I went back tonight to photograph the tree that the Parks and Recreation department has been cutting down. It’s all but completely gone.
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As I mentioned in the last post, I was going to try to make it to Pioneer Parkway again to photograph the continuation of the removal of a beautiful, giant tree. I went there and they’re making good progress (not that I’m happy to see such a gorgeous tree go).
Last night I rode my bike out to Cutler Marsh, west of town (a 17-18 mile round trip). The ride out there only took about half as long as I had anticipated, so I sat at the little picnic shelter there and watched and listened to all the birds flying about and singing. A few got pretty close and I had to take a couple photographs:
A couple (now correct me if I’m wrong Darren) of Barn Swallows have a nest in the roof of the shelter and got within eight feet or so.
Then this bird landed on the fence (can you tell what kind it is Darren? It’s not the best angle)
After I was done with the birds, I got a bit serious and started looking for photographs. I didn’t come back with a whole lot of anything useful, except it being a good research trip.
On my way back home, I decided to swing by Central Park again just for fun, and I’m glad I did.
I guess the damage to this tree was so great they have to take the whole tree out, or maybe if a limb from the back of the tree goes it could cause serious damage to the power plant behind it. I’m going to go check it out again today and see how much more of the tree they remove.
Tonight I hopped on my bike and rode to Central Park to make some photographs. The park was pretty packed, so none were made in Central Park, but I managed to find a few really good photographs in the adjacent Pioneer Parkway:
I was pretty impressed with this tree and the huge scar where a (I assume) very large limb once grew:
After Pioneer Parkway, I found another adjacent park (I couldn’t find a name for it, so I assume it’s part of Pioneer Parkway, but I’m most likely wrong):
Edit: I just discovered the name of this “park” today: Garff Wayside Gardens.
Here’s one more photograph that I made last night but didn’t post for whatever reason:
I went over to Willow Park tonight to photograph and came away with a few successes:
I also discovered a cool feature on my new camera: when shooting monochrome, the camera includes settings to simulate a red, blue, or green filter, as well as different intensities of sepia and cyanotype tints. I was pretty excited. Unfortunately the monochrome didn’t come through in the import to Aperture. I’ll be trying to fix that this week.
I’ve driven by McCowin Park quite a bit lately and a few parts of the park have been catching my eye. More so than ever during the completion of the B.F.A. project. One of those things is a new pavilion that is being built:
I especially like how out of level the structural concrete posts are. This photograph from the digital camera doesn’t really convey it very well, but the metal posts that will soon be supporting a roof are all leaning really bad as well (though I should be completely open and say that they aren’t totally bolted to the concrete yet).
Today Jon, Darren and I went out to Market Lake to do some birding and photographing. Jon brought along his new Roundshot, a rotating panoramic camera, that was pretty cool to watch operate.
Afterwards, I stopped by Freeman Park and made a photograph with the 5×7 that I’m pretty excited about:
