IR Photo


 May 1st image of my backyard. This infrared image was made with an iPhone SE. Bring up the camera app then increased the exposure by +1 stop, then set the image size to 16x9 format and finally set the style to B&W Noir. I handheld the iPhone while holding a R72 Infrared filter over the lens and made the image. I then resized the image in Photoshop 2022 for the web.

Feel the Thunder


 

Trillium Set



The trilliums on Goat Island are starting to bloom this week. It's always a pleasure to visit the island on the first week of May to see the spring flowers. I was lucky to capture a few early trilliums today but by next week they all should be open.

 

Storm Watch


 

Post Office



Designed by Oscar Wenderoth, this historic Post Office in North Tonawanda, New York, was built in 1921-1914. The two story building is in the Classical Revival style and features a colossal central portico with two pairs of coupled columns resting on granite pedestals and an elegant domed cupola. 

Niagara Black & White


 

Train Station


The roundhouse was completed in 1849. During the Civil War. Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was given strict orders to stop all train activity at the Martinsburg Roundhouse as a part of a campaign against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company and the Union army.  In 1862 Jackson burned down the roundhouses. Following the end of the Civil War, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company rebuilt a roundhouse in Martinsburg. The current roundhouse was constructed in 1866. 

Tourist Pictures


 Tourists making  photo memories around the ice trees on Goat Island.

International RR Bridge & Whirlpool Bridge


 This crossing from USA to Canada is the last stop of the underground railroad when slaves risked everything to flee the South for freedom in Canada.

Bridge to Canada


 Image of the Rainbow bridge connecting USA to Canada. I made three hand held images in small increments from left to right and stitched them together with pano merge in Adobe Camera Raw. Shot with an iPhone SE and resized in Photoshop 2022 for the web.

One Horse Town


 Shot of the Stone Jug / aka Ontario house in Youngstown, New York. The only traffic light is a yellow flashing light at this intersection. Driving through town if you blink you'll miss it.