building famed as the former home of the Miss America pageant for many years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e0c312a1-a70f-4fc9-898d-573d4710803b/A10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket A few of the hotels located along the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/99bc2b4b-cc16-4c3f-bd58-914bb86f7f7f/A11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Here are my boys, Erik (l) and Tom(r). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d7552de6-f8af-439a-bea4-31c7aac53a09/A12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket This café sat alongside our hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9440f4c5-aeec-4f10-a451-2244252327c0/A13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket According to Erik, the slabs were intended to be the floors of small outdoor balconies. The building was never finished, and rumor has it that a fear of suicidal leaps by disgruntled gamblers nixed completion of the balconies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9df12da2-7f29-45ea-b3fe-6e48ba03ec2c/A14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Some final views of the Atlantic, with a single gull on the beach . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9e30d328-cc95-4940-881e-dad65a9a0a5f/A15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket . . . . and a pair on their stilts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/11b72004-7da7-4019-8bf4-248602230964/A16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket The guys pose for their dad in front of some hotel paraphernalia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/084278ce-f46d-44e2-9e83-064670d720f0/A17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Speaking of hotel paraphernalia, how about these relics of days past . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6713db40-fb05-4136-a630-4defa36679cd/A18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket The adjacent down escalator leads you to the casino, which is the main reason we go to Atlantic City (since it’s closer than Las Vegas). We did pretty well this time, almost breaking even. I don’t take photos in the casino, but I couldn’t resist this shot of Erik and me seated at our new favorite craps machine with two large dice bouncing around for flavor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f91666a5-369f-4bd2-b2dc-694e38fc5082/A19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Here’s the scene outside the casino – lots of coins in the fountain to trigger lots of good luck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6ab3f94e-a05f-4ef0-83ed-26f3e12d7810/A20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket When we visited A.C. back in 2014, we took the top photo at our favorite hat store in the Tropicana Hotel. As you can see below, we revisited the store on this latest trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b5e709ad-27db-481b-82b6-7ec1df55c378/A21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket We had some wonderful meals – here, a big dinner at Nobu (I’m sipping sake from a masu cup) . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fca0a21f-5c08-4b03-8e93-4e4f07303ac7/A22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket . . . . and at superb steak and Italian restaurants . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/791e706e-af04-4a85-9c4a-a273d2ba9964/A23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket . . . plus hearty breakfasts and delicious snacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f4750398-aa2c-4491-9cbe-dc841e9d13e5/A24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket We held a few impromptu jam sessions in our room – Tom on guitar, Erik on bongos, and me on harmonica. (See the April 2023 music entry to my blog for some idea of what this sounded like.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/49819504-277e-46ee-a3e9-4385b80e89aa/A25.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Now we’re getting ready to leave town – but first the need to adorn this statue with our “ndy” (“not done yet”) caps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3dae2c91-a4af-4a2c-9a89-d794fb58bb40/A26.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket What’s this Roman guy holding in his right hand? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0d0077fd-df4d-419d-afb3-fa510d8a1328/A27.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Oh, that’s what . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82e6addf-f9f9-4eee-884c-03972495ae34/A28.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket The ending of a great (albeit brief) holiday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e5bbc80-86b4-413c-9e08-788589cd096a/A29.jpg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket One final ride in our favorite stretch limo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5289101e-0e83-4c33-b602-589b94c6648a/A30.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Atlantic City Junket Hey, boys, I’ll see you guys again on a 2024 trip. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/princeton-reunions-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ddd7597e-5774-4f62-a24c-1914d6ca1b11/0.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 Here we are in May 2023 at the 67th reunion of my Princeton Class of 1956 – the second year that we’ve been classified under the rubric “Old Guard”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9afa5484-e643-448f-bcb7-651341c8d473/1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 But first, let me set the scene. And at Princeton, everything begins with venerable Nassau Hall, which housed the Continental Congress back in Revolutionary times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eb8d90de-3fd9-4e5b-afc7-84a197502c82/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 These Princeton Tigers do yearlong guard duty outside the front entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/60fcb6b9-ea44-46f9-b6dd-97c4793576ba/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 (Top) Nassau Hall’s distinctive bell tower. (Bottom) This plaque honoring our Class of 1956 adorns the front of Nassau Hall – affixed at our 25th reunion in 1981, when I was serving as Class President. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/609086d1-9d7d-42b1-813e-ea7fb1bc4de6/5.JPG Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 An archetype of the venerable campus I knew six decades ago. (I'm not completely sold on the extensive "modern" additions of recent years.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e38187b4-8f6e-4035-a21d-b0796cb9f28d/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 A few structural embellishments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b7ea719e-b0fa-4e9d-abb4-3362e0b554be/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 (Top) This is a poignant memorial to Princetonians who were World Trade Center victims on 9/11. (Bottom) The Joseph Henry House, originally built in 1838 and moved three times before its present location near Nassau Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/994e1916-ee2c-4749-8889-bc37334686e6/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 Stately rooftops galore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/54a971a9-e22c-4dd7-a4ef-88a25ea62992/9.JPG Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 A familiar campus panorama anchored by Blair Arch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/469bcbec-8265-4d33-85dd-0065d73ce8f0/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 Some nearby dorms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/103c7184-2fa7-4925-bd71-3ca7aad58f37/11.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 Frankly, I can’t place this building, but I do like the shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1a1d9186-b6cc-489d-bac4-2c0822aba2e1/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 The 65th Reunion and the Old Guard shared headquarters at Forbes College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cef9ae56-51b9-4281-8e48-f2c213dced64/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 The front entrance to Forbes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7f19257d-2013-4c12-afe9-e33f4cd27e14/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 The view behind Forbes, gazing out at the Princeton golf course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/33c87111-c8b6-44cd-96ea-caf9aeed49f9/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 Every Reunion Friday there’s a daytime Battle of the Alumni Bands, which I’ve lately been participating in as the solo ’56 representative (and oldest entrant). I open my annual set with <font=italics>East of the Sun (from P.U.’s 1934 Triangle Show, the year I was born) and close by singing the evocative lyrics of Bob Dylan’s <font=italics>Forever Young. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/208ca7ed-51b9-49da-9eaf-179a655a2fe8/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 The locations for the 5th and 10th reunions and their satellite classes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2dfbdcab-4c06-4629-b245-40cb92207787/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 Now it’s Saturday, which is highlighted by the annual reunion P-Rade. The top view is through the University’s front gate on Nassau Street, as Nassau Hall prepares to be besieged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/833cda51-ba2b-41e5-a0df-487aaca167aa/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 While some alumni pose for a picture, Princeton’s president marches off to deliver his annual address to reunion attendees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/10a2429c-0c6a-4603-b7a7-1abeb7caf141/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 (Top) This class photo is taking place on the steps of Clio Hall. (Bottom) These faces and messages will be hoisted on high by alumni in the P-Rade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a6539a2b-07f6-4c19-895b-cf3ff20bf5b4/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 Student-driven golf carts are provided for those of us oldsters who want to participate but are leery of walking the entire mile-long P-Rade route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dccc5359-c57c-40bb-a3b1-8b14dbe60b90/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 But when ’56 stepped out, I was on my feet (wearing my black "ndy" hat – “not done yet”). I stayed erect until the classes lining the route were sufficiently young that I couldn’t possibly know anyone in them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a5e8cd99-cd3d-44ce-bbf1-0ac2fc9dcc97/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 Scenes along the P-Rade route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dc11528b-222c-44be-9522-c8ae3e3e7800/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 A big tiger, a troop of bagpipers, and some old guy toting a cane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a7b94e6f-1c1b-4856-8cac-e90ba93795a5/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 I finally sat down where I belonged, and then finished up with my son Erik, who had come down to Princeton to make sure his dad emerged upright. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/babfcda4-d021-4794-90e1-ee78ccf0fe11/25.JPG Photo Portfolio - Princeton Reunions 2023 ". . . in praise of Old Nassau . . ." https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/an-afternoon-at-the-zoo monthly 0.5 2023-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/316253b2-87f2-473e-b4c3-3d7971b75cea/1.JPG Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo There’s a terrific small zoo in Essex County NJ named TURTLE BACK ZOO that I visit every few years. It’s not far from New York City, and I recommend it to any of you who, like yours truly, relish an afternoon with the animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/976fca95-6953-424d-a5e1-6eacedf5993f/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo The people responsible for Turtle Back Zoo had some real imagination, as witness these shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/567c8950-10da-4235-9814-693803933e1d/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo The zoo even boasts a fine Merry-Go-Round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/10cb74f3-cb9e-416c-91df-412341ee8ec4/4.JPG Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo And just tell me – in what other zoo can you find a sculpture as touching as this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/771c0ebe-22e6-4de7-87a0-846fb5a9bd6b/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Let’s start with the smallest animal – the prairie dog – playful little critters . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c0d9d014-ff01-4109-9f71-af20cf4de11f/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo . . . with which intrepid kids can get up close and personal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/363787ba-aaa1-4e0e-8d33-1cc8ddcd12ba/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Switching now from the little guys to the burliest bison around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b7bf6e01-0bc2-4979-a331-08432769082a/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo The buffalo was easy enough to spot, but the spotted hyena posed a problem. All I was able to achieve is this shot (below the sign) which I believe is his rear end. The red panda was a little more available to photographers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8222c36b-5105-443b-b136-a95c2d765ade/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Now we’re entering Big Cat Country – one awake and watchful, the others snoozing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bd19f592-7e09-4028-ab98-28c7c8c06856/10.jpeg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo But these lions, although prone, are plenty awake . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/140cc091-cf6a-48b4-8a04-65e6c724e08a/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo . . . from any angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c95a84d2-3573-483d-8a19-e653772f19ce/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Check this cheetah out closely – you’ll see why in a moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f0a10d60-5c71-4e74-98ef-736492119d58/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Turtle Back Zoo is the home base for an extraordinary friendship between two best buddies, a cheetah and a dog – although I have to confess that the bottom left shot was the closest inkling I was able to get. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4e114800-2abe-4421-8f46-dae2f23df548/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo There’s a lot of imaginative statuary in this zoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d66c31c9-4c07-41f0-97fa-e1f31e8da644/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo The porcines above are for real; the one my buddy Gent is sitting on is not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/09664961-4750-4e63-98bf-29839e1387c6/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo There’s a pony ride for the kids . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/11555ce0-3c84-40e2-b834-4b7202966fd4/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo . . . and some goats to feed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cfa796de-40a7-4bf6-81fd-9ff3e04ad1a1/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Two antelopes at rest and asleep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2a4dd84b-085e-4167-86e0-88a2f8d57d1a/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Some creatures from the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ef1bf244-5aa5-4417-a969-996af728e953/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo The peacock is the most exquisite member of the bird family . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/73dd17c4-7fc8-41ad-97aa-2b0d85448f14/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo . . . while the pelican, although of real interest, is perhaps the homeliest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a90357e8-580a-45b6-a267-b5eecbbb3a6e/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo The eagle at rest; and the wingspan of his sculpted image towering above Gent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/73ac779f-c941-4f6d-90e9-33b05fc5cd40/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Of all zoo animals, my favorite photographic subject is the giraffe. After this introductory quartet, I’ve picked out five shots of the breed that really appeal to me, as we say farewell to Turtle Back Zoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/774bd80d-82e0-47a3-b3ff-6560d16f8deb/24.jpeg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo What a duo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/54f8124f-9dc8-4d8b-8947-8101cab8efb0/25.jpeg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Who’s that peeking over the flora? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0f5d2727-dbca-44f3-9f89-97ebefec34f0/26.jpeg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo Forming the letter “y” – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6a33c69a-beed-4740-bfff-d93fb989bd7f/27.jpeg Photo Portfolio - An Afternoon at the Zoo – and showing they really care. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/a-week-in-northern-california monthly 0.5 2023-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1692717108960-5ORLW40R3X7UFWPCSER4/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Last month, I spent a week in Northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/466e5e95-0b5e-4f96-b0f3-a4c2f8ac3241/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California It was my first real out-of-town vacation trip since the pandemic struck three-plus years ago. I hitched a ride out there on my friend’s private jet, and took some good shots of the views outside the windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8fcf8883-0f28-410f-a558-3c5dfb133f49/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California More views from aloft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e8223d04-7185-4118-9fe8-5f0e4d73c6ca/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Coming in for a landing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/00521900-07fe-45fc-bd53-3511b05f59e1/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California After I enjoyed a few days with “the guys,” Barbara joined me at the Montage Hotel in Healdsburg, a center of Sonoma County’s wine region. That’s the entrance to the hotel (behind the grapes), the lobby and the bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/57a55792-22d2-457c-a361-8ecd98586dfe/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California We lunched poolside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3f346d9d-b2df-407a-9c49-3c45bb00bb1f/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Lush surroundings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/16c415a7-5390-4980-948a-f254c80ac1cc/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Vivid skies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2eb22958-e2f7-486b-871c-ffc2f1783674/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California All the rooms of the hotel are located in free-standing structures such as those at top left. We ate breakfast each morning out on our flame-equipped terrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a5e2e89f-d745-40a9-b275-030868efae58/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Here are some views from the terrace . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c8684000-0102-4288-af2d-e20fe85a3290/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California . . . as are these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6ccc2408-47ef-44cb-ab29-9dd74ef82c89/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California We surmised that these gentlemen were not visiting Martians but rather crop-sprayers. And guess whose shadow that is pointing the camera in their direction . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/69ccfc40-390e-423c-8382-02ceabfdddb6/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Healdsburg is a lovely small town with abundant shopping (to Barbara's delight) and fine eateries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ad0f93cf-5e66-4def-a36d-0e5aeef402ec/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California This is the little park in the center of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/530f966d-ed2d-4582-b28a-0f02911d523e/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Lots of flowers abound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9bdef126-a228-45c2-a5a1-212e99b836ab/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Speaking of flowers, Barbara took some fine pix on her iPhone throughout the trip. Here are four with a floral theme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/732421cd-bd59-4543-adfd-4a18e6c0e007/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Willi’s is one of the better restaurants. We never tried the one whose name was simply “Restaurant.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a55169fb-c646-428d-ad9f-d53aedf60742/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Barbara recorded my cravings from the tasting menu at Dry Creek Kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/344a8a57-e184-49d2-ae07-e1989b88ef30/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California There’s an attractive winery called DaVero right in Healdsburg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/691cbd43-c012-4777-9b18-01c805c891cb/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California It has a lovely extended garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/58c4a7e4-4130-4765-a4e5-4bade199c8ad/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California And not only does it boast a fine dog, but also a cluster of pigs that Barbara wanted to bring home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dfd4f1f1-8374-4825-a272-31a610e1af2b/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Here are some of the flowers in the DaVero garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/622db381-256a-481b-a866-ada44cd1c675/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California We journeyed by car outside of Healdsburg, this vineyard being one of the sites along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/295670af-4abd-4e1b-8be4-44af88f3a1eb/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Here’s what it looked like through a telephoto lens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bc52ac83-0e5a-45ba-b07a-68f8fa4bd1b1/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Not to be outdone, the Montage Hotel has its own vineyard, with differing varietals in each row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/22818658-a0e5-4b54-a412-cd96c62b603b/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California And the grounds of the hotel feature interesting foliage and even some green apples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/74df0931-518c-435a-8be1-6625aa59269c/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California On this particular day we ventured further afield to Lake Sonoma (less than a half-hour drive). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0308f7bd-f619-4b79-b795-3a191a399a5e/27.JPG Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California This scenic bridge spans the banks of the lake. <font=italics>Please note the single pole at the extreme left of the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b22a941c-73f9-4c3b-9bc8-434101437970/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California The top of that pole is the home of a family of ospreys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d97ccecd-83ee-46bf-b3fe-93f8b5734599/29.JPG Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Here they are – up close and personal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/022fff12-8fba-44fe-ab7f-764f695dac50/31.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Now we’re viewing the bridge from its other end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fcf8ee32-41fc-496a-9fc1-6d95272a4bdf/32.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California I’m not sure what this structure was meant to be, but it does offer some interesting photo opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/32a4f1ec-5359-433c-8d25-d614ce7230ba/33.JPG Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California From on high, we had a fine view down to the lake’s boat basin, nestled ‘neath the handsome surrounding hills – a very scenic spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4a71292f-a722-4196-b833-c820f84d4898/34.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Here are some closer views of the boat basin . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b2eb94ca-8bb5-4f99-8270-477aa2c69da4/35.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California . . . and now we’re right down beside it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1dc945bd-e95a-48a1-a393-a9e6bc226f3e/36.jpeg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California The next day our venture was to a fabulous forest of Redwood trees about a forty-minute drive from the hotel. Check the relative size of the trees on the left, towering over my dear wife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4b557ca1-7041-4d07-9ae1-caae5acadb50/37.jpeg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Now she’s perched on the right under some tall trees that just won’t quit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/97233e79-5802-4b5e-a5de-6838b8a33b18/38.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Here Barbara unleashed her lens and returned the favor to me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9140c0e9-8254-4b67-aaed-f15f98d0759f/39.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Some offbeat shapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9e437e3c-2c56-4eb1-abcb-c3f85f5aaaad/40.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Barbara was in her glory here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/625cb591-149e-48ce-a688-1a90bfc4d41c/41.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Not everything stretched to the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7d546817-d662-4a58-8a60-b9e63f54ed07/42.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California We stopped some passersby to snap us in joint poses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/41e3b341-b8ee-4d39-b17e-6aca15425645/43.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California Well, it was a worthwhile trip. Here we’re approaching the Golden Gate Bridge on our way to the airport – but the fog got here first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8f75520a-787d-4cbc-82f2-96f364ecdc19/44.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California We made it though, and here are my pix from on high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cbd1060a-7120-4078-9d8c-d3d2444c410f/45.jpg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California More aerial shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8e9b27c7-783c-4f68-92ad-8ac3292ce401/46.jpeg Photo Portfolio - A Week in Northern California And here's a good one to end the portfolio. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/2013-photo-album monthly 0.5 2023-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5dfe3353-9dfc-4b31-b074-cfd645150a72/1+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Ten years ago, my mother, Marcella Freund, passed away at the advanced age of 105, her faculties intact almost to the end. That same year, I also lost one of my best friends. But some good things did happen back then (including an anniversary visit Barbara and I made to St. Martin). Here’s my photographic tribute to that significant year a decade ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a44d62f4-9b40-4140-a7ad-f6bdb815dec3/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album To go with the palm tree at sunset, here are a few 2013 views of St. Martin where we spent our honeymoon in 1985. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/65796c35-5981-42c1-9b0b-689aae46808f/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Barbara and I also took a brief but enjoyable trip to Laguna Beach, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/00b43e19-ea99-4b9c-a58b-6f189249301c/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album The hawk (who was tethered) showed up at our place, but we had to dine elsewhere to attract the hungry gull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b35d7fca-d747-4908-8163-efa4476039fe/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Our hotel sported this handsome pool – but amid the glitz of Laguna Beach, I was drawn to this more earthbound sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fb5496e1-2d24-4e5b-bacc-e7721cea56c5/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album We went up to Maine for a few days, where I took these shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/852351b6-81b7-40c9-9c7f-9c4a680dc479/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album This traditional white church in Easton, CT (our weekend location) has long been one of my photographic meccas – as seen here in spring, summer and fall settings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e733af57-0da4-4ff6-ad8c-139d5b4abd1f/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album My favorite tree in Easton appears to be attacking its owner’s dwelling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1d12dc50-18b0-4e66-b122-560846c152aa/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Here’s more of Easton in the spring and fall. The colorful trees (bottom right) adorn our back lawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5407f7c2-2424-4523-8aeb-5a92d6102e3c/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album We don’t need to go out west for watery wonders. Ah, Connecticut . . . . The top left waterfall is near Lake Waramaug; the rushing torrent at top right is in Weston; and the bottom scene is near our place in Easton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6acf764e-0cf4-450e-8324-dde827aefb1d/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album I’m drawn to photographing in and around cemeteries. These photos show spring, autumn and winter scenes from one in Easton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/931aed32-5180-41e9-b12b-55a7dd6840c6/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Now we’re in New York City. The clipper ship was berthed at the South Street Seaport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bb2e67a9-0c5b-4873-bf4a-a17df5ad60b8/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Central Park has been my prime NYC photo bailiwick. This triad features the interplay between spring blossoms and Cleopatra’s Needle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/14f486b0-1d4e-478d-a000-0ccb249430ec/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Winters in Central Park can be quite scenic. The reflective façade in the middle photo belongs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d262e181-1067-40e5-80a4-3ae0045c5399/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album These nocturnal photos were taken from a friend’s terrace one Fall evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0b928c30-4d60-449c-b826-2d7436c970f5/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album If you can’t get to Africa, photographing the animals at the Bronx Zoo is the next best thing. This towering polar bear is taking a breather on its ersatz ice floe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/005c9bce-72d0-4617-be30-b3d6163c55d6/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Here are some more arcane species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/424c9466-3609-466a-a6fa-94a3ccdb527f/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Observe a carnivorous tiger in repose and a fierce-looking snow leopard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/10abb3aa-76dd-4015-8cb7-cfaa956848ef/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Guess who’s coming to dinner . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2d75739d-dd32-40b1-8bf8-abb9364c5f03/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Reflected flamingos, a long-necked swan, and a tiny bird sharing goodies with his buddy at the butterfly pavilion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5957ca8e-4db7-481c-8e84-e3c5e256435f/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album You have to visit the monkeys and gorillas. The little ones entertain with deft maneuvers; the big guys generate menace; at times, many of all sizes seem to be looking you right in the eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d04160b3-044c-4c4c-bf13-a38eadd4f0bb/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Giraffes are especially photogenic – especially alongside an ostrich – but my favorite shot is of this loving smooch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3cee4773-7c6d-4bdc-bbea-719bf46e69d9/23.jpeg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Speaking of big guys . . . . This one even generates its own bulky reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2d24ce56-64be-4b9c-adfe-52a825d557b1/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album I recommend a trip down to the vicinity of NYC's Madison Park every November 11th. A vast array of Americana comes together to kick off the annual Veterans Day Parade. These five pages contain some of the images I snapped a decade ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/26fa4898-f1f9-40fd-9dbf-7d780ad334f4/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/06cb5197-51bd-4640-bf43-18fb7cff57f1/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d3f7eb96-3bd0-4ba1-bc9a-4a8fab6cff9c/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9e4ec6ad-016f-4a3b-9b26-ea0aa634d027/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6fdf8de5-d62c-4e4a-a400-682831687a8f/29.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album I’m partial to black & white, as in this portrait of Central Park’s Belvedere’s Castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/994afc92-726d-4054-ae35-c863ae9993e1/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Also in Central Park, here is Bethesda Fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/86944afa-7769-4480-a33b-6ca820a1d06f/31.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album These photos were taken on the Northern California coast in the vicinity of Mendocino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ef9977b7-1950-4975-8e8e-afb036df3708/32.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album Here are some b&w shots from the Princeton University campus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/01a132b7-dd07-4e45-b2cf-9cf4036c3c1e/33.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album I’m fascinated by what I call “A Touch of Color”, where I add some original color items to an otherwise black & white picture. Here, the flag and the crest signify you’re at Princeton University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2a0dcc8e-bd72-424b-821b-3999b4142990/34.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album More touch of color – a Manhattan spire; me playing at a city-wide event featuring painted pianos; and the flags at Easton’s annual Memorial Day commemoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/325a6699-a678-4845-9f23-391543582278/35.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album At it’s best, the touch of color calls your attention to what’s significant in the photo – as with our beloved Buffy in the window-cleaning scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ce5f8665-2bb7-47d0-8fc4-fd98f4d16674/36.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album My mom, Marcella Coleman Freund, was vibrant almost to the end. What a great run she had! These photos were taken at her 105th birthday, where she was in top form – giving me an ambitious lifelong goal to strive for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ebb6923b-201a-43f0-8907-e7c667f64468/37.jpeg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album These are my sons Tom and Erik, plus Erik’s daughter Paige and Tom’s daughter, Delilah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a77acf10-a8ab-46ec-81b3-bd1ce41f96cc/38.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album My long-time buddy, Bill Silver, who had become a special part of our extended family, also passed away in 2013. Bill loved to “goof around,” as in these snaps I took at a Manhattan landmark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/72ec6d55-8a17-4e8d-8da2-0b4d238b5ae6/39.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album A decade later, we still miss Bill very much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6e5b6ef3-8baa-48d6-9a4f-8ff69543e28e/40.jpg Photo Portfolio - 2013 Photo Album We close with these pictures of a reflected sunrise (above) and a sunset (below), which were taken from the terrace of our East Side apartment. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/the-gates monthly 0.5 2023-10-27 https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/the-2023-fall-in-ct-and-nyc monthly 0.5 2023-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4323d49f-6ba3-4742-96e2-9d1aadc084d2/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC This portfolio contains a number of photos celebrating the contours and hues of autumn in both CT and NYC locales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0fa6ff2e-25ce-4ebc-881c-a1523cf953fd/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Let’s begin with the reflections and shapes found in Fairfield County, CT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f4b6b8f4-dc69-4efa-b558-2b8771ef629b/3.JPG Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Bereft of leaves, the tree limb images come to life in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/73d1a558-d5a3-423e-ab4b-f71c090c2910/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Shots of structures – such as this barn and a residence – are enhanced by the yellow and red shades of autumn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1e82cf78-c75d-4dce-808d-7bb483a1f5a2/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Colorful fall foliage obscures all but the steeple of this Easton CT church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a9e815de-8b33-4aab-8302-9781155ef220/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Leafy backdrops to venerable cemeteries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/aa192134-aa03-49f1-b321-670f5f85ae7d/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Here, the focus is on the russet leaves adjoining the gravestones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/be289841-a98f-4bb5-86fc-15c063c1ae7b/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC There is a running stream near our CT home, to which the surrounding fall foliage lends pictorial interest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e85ae8c1-0643-44fa-a9ca-a6a1341ff46c/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC A father and son test the waters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7820c202-f660-4a6c-aee2-8a1bb32ce784/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC More of the same . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1b7afdd7-9ea8-4600-9def-e2404b77efb7/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC . . . and more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/31ec6817-2e7a-41e7-838e-9efbf65e4e65/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC A big rock gets into the act. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eb7c41a1-25bc-4000-9626-135b9ff39cba/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Red berries and a green right angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5380b8a6-6020-47c5-b4e2-1ffcc35c4d43/16.JPG Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Here’s my favorite photo of the whole scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/85c4b7e3-9747-4692-96e8-f6165518be9c/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Now we’re back at the foliage adorning our weekend home in Easton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/41c37d48-ccb0-4e07-be40-d29649f5a7d4/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Trees that are halfway leaf-depleted . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/94194cb7-4833-4693-b3de-a3b262229809/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC . . . still soar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a0210a98-5466-4e02-9f52-c6a0d808b66d/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC A colorful backdrop for narrow tree trunks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/851be77d-3714-4563-9927-a0750f449489/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC A quartet of bright red foliage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c30639c0-d9a9-471b-8533-9f78756e3e2a/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Some scenes around our property – featuring Harry in the center shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2a879454-b3d8-4231-aec7-3652e70ecd69/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC On the road, with this intrepid photographer and a massive tree trunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c621880f-1a0e-4bd7-bcbe-62f357f8f251/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Now we’re in NYC, at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Riverside Drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/13fa3cb4-8d3c-43ba-81db-c11e6f60fe50/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Eleanor Roosevelt presides over the southern corner of Riverside Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f2b72d95-4517-46e9-896d-a6e0cbb65834/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Some scenes from the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6c39a2f4-a50a-4b06-ae0d-6f4c8d0f4b77/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Now featuring entangled limbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3f742bd0-4114-463a-bd6e-9d8c29743686/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Such an interesting tree, plus foliage masking a monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e4bbbf7d-ef17-4aea-9858-3e16ba0dcf46/29.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC The right-hand photos pair structures with adjacent autumn leaves; the left-hand high-rise stands on its own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e367e836-07a6-4611-a9ad-010553f78c60/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC More foliage adorning Manhattan landmarks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cddca991-5a44-40fd-b586-723ab4ff167e/31.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Now we’ve moved to one of Central Park’s most photogenic areas – the southeast corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d70eb0e-ddbe-40c7-9f87-6e3f34364d16/32.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC The sight of this bridge always knocks me out – especially when the ducks are in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bacbc44e-2d77-4d1c-988d-3f1a94bf68d9/33.JPG Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Those slim modern skyscrapers frame scenes from the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/44611026-1041-4810-9743-a68dc6efc640/34.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC More of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/302d8a88-aa76-4e75-a1dd-b44a0505e0c6/35.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Some scenic areas around the water.<font?> https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/de321f2e-d3a7-413f-86a3-24fe7678edf9/36.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC A traditional excursion through the Park, coupled with two of the more recent variety. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e42dbb64-c74d-48c8-a4a6-3a5323b5a4e5/37.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC One of my favorite C.P. statues (of Jose Julian Marti) near 6th Avenue and Central Park South; and one of my favorite furry Park denizens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/560a2bc3-325d-4290-9c2d-2447f5a89371/38.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC Entering the Park in the West 80’s, here are some scenes you might run into. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7ff0150c-38b8-457e-9112-66aa022859ef/39.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC More of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b7577565-fc84-484e-92ce-6f1427e13016/40.jpg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC And how about this twosome – first, the scenic display, followed by the kids (only minutely discernible in the first shot) at the foot of the big tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/83790d43-8ff9-4f48-af8a-7be13e255f0a/IMG_1660.jpeg Photo Portfolio - The 2023 Fall in CT and NYC We close with this shot, taken just before Thanksgiving, signalling the end of a colorful Fall this year. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/christmastime-in-nyc monthly 0.5 2023-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7e2405db-6be8-4d2b-8d2d-710c68296baa/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Another December in the Big Apple, and what better way to symbolize the scene than this view of the big red ball on 6th Avenue, looking across to the Radio City Music Hall where those fabulous Rockettes are featured in their seasonal delight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9acf2303-cd1b-4a55-82f5-6b2699bb7129/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC More big red balls, shaped in pyramid style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8ccf0a92-b0f4-41e8-a2d2-e400d3e0edda/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Another scene from 6th Avenue, highlighting those colorful guardsmen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5ce5bb8d-7acc-4a54-9c9a-c1783fc805a0/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC On the way home in a car from her office, my wife Barbara snapped this huge tree at night, plus a close-up of the big red balls – then over to 5th Avenue for a dramatic shot of Cartier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6bf10708-92af-449f-93ad-45f3a5cdbeb8/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Speaking of luxurious shopping on 5th Avenue, here’s Bergdorf Goodman and its imaginative window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3916898d-5e5e-44fb-a642-4feb6f0314ed/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Outside Bergdorf there’s an active market on the street. As for the bottom shot, I don’t know the women, but she was standing in front of this imaginative display and I was in a moving car and had to snap fast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/887f82a0-bf52-46af-adcf-dd17e9ffba08/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC These were also taken from a car on 5th Avenue, heading toward the big mid-street snowflake and then down to the yule-adorned lion on its pedestal outside the NY Public Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eca0076c-df68-42a5-b4e8-ab4d244772cd/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Behind the Library is Bryant Park, which features a host of food, tables, and other sights every year – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7ce797c4-3d0d-44aa-b81c-822c0e2658fb/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC – as well as a popular skating rink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b26d6157-565c-443e-996e-29fb6b458439/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC This symbolizes leaving Fifth and heading over to Madison Avenue (behind St. Peter’s Cathedral). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fc639cd9-7551-42f1-9e0d-f74b0098b27c/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC There’s some good stuff on the side streets as well as the avenues, as exhibited here – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/23f16869-b8ed-4edc-aa30-a386600b84ee/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC – and here – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b20d7b51-fb5e-4e16-ac83-e03642e6ddd6/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC – and especially here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/90beb8c2-ecc3-4801-999f-b9e68c82fdb9/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC My driver Gent next swung down past Herald Square for some familiar sights of Macy’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/895bbe44-ff8e-4740-a958-034bb7948411/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Now we’re at Hudson Yards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d57bf6c9-6e3e-4a20-9d01-1fb6558a7839/16.JPG Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC And here’s one of my favorite shots that I took at that relatively new NYC fixture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a5d191f2-d629-4a64-96a2-fa437e404636/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Hudson Yards also displays some balloon-shaped decorations and red plantings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d44e3d1-b6a2-4df2-8a04-c003c59bfaac/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Now we’re headed to Rockefeller Center, the heart of NYC sightseeing at Yuletide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/34c73ee2-2a14-4701-967d-d178a790ebe7/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC The familiar sight of the majestic tree, the famed Poseidon statue, and the skaters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c335f135-dfdf-47fa-8a0b-9886b1ee79a3/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC Here’s a shot of the tree-top and also a closeup of the decorations on the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/392d969d-a07a-402d-a2cb-946dcb6d3f6b/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC The ageless angels of Rockefeller Plaza, which a sculptor in my father’s firm was responsible for almost 70 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/81181084-5938-4bde-a6cd-fddbc8fdaa4a/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC More of the Plaza and that big clock on the façade of Saks Fifth Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0ad46800-882f-463a-885f-028bac762b2b/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC And here’s the Christmas tree and Menorah in the lobby of the building in which we live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4358e36c-a4b4-42b6-9f4f-fb3e10eb1501/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Christmastime in NYC I was not able to get out to Brooklyn’s Dyker Heights colorful Xmas show this year, but Gent did and snapped these three pix. I did visit this cornucopia seven years ago, and you can see the slideshow results (as well as hear my piano rendition of Pete Seeger’s Bells of Rhymny) by clicking the Play button on the video below. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/central-park-from-an-east-side-window monthly 0.5 2024-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7c73f2aa-9bb2-4eda-b5c4-dc1ef584e846/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window At year-end I used my cellphone to take a series of photos of Central Park from an 11th floor window on upper Fifth Avenue, I’m presenting the photos here without any further description, which I don’t consider necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2d7978f6-c4b8-4003-9c0e-680387f57c98/2.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5dfc9360-89c5-4522-b868-888d47ae6243/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b9ce90af-d071-451d-a086-21634f6817a5/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d4d66df4-8f9f-4512-b8e0-6803781370e3/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3685288a-509e-4f69-9afe-f482b8b1a2e4/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5bd975bb-f7b7-44f3-8f5e-1234c46b8c45/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/50006e0a-9feb-4f32-9b24-b01d9b1e5486/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5d4c5dfb-4297-4ec5-b8b3-b8e1666c74b1/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/69d22228-2d89-4eea-aafb-291a1e17ed05/10.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/95314279-ec8a-4b7e-ba4b-2ed3adec0c5d/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eed156d7-87ca-4d85-92eb-b6c33d118804/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4b6c7f1b-e257-4109-a093-f9c3e78b1521/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/51065986-0515-4009-a63d-c72ef2372f1f/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/63402cab-3c52-4457-86e2-1a6acc0903e1/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d2532a0-89e6-4f09-b8b8-e7bc8b0bc12a/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2ab45963-84f9-420f-ab19-2e390cdb60ad/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from an East Side Window https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/at-last-a-local-snowstorm monthly 0.5 2024-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0fb95e20-32b5-4408-a9ee-073c33cbbb8a/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM It had been a long time since my NYC-CT axis received a worthwhile snowfall, but the drought finally ended this month (at least in Fairfield County) just in time to provide a pictorial portfolio for my February blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d4c4d6f3-c0a9-4484-a8be-fe14a5754b58/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM All these photos were taken in and around our weekend house in Easton, CT. And by the way, I didn’t even touch my Canon and Sony cameras for this one – everything (including this b&w print) is courtesy of an iPhone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d69e9a03-a058-4eef-9b85-69ebba865349/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM You can’t see it, but underneath that snowy clump about 100 feet from the house is my hot-tub, which admittedly is rarely in use during the dead of winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6f0c10c9-f656-4c44-bc6a-81c24622699f/4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM You’ve undoubtedly seen this view before, but it’s one of my favorites – and sometimes even on a nice winter day, I manage to sneak in a little downtime on the hammock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/005e5e7c-6f5a-4c61-982a-58f96e93ef96/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM Just look at this nice thick snow . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1eff2ab7-d3af-4a4a-a2a8-f1eaa8a27c51/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM . . . . but here’s some that’s even thicker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ed73841f-fef4-472a-b811-e246f1af632f/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM The car needs some brushing off, but the mini-barn is snug in its element. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2b00d7cb-5419-4b41-9f56-999a33210b40/8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM Here’s a twist that caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dca0f882-1fc1-474a-ac9a-8c0ad6ac680e/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM One of my tips for photographing a fresh snow is to look for a white border atop horizontal tree limbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/097ace07-a92a-4ffa-b269-85644fbb6829/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM That’s our house – from a distance, up close, and inside-looking-out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/07ca5971-5686-41af-8a94-54cbee316bdc/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM Taken from inside the house – a row of icicles plus a telescopic view of the nearest highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/23be73c9-5203-4909-bdf9-8cf4f2777f91/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM What a wife! Barbara is out there early, scouting the grounds and dutifully brushing snow off the front steps for our seven dogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9db9f385-3c13-4687-bf58-b39a4f53e0e5/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM Speaking of dogs – here are ## 8,9, and 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/58e389ea-77e6-49a2-bce3-8cceb645080c/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM Back to the thick snow . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/300f5518-b590-41fc-83cb-63be48d11882/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM . . . and some hardy growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4e41e257-f029-40ae-936c-e56d7175fba9/16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM This is my choice tree – also a preferred destination for local wildfowl eyeing the now-empty bird-feeder strung from a low branch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6429e386-a62f-44fc-aa08-24be6f6a94f2/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM Here are some other sturdy trees, and a web of well-defined shadows from the big guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/af217f82-7946-4f59-a8aa-f5182c149364/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM You might consider a hammock to be porous, but enough snow collected on this one not only to cast a dark shadow but also to protect the greensward underneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a27ff706-95c9-4b69-98cf-2aa13e7f87b7/19.jpeg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM A nice wintry scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/756423c6-0e65-439f-bd3f-b93490881e53/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM Some signs of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a76339ec-2763-4def-b205-460fb179b032/21.jpeg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM And when the skies finally cleared, here’s the view that appeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f71d112d-1f33-4072-8d0a-e2b3482081f6/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - AT LAST A LOCAL SNOWSTORM As Irving Berlin put it so aptly, “Blue skies, smiling at me, nothing but blue skies, do I see.” https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/the-uptown-sidestreets-of-manhattan monthly 0.5 2024-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9f9306e3-8b9d-4856-9cce-c637c7ba0c05/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN There are so many unusual townhouses and other structures on the sidestreets of Manhattan’s Upper East and West Sides that I decided to give them a portfolio of their own. Take, for instance, this beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/be8fff8e-1b15-4bba-8cc7-9b25cbd32ac8/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN It all began many years ago with the so-called “clapboard” (wood frame) houses, of which a few still remain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/89553280-a1ce-42d7-900d-1119d170723e/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Here are two perspectives on a choice clapboard house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1710186655799-9OU9RQ5Y2F2L3WRML29U/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN At the other extreme, this big guy isn’t kidding around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6e5f046b-93b2-4028-8403-83a5e747fcf2/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Still, the slimmer houses offer a distinctive counterpoint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/00cdf032-3fbd-40c0-819e-1d772e7c8857/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Well, whaddya know, a white townhouse stands out in the midst of the usual brownstone structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8ca104a8-e799-4b60-b9a0-5612987541f4/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Check out these two corner views of a notable residence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5727fb88-fdbe-4f3e-8401-5df684e32da2/8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Barbara and I went to a few parties in this townhouse some years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/06b2ecba-1189-442e-877e-942f69edb8a7/9a.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN How about the ornamentation here . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9055ae42-9060-4da2-a084-4e0ad2dcb045/10.JPG Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN A very distinguished look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/789ae7da-399c-489f-a2c8-69ff116cee58/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Such elegant curves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b56545f5-3e8b-4a5f-8f29-989fdad378bd/12a.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN A little taste of Bulgaria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d7e0bd06-2773-4980-acfc-aa79f6613d0b/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Here’s a notable row. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/aa664d63-913c-41c4-a9bc-4d0a4bea0158/14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN I like the way the tree blends in with the white house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/783c911b-c52e-4bfb-815b-3bbebdb71cbc/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Some more white on the narrow house above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/30772c5a-e8a2-41f2-8539-d406bb8c876c/16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN And this white beauty boasts its own fire escape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/654f8f3e-d538-43f6-bc0a-0200dba72508/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN . . . Speaking of fire escapes . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/42f4b27a-27bc-4405-8a5c-5aae385246f8/18.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Here’s a rich coloration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2265f5c2-f199-4ca9-820b-209b4be7f20d/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN These ornamental trees come back into the picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b9e0f275-e29e-4993-a6aa-95210dda7449/20.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN A very delicate look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c08293e0-06ed-49c8-bea0-8ecb65dc8a02/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN A couple of bulges that caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a1e9332f-ee61-4c15-940a-f78737324ad3/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Another big guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/75dc5461-241e-4c67-a5f9-3ea432064925/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Some vivid contrasts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/84d32e85-ae20-49c7-a16b-232215731f5e/24.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Three spires and a water tank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0feab488-3509-4c67-a6a5-56bb237b932b/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN A chance spotting of this formidable structure one day gave me the idea for this portfolio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6c851f79-4981-4e7a-a1ee-01db406f520b/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Slim and elegant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/94e3a598-efde-4fc5-af01-7525fb62bb09/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Handsome homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e156b1d1-fb3e-4b95-b6fd-2d7f611781a4/28.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN One of the most impressive residences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/13fc629c-78e4-40a9-8c7e-8ad4839a2509/29.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN Windows galore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bfd3e84d-39b6-4cd4-8143-e43369b24cd0/IMG_2234.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE UPTOWN SIDESTREETS OF MANHATTAN And finally, one that’s included here less for its artistic merit than its notoriety – any of you guys ever been here? https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/carl-schurz-park monthly 0.5 2024-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/302865bc-dd9a-492e-bd62-3fff3766061a/1.JPG Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Mammoth Central Park dominates Manhattan’s acreage, and Riverside Park alongside the Hudson River has its devotees, but there’s also a delightful 15 acre public park in the Yorkville neighborhood named Carl Schurz Park that New Yorkers ought to know about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/410db127-03bb-4986-bf7a-97e3536c3e51/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK I made three visits to Carl Schurz Park over the past two years – the first in June 2022 (for spring/summer views) the second in November 2022 (for the Fall), and the third (finally!) in February 2024 on a winter day just following a long-awaited snowstorm. This first group of photos were taken in June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/96c733ce-6fe0-46ec-8e60-b3ad130aa399/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The Park, located in the East 80’s, is bordered on the west by East End Avenue. Situated at the edge of what was then the solidly German-American community of Yorkville, it was named in 1910 for the German-born Secretary of the Interior, Carl Schurz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3a46b2ac-6ec2-40e0-8ade-ff95e82b4529/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The Park contains lovely flowers, winding shady paths, green lawns, waterfront views, basketball courts, a large playground for children and two dog runs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d96dc3bc-f8ce-420c-8d9b-97893007b333/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK There’s a real uncrowded feeling in the Park, making it a perfect venue for taking a summer nap – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/086294d7-95f5-4023-bb1d-191041fa32a3/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK – by both man and beast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b051874b-ec35-46f3-a4f7-7684fba24a80/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK There are fine views of the East River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5ad396ff-1217-46c8-b101-a61a3dd4ec7f/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The Park’s John Finley Walk waterfront promenade is a deck built over the East River Drive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82e3d43e-2edd-4efe-85c2-b5a24bb8af69/9.JPG Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK I particularly liked this view of the East River facing south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/05eabf9a-1b7b-4c38-b6d0-ed3e82ed749c/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The Park is full of blossoms – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/881ad3c4-58ae-4479-9ea2-6381a3225462/11.JPG Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK – and greenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fa1f5815-0fb9-400c-a193-b36998bab05c/12.JPG Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Here a handsome Park plaza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82d7747e-1fd3-4ef1-8bf5-9e318c3d5e1b/13+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Now it’s November, with more Fall shots of the plaza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5db714bc-1cf5-4226-bc35-3e78f43eb21d/14+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Tall residential buildings of East End Avenue form an urban backdrop to the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f03f9caf-4dcc-40aa-bd60-6eeca89914e6/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The pleasant scenery extends into November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8740439b-459d-4eb5-b66c-2211834dc09f/15.JPG Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The Park is a haven for carriages, as well as the children in them – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/aa7433cc-df79-4f39-b192-cfbbcc3cb422/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK – as these shots can attest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c03dc122-8762-433c-b485-4d62b7a48b51/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Lots of fine trees are not yet bereft of foliage in November. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/15f8028c-c1a0-419c-aa4a-45e4d1133f81/18.JPG Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Oh, by the way, dogs love this Park too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d36180a3-a2ec-48b8-b415-a869c05a12ec/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The next four selections attest to the colorful aspect of the Park, extending almost to Thanksgiving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ea37999f-1d05-4d92-8132-af6e829c97b9/19+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d666c6fe-e35f-4762-a457-581c7c4f27f8/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/850c3720-2f36-4718-9b28-3cb8fa998d88/21.JPG Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/164b2ec0-d62a-4e51-a311-801f77651b81/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The bottom Fall shot was taken at one of the Park’s entrances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b744e3e0-c6ea-4011-ab6a-11d80c0cc241/23.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Now it’s February, and the Park looks quite handsome in its wintry coat of snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/232845fe-80ea-4eca-b1b3-8b36006b4212/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The winding stairways are particularly photogenic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/81ba22ed-6ece-47c5-bd92-a627446e499c/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Here are trees without leaves in the broad plaza of the Park’s entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/310d856c-23d9-4a32-a79e-d9ed82fe58aa/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Some greenery and colors are still on view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/41ad95c2-de28-4dec-b270-1c0204c2d02d/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Here’s the wintry scene viewed toward the East River – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4b35f95e-a34b-46b7-bd44-71dabd8a9618/28.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK – and along the promenade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/92fc2027-6dd0-4785-b78f-dd6f7caab46f/29.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK I particularly fancy this tree and these steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d59acf70-7937-457d-bbf3-e08453d2ce2b/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Here's some of the white stuff in Manhattan’s first snowfall in two years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/032f1f6e-d7b1-415d-816b-baf178a2cbb5/31.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Evening emerges early in February. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/02157a04-4ed0-4839-a7c8-be24cce3199e/32.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK Here’s one of my favorite winter shots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ca56222-63e7-497b-9a0a-5fc581344c2c/33.jpg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK The Park contains Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d7be62b-fd31-479b-8281-66b1b48f8005/34.jpeg Photo Portfolio - CARL SCHURZ PARK And so, we bid a wintry farewell to Carl Schurz Park, and now await the first signs of a colorful spring to come. [End of my '40's-style Travelogue] https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/the-hat-trick monthly 0.5 2024-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/43a4bab5-6467-41f5-b0cb-a7d966208ea0/1.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Our weekend retreat in Easton, CT is a remodeled farmhouse dating back to the 18th century, with its original wooden beams intact. We hammered a bunch of nails into the beams in our bedroom area, and then hung from each nail a baseball cap acquired at places one or both of us had visited or otherwise representing something meaningful to us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2cd2b453-8da0-45cb-917c-0c22c0fbf8e9/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK That first photo showed part of the collection, from which I’ve selected and photographed 100 or so caps for this blog entry. Let's start with some memorable places. One of my final stops during my legal career was in Sydney Australia, where I spent 40 days settling a big case through mediation. Bondi Beach is one of Sydney’s highlights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1917aac4-4d73-46af-b13c-fbef92fb8c1f/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK My son Tom was married on a beach in Hawaii (Hualalai), and Barbara and I enjoyed the trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/03291a72-05a7-493b-ad7d-87fb00916f87/4.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Barbara and I also relished the first half of our honeymoon on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d3086a6b-74cc-41c1-96c8-f18beba56d52/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Other friendly junkets to the Caribbean included the islands of Barbados and the Bahamas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1a61d737-9304-4298-8171-8f125f4cb6f3/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK One of my favorite cities, especially for snapping photos of the picturesque local scene, has long been San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8d797c34-a655-407a-9b7c-f8828b426fb7/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Two cities we visited that hold particularly warm memories are New Orleans and Charleston, (S.Car.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b63554ee-0c47-43da-8c09-f9baced97956/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK We’ve made New England visitations to Newport (R.I.), to Cape Cod and Nantucket, (Mass.), and to Kennebunkport (Maine). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3f08aa33-ce12-413b-9ccf-e443c180945d/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK We have a good friend from Omaha (Neb.), but I’m not sure we ever set foot in the state – even so, I still like the caps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7f9ac379-9cad-467b-b225-97b80b995b6f/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Here’s a cap from the state of New Mexico, and caps from three cities: Little Rock (Ark.) Annapolis (Md.) and East Hampton (L.I). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d14e8db-693e-4389-9fe5-972605d3e902/11.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Many of our trips involved skiing. Courchevel in France was one of ski trips we made together outside the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/df77be41-8e3d-4893-88a3-3f97768f9dd7/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK We visited Grouse Mountain outside Vancouver (Canada) and Taos (New Mex.), but in both cases, out of season, so unfortunately no skiing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8317f4e0-ebc7-4617-87b5-7fd3bb09003a/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK One of our favorite ski destination is located in Park City, Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a2aea40d-4943-4cd9-8e85-1c4687e782b9/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Park City has other ski areas, such as The Canyons, but our much preferred locale there was Deer Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1b0b146d-d665-419f-8a6a-cca87c3fe1cd/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK We went to Vail numerous times for my law firm’s annual outings, which in 1985 included the second half of our honeymoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/80c888bf-212b-4fa3-9725-a1382a53e13d/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Telluride is a special place, but the altitude is so high I had to give up drinking for that week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1ab74336-755a-4c0c-931a-a25209a73543/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Jackson Hole provided excellent skiing, plus a peculiar inversion whereby it was warmer at the top and colder at the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2e1c35dc-1fc6-470b-8372-d1adf52188af/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK I took my sons for a memorable trip to Squaw Valley (Calif.), site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1129524e-4db2-45a8-8c0f-70aa3abad084/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Snowbird is in Utah and Snowmass in Aspen (Colo.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0836dd2b-1fa2-433c-8947-fc64fe07b097/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK A final tribute to the state of Colorado and its Copper Mountain resort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e52d2a86-396e-4dc9-89b3-2ba8aae63f96/21.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK The “YC” stands for the Yellowstone Club, featuring a wonderful private mountain near Big Sky, Montana, with great trails, few skiers, and no lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/566721e9-26df-4b6a-a24e-78bdcde71e11/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK That’s enough of ski areas. We took many summer vacations at the Meadowood complex in Napa Valley (Calif.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f3c2999b-8d23-431c-af4b-26d5e3031e37/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Rancho La Puerta is a terrific fitness resort in Mexico; La Samanna is a fine beach destination on the Caribbean isle of St. Martin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2f106f0a-40ac-4920-be3b-e92d9324e10f/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK We stayed at the Four Seasons Resort in Hawaii the week that Tom got married, and at the Montage Hotel in Deer Valley for our last few ski trips there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6e60f1cf-0fe7-48c3-86b1-86897ff23bb6/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK We’re in the Florida Keys now – visiting our good friends, the Bachers, at Key Largo’s Ocean Reef Club, and staying at the Sonesta Beach Resort on Key Biscayne (where I was a speaker at a lawyer’s conference). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/404179e0-2ad2-4c5e-85bb-f1715d0280a0/26.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Hotel Del Coronado is in San Diego (Calif.); the Phoenician is in Phoenix (Ariz.); the Oxford Casino is in Maine; and the Canyon Ranch fitness regimen is in Massachusetts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4e4931f9-8157-417c-9f45-8393e2747b38/27.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK We enjoyed gambling at the Borgata hotel in Atlantic City and Wynn’s place in Las Vegas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/44213393-e933-4b5c-b7e7-e90395832610/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Here are three California destinations: Sonoma Mission Inn in Sonoma, the Ventana at Big Sur, and San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/17b0bea5-982c-45fa-879a-6e76ac987f67/29.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK As for wineries, these two are from Napa Valley – St. Clement, and the Miner Family Winery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/70f10631-9dcc-4230-9f8c-67a215fb0320/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Four states are represented here: Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley, (Calif.); Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, (Minn.); Smyrna Yacht Club in New Smyrna (Fla.) and Spray Cliff on the ocean in Marblehead (Mass.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6e6646c0-7649-4ab1-aaff-9812a190cd44/31.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Switching now to institutions of higher learning, UNC is the University of North Carolina, which Barbara attended; C.U. is Colorado University from which Erik graduated; and my grandchild Ryan is currently an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5649a1bc-49a1-4747-bda9-984c0456e114/32.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK My brother-in-law, Joe Hilton, is a Brown graduate; his daughter Alexis, graduated from Colgate; and her daughter Kate is currently an undergraduate at Duke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e7cb6b58-6d2b-441d-aacd-b49263ae5d37/33.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Alexis’s sister Alison graduated from Tulane, and subsequently taught at NYC’s Dalton School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1cb59e45-20f0-4b8a-838d-67cbcbd9931d/34.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK My high school was Horace Mann, and my law school (in both the Latin and English versions) was Harvard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2477d41f-63c2-4e91-b73c-f2320341ad28/35.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK But my heart belongs to Princeton. . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/501d4459-88d1-4ab1-8ea4-cabb70128c63/36.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Here's a cap from my class ('56), then one with a fancy design from another class, and one bearing the name of my club, Cannon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/91f4208d-941a-4cfe-bcd7-75ce74677c74/37.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK . . . and let’s not forget that Princeton tiger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e634a06f-593a-4972-b330-19488b1f90fc/38.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK On to other things. “Truly Mellow” is the name of an engaging song my son Tom wrote and performs. Tom has been featured at the Claremont Folk Festival in California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d63a1d69-35c6-4bd0-9136-fd113c721968/39.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK “Get your Kicks on Route 66” has long been one of favorite tunes to sing and bang out on the piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c0b89a76-a4f2-4cc0-a572-3e5ce1a5272d/40.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK One year I took my sons down to New Orleans for its unforgettable Jazz Fest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5e242407-6931-44eb-9e6d-526c8758bdab/41.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK I’m big on photographing the residents of zoos, including the ones in New Orleans and Nashville. (But “Zoom” is not a zoo – it’s Robert Redford’s restaurant in Park City, Utah.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b75b7011-5045-4f61-a2a6-f725883e20c9/42.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK The New York Yankees (never my favorite team) did win the World Series in 2000. I don’t know how I ended up with the Montana Grizzlies cap – a football team I’ve never actually watched in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/42676eed-d269-4472-9153-0ed0a6db1486/43.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK The Intrepid is the WWII aircraft carrier moored in the Hudson River on NYC’s West Side and open to the public. The USS Wisconsin is a WW II battleship on which I spent a forgettable summer during my stint in the NROTC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e83ef127-a39a-472d-b9cd-203f0da13084/44.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK “Jersey Boys” is a Broadway show; “Lucy’s” (the name of our unforgettable first dog), a NYC restaurant; the Daily News, a venerable NYC newspaper; and the “Operation Welcome Home” emblem refers to the mammoth 1991 ticker-tape parade for our troops who were victors in the Persian Gulf War, (I had a prime seat in the reviewing stand, and it was really thrilling.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/30b91ba2-75a6-479f-99de-fefeecda1987/45.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK These caps refer to Barbara’s highly regarded real estate brokerage company, Fox Residential Group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7e627ec2-9c47-4a38-9912-d786d0306f05/46.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK This is in honor of WOOF – the wonderful animal rescue organization that Barbara formed twenty years ago and which is still going strong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/36c94a4f-b462-4302-9307-1dc496d70ee1/47.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Here’s a cap we had made for our 13th wedding anniversary in 1998. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4be7b148-2f46-4a6b-ac93-b32abe99ad9e/48.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Skadden Arps was my law firm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f1c55062-eb85-47a0-a3f6-c7f9b5f47030/49.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Ocean Beach on N.Y.’s Fire Island was for many years the summer getaway when my sons were growing up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/09db63f3-d877-4a21-9cc4-ff492bc8b994/50.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK For three years, I served on the Navy icebreaker USS Staten Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/91a0935b-c011-471e-a648-1a7aa4c29c26/51.jpg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK Here’s the cap I wear most of the time now, to send the message I want to communicate: “ndy”, which stands for “not done yet”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/51f0b241-b01e-49cf-b34a-17d3dad9d66a/52.jpeg Photo Portfolio - THE HAT TRICK A final salute to what’s always there over our heads in Easton (Conn.). https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/brooklyn-photos monthly 0.5 2024-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6c0e1375-3cd1-4de4-8835-113a29168148/1.JPG Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS One Tuesday this spring, my buddy Gent and I headed out to Brooklyn for a viewing of the fabulous cherry blossom display at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. But when we arrived, we were stunned to discover that the Garden was closed for the day. On a Tuesday??!! What to do? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a1c50e19-c2d0-46f5-9ec0-ee07e9d7d35c/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS Then it hit me. Hey, I bet that Brooklyn (which I rarely visit) hosts some pretty good flora outside the Garden, I took out my camera, and started to look around. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ed176c6d-89cc-43fd-8597-20bb94aee9bd/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS As you can see, I was right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/aeb63f8a-1bac-4465-939e-6d3c6023e6dd/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS Check out these beauties . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cf5aed3d-0670-4ac2-90be-3aa84047b6ec/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS . . . and these . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/47e2771d-f60e-4dcd-af3a-9cb18a791db3/6.jpeg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS . . . and the host of flora surrounding this familiar NYC prop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/49027a9c-5467-41a9-af79-e3455951e8c5/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS We then looked for floral displays adjacent to buildings. . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/924d9ef5-cdb3-4fc9-9f85-e579b4c75ca6/8+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS . . . and on the streets where people live . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a3f50c97-4fb6-4fde-bda2-06f149175c7e/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS . . . and even in unexpected locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/52e06c48-8c7c-42f8-a5c3-c07a0765a708/10.JPG Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS Enough of flowers. Let’s see what else Brooklyn offers. How about this handsome fire escape . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f3d6a5b7-7469-4cd4-8937-a3250ad9ee14/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS Then some interesting structures swung into view . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fb30b38d-4bb4-4a59-809b-eda62f4392cc/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS . . . and more of the same . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/35f0fd99-26b9-45b8-bb13-a474214848f0/13.JPG Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS . . . culminating in this striking statue/lamppost duo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f5dfcca1-4494-47f1-9245-d2aeacdbbbd4/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS Further into the heart of Brooklyn, we came across its impressive sports and entertainment nexus, Barclay’s Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6a04f439-14a0-4519-b4b9-933382613db9/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS A quick shot in the park – and then to a restaurant that Gent advised serves some of the best pizza around (which I confirmed by taste). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c2c180d4-bc51-4329-b4d3-8932bfaef5c6/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS Here’s some Brooklynese language we encountered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f3a43166-f9c5-4f04-9a8e-14d15d50d9a3/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS Hey, look at these fearless guys hanging from the skyscraper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2db45509-0611-4ff6-b911-711ba4b23525/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS Now we’re heading back to Manhattan . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/11ab836b-bd21-40d0-bfb3-3ffecbe61304/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - BROOKLYN PHOTOS . . . via the Brooklyn Bridge, en route to the home borough. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/ny-streets monthly 0.5 2024-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/08ed975d-caff-4c6d-bc7b-81a38ade9cc2/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN When Gent and I got back to Manhattan the afternoon following our recent Brooklyn excursion (depicted in last month’s blog), we decided to take a few random photos of my home borough – starting off with the Empire State Building and the UN Building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e91df21a-d3ce-4bdd-a4d8-b8b512a6b3e8/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN Those big buildings are great, but there’s also a garbage-filled side of Manhattan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d8444816-b682-4df1-b674-093a236bb21b/3.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN Plus which, there’s always something unusual – as in this geometric scene near the East River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/847a5580-1d77-4251-b31d-d0d419df2add/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN Here I was looking downward over the flowers to the East River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7727fad9-10a5-4895-abad-5e4410c42607/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN More of the East River, of the East River Drive, and of Gent, my favorite man behind the wheel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8fc4fa2b-e40a-47cb-bb58-abf09089313d/3+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN We accidentally discovered one of the borough’s little gems, Tudor City Greens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f1ebce4f-ab5f-46ba-a7f5-6e917740b0d3/7.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN Here’s a close-up of this mini-park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4d0ce4cc-72f0-4ef0-a72c-09c356d822a8/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN Those are the flowers you see when you’re sitting on this bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/84b2b60c-88ff-4736-8a92-0479487c6214/9.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN Now, that’s a vase! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f8bcff5f-afb9-40d6-8645-f1a9d376eb10/5+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN Back to Manhattan’s familiar streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bbcf6cef-9b51-4536-99a1-c003a10d7b29/11.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN That’s the “lipstick” building on Third Avenue, where Bernie Madoff plied his trade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/804dd4e0-b17b-411d-8531-c0b9127217e9/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN I like this random street scene, shot from our car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cb00517f-74af-44df-a788-5e0bf6b9a3f8/13.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN But the star attraction of our little junket that day was the Swimming Sculptures of Park Ave, which Gent and I took turns shooting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3a7c9539-993b-4d53-bd93-e1b930f92323/14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN The exhibit, between 34th and 38th streets, featured the artworks of Carole A. Feuerman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d4ad5728-16c5-46ef-9aa0-0f4bff15cae9/15.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a644486f-730d-452f-aa61-d5cf469338c1/16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/75dca135-4573-462a-ab12-37b25ab2556d/17.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7a2f5816-7a04-44d0-9979-6c45e47214bf/8+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9cb4a487-7255-44c1-9483-cd3dc5177e0a/19.jpeg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN If you didn’t see this in person, it’s now too late, but I think these photos capture the essence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1ca5bafa-59f8-4b4e-969f-b1198d2e3312/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN We’ll close with something traditional – P.J. Clark’s (situated beneath 919 Third Avenue, where I practiced law for a couple of decades) . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1b54c621-10a3-4e3e-8122-d070258429ee/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - MANHATTAN . . . and something not traditional, but definitely eye-catching. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/summer-in-manhattan monthly 0.5 2024-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/04142d73-6f81-4829-bed7-e4fe4dc207c8/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan The summer months in Manhattan – humid, yes, but still offering an attractive photographic melding of old and new sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/17f8c9fc-5606-4b86-859f-e1de6874dab4/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan My buddy Gent and I drove around the city this year on several photographic jaunts during July and August. We started out on Fifth Avenue in the 80’s, approaching one of New York’s long-time treasures, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/16c96ca4-3daf-4763-b628-279f9a401202/3.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Here’s a good view of the Met’s façade, rising above the multiple steps leading up to its main entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/955fc8f9-270d-4a47-b52b-39a25666c0a8/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Those small circular objects atop the Met’s façade turn out to contain sculpted human faces. The tasty treats available out front are less mysterious. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/72db68a2-bffc-4df4-a771-1144b8732d96/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan This fountain is located north of the Met’s main façade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/51fecb0e-aa30-481c-b075-89c788c0c900/6.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan This and the next photo offer two perspectives on the handsome trees standing in rows between the Met and Fifth Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a7aaa31d-ea46-42a1-a74f-4facda41a255/7.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82919d16-8d4a-4ba6-9f2b-0faf54439f4f/8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan The Olympics were taking place in Paris this summer, and Ralph Lauren wanted customers of his establishment at 79th and Madison Avenue to know he supported our athletes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9a9b70bb-e8bb-4727-ac06-3a46aab7efcb/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Two more Olympics-keyed displays on the Lauren façade and store window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b9264f30-ff43-4ede-b6b8-d9ed577096a5/10.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan At Ralph’s other location directly across Madison Avenue, he had a neat idea. Instead of those shapeless wraps around buildings when construction is going on, Lauren hung an intriguing wrap containing photographs of the building surface being hidden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3123c34b-c10a-4253-8725-42092e6a95f5/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan As a detail-oriented photographer, I also took note of Lauren’s other surroundings that day – a handsome church and a fetching bystander. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c2f58932-61ca-41e7-a7fc-966a3cba6cb7/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Next we headed over to the West Side in the 40’s, in order to view one of my favorite stirring sights adorning our metropolis – the naval aircraft carrier USS Intrepid at its Hudson River pier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8d47fade-bdfb-4013-815a-d33445b680b7/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Here’s the bridge area of the Intrepid; and floating in the Hudson on the other side of Intrepid’s pier, a submarine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/22c29287-fe0d-49fb-bb30-1fc946480daa/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan It happened that on this day a large cruise ship, the Carnival Venezia, had docked at a pier adjacent to the Intrepid. I yearned to juxtapose the two ships together in a war-and-peace montage – but, as you can see, this wasn’t easy to accomplish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eefe12b6-c618-403e-bf56-05e3720ec386/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan So I reluctantly settled for a few solo pix of the Venizia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ea08a7b8-f9ca-4d2d-94c3-332cb792b193/16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Then I hit on a substitute juxtaposition for the one I’d been looking for. In the foreground stands an Intrepid propeller from its wartime service, with the Venezia in the background – war and peace, old and new, neatly arranged. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ced7d9b-0864-4adc-a505-1829574a925a/17.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Be that as it may, let’s close this section with a dramatic solo shot of the Intrepid – long may she survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bb2c0c5b-8fab-4377-9c18-d410d9aeee85/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Heading downtown on the West Side, we passed an illuminated sign for a tavern seemingly named “Ear”. An odd name, I thought, but when I snapped this close-up I could see that the “e” had originally been a “b’ (spelling “bar”), but now with part of it no longer illuminated. To my chagrin, I then spied the name “Ear” on the tavern’s window – so much for logic . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/83a2fdde-de21-4c0c-90f9-0ce5a4130d92/19.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan I almost never get down into the area of Manhattan north of Greenwich Village, so this unusual building really caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/47ca1132-5845-40fc-8d53-47f355ebbb83/20.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Here’s a closer-up view of the structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5dd5fca1-65f9-40f7-bb0c-8442a50f5efc/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Well, this is a nice old-fashioned church . . . . And not far away, there’s a Lucid dealership, with one of their slick electric cars parked outside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c5f678f0-a8b8-4347-9e69-828055f7bfc7/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Now we’re in the heart of what’s known as the Meatpacking District, which in recent years has belied its historic name and become quite fashionable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8ee769e9-4be8-47e2-bfab-a4ce3031e93e/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Hey, there’s Gent lounging at a nearby table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7feda648-3b10-47e0-8307-933948fbce89/24.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Here’s another shot of that remarkable-looking building that earlier appeared on the album cover of this collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/16e14898-81f6-4677-b1cd-07572cc8a18c/25.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan This is the best I could do at pairing that new building with a bit of old NYC – a pre-war subway station entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c0b320a1-74c1-4860-8fcc-61259f49f110/26.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Hey, it looks like at least somebody was getting ready to make the most of the scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9ce63841-0e1d-43f4-9ed7-25befc8eb5ad/27.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan This summer along Park Avenue in the 30’s (that’s the Empire State Building peeking out on the left) are a series of sculptures titled “Travelers” by famed French sculptor, Bruno Catalano. (My July blog contained photos of the previous exhibit in this area titled “Swimmers”.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/58a1d785-8647-4dbe-ba25-163532d708e4/28.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan These sculptures represent men in the middle of their journey (from and to where we don’t know). Catalano has constructed each figure with a portion of their body missing, creating a floating-like appearance. This figure, an accompanying sign tells us, is of Vincent Van Gogh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a1a1d194-735f-404c-a61b-d4a889e4e90c/29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan As you can see here, passersby come very close to the art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a205984a-2033-4e46-b456-782938e85fd4/30.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan According to a handout of the POPA (Patrons of Park Avenue) art installation, Catalano means the figures to represent the “great emptiness that evokes the scars of departures and separations, identifies fragmented by trials and tribulations, and shadowy areas in their self-image.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6fdb7a1f-c7a3-44a2-8fcc-3b484e162c4e/31.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan The collection of bronze and marble sculptures is a project Catalano has been working on since 1995. It is his first major U.S. exhibit, and some pieces of “Travelers” have never been seen publicly until now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c861b4a4-62d2-4c78-a600-c33c934e3526/32.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Again according to POPA, “Catalano also plays upon the human experience of travel, exile and flight. With packed luggage in hand, the artist expertly balances the juxtaposition of moving on to a new destination while being tied to one’s previous life and belongings.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cee674cd-a5ac-4a8e-b277-36c563d2e427/33.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan POPA also says that “Travelers” can be viewed as a reflection of Catalano’s own life, being born into an Italian family in Morocco before moving to France, and later sailing around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a9c5bf47-af64-4f31-a22e-6e4f4547f733/34.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan I like the way the foliage intersects the body on this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ab00889e-8693-4690-a0b1-138757493248/35.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan This exhibit will be up until May 2025 – it’s definitely worth checking out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/698ef4e7-cb6e-422b-9a16-869955ef145c/36.jpg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan Hey, folks, Gent has his own traveling bag, but his body (thank the Lord!) is still intact . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/99c41013-cd7f-4438-9cd9-44ae1c85c900/37.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan . . . unlike this guy . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6334906e-c54c-4576-b8a1-2705529c25c3/38.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Summer in Manhattan . . . or this one. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/celebrating-sepia monthly 0.5 2024-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b39d07c3-a018-4030-ab8b-8b9deba741ae/img058.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia This blog entry focuses on the use of a sepia filter to enhance the mood of a photo. Take the shot above, for instance, I like to think of the scene as the fenced path leading up to the home a Civil War soldier returns to when the battles are concluded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/97539fd1-e0df-45ae-88d1-1f32b394344a/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia The time-honored spire of NYC’s Chrysler Building looks good in color, even better is black & white, but to my minds best in sepia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f46d6df7-751c-471c-bfe6-d1048285354f/IMG_5657.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Check out this Parisian scene in sepia, with nothing notably modern intruding to lessen the impact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ee13aa4d-fc26-4a70-ad68-32ccb7a77d27/IMG_5474.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Sepia looks good on certain statues (but not all), such as this one from Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8b4fd6e5-bef2-4c0b-9e22-76914c8d6313/img042.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia It works in Italy also, as witness this birds-eye view from Venice’s St. Marks Square . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f6482f5c-b95c-489f-8503-768d54016943/IMG_4285_2.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . as well as this stately courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3cbc0be5-789b-4603-a6ac-5c5010a5252e/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia On our own turf, here’s the classic Brooklyn Bridge – okay in color, more striking in black & white, but to my eye even better in sepia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ff8e331d-57f6-4973-8528-3923cb3f9837/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia I like this shot I took across Central Park in color. I’m also taken with the black & white and sepia renditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/32e49ca8-d282-4028-92d8-3b6ecb0ef595/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Here’s one of my favorite Central Park images, but now with a sepia twist on the venerable scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9f294069-0a9b-42ec-a166-3061c2c6a114/IMG_1475.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Sepia has to be used sparingly on people, but I feel it definitely fits these parading Civil War warriors. . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eb894fb1-8fe6-464d-80ad-e30218145eb2/IMG_1501.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . as well as their World War I counterparts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/88bfa439-c6c0-4c13-8fce-dd1b857e93cb/EPV0014_1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia It also adds a turn-of-several-centuries sweetness to this Canadian tourist guide, decked out in her costume from the old days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5faa4264-6451-4ddf-b0b9-75b5a9266cd0/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Here’s a current NYC street scene, in color, black & white, and sepia – which do you prefer? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/81e5f1a0-69dc-41b0-80b8-11ea30ec90de/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Another NYC vista – what do you think? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7c87a0a4-d301-4b51-a99c-e6786d4943c9/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Sepia, like black & white, is useful on monuments, as you can see from this shot of NYC’s Soldiers and Sailors Monument . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0bad3833-0b3d-45c3-b2dc-91cafd86a448/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . and it’s particularly appropriate on this accompanying structure listing famed Civil War battles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fb552d8a-2268-44f0-9198-2f63ad90d3ed/103_0373.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia For what it’s worth, I think sepia works well on an old-fashioned carousel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3672c85b-2016-40db-9725-f9d8dd0024de/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia But here’s a scene where I wouldn’t advise it – where the color differentiations are at the heart of the photo. The green-red-yellow-white shades of the color shot are simply obliterated in both the black & white and sepia versions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/529b8d50-640d-41e3-bd07-490493402c5b/IMG_5644.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia I like what sepia does for churches . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/76865d22-b4d0-4c7d-8830-497d79476f57/EPV0112.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . but even more than on the big city cathedrals, I prefer to apply sepia to back-country churches like this one in Canada . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/39d1d447-8a06-42cc-8b7b-6733b40f68b7/img015.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . or its counterpart in rural France. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7f42611d-7863-41a0-96b3-6b8b49f918b3/IMG_1137.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Where there’s a church, there generally are tombstones . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4f3e21b5-c4df-4e01-bf0b-f1faadc88d35/Screenshot+2024-09-18+at+4.29.28+PM.png Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . as with these, by which the loving daughter was reunited with her father in 1802. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4b1630b9-192f-4d4f-bafb-b2d55d75862b/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Here are three views of a cemetery – I think the sepia tone adds something to the scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2363c3b0-c5d7-4a48-bf64-ac74819c5c8d/img026.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia And I was really moved by this peaceful cemetery in the Ardennes that my buddy Bill Silver and I visited in 1984 (the 40th anniversary of World War II’s Battle of the Bulge), which holds the remains of British soldiers felled in that memorable conflict. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c9c64918-0e00-47ed-8b3f-b998137de585/Screenshot+2024-09-18+at+4.29.57+PM.png Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia This shot that I took in Arlington Cemetery is one of my favorite black & white photographs. You can almost hear the somber tread of the funeral cortege from the adjacent road. It too does well in sepia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6b2bca28-de0f-4c6c-9179-be45150d237d/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia If you’re interested in exploring the use of sepia, I should note that you need to have Photoshop (or a comparable app) on your computer to make the conversion. The process isn’t too complicated, and I’d be happy to send you the step-by-step photoshop tutorial that my knowledgeable colleague Raymond gave me when I started doing this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6f82be15-a667-442c-b77e-b5ed9b5cb5ef/106_614.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Old buildings are prime targets for sepia, as in this rooftop view from above Manhattan’s West End Collegiate Church . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/aee679bf-5f21-4414-b3ed-734fb93f3ecb/IMG_4790.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . or this handsome structure in Charleston, S.C. . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/255a1105-ebaa-447a-9569-2c1ab67c240d/IMG_3153.JPG Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . or this Napa Valley winery . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6140ae3e-0ed6-49a7-a538-42dbfbf73495/IMG_2742.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . or this old building in Princeton receiving the late afternoon shadows from a stately tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3e37a39e-c1be-4162-a903-fbc7bbfeaa1f/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia Winter snow scenes, which flourish in black & white, also take on a timeless hue through the use of sepia . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e3332e06-5ca4-4201-ab29-55bb40f3d867/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia . . . as in this scene from NYC’s Carl Schurz Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c6193f99-c5b7-47d3-ba88-c816c86f2859/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia I’ll close this collection with two evocative sepia shots from New Orleans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a3aa7f49-a4bf-4c1e-a935-3816044ce18c/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Celebrating Sepia I hope this collection has aroused your interest in sepia. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/october-photos monthly 0.5 2024-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/57b15fa5-07d9-40e4-82c3-3c471c1ca566/P1+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos My colleague Gent and I spent half a day this month checking out some sights in New York City – chief among them the South Street Seaport and “The Great Elephant Migration,” a temporary outdoor art installation in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District.</font? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0ff5d112-22e9-4cf7-88c1-ba47db13076e/P2+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos There wasn’t much color showing on the city’s trees in early October, but we did drive past this yellow patch on the lower West Side near the Hudson River. We also visited a handsome waterside pathway and a busy fishing hole for youngsters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/13332d13-eff1-449f-8db9-dd8a7ba41c4a/P3+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Here are distant and close-up views of the Statue of Liberty and the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/85eddf3d-0b64-4ebb-8b9c-cffccc9ce40a/P4+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos At Manhattan’s southern tip is Battery Park, which features a view of some local skyscrapers and an old-fashioned subway entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a6baed7c-6331-4c8a-bec9-8c4db7fce2d1/p5+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos The choice merchandise available in this area is $5 headgear; and as for vittles, there are Sabrett and other treats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6d3a9608-1741-4d0a-9f26-f7ef3f81a3b9/p6+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Battery Park boasts some lovely greenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/46fc99d1-5506-4fa5-898c-68958ac69bd9/p7+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Here are several views of the Castle Clinton National Monument – the fort that was garrisoned in 1812 but never used for warfare. It served as an entertainment venue, an immigrant processing depot, the first home of the New York Aquarium, and is now a visitor center and departure point for ferries to the Statue of Liberty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/518bff7c-b987-452a-b2e2-3f0463e0f74f/p8+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos I couldn’t resist taking a picture of Two Broadway (top rear) – the building where I began my legal career in 1962 – along with a few of its neighbors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2a1ffd3a-beb8-43d1-ac4e-f9428f0f4b79/p9+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Some more good-looking buildings . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b90d3c24-a7e3-41b1-8fb3-13cb60aa74f0/p10+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos . . . and here are three of the best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e9eefe29-a21c-4890-9a2a-29409a96d66a/p11+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos We next drove over to the South Street Seaport, which has undergone major modernizing in recent years. It now even sports several of Carol Feuerman’s “Swimmers” sculptures that were featured in my August blog entry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/20186014-a053-42f9-a971-9bed6b59d59c/p12+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos The Ambrose Lightship is a star of the seaport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b6745809-2e87-4646-b693-f3a9b6c206d1/p13+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Some views of the clipper ship The Wavertree, against the backdrop of large office buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/af1134a5-4997-4086-8720-069f03204ad2/p14.jpeg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Here’s a shot of the lightship from a good angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1a8668d5-1b5c-457c-89bb-397705326c9c/p15+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Boats leave the Seaport periodically with passengers to cruise up and down the East River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/36ec8e8b-2ecd-4e29-99dc-9de9d96ecb75/p16+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos We then headed over to where these gentle giants were set up on Ninth Avenue between West 15th and Horatio Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2547496c-9c8c-4ee6-9533-ee3c7be44847/p17+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos The elephants, which are made of layers of fine, woody reeds, were created by the Coexistence Collective – a community of 200 indigenous artisans living in India’s Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve – to raise money and awareness for wildlife conservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fc7f71ce-ca3e-4105-917b-3954f478e525/p18+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos The artists fashioned the elephants from lantana, an invasive weed that has swallowed up more than 100,000 square miles of Indian forest, threatening the food supplies of local animals. I was taken by these little guys alongside their enormous parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/da7e7de7-c059-456f-b004-4c10e8405dff/p19+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Here’s some more shots of the offspring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/020d506a-1c60-46a5-878d-295a16ae4a8b/p20+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos As you can see, the elephants attracted Manhattan’s kids . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ead85bf6-68bf-403e-824a-1feacc3799e3/p21+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos . . . and also adults, groups, and my colleague Gent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9aea8ff6-02ae-4236-bee7-1fe3c060cc7a/p22+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos If you didn’t get to see the exhibit by October 20, you’ll have to rely on these photos, since the big guys have since headed to Miami Beach and from there to Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/37cc2e47-ca85-4a73-8678-2e1fe78c00da/p23+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - October Photos After that, as we headed uptown towards my apartment, the signs I saw from the car made me aware we were in Chinatown, which would have been another worthwhile photo target – but we decided to save that for a future month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/04c96c21-14ed-4d96-b793-b969690f79e5/p24.jpeg Photo Portfolio - October Photos Here’s my closing homeward-bound shot, taken from the East Side highway, highlighted by the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge crossing the East River. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/decked-out-for-halloween monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/31091c57-a8e7-41d2-aa89-5e5b60e56489/1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween During the week prior to Halloween this year, I toured the side streets of Manhattan’s Upper East Side to observe how some townhouse owners had prepared for the late October event. What follows are the scary results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9186bbee-f4c8-40d4-93f0-e523882f3d72/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween As you come down the street, your first glimpse is of some buildings decorated on an overall basis . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/32f9e8a6-4f10-4168-b2ca-78080d6327e8/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween . . . and these even more notable specimens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/08f18c3c-b032-4e9e-82d7-b4eeceff5e30/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween But this singular offering especially caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/84499632-13c0-4301-b4fe-fcb247517e17/5.JPG Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween (As for this particular house, no scary specimens were needed to add to what was reportedly going on inside some years back . . . but that’s all I have to say on that score . . . .) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9201ddf2-906f-4d40-91ac-3ec3153ba5f1/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween Now, my camera lens gets in closer to focus on an array of grisly characters extending greetings to visitors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6bb3d8fc-9135-4eaa-b41f-e46fc68c2f2c/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween More of the same. (I was especially taken with the handsome character at the lower right.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/86cfcfc6-0561-4603-86ec-9c03b5452311/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween This grouping adds some color to the mix . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1acca54f-c27e-40d0-b856-d00b648e7189/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween . . . and these beauties may top the rest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1266642e-c2a4-415f-a504-67a8015b5c02/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween Now we’ve gone in still closer, so as to emphasize the menacing faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/adbcf3d9-10ba-4239-b648-d8fdc9b60088/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween These are a few of the best (uh, I mean, worst). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/42844692-7fd0-45f6-afc3-b98a3cd18c45/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween Check those top two snaps closely to see what’s up (uh, down). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/11882847-f749-4839-b7e4-d6bfcc752502/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween Here are some real weirdo’s . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/84ddfb8a-3f30-49fe-8947-7a65ce8686b8/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween . . . and two that are even scarier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d435a9bc-81d6-4ec4-aac4-0d581fc8ae18/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween Outsized spiders were big this year. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a9303e31-c9d4-4830-b29a-af3fc649f133/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween . . . . and this array is even more imaginative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5287fe34-a65d-4c10-9745-e657af24925c/17.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween But the dominant adornments at many locations were a broad variety of skeletons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4749ef82-fcfa-45d2-a312-665c08b24d04/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween Just look at these imaginative effigies (such as the top left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e5bcb90e-cb25-4811-b0db-7b4cb81eb3b4/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween Here are three of the most unusual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7ef6e8fc-9a99-4e2e-b0a5-514326e117d3/20+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween Well, what do you know, my colleague Gent has formed a new friendship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b10d4933-03a0-47cc-b910-4961203ae9bf/21.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween This is where skeletons and aggressive pumpkins unite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/380da5f4-b5d3-4082-9a2e-e6370b62f524/22.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween I was taken by the bright colors that mark these specimens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c025b53a-468b-4b6e-ba28-a9ee301f4dbb/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween And, by golly, there were even a few non-human versions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6ff9363c-f2e0-45f1-894d-d6909ed4df0f/24.jpg Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween I think this is a fitting ending for the Halloween décor . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/da70e2de-1f2c-49b1-9ab2-4c53a7dd84be/25.JPG Photo Portfolio - Decked out for Halloween . . . . and now, on to Thanksgiving! https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/eight-hundred-fifty-shades-of-grey monthly 0.5 2024-12-13 https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/40th-anniversary-pictorial monthly 0.5 2025-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d3f4e2b-4fc1-46c9-8c64-76e7b93d1f30/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial Here we are on January 12, 1985, celebrating our wedding at NYC’s Carlyle Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0d63f380-d152-4d8f-b293-278c61166ffe/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial Forty years may have gone by since then, but I’m still married to one fine-looking gal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2ddc3eac-4ac0-4d1e-9f7a-7151f2b6a27d/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial She’s resplendent when she dresses up . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ff51e115-4f2d-4b22-ae2a-48d6ab5f069d/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial . . . and equally at home whatever the scene may be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a45fb2e5-2835-4eed-a10b-ca198beb90ea/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial Here’s Barbara with some treats from her vegetable garden at our Easton, CT weekend home; in the kitchen up there, where she’s developed into a talented cook; and brandishing one of her delicious Thanksgiving turkeys in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/72a90b73-1ba9-4dd1-a0f8-fd78718fae97/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial That’s my wife standing in our NYC den and aloft in her office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bdceae44-b369-42d3-9458-4954c7968b07/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial Barbara has emerged as an excellent public speaker, particularly at the annual huge REBNY gala that she’s been chairing for a decade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/51c43637-951d-4f85-80be-fc2ba255fb2c/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial She also gives a worthy annual wrap-up talk to the brokers of her firm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4de4f056-b93c-43b6-975e-d9f05bbc4653/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial But let’s face it, the real loves in Barbara’s life are her multiple canines – whether on city streets or rambling along quiet CT roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dcc5b84b-2b3a-45c3-a90e-966677669080/10.JPG Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial And here’s a typical scene at night . . . What corner of this king-size bed do you think I can fit into? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ef24aabc-78e9-40c4-a7f6-a6ff303351d7/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial For a number of years, a golden retriever ruled the roost . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/649646ac-97fb-4752-b53d-a53f51819bd8/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial . . . but at present, it’s the smaller breeds that capture her attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c59fb90e-9a84-4f0f-9e43-2211f6929aa6/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial And just to show Barbara’s versatility, that’s a cat she’s fondling in the second and third photos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e2d77871-ba37-41db-a27a-e8233f46b917/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial Well, notwithstanding the animals, it takes two adults to celebrate a 40-year marriage. Here’s the way we looked back at the beginning of our days together . . . what memories . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8b17e8a0-1a19-4354-8cc5-b14f780dcb9f/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial But even today we’re still a hell of a couple . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c038a652-da7f-4a43-a510-377069f52a6c/16.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial . . . even when we dress up a little. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6874ab36-da81-4a74-a116-35e81f9aae79/18.jpg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial We’re good at birthdays and special occasions (here, a book party to celebrate my novel). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8307cde1-549b-414b-bf2b-81f019c3bc01/19.JPG Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial This is our most ambitious joint photo – just don’t wake up the cheetah . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/84efd44c-2fe1-4463-b812-0c3fdbc09a4a/IMG_2668.jpeg Photo Portfolio - 40th Anniversary Pictorial I’ll close with this photo of me squeezing the love of my life. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/touch-of-color monthly 0.5 2025-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4190162d-30e4-4299-a7aa-3dc321a21570/1.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color A favorite photographic technique of mine is to add (through the magic of Photoshop) a touch of the underlying color from a picture I’ve otherwise converted to black & white. The technique works best when the spot of color calls the viewer’s attention to a significant aspect of the photo – as with that adorable child in the above scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cee1828f-6fb6-4320-b1c3-a34e7bc41264/2.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Even where the coloration is just playful, it does catch the eye and engage your attention – and, after all, isn’t that what a photos is supposed to do? These flames can be colorful, and they do stand out – even if their reflected image doesn’t, and the rest of the room is in prosaic black & white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1cde27a4-3549-443e-b68a-7a8049fc8be4/3.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Here, we switched it around. Now it’s the reflected image that carries the color while seeming to reflect the actual black & white flames. (My valued associate does much of the Photoshop work involved here – thanks so much, Raymond!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/31b437e8-d226-4cba-9ad2-173ddff6c198/5.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color This scene, and that of the two to follow were all part of a recent architectural exhibit titled “Swimmers” which was featured on the crossings of Manhattan’s Park Avenue South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4901d3c7-8cf4-4fad-9489-b0836dbe2482/4.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Now, we shifted away from the flames and focused on what’s really important in this cocktail lounge – the booze up above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/70ae137a-0a6e-4632-b731-9572d9eada93/6.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Here’s a closer view of another swimmer that further humanizes the subject matter . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/12674ae8-1257-4443-abff-8a0b6dadc8ed/8.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color The subject matter of this black & white photo is bizarre enough – so I added an extra fillip by giving the taxi back its original yellow hue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/72f5110f-0748-40d7-9567-5e82436ff375/7.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . and the color here enables this one to stand out from the gray surroundings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/579d61b6-ffb7-413f-887e-f9e6628e705f/9.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Switching now to a real animal, nothing catches the eye more than the top third of a giraffe . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/042102f0-c84a-44a9-a730-77e996390ea1/10.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . so you need a touch of color to direct your attention to the giraffe’s seemingly minuscule emu buddy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f9c56727-bdbc-4428-a5c1-7d3009cf3cc5/11.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color A rooster is ready made for this technique . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/72820be2-09a9-4cb7-a9df-64fd63574635/12.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . especially when he’s chanting, “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6e5fdd68-f411-4080-b0fb-c66a33c3bfb0/13.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color This ersatz snake takes color precedence over its zoo surroundings . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1acc4dec-b99b-490b-b738-194ab062f110/14.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . but out in the open, it’s better to focus on the boy who’s ignoring the looming dinosaur. </font? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bcac121e-8819-4343-9f3e-cfee317f3201/15.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color It would just be a shame to mask in gray the lovely exterior of this fetching fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b44cd026-71cc-4936-8479-8f8fc2cb51b1/16.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Here we have a sturdy pony and a looming handler, so my job was to get you to focus on the uneasy rider. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/17bfa3d5-42e5-4bcc-91a7-08d07d49999b/17.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color There’s a lot of animal flesh and fencework in this one; but the only thing that matters is what’s going on at the very top-left corner, which deserves a touch of color to grab your attention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/015b26a3-7673-451d-a572-f900ca822c6b/18.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color This unusual zoo setting calls out for the technique. Here, the prairie dog is ignoring the little girl, so she deserves our attention . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/55cadeb0-7ca5-41b6-9636-b77590b3e9a4/19.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . Now the animal seems to notice this girl, but she prevails and he’s still without any color . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6857bd38-bcb3-495d-b3d7-15f3d598077d/20.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . So now we switch the last shot and give the little guy back his coloration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/57857c89-d0c3-49d4-bd7e-80f29da3dcf9/21.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color In my household, the only animals that really matter are canines; and so this dog walker's gang just had to be colorized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/596e735c-fc24-4b70-95b8-fdbaf36a5b3d/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Adding color to both the dog and its walker sets up a neat contrast to the gray of the other twosome alongside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/122430f4-cb3e-4e10-a141-cf9954f5a303/23.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color That’s my wife Barbara digging out after a CT storm – but why? Oh, of course, it’s to make a path for one of her trusty color-coated doggies who needs some exercise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/40357363-eea3-462d-baae-75cb6fa66e9d/24.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color The touch of color technique works well on a sign, when you want to emphasize the object of the photo – as here, on the Coney Island boardwalk . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/70ab0d1f-03c1-48c2-ae21-d856d69b15e9/25.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . or here, outside one of Manhattan’s most venerable eateries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c434f9c7-5443-4a27-aa2f-f13e7894d551/26.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color The stripes and stars of Old Glory are a natural for coloration, as here with the D.C. replica of our marines on Iwo Jima. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eebf7592-e402-4ab0-925e-48097e45f94c/27.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Here’s a more subtle treatment of the flag, both on the left and in smaller intervals across the horizontal axis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9fc9a3b1-f5e4-467a-9be0-7c77a0576b6d/28.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color This is a closeup of the bottom tenth of the Washington Monument, bedecked with colored reminders of what country’s capital we are in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f774d3e7-e0e5-4145-8311-f13edb201890/30.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color I didn’t want there to be any doubt that this commemoration scene was taking place at Washington’s Vietnam memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c611c3a4-e0b2-4b38-8354-8c4f470ffab9/29.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Sticking with D.C., the Lincoln Memorial serves as a formidable black & white backdrop for the colorful visitors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8133d76c-3dd5-40da-8d09-7c0b7c6c860f/31.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color This photo may not say much, but you have to admit the touch of color catches the eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/00b412b3-ab36-4683-bb3e-bc8367dd5838/32.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Here’s my son Erik, listening in as General Dwight Eisenhower addresses the troops about to land in Normandy on D-Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b0ce6572-0a30-46d0-b7bc-a00c6203045e/33.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color One more use of color is in a bleak cemetery, where there are bound to be a few individual memorial flags. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3f5dc292-16f7-4842-8413-c35e6b7ba8b7/34.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Now we’re up in CT, and these Westport scullers deserve to be singled out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0385bd09-80ba-4599-914e-3b93eecbb4c7/35.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color My good friend and neighbor, artist Carol Eisner, sprinkles her colorful sculptures all over her garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a142b25c-ca72-46c7-b002-f2a704b51ec9/36.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color This would be a pretty good black & white photo with just the hammock and grass – but the colorful chairs do give it a definite boost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/27ac10e5-9209-46a2-8110-df3216685f63/37.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Winter is a little bleak in Manhattan’s Carl Schurz Park, but this family going up the steps give the scene a needed jolt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0c2e2917-5456-4399-9bde-f118410c80e7/38.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Then, when others come down, it’s already Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/90900cf6-2538-486a-ab7c-16c91c38a691/40.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color And then it’s summer – time for a siesta . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/18bc6353-7aa1-4570-829f-55dee4921993/41.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . and also produced this good scene to use the technique on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5210a2d9-a652-4ff1-acfa-2556b87e42c9/42.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color We’re in Central Park now, and just for kicks I’ve decided to emphasize the shadow of the bridge rather than the bridge itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e111d4e1-5327-4745-a761-5ac40707ee39/43.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Over the years I’ve been involved with various activities our Princeton alumni class of ’56 engages in. A few decades ago, I sponsored a photo trip to Central Park for a Brooklyn high school class – a primer on how to use the little point-and-shoot cameras we distributed to them. Here’s the group at the Park’s memorial to John Lennon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/126e97d7-c386-4346-8dcd-f5687d13ac0d/44.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color This Brooklyn youngster found a new level from which to shoot . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/66b39cbb-2d40-4c32-bbb1-392dd1611cd3/45.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . and this couple were just having fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5d5ee686-9adb-4e73-9dd5-18b77e9a2a1c/46.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color But I did find time to do some instructing, and later enlarged each kid’s best work for a montage that hung in the school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a21f0282-a5a2-4610-9af1-4e81ca870509/47.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color When I took my sons to Atlantic City for a weekend, the three of us donned caps in front of the hotel’s hat emporium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8cfa0829-3c0e-4273-bf3b-e537285130c2/49.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Speaking of Atlantic City, I recalled a wonderful brunch we had there and just couldn’t resist coloring the delicious bacon – but there’s no deep message intended here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f6a025d6-970d-48a4-9798-37a20273db1a/48.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color For years now, I’ve been wearing a baseball cap that says “ndy” on the front, which stands for “not done yet” (printed on the back). Here the boys borrowed my cap for this statue in the hallway of the Atlantic City hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b72686aa-0e5a-43d2-ad5e-ebe0b8f4e73e/50.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color In case you might miss her among the California red woods, that’s my wife Barbara in her natural tones . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/972d830f-b617-4e06-bbec-ea349b7abd71/51.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color . . . . and you can also pick Barbara out at her recent high school reunion in Rocky Mount, N.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/95fd7bb2-1d07-4d89-9b93-2c5bb46284ce/53.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Although uninvited, I started playing the piano at the restaurant where we were dining in North Carolina, The owner liked the idea and decided to take my picture, so Barbara took him taking my picture, and we colored the pianist so you’d know who it was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2b3c02a6-57aa-4b54-8799-4f10e1db64ce/54.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color Speaking of music, that’s my long-time friend and accompanist on bass, skilled professional Dmitri Kolesnik, with the hands that make his fine work possible earning the coloration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e8f18d1b-1594-4ecb-a76a-fcd1ecf9d895/52.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color As for me, I’m the guy in our class jacket, marching in the parade at a recent Princeton reunion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/21854079-1cd2-423b-b8a7-80386ec6a5b7/55.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color This was from a recent big birthday for me, taken while I was still able to blow out the candles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dd8de524-78fc-4c2f-92ce-ee47fe81b378/56.png Photo Portfolio - Touch of Color And I’ll close with the subject matter I began with – only here, it's two delightful youngsters getting together in Central Park. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/coney-island-out-of-season monthly 0.5 2025-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8b55e1c9-7437-4027-bfa9-79699383432d/1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season During the Fall of 2007, I paid a visit to Coney Island, at a time when its numerous attractions had closed for the year. There was a certain melancholy about viewing America’s playground in repose, bereft of the usual activity and crowds. But it gave me an opportunity to take some offbeat photos of interest, as you’ll see here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7d99b4f7-afd6-48bb-b811-1a6f1ca9e5ed/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season I was struck by how the shuttered attractions, even when splashed by the sun’s rays, emitted a certain sense of sadness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b63c02a5-8f40-4864-8769-b99a01caed6b/3.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Here are some shots of the world-famous Coney Island Cyclone – the amusement park’s last wooden roller coaster – which opened to the public almost one hundred years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bd81cdb5-472f-44b4-8217-b0a300082aab/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season What’s missing, of course, are the cars holding the excited riders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7e9a7331-ee3e-4568-b139-4ebce0ba5c41/5.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season I don’t recall where this flag was located, but for me it shared the out-of-season look so prevalent that autumn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/124cdd8c-84c5-4ba2-9ca9-a03417aa00e1/6.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Without the usual burst of activity to its sprightly musical accompaniment, the colorful figures of the merry-go-round steeds seemed almost out of place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/63ac5b02-b0b8-43a4-8cdd-970bc0fc086a/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Well, here are a few pleasant sights unaffected by the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4a3f5e74-2bb8-4dd7-9eed-b5c0a5d07c73/8.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Truth be told, I’ve never ventured inside this attraction – but it’s on my list for next time . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c97ffc6b-ff73-45f5-bd9e-e00560e786f1/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Here’s the famous Wonder Wheel, now in continuous operation for over a century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2f1052af-337e-48ce-9b93-d742a92af8ff/19.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season In season, some of its cars are stationary, while others are moving – but not on this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f2885d1b-a563-4524-9268-777f7911e668/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Over on the boardwalk, no one is lining-up for sausages and franks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a70dd0d4-b990-4369-aa53-aa17b98bb843/20.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Here’s the Parachute Jump, originally built for the 1939 World’s Fair – a vertical excursion that’s now defunct even in season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a2f437d5-4f1a-4e5a-a543-ba345a7d294e/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season I was fascinated by this pick-up truck, which hoisted junk in that cylindrical container up and over the truck before dumping it in that ultimate receptacle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5e93a8c8-0a65-4fa7-9041-e06fe2564642/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Here are two views of the beach, without the summertime crowds of people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c5217023-4b5a-4717-b211-51eb3efb0c4e/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season Still, on a nice sunny Fall day, a few souls ventured out to the benches along the boardwalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/262f8760-7dba-41f2-b2b8-e8309b0728a9/14.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season These guys partially stripped down and engaged in some serious game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/73a25e2c-2375-4fb5-a270-f9b9bcd56388/15.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season I was taken by this shot of a veteran couple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1cb773ea-9966-4ffa-ac4e-d3f8700a357b/16.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season But here’s my favorite snap from that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4eb3aba5-376a-489a-bea6-f86cfd9297fa/17.JPG Photo Portfolio - Coney Island -- Out of Season And so we depart Coney Island by focusing on this young man, busily engaged in getting the premises ready for another exciting season the following year. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/robeson-in-the-park monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6ba5d7ee-6fb2-4668-8429-b62bc9a03b3b/100_1676.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Central Park with Jim Freund https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/528a23d6-546d-4ab8-88ab-51ec73d6d4ef/IMG_0408.JPG Photo Portfolio - 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Photographing Central Park with Jim Freund https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b05d1d6f-5b7a-4ac2-beb5-355d1efdb64a/Screen+Shot+2023-05-04+at+10.41.15+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Photographing Central Park with Jim Freund https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/slices-of-the-big-apple-revisited monthly 0.5 2025-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3266783c-ef73-42f0-928c-c82555abe4c4/slices1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b125c6c6-7225-4b12-9b61-0d66267de0b4/img302.jpg https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/rear-window-revisited monthly 0.5 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4348294e-9ecb-4f57-920f-28237bd93049/57D13A07-65A7-4804-96C3-1FCB235F6D81.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED How about Judy Crawford's terrific photo of a magical sky over Manhattan apartment houses and their ubiquitous water towers?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7db03bec-f6b8-46ef-a78f-ba6352c8c6b0/B4E12047-83C5-4ACA-9CD8-87BC889E4646_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED This celestial moon shot was taken – as were all the photos in this blog entry – on an iPhone by my friend Judy Crawford from her apartment window on the Upper East Side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e24d708f-0df9-4cd9-b34d-1e735cb1675e/B174DAE7-9957-446A-A355-26E94F9AECAD_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED . . . or perhaps another view of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e102720d-6e80-470a-a05d-7cc83606d0a4/8497D273-FABC-4032-8004-24A7818C289E_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED I like to think of this one as Manhattan posing under a blessing from heaven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/80f80a4a-8460-4051-8f87-8f0ae0049b53/5BE54E93-109D-4901-9096-D8F952620038_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED And now here’s an almost vertical rainbow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ded48d9a-741f-4653-bd67-46f88f0539d1/172A8BDA-4E66-4013-9662-BD108F39E375_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED This is a unique photo through a snow-spackled window . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b9c4bda6-fd44-46ad-a341-80a9f4b14abb/CE290D1F-094B-467E-B187-10947D3D3BDD_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED Here's another shot of the same scene but now more visible through fewer flakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/529b1735-9be7-452e-a6bd-5f10029543ec/A386A7F2-B10F-422E-A028-BB802642C586_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED In Manhattan, it’s hard to resist taking shots of these picturesque water towers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a5517593-d314-4244-a595-cb0829aa9448/DA30E0C4-F2E4-4477-A954-6896F165781B_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED This one is nicely juxtaposed against a single cloud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c4646c40-673a-457d-bcd5-5bfd07922b7b/63CD6D68-3E3E-4567-858C-97A4BE0CD28A_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED For this shot, the sky decided to turn a vivid color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d9c747b-cdf6-4bae-b9d8-2fba351c4379/C761212B-63FD-443D-B867-CB588367B543_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED The best window view is across the Reservoir and Central Park to the apartment houses of Central Park West – especially the twin towers of the Eldorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/baa4b24f-836a-48d2-b672-fe10c2782276/6694C853-8762-472B-AC32-3043A52FD610_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED Here are five more such shots, all varied – great stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/14245550-9334-4608-9313-4b163aec6f1c/8132F7FB-E02D-42F1-9146-3740772AB451_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/22ce09e8-f4cd-409e-937d-f5271371050f/6CD83AF9-8571-4C5E-BA13-4B99D8F15DCC_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dd406ce6-1fb9-42b9-a06e-46ffc6109bc6/D0CB0E32-A50E-4B35-9182-DD53A6C6753F_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9f7bd4e8-e139-4849-b135-acc68987ad96/5589B899-DBCF-441C-A2FC-18F47724CB7D_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d1a4b771-61ae-420b-b831-aa719ab7ea4a/82F59A06-25E6-4BAA-935E-50D1BA561639_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED And here’s the Eldorado almost eclipsed by a dense fog – but still standing tall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/daa49b69-0e4b-4e2b-8631-1578bf3758ed/F6C9C3D6-241F-4FB5-8702-AC75BCD24A71_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED Now Judy is looking east . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3458df1e-143d-4f49-a8c6-0433ce76c0a3/58E5E25D-22D3-43E6-BF7F-21519A1EDB68_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED A good close-up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1c95c5f0-b9df-47c7-b9e2-112c325e7837/DCA26396-9978-4447-B669-9C45C299D74E_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED The view looking down to the snowy street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4228c5c8-23ff-458c-aaae-6b40e2e692f7/0D56D663-97DD-4D02-9568-68BA35A1D5FE_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED A shot framed by the reflection above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/df0df865-422b-4330-9a17-d9fec5140fed/3F2CFF0B-9133-4A0A-8B6F-FFFF4521965B_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED Man at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/51758b85-3503-4eab-8d7a-83ce2d721e98/9841CCEF-0E10-4F61-8253-0A7E926C0AF6_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED Support for Ukraine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/18b34a34-635d-4137-8b97-08ec92d18799/9B739E13-BCF9-4BCE-A343-84CBE3A38B9F_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED See if you can guess what the numbers stand for. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/80bb81c9-2b98-4f9f-b0b9-c9185be42cc2/9E5FF5A4-BC37-4A1C-AC80-BA43E8FBAA13_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - REAR WINDOW - REVISITED Judy's 25th shot was taken through the window of the terrific bookstore, Crawford-Doyle, that proprietors Judy and John graced the East Side with for so many years. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/enlarged-calendar-photos monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8404a11e-ce61-48a7-96c7-1ba7da27268c/1E2E3F7A-3DFF-4852-A694-8BA7167C1E66_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos A snap of feeding time for the sea lions at the Central Park Zoo (from the 2022 calendar). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d432c8bc-b41b-4ea5-b389-fd3635ae34f6/146E95B9-5E67-4E75-AFFA-7FCE3C8DB774_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos A view of NYC’s skinny skyline at dusk (2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8c53da9b-b3db-4678-bcbd-bd1fe47c1cee/1ADAB93E-D353-4084-AF04-2E4A5768973F.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos I found a good perch high in a downtown office building to take a long-range view of three East River bridges (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9af52610-55f7-460b-8ab2-b123614386c7/E924A335-486A-4BB6-98E5-3F52B0711CCA_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos This street scene of a bustling Third Avenue north of 79th Street was taken from the terrace of my apartment (2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dc19db0c-6bc7-46b0-8fc8-673f4e22d2d7/5CD4EC7D-A0DC-4862-A0CE-2BDCE5096E1D_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos I’ve long been partial to photos of boats and buildings reflected in water, as in this shot of Chandler’s Wharf in Portland, Maine (2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/391f42f5-7741-410b-b6b4-a40d18ce975f/AD22852A-19E5-43D1-B326-9B0A5887B292_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos I get an extra kick out of a colorful reflection, like this snap alongside the Hudson River (2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fbc674cc-578b-43d4-be6b-e1b5eeeaf203/6EF5EAFB-883D-439B-9136-F4EB209C5A02_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos There’s a handsome church near our weekend escape in Easton, CT, that I’ve often photographed in the spring, summer and fall, but which also has real character in its winter version (2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4beed62b-a518-47e7-93e6-fa13cf23b1e2/625200CF-8B83-4566-9C1F-5AB827F57036_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Speaking of winter and our Easton home-sweet-home, here’s a noble trunk and some notable limb shadows in our back yard (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a6a3f87d-1f77-46d2-81ad-ff14aef879ac/D75ADFC8-37CC-4156-B4C1-FA7731CA6DB6_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Our favorite ski resort was Deer Valley in Park City, Utah, as in this shot of hills and skiers (2014). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1b8fe5ba-7c0e-49a7-b944-c1c833755d23/774FD682-1360-40A5-8A0F-536EBDECC84F_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos A sextet of Connecticut ducks swimming in formation (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c38f0080-fc13-459e-9fc9-323c600d0674/CF8B00E8-4066-4902-AAFF-C92E735AA236_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos These gulls were well-perched (2015). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ad3ff503-3e12-4093-806b-0e002068c558/E0773065-CCD3-47DD-9998-3F12D3AD6050_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos How about this photogenic critter . . . . (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2f4c0c07-d447-4f7c-916c-e292aba25574/A4013530-61D8-48BB-BFC2-142E6AD658F0_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Central Park offered up the best-looking duck I’ve ever encountered (2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7fc77e5b-46be-4c62-9c33-2126570f452c/748A8E0C-7DB0-40BE-ABA3-E5FE2B7E98EF_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos This feeding frenzy took place at Silverman’s Farm in Easton, CT (2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b42dfdd7-43ad-4ffa-9fa5-d5d33eb1338f/276F4DDF-B5BC-4620-B844-F9C2AC6F2433_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Not all fireworks light the sky; some are grounded like these in CT (2023). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/194d594e-873e-4de1-af21-5e351d416fda/6A542179-2791-4117-AD64-E2308FB34BA0_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos I happened upon this strange structure along the shore of California’s Half Moon Bay (2020). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b352ee93-8f8f-45b6-9057-25d128383a9a/DC61D9CE-46B7-49DB-AA2B-A5F77C65A0FB_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos One of a plethora of fabulous metal sculptures by Carole Eisner that abound on the lawn of Dick and Carole’s Weston CT home (2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/937e9a25-e632-403c-b180-80b9398d816f/E36632AA-59AD-4E82-AE19-1553ADFA64AE_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Here’s one of my favorite Central Park bridges (2017). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/12b0edc0-ac96-4c71-9dcf-c113edd18d1e/D66AE3C0-9919-4A1C-8866-9592F23447AA.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Manhattan also is home to a garbage-filled side, as seen in this photo (2024). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8632675b-a947-44fa-8b82-22ca65f6d0ee/Untitled-1+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos I shoot a lot of pix at my Princeton alma mater. In the above tragedy, we had just lost to Yale (2015); but in the victorious moment below, the team was singing “Old Nassau” to celebrate a win over Penn (2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7468ada0-f82b-410e-841f-45bd0836cd56/AC99ABD4-EC9C-40B9-A42F-FB387626D658_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Here’s a notable California shoreline (2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/38d5a71b-bb7c-427e-904e-5fd7db44a4f2/F61F19AF-4F22-40D5-9450-B604261A038D_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Old Glory and its worthy partner in this CT photo (2023). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/58878c16-4651-48e6-adb8-a4f1caa0351e/BBD3F07A-CFF1-439D-87BA-3BB9AC612C92_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos Let’s close back in NYC – in this case, when Hudson Yards was relatively new . . . . (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/be8a2253-0840-48d0-8896-6814daf2b85e/55859CD9-2852-4543-9233-1C72383C58DB_1_105_c.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Enlarged Calendar Photos . . . and here, in its Hudson River berth, the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (2024). https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/maine-in-1995 monthly 0.5 2025-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/01d24c31-d1ae-4641-877c-a0047e1c14ed/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.17.58+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 Thirty years ago, I spent a summer week at a photo-instructional camp in Maine. We took black & white shots around the local area, then printed and critiqued them the next day. Here are some of the results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b8b44f91-ed00-4c6b-8151-e167d5d7b30d/Untitled-1+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 It was a worthwhile week. We picked up some good tips and experimented a lot – such as with differing views of the same subject matter, like this bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3d5e3694-233c-4dbc-a1da-420ac419e9bc/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.21.06+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 This woman, a determined household figure in period dress, was especially notable . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e945ce98-db7c-4609-ba42-807170c43958/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.21.11+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 …as were her two assistants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/68c44124-a3d4-405f-ad8b-62d9dd396956/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.21.23+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 The equipment she had to work with was fairly primitive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d502abd0-d803-456c-8094-f829daae998e/Untitled-2+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 Here are some shots I took of a small-town military celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/495ec5b8-8602-48d5-88eb-2f4fb025a9b8/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.21.37+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 There was lots of local scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ea40446c-7e05-4166-9727-007aaf8d8082/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.21.30+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 I caught this guy sleeping it off on the big lakeside rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7374ec9b-88d8-4bbd-b42d-e8afe4c76076/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.21.43+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 The best subjects were kids, as these four shots display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/aa45a01e-5949-4ef4-92fb-d403aa77804b/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.20.40+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/77a2240a-f020-4b95-9197-723cf8722de2/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.21.00+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/15996be2-8ffe-47ac-94e6-98b90d469f78/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.20.33+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c317482d-f714-4616-b287-1e7ec7a27d8d/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.20.14+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 The local lighthouse was not to be ignored . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/954cdf32-0b72-42e1-98db-a61cb11c612f/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.20.08+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 . . . especially in close-up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a18b6654-47ff-4790-8482-866330e58eab/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.20.50+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 This store window caught my eye . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/97ce3f3b-2907-48a0-8fe8-dc9ac07f954b/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.23.43+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 . . . . as did this experiment in snapping a more abstract image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f79d6950-7ade-4023-bc39-938579d884f2/Screenshot+2025-08-15+at+10.20.24+AM.png Photo Portfolio - Maine in 1995 I spotted this house, convinced another student to lie down on the hill, and close this collection with my homage to Andrew Wyeth’s famed “Christina’s World.” https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/the-view-outside monthly 0.5 2025-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7dc8224a-3a9c-492b-937e-a8065325f1f9/1.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside Here’s a portfolio of photos I took this month on my cellphone, mostly through the glass windows of our weekend house in CT, looking out on the pastoral scene that surrounds us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d39a08bc-6e0e-4ce6-9622-8225415c66a4/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside This tree stands right outside our bedroom, with the view accessible only from a narrow window near our bed. It’s one of my favorites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bbb4834a-76e7-4b51-9c6b-602f6b650fc4/3.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside The view above is through the skylight over our bed. The one below is from a window near Barbara’s dressing table, taking in the passing road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1f6bf1f5-6ea8-42c5-9a5f-ba5dd4d9f6ab/4.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside Those are our cars above – and one of theirs below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fc48e002-bd5a-4ebb-a96d-156dfe93cb9a/5.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside This is the only such structure on our property, in which we store some old stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/51f43da0-926e-4d33-bfa3-32b34c5fde68/6.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside Most of what we see when we look out our windows are trees, trees and trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fe3b33ad-7832-4f67-bc48-d3c61f6903a2/7.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside But each tree is different, and I find the overall effect exhilarating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b14622a6-0b19-42b9-b2a7-a49cc0261fed/8.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside More of the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f57c3cab-5b88-480c-8696-dc3382dfe479/9.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside And a few more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4147382f-4861-43a5-b9d2-fa9c884d4a21/10.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside Here you can glimpse our lawn chairs through the leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f87b5564-6b06-4676-a48a-2295bc7f7db4/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside We have a screened-in porch where we dine and relax in the summertime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3a910cad-d0c7-4f6f-aee4-e31aa09bb3bd/12.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside This is the view out our front door, including one of the six critters that romp around the place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/66622da9-a5e2-4cf8-b720-7df181ed7a99/14.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside As the September days slip by, the leaves begin to fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f9d1adec-9b9f-4a3b-9bdd-17f88b305ba2/13.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside Here in early September, is a last glimpse of the bright summer scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a425d6d9-c75d-44d1-abd3-1ac6c4bfc7ec/15.jpg Photo Portfolio - The View Outside Now, as the month-end nears, the falling leaves of early Fall abound. And I’m just waiting for the glorious autumn colors that are sure to please us next month. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/colorful-past-ct-autumns monthly 0.5 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/53e5fb42-fc38-4939-a9da-e963869dca07/IMG_0333.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns This group of photos pay tribute to the colorful autumns of five to ten years ago in Fairfield County, CT, at or near our weekend home in the town of Easton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c99113c9-8d1e-4de4-9316-14efa678e268/IMG_4807.jpg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns This tree is ablaze with color in late October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/582e6a00-3973-42da-a77d-f40127580dd5/Untitled-3+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns Pumpkins galore abound during the October scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c6549a6f-cde9-41d7-a00d-2877b0f5b67b/Untitled-1+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns A handsome church, close to our home, that stands out every season but especially in the Fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d5a63e97-c03e-45e0-931e-986b7183b3aa/IMG_1853.jpg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns Here’s the area between our house and the hot tub (housed in green). The trees, in their infancy, were planted by my wife Barbara and our close friend, Bill Silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d3fe9443-f9e7-4ce8-a53c-69977050933d/Untitled-4+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns The local porcine statuette takes on a decidedly October tone, while one of our pups is posing amidst the fallen leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/041f650c-4c16-4c0c-9a6b-d99a6c6b64ad/Untitled-2+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns Here are some local watery spots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6950f161-3dad-4a8c-958d-b23d4859463b/IMG_2143.JPG Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns This mini-waterfall is surrounded by fallen leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/59ec537c-689e-461c-aab0-5f0cd37443a7/IMG_2077.JPG Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns Even a cemetery is made more appealing when the autumn leaves turn to a golden hue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9674be30-aa0a-4988-9173-4b305697b20b/IMG_2121.JPG Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns I like this intertwining of limbs, branches, and colorful leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f703d6e1-33d7-405c-a6ed-48286aea997b/IMG_0332.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns Here’s some good colors . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e06eaa3f-902c-43ba-af73-9eb6908f34c5/IMG_2122.JPG Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns . . . even more intense hues . . . and https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/39bf9295-206f-42b7-9458-072fafd2a01f/IMG_6424.JPG Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns . . . a happy medium of coloration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/50a7e3ed-1956-4ade-9811-bf454f1fd25e/IMG_2070.JPG Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns Here's how Fall colors look up close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3c168da4-dbff-49d7-8a5f-2bf947669389/IMG_4526.jpg Photo Portfolio - Colorful Past CT Autumns I’ll conclude with a nod to my favorite tree in our town. https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/central-park-from-the-100th-floor monthly 0.5 2025-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d19bbddc-1077-42e7-bebc-4b9df9d64455/IMG_5757.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor This month Barbara and I were guests at an elegant reception on the 100th floor of Central Park Tower (at 217 West 57th Street), one of the slim skyscrapers that now adorn the midtown Manhattan skyline. Here’s what I could see through the thick windowpanes – the whole of Central Park, pierced by the shadow of the tower I’m snapping from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c335f883-1c62-40a0-bfb6-4e7edd87f833/IMG_7109.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor For all these pictures, I used both a 35mm Canon with a telephoto lens and the photo lens of my cellphone. Here I concentrated on the area surrounding The Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/02f11cfb-7a10-4b7f-adba-0450859adffd/IMG_5737.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Then I shifted the scope to include The Lake and Sheep Meadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4824cec8-8076-4f73-a94c-ef8efd44254b/IMG_5734.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Now back for a wide-angle view of just The Reservoir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1203c67b-4d1d-46f3-aca7-3163807d9d65/IMG_7112.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Here’s Manhattan’s upper west side bordering the Park, with the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson River in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/60bfcd78-f9b2-46ac-9af7-6ac93a8a020c/IMG_7078.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor This one takes us a little closer to the Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a0db3154-7c96-4356-9be7-5d38f0d01105/IMG_5747.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Now I focused my lens on these two attractive triangles of Park and buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b6b41e96-6cd4-495a-bea2-d943a7f5bb40/IMG_5747+%281%29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Here I’m honing in further on that section of the Park near where Barbara and I lived for many years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/abb2ca69-aaa4-4558-a1de-c56a79e8f205/IMG_5758.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Now shifting over to the view of the east side of the Park and the upper east side structures, with Wollman Rink in the lower right corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5691fa99-1e28-4fee-9d47-c402e1be56fe/IMG_7103.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Here’s my long lens, picking out what lies beyond the east side buildings, such as Hell Gate Bridge and lots of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/24d7b791-cef3-4dcc-be4a-09a2e8f7bd4c/IMG_5739.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Now we’re back at the Park and the east side buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/79392ee1-c986-491b-9202-43b54ea1b953/IMG_5755+%281%29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Here we're coming in closer on that residential section known as the Upper East Side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b041a4a0-8435-4489-8050-8c3c12c79553/IMG_5755.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor And now, we're zooming all the way in to define Temple Emanu-El, and also the building that houses the Arsenal Gallery (where I had my first showing of Central Park photos), and the Central Park Zoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6775bf78-a3ae-4f0c-b4e9-6ff8ef305061/IMG_7106.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Now we’re down at the southeast corner of the Park, featuring the Pond, the Gapstow Bridge, and the massive buildings of Central Park South. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dc2f16b4-d5f2-4f79-b327-7e809fda733b/IMG_5753.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Here’s a close-up of The Pond and its surroundings – a wonderful corner of the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5fcb39c1-b55b-4cdd-9d33-84ec7e8c12ac/IMG_7084.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Check out the skaters on Wollman Rink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/38fbc52c-34a9-4409-b06e-cd30cbcbdb1b/IMG_7115.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor This is Umpire Rock in the southwestern part of Central Park near Heckscher Playground and Wollman Rink – a well-known location for climbing as well as to relax and take in the scenery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8fdf0abe-7751-4b01-af0f-888a2fe9eedb/IMG_5753+%281%29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Here The Pond is dwarfed by an entire cast of east side structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/02e42bff-f65a-48f2-b705-9cbed3a0afe3/IMG_7104.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor This is what a sidestreet looks like from up high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f4a1c01e-7171-4513-847c-bdb472435df5/IMG_5754.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor And now for the whole works – the Pond, the C.P. South buildings, and the sidestreet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/15ac830a-1006-40a2-8c8e-079c885be1e6/IMG_7105.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor There’s no Park here – just some hefty structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/01fb68bd-1b08-447c-9e11-c91e66997401/IMG_7092.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor That’s the One57 luxury condominium building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f8a98ec9-1481-42e3-96c3-84995b7a8408/IMG_5752.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Steinway Tower overlooks the scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/72fc3fb2-a3f2-4a04-b050-e32fc544e0d1/IMG_7076.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor The Central Park Boathouse, Bethesda Terrace, and the Bethesda Fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/83e2a113-2419-446d-9ac3-1f037d3b215c/IMG_5738.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor These are the Heckscher Ballfields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d449f947-caf7-447b-89ff-a3d675f1361d/IMG_5733.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Here’s The Lake. You can just make out a slice of Bow Bridge on the far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/47018295-6dac-4e9b-aaad-5be3c9468ef6/IMG_7089.JPG Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor Shifting now to a brief glance at the afternoon sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a38f08d2-45c9-428e-99f0-033e4ba0c61d/IMG_5731.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Central Park from the 100th Floor And finally back to where we started (although minus the shadow). https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/photographing-shadows monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f1214066-8a77-42eb-9759-133a55cd0d2c/1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows I get a kick out of photographing shadows – especially when I’m shooting in black & white, where the contrast and dynamic range is usually greater than in color (and even more so where, as here, there’s a snowy backdrop). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/82a7f602-9ac5-4ebc-a64f-9b9c30957961/2.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Trees are a prominent source of shadows, but – as this beach scene illustrates – even a plethora of wooden sticks can create interesting shadowy effects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/047a56ab-1223-49ea-92f2-15957d34375a/3.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Electric overhead cables often provide graceful shadows. Light may provide the key ingredient for photography, but shadows provide the flavor, add depth, shape and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fc04dcee-303f-4850-8293-8585907345db/4.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows You may have to scan this shot for a few moments to find the key shadow – that of the helicopter in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2ddb6b64-70f2-43af-893d-c2ebf017315c/5.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Trees are still the most plentiful sources of shadow, as in this wide-angle shot from behind our Easton, CT house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c96ae98d-26c3-446c-bbea-1274a25c71a8/6.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows On this one I’ve moved in closer – fewer trees, more compelling shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/efd3af2c-9a37-4fca-bd09-b8d1fb708ab8/7.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows And here the most striking shadows are created by honing in on a single tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/5de66fa7-e264-4a07-938f-ebbec1f784eb/8.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows That’s enough of trees for now. How about this view over the Hudson River toward Manhattan from the New Jersey side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c9160ca7-9f8f-4a55-886a-6e1802488d82/9.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows And here’s a similar shadow effect in a more rural setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f0176557-42a4-4587-b9f6-ea8d6beacd06/10.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Okay, back to the trees – this time the shadows are up front on the Princeton U. campus, with its venerable Nassau Hall partly hidden in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/adde5be7-1369-4eea-a968-6819bd4f9529/11.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Still at Princeton, some interesting shadows on the outer walls of its handsome cathedral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3347d64c-001c-4e29-9024-f38cefc44e05/12.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows That’s a shadow on the face of the building, but query, is it coming from this particular tree? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1ad8d830-9d46-4895-ab80-238b0dad398d/13.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows In this aged New Jersey structure, the shadows and flashes of sunlight are all mixed together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/81773668-2d1d-49cd-b4a9-bda53b9c1835/14.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Lots of photographic shadows are big and bold, but here it’s the very delicate ones that caught my eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/19e605ae-f958-4618-b449-a0aa6b3c4774/15.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows The mostly minimal shadows of the fire escape contribute to the overall effect of the photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0cbd48fc-ee8c-45c6-bda6-295388604ff2/16.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows I like the way my hammock in CT blends in with the scene here – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c04daeab-a4ea-4be6-843f-6f9109616c07/17.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows – but now the hammock occupies a central role in the photo and casts an interesting shadow – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dda59304-369e-4ec8-9a2f-f18be0021163/18.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows – which I now move in on to create a rather complex picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/78b36d7c-e6db-4725-8bd9-a7697003669d/19.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Speaking of complex shadows, here they add measurably to the scene – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/db50c75b-b138-486e-8cca-39630b227f1b/20.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows while here, in contrast, it’s the minimal shadows on the snow that create an additional dimension to the composition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1cbeb252-5132-4140-86a5-aa7e967059c1/21.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Frankly, the multiple shadows in this shot aren’t worth singling out, but I do like what they add to a Central Park sight I’m fond of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3ef62b5e-3bfc-45c2-8486-617c513fcf76/22.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows As you might expect, shadows seem very much at home in a cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b87fffaf-8158-4dd8-8eea-69f702638331/23.jpg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows And how about this interesting web of shadows seemingly cast by the single memorial flag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e6faff60-f184-4216-a107-bdac76046d42/24.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Here’s a compelling sight reminiscent of generations past, with the foreground shadows helpful to break up that all-white front lawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8bd20879-9531-46b8-b180-e7ba24df2834/IMG_5770.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows By the way, you can also experiment with indoor shadows cast by the sun through a window or glass door, as in this snap of three drawer knobs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a9777e98-f1ba-4982-9ed6-0230981c433f/25.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows I like the shadows here, echoing the topography of the landscape – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2b8bfa0c-0138-40f2-b92f-b40ccbf94c64/26.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows – and then really coming into their own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c7b85b74-eacf-4856-9eeb-f04d9a6a6f7b/28.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows That’s me again, hard at work snapping Central Park's Conservatory Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4516d836-2af1-4e70-aae9-3e50b8ea1785/29.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows I borrowed this shot from last month’s blog entry to show the extra interest a shadow can add to a familiar scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e7dbc58f-d7fd-42d1-8193-3a8bef9fb91a/30.JPG Photo Portfolio - Photographing Shadows Well, you tell me – if that’s not a shadow fluttering across the moon, what is it? (But if it is, where’s it coming from?) https://www.jimfreundblog.com/photo-portfolio/home-holidays monthly 0.5 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bc8df633-84ab-4789-aec3-f020072e6f6c/5.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays This year, over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, Barbara and I took a 15-day “vacation” at our Easton, CT house. The highlight of our stay was one hell of a snowstorm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/dc4493b2-c37c-4a5d-b006-d12ec1e700ae/0.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays On the day after Christmas, we were seated in our den, warmed by a picturesque fire in the hearth ("aFa" are the initials of Barbara’s dad). It was such a calm scene . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3c49c540-f2da-4f7f-ad77-025236b46ccd/1+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . But that evening, the snow began to fall and I started to take pictures – all of which in this portfolio were taken through glass from inside the house (no slippery falls outside for me). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bb6ccd0f-b86a-4295-ba33-cd3da4a132de/1.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays The little barn that sits in our driveway is home to thousands of VHS tapes that I recorded from movies on TV over the years, which are of absolutely no use now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6711b5e1-0ebf-4a54-ba89-9590f6f78df9/2.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays The snow-covered structure pictured here surrounds a hot tub that received little attention during these two weeks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/83173ad0-0c93-4733-a535-e0619c0e45a0/3.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays The snow blanketed branches of trees . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/926847ae-35ad-4f4d-9309-27ff1c1844ec/4.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . and bushes . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6f8683a7-ae14-4b52-9be8-48b832602629/6.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . . and tree limbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/76eac697-4d44-41ad-8c64-36f074b86a60/7.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Here’s a little bit of everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/823929da-0e0d-495a-b475-9c9854e8c2f5/8.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays More snow on bushes . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b006e72c-6a49-4007-8ad5-c0f9b203634c/9.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . and here in spades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a1c682ca-a53c-462b-b1b5-d86004308ddc/10.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays This is one of my favorite views from inside the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/aec76a44-c95e-436b-ab6b-3cd79440c9cd/11.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays An up-close view of the colorful chairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/803e9bec-a25d-4b14-8ae2-2466adb7bdab/12.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays When you shoot a snowy scene from inside a window, you sometimes get an icicle bonus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c96b1a4e-860a-446d-8b04-0a3cfa0b522f/13.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Our outdoor back deck looked at its decked-out best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/215e7526-c7a5-44b3-a7b9-cf78b23d893c/14.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays From the mirror we put up across the road, you can see here the first pass of the local road-clearing team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/62d59c60-6991-4b35-94c7-d8909e615910/15.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Let’s close the first phase of our vacation weather by sympathizing with one of our dogs (Stella), who looks anxious to get back into the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/193a3512-a702-412a-b9b8-905fefedf493/16.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Then, two days later, we were hit by a rainstorm of considerable magnitude, which cleared the snow off the tree limbs . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/793754e4-d487-4862-b40d-b7dd79439942/17.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . and did a real job on the smaller trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/079e6259-19eb-4183-88ef-73d3819f7f93/18.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays That’s the rain on our window. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/600a70dc-cee3-460b-b42a-841272c28e3f/19.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . which went on for hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a6cd8ca8-283a-4f02-8e8f-fe27ddd70f13/20.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Check out those sizeable raindrops falling on the big tree . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/89ad3491-7d24-4c05-8cc9-cbd4a22f2925/21.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . close up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/3fcbd811-273d-4e7c-a3b1-ffba69aea19f/22.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Not much chance of relaxing in this second floor terrace lounge chair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9f1d022c-1591-4c2e-b09b-9f79dbcc8ee7/24.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Our cars were able to handle the rain . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/915f6ad9-234d-4ca5-b62d-62a778b21123/25.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . but it was a mess getting to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a93af25d-245e-46bc-ae91-74c9ceb2016f/26.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays The road looks pretty good . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6ef83b99-a960-4ebd-a665-18016433b34b/27.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . and our driveway appears usable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/57926e63-2138-40c4-8903-0bd783ee84a6/28.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays The big trees and hammock were serene that evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1ef931c7-274b-410d-bbbd-ee88f9014e51/23.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Now it’s the next day, and the sun has finally decided to make an appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/307d2a7b-7a05-47fa-baca-4f7f49e372a3/29.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays There’s still a lot of snow on the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d0c2a438-6773-472c-b885-ab53e6a2cc16/30.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays These are the footprints that some of our six dogs left in the softer snow after the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b6855ce9-3b32-46f8-a029-385cf5a39485/31.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Here’s a close-up of their work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/109836c1-6434-4f1d-9aeb-885aa5802066/32.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays This guy isn't one of the six. . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/b4518eba-1541-45e4-81bd-3602a3c23ba6/33.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . nor are these other two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/63fbce7c-d170-4c6e-82a4-08569352cebe/34.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Our view of the road from a downstairs window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/da7dbcc1-a4d4-4337-9b84-500ce167191c/35.JPG Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays These chairs are ready for occupancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/eb8d5d5f-1485-46bd-aefc-14437febd384/36.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays It’s now New Year’s Eve, and the rains have returned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6b7aed77-d6d3-4acb-8c37-b2334201a33f/37.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Here’s the scene at midnight, welcoming 2026 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bfaabc4e-4841-4bec-80ea-3d5e8f5c301c/38.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays We finally got some good (albeit cold) weather for the rest of our wintry vacation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bf031fb3-7478-4126-87f5-a6616a3ff8aa/39.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Here's one of my favorite trees, as viewed from our bedroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/0ba3054f-92e5-412e-9e71-28fc994d733b/40.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays The key to this photo is the little dog, overshadowed by big trees and a hefty shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/ba778780-5288-45c6-b3d2-3d609537adbc/41.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays I’m focusing now on the hammock and its shadow image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6596a93d-1831-4532-a38c-bd56e27685bf/42.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Here are plenty more canine footprints . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/9481de31-288f-48bf-b10d-7d3956fe8318/43.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . a couple of the dogs . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4d26a943-0868-47fc-b98e-c03e3ff3246d/44.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . and one of the East Coast’s most fabled doyenne of canines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/223292d6-8bb8-4f58-96af-61afc2a1f1a1/45.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays As our time in CT came to an end, we still had about half the remnants of the big snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/cd5c8bf2-bcea-4184-83a9-3dc1889c0cb8/46.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Here’s the gate to our property, ready to be opened for our farewell voyage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/a6e2d745-d43f-424e-832c-51b66eff37a7/47.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Cars are using the highway . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/750314a5-4ae0-4926-b48b-7d971aaa5da4/48.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays . . . as you can see over the foliage and snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/848981f1-da5a-4fed-b18a-827737d03fac/49.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays And so we departed the scene, leaving an abstruse pattern in the snow for future generations to decipher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/020c64b7-8663-4769-9731-80533df86844/IMG_6125.jpeg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays But wait – that’s not the end to our snowy tale for January 2026. Two weeks later, a new storm came through; and when it was over, unlike the prior one, the sun shown very brightly to make available shots like this (all taken from inside through windows). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/25497465-0077-49b3-82e0-13c9c784f914/8+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays That posed a new photographic decision to be made. All my prior snow pix in this portfolio were photographed in color. On most computer photo apps (like mine), you can apply a black & white filter to the color photo, as I’ve done here; and this often makes a real difference as to how the shot appears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fd23f3a7-b587-4d07-89ca-9de593866afe/7+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays The distinction is most notable when, as on this shot, the sun is shining and there’s a blue sky or some other color aspect to the photo. Here, the blue sky adds a nice touch, so I prefer it over the filtered black & white, although other observers may take a different view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/810289cc-35f2-41cb-9ad7-da5eed5a870e/1+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays The filter I used here (labeled “noir”) provided a more prominent touch to the icicles than the color version, so I prefer it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/7a2bf502-611a-4e75-8eb3-78d3649b0fb4/6+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays Both of these views are attractive, so it’s simply a matter of taste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/d7582753-5b51-4cc9-9955-8107d6fbaa19/4+copy.jpg Photo Portfolio - Home for the Holidays You can really see the difference on this good shot. 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https://www.jimfreundblog.com/portfolio daily 0.75 2026-03-26 https://www.jimfreundblog.com/portfolio/slices-of-the-big-apple-1st-part monthly 0.5 2026-02-25 https://www.jimfreundblog.com/portfolio/central-park-blizzard-of-2011 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/19379c40-44b5-4472-9ffb-913cc1d88ca2/1.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Fifteen years ago, New York City experienced a blizzard that compared with the one we had this year. I took a number of photos in 2011 of its after-effects on Central Park, the best of which are contained in this portfolio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bc86c8b5-3060-4c05-9f2c-22a746c985ba/2.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Here’s a well-known statue on the Fifth Avenue perimeter of the Park that commemorates our participation in World War I. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4ffb4cff-2d00-4b9f-8575-6ac8bb394c1c/3.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 The limbs of the trees were loaded with snow. That blue backdrop is a side view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/8ad99c9d-0e8b-412c-8410-ad575d0426a1/4.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Here are some glimpses of Temple Emanuel (on 5th Avenue) through the snowy Central Park limbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/29d920fa-ad4d-40ae-8942-57f110d6d034/5.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Kids were thrilled at the sledding possibilities offered in the Park by the blizzard . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e6ff1bb6-bffa-45e1-b63d-95e42ca5d706/6.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 . . . . although some of them went a little overboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/fba45403-f291-4162-8726-acc4dce9b8b6/7.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Here are two other views of the Gapstow Bridge (previously featured in this portfolio’s lead picture). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/f48376bb-e99e-4ce6-871f-14836f334e86/8.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 And here are the countless ducks that help make this bridge so memorable. The bottom shot faces south away from the bridge toward the Plaza Hotel and other 59th Street buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/2f34b39f-0c10-41bd-a007-31fb80b12d2d/9.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Along with the colorful ducks, here are some handsome birds . . . . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/85a948be-2eb1-4898-b96f-f563b9ffd0d4/10.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 . . . . and an ambitious squirrel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/bfee49d0-df1e-49b7-a21e-137f7fecdf5b/11.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 This is a principal north-south thoroughfare of the Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c7d63b2c-6615-4522-abf5-ed2782f60361/12.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 And here are three shots of the musical mainstay on that thoroughfare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/80bdbd96-bbb6-4276-9a76-81c17a43f1c9/13.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 At the thoroughfare’s southern end, there are a number of individual memorial statues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/88634b7c-49b4-4110-85ed-15996073ee5a/14.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 The blizzard make it a little tough to guess who this guy is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/84a560e1-c281-4bf5-8d38-49ea63aa5aa7/15.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 This is the Park’s tribute to the dog (Balto) who delivered the serum that saved the city of Nome, Alaska back in 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/e5ec52a1-0cc9-4e1b-8a03-5016ee5fc1db/16.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Some more shots I enjoyed. Those towers belong to the San Remo apartment building on Central Park West. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/4b90f0a6-4f3b-4bf5-9685-878f50e46f38/17.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Three views of the Dairy Visitor Center & Gift Shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/97495bb1-0102-4492-8925-e579032207d1/18.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 This attractive structure (named Summerhouse in the Ramble) adorns a hill in the Park near Fifth Avenue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/6cc0196a-c209-4219-b810-5b2685c1d745/19.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 Four shots of self-explanatory Park sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/58411d10-e41b-4dc9-8c29-c653bc989fa1/20.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 One of the Park’s prime photo opportunities is Bethesda Terrace, with the Bethesda Fountain at its core. Here’s what it looks like when you first approach the scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/c6af228d-cf7d-407a-af0a-ccfc4d9ffaea/21.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 This is a good view of the entire Bethesda complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/1eb50b77-9666-456a-a292-fd1f062259a2/22.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 And here’s the lovely angel who presides over the fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6012d97e8a41220043426276/957baf12-93af-412c-87c9-99134cdb48b3/23.jpg Photos Portfolio - Central Park Blizzard of 2011 This final view is of the southeastern corner of the Park looking south toward The Plaza Hotel.