NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Lexington Avenue.
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Thursday February 4, 2010
Category: -Woody’s Picks
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Monday February 1, 2010
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – A perfect winter day. Â I spent a good part of the day in the 30s and 40s in Manhattan with my Leica M8 and infrared filters. Â This was an opportunity to stalk one of my favorite subjects: Â the Chrylser Building. Â A very productive day with some interesting experiments with out of focus images. Â I’ve taken the liberty of posting two outtakes in a comment.
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Saturday January 30, 2010
WARREN, CONNECTICUT – After a snowfall. Â This is shot in infrared and stitched from four separate exposures.
WARREN, CONNECTICUT – Terry Tanner’s barn.
WARREN, CONNECTICUT – Luke Tanner’s corn field.
DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT – A travel day back to New York. Â Francesca on the shuttle train at DFW.
NEAR TLALPUJAHUA, MEXICO = We witnessed a remarkable phenomenon in the mountains above this lovely colonial town. There is huge annual migration of Monarch butterflies from Canada and the Northeastern United States to this mountainous region of Mexico, about a three hour drive from Mexico City. The Monarchs arrive in early November, which coincides with the Day of the Dead – the pre-Spanish people resident in the area believed that Monarchs were the souls of their ancestors. They cluster in very high density (estimated at about 20 million butterflies per hectare) at very high altitude. It’s possible to visit them by driving deeply into the the mountains and riding a horse for about a half hour from a nomadic base camp. It’s possible to walk, but not advised because the elevation is very high, 11,200 feet (3,400 meters) and the half day one is there is too short a time to become acclimatized to the altitude. The Monarchs cluster quietly on every surface until the temperature goes above 50 degrees F at which point they take to the air in breathtaking density, The Monarchs we see in Connecticut take part in this migration.
