Stark

Midday sun shadow sculpture

In sharp contrast to the delicate and subtle early morning light in the previous shot, here's a somewhat harsh and stark photograph of one of my favorite subjects - those dune fences. I love how different lighting conditions can generate such different moods...

Silver Lining

A sliver of light and color at the end of a drab and stormy early December day

I know it's been a while since I've been posting one of those ocean shots, but once in a while I just have to sprinkle one in...Here, the storm clouds gave way to a small band of orange at the end of the day. I just loved the speck of otherworldly red in the sky, but oh boy was it cold! I specifically drove down with tripod and all my gear to take photographs, and this is the only (& handheld) picture I took before running back to my car shivering like crazy!

Factory Work

Old factory sign behind chain link fence

Enough with lofty aspirations such as freedom and liberty, and back to the daily grind. On my way to the Copiague post office today, I had to drive through the 4 block "industrial part of town", if one can call it that. While gray and rainy skies to match loomed overhead (and being somewhat bored with ocean pictures as of late), I decided to see whether some photos were hiding here. One of my finds was this old sign. I like to discover things from the past and this is certainly one of them. The factory has long since closed it's doors and the sign looked like a remnant from an era before employment agencies and internet job searches. I am pretty sure they wouldn't call it "factory work" nowadays either, but maybe "manual assembly service agents wanted".

Cornered

Suburbia at its best

Stayed in most of the day due to wet weather, then ran some errands and even drove to the docks, all the while not seeing anything but telephone wires and white skies. Sometimes there's just no picture no matter how hard you try. Or maybe I just wasn't in the mood... Stepped out of the car in front of my house and spotted this abandoned toy ball right in my own back yard. I like this shot - a lot.