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Festival fever

toves — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:46:05 +0000

Oh, the highlight of the festival season around here, the Ithaca Festival parade, which showcases the best and worst of this crazy town.

Tagged: festival, ithaca, new york, parade, puppets

Pump. Kins.

toves — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:38:44 +0000

From Halloween to Thanksgiving, in short order! Happy turkey day y’all! Gobble gobble.

Tagged: autumn, cornell orchards, fall, gourds, harvest, ithaca, new york, pumpkins

Dainty

toves — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:06:14 +0000

It’s been awhile. A long while. But I had a valid excuse! (Kinda.) I underwent two emergency eye surgeries this summer, one after the other, right before starting a new job and taking a brief trip to the UK. So yeah, I’ve been a wee bit busy :) But now I’m back.
Forgiven?

Tagged: film, grass, ithaca, kodak gold 100, macro, new york, om1, purple, sapsucker woods

Summer sun

toves — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:53:56 +0000

It may be raining today, but last weekend the sun was stunning!

Tagged: children's garden, hipstamatic, iphone, ithaca, photography, summer, sun, sunflowers

Faust

toves — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:28:41 +0000

As I was heading to an assignment the other day, this fantastic fog descended and I swerved into a cemetery to snap some spooky shots. Yay fog! The coolest thing about the cemetery, however, was this grave! FAUST! With crazy shrubbery. So awesome.

Tagged: faust, grave, hipstamatic, iphone, ithaca, ny, pleasant grove cemetery

Memories

toves — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:41:51 +0000

As the temps here reach boiling point, I thought it might be time to reflect on cooler times… yet with a hellfire theme? Hmmm… A winter image from the beginning of a roll of redscale I just got developed! Guess I’ve been working on it for awhile eh? These trees, from Stewart Park in Ithaca, may look familiar, as I seem to shoot them a lot. But how can I resist?

Tagged: film, flare, ithaca, new york, photography, redscale, snow, stewart park, trees, vivitar ultra wide and slim, winter

Winter solace

toves — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:21:02 +0000

Is it spring yet? No? Well, better make the most of the winter then.

Two of my favorite trees, revisited. With iPhone/Hipstamatic magic!

Tagged: cayuga, cold, hipstamatic, iphone, ithaca, lake, snow, stewart park, trees, winter

Winter, warped

toves — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 02:01:24 +0000

Nope, it’s not a lensbaby shot! It was taken on my iPhone, using my new neato cheapo Jelly Lenses! Yay! Three arrived in the mail the other day – starburst, kaleidoscope and wide angle – and I promptly stuck em on and experimented on my way to work. FUN!

Tagged: black and white, creek, frozen, iphone, ithaca, jelly lens, ny, photography, snow, starburst, winter

Spotty berries

toves — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:28:33 +0000

Guess I’ve figured out what the new Lensbaby’s soft focus aperture discs do. Weird spotty bokeh!

Basically, I dropped a small round piece of cardboard with lots of little holes in it behind the lens.
For a more complete explanation, check out this review.

Tagged: berries, bokeh, composer, cornell plantations, double glass, ithaca, lensbaby, ny, photography, soft focus aperture disc, winter

Hipsta

toves — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:48:12 +0000

More iPhone goodness using the insanely addictive Hipstamatic app, this time with a red flash gel.

Tagged: hipstamatic, iphone, ithaca, john s lens, kodot verichrome, ny, photograph, redeye gel, sapsucker woods, weeds, winter