The Mayor of Coney Island
This is Dick D. Zigun, unofficial but universally acknowledged Mayor of Coney Island, at the start of the 2013 Mermaid Parade.
This is Dick D. Zigun, unofficial but universally acknowledged Mayor of Coney Island, at the start of the 2013 Mermaid Parade.
There is a a tradition of sorts for Coney Island Mermaid Parade contestants to bribe the judges. I don't quite grasp the details but it is apparently all out in…
One thing that struck me while shooting the marchers as they prepared, primped and waited in the staging area, was that everyone seemd so energetic and happy. Not that I…
This Saturday I went to the 31st Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade on Surf Avenue. Actually I spent most of my time there in the staging area before the parade.…
Dewey Bridge was built over the Colorado River as part of State Route 128 in 1916. At the time, it was the second longest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi…
This image is from the same evening as this one. The low sun and different levels of cloud shelves created this arresting color pattern in the sky.
Forest Park is a 538 acre park in Queens, and good half of it is pretty literally a forest: no playgrounds, ball fields or lawns, just a forest with some…
As beautiful as mesa Arch was, I think Dead Horse Point was my favorite location from this year's nXnw trip to Arches and Canyonlands National parks in Utah.
It's not super tight for a macro, but I did use a macro lens at more of a portrait distance. One light, off-camera and front/left to the subject. Kept the…
My Dad and I 50 years ago. I normally don't post on Sunday, nor do I usually post images that I did not take. I'm guessing my Uncle Mike took…
When I visited the Utah National Parks in April with the nXnw crew, we stayed in Moab, Utah. While there, I was introduced to The Moab Brewery, a local craft…
Before last night, I had not noticed that a view directly down Metropolitan Avenue from the border of my neighborhood led directly to One World Trade Center, or Freedom Tower.…
This is a view of the Windows and Turret Arch area of Arches National Park, taken from the parking area right around dusk. I had gotten separated from my crew,…
White peony, indoors, black background, one off-camera flash, focus stacking, both automatic and manual brushing.
I do not have much more to say about Cisco, the abandoned ghost town in Utah that we visited on the way to Mab. Lots of interesting subjects --…