Monthly Archives: July 2010

Two Photos for Every Scene

When looking through blogs and flickr photostreams, one can tell who are learning and who are the more experienced photographers.  How?  If you go through many posts or pages of photos and they are all in a Landscape orientation like … Continue reading

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Fishing on the Canal

The weather has been hazy, hot and humid the last few days.  This creates some interesting atmospheric conditions which made for a very orange-red sunset last night.  Down near Lock 24, this gentleman was fishing in the relative cool of … Continue reading

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View 132: Fireworks on the Beach

Considering fireworks are illegal in New York state of anybody but licensed companies to have, handle and present, I saw an unending and very impressive fireworks display all along the eastern Lake Ontario shore last night.  People brought down boxes … Continue reading

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The Star Spangled Banner

The flag flown by the Privateer Lynx was the same 15 star-15 stripe U. S. Flag which was over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.  In 1814, the flag was still there in the early morning after a major … Continue reading

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