August 30, 2010
I shot it on the opening night of the US Open, from the Arthur Ashe Stadium. I figured I already took a photo of the famous tennis court last year so I had to innovate a bit. I tried a panoramic view but it didn’t turn out the way I wanted. Instead, here’s a very low key photo of the Citi Field stadium, home of the New York Mets baseball team.
August 29, 2010
The Sunken Forest is a very unique ecosystem found in Sailor’s Haven, on Fire Island. Surrounded by dunes, it gives the illusion of resting below sea level, hence its name. The vegetation is so abundant that it actually gets rather dark inside the forest. It’s also much cooler, something that was really appreciated after the long walk under the scorching sun.
As you can see on the photograph, trees adopt some very interesting shapes. Due to salt spraying and windy conditions, they are molded and unable to grow past a certain height. You guessed it, the height of the surrounding dunes. I enjoyed my walk there very much. The tide was so high that the whole beach was getting flooded by the incoming waves, an interesting experience.
Should you be interested in learning more about the forest, check out those two very informative videos:
Fire Island: Sunken Forest Pt.1
Fire Island: Sunken Forest Pt.2
August 28, 2010
We spent our week-end at Ocean Beach, on Fire Island, graciously invited by friends of ours. It really is a pleasure to walk around at night. Aside from sporadic parties (who wouldn’t want to party there?), a very quiet town. Seldom lights, too, making the use of flashlights a necessity. Seriously, it’s so dark that I almost squashed a mouse. It was running across the boardwalk and I felt something touch the underneath of my shoe as I was about to step down. Thankfully, I was able not to, and it ran away. Once in a while, we’d find lawn lanterns, such as this one. They were emitting light in very pleasing patterns. When I took this photograph, I didn’t even realize that there was a net on the lawn. As for the quality of the picture, sorry folks, that’s the best PG-13 shot I took that day.
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