Author: doug

This morning I said farewell to the porch of the house on Martha’s Vineyard for another year.

Michael and I walked around and indulged in some photography for photography’s sake on an achingly beautiful day today.  Here are my two favorite shots.

Here is Lis, flying our stunt kite. Extreme field of view (and curvature) due to 10.5mm fisheye lens.

Bonus photo: a beautiful shot taken by Kat, with my 500mm mirror lens, from the bow of her B&B sailboat.

I love how the extreme focal lengths (at opposite ends of the scale) are what made these two shots possible, by capturing something different from what the human eye sees.

I went to help pick up Michael at the ferry, and brought the 500mm mirror lens.

Bonus photo: old piling, also with the mirror lens.

Pastries from Back Door Donuts for breakfast. Mmmmm…  The apple fritter is the traditional breakfast of my people (*)

(*) by “my people” I mean those who habitually vacation with me on the Vineyard.

Liz and John after dinner

Preparing cocktails in the kitchen

Every year, seeing this lighthouse from the ferry tells me that I am now truly on vacation.

We went canoeing on the Charles today, where we saw this heron. Note the white neck: great blue herons usually have a much greyer neck. We’re unclear if this individual is an accidental visitor (the grey heron from Europe and the cocoi heron from South America look somewhat like this), a hybrid with a great white heron (from Florida), or if this coloration is just natural variation.  I’ve certainly never seen one like this before.

 

In Dewey Square. Slightly cool, but overhyped.