Tag Archives: seneca river

View 246: Lights of Baldwinsville

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Scott Thomas Photography

I heard about the Baldwinsville Boat Parade of Lights about a month ago. They said the boats would go through New York Barge Canal Lock 24. I immediately had a vision of the lock being full of boats with colored … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly View | Tagged 28-300mm, baldwinsville, barge canal, colors, dusk, hdr, hydroelectric, lights, lock 24, new york, nikon D700, photomatix, power, rgb, seneca river, syracuse, tripod, tugboat, vr, water, waterfalls | Leave a comment

River Cruise

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

One of the events I attended during the 2011 C. W. Baker Alumni Weekend was a Lunch Cruise by the Mid-Lakes Navigation Company. A group of twenty-five alumni and their families convened at Dutchman’s Landing near Syracuse, New York to … Continue reading →

Posted in People, Travel | Tagged 24-85mm, alumni association, baldwinsville, boat, buffet, c. w. baker, cruise, dinosaur bar-b-que, emita ii, flash, food, lock 24, lunch, mid-lakes navigation, new york, nikon D700, salt potatoes, sb-600, seneca river, tour, water | 7 Comments

View 181: Late Spring at the Wildlife Refuge

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

The work continues at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. The pool near the visitor center has been drained and the marsh in the first section of the wildlife drive has been lowered. This seemed to concentrate the viewable wildlife along … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Nature, Weekly View | Tagged 80-400mm, bald eagle, birds, deer, great blue heron, mammal, montezuma national wildlife refuge, new york, nikon D700, red-winged blackbird, savannah sparrow, seneca falls, seneca river, song sparrow, vr, water, white-tailed, wildlife | 7 Comments

The Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railroad

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

Back in 1886, a group formed the Syracuse and Baldwinsville Railroad to service the mills on the Seneca River in the village. This bit of history of my hometown of Baldwinsville, New York fascinated me. I grew up hearing trains … Continue reading →

Posted in Assignments | Tagged baldwinsville, bridge, central, engine, historic, history, new york, old, seneca river, syracuse and baldwinsville railroad, water | 16 Comments

View 174: Bedford Falls

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Scott Thomas Photography

In 1946, the movie It’s A Wonderful Life introduced the world to Bedford Falls, New York. A fictitious village in upstate New York which people living in Seneca Falls, New York thought looked very familiar. Starting with the steel truss … Continue reading →