Posted in Architecture, Photography Sites, Scenery, tagged fort, Fort San Felipe del Morro, Garitas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sentry Boxes on June 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In honor of NYC’s Puerto Rican Day Parade, here are some photographs taken during a trip to Puerto Rico last year:
These sentry boxes (called garitas) look out to the ocean from every corner of fort San Felipe del Morro. Their distinctive rounded dome tops have become a cultural symbol for Puerto Rico.
The beautiful interior walls [...]
Posted in Photography Sites, Wildlife, tagged Bronx Zoo, coy, fish, Wildlife on June 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I snapped this photograph of the Bronx Zoo’s coy pond using one of the few lens filters that I keep on hand – the polarizer. In this instance, I used it to filter out reflections from the water in order to capture some real underwater detail of the scales and fins. The polarizer is also [...]
Posted in Art, Photography Sites, sculpture, tagged Art, Children, Concrete, Duotone, Governor's Island, Modern Art, sculpture on June 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is a second picture of the same art exhibit at Governor’s Island. This time I converted the picture to duo-tone giving it a red hue which I thought looked strange for the subject matter.
Posted in Art, Photography Sites, sculpture, tagged Art, Children, Concrete, Modern Art, Photography Sites on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I snapped this picture of an art exhibit during a visit to Governor’s Island in New York City. A little bit of light peaking through the leaves of a nearby tree created a natural spot light effect.
