Category: Telephoto

Metropolitan Life Tower, Eleven Madison Ave. NYC

On By mvschulzeIn 1910's, 2000's, Buildings, Close Up, Close-Up, Concert, Daytrip, History, humor, New York City, Photography, Sky Scrapper, Telephoto7 Comments

Completed in 1909, and located on Madison Ave, NYC, the Metropolitan Life Tower was the tallest building in the world until 1913. Elements of a few of its intriguing designs were photographed by me a few years ago from nearby Madison Park. My son Steve and I, with several hundred people, were enjoying a wonderful concert there with singer/songwriter Lucy Kaplanski …until the in-ground watering sprinklers popped up and activated, in some cases under people’s blankets.

Thanks for viewing and comments are always welcome. M 🙂

Yosemite Falls, California, USA – On A Windy Day

On By mvschulzeIn 1970's, Close Up, Close-Up, Exploring, Geology, National;Parks, Photography, Pondering, Summer, Telephoto, Vacation4 Comments

A mid-August view of the very top of Yosemite Falls and spray on a windy day! 

As photographed awhile back, …the late-season lower volume of water would freefall for 1,400 feet (427 m) (shown above being sunlit and windblown at the very top) and then cascade down another near 1400 feet before reaching the bottom of the iconic Yosemite Valley, part of Yosemite National Park in western-central  California.

Thanks for viewing. Comments are always welcome. M 🙂

 

 

 

To The End of Orient Point, Long Island, (N.Y.)

On By mvschulzeIn Adventure, Close Up, Close-Up, Daytrip, Exploring, Geology, Lighthouses, Little Animals, Nautical, New York, New York State, Perspectives, Photography, Pondering, Remembering, serenity, Telephoto5 Comments

The approximate distance from Times Square to the North-Eastern tip 0f Long Island is 100 miles, or 160 kilometers. Some time ago I explored this sea-washed lands end, known as Orient Point, while over looking the 1899 lighthouse by the same name.

Walking back, I noticed I was not alone!

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Getting a Grip On Things – Outside My Window

On By mvschulzeIn Back Yard, Birds, Close-Up, Home, New Jersey, Observation, Perspectives, Photography, Pondering, Spring, Telephoto1 Comment

                                        Vine Grabs Tree,    Claw Grabs Vine.

Photographed on 4/2/21

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Framed Seagull Takes Flight

On By mvschulzeIn Birds, Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Rufuge, New Jersey, Observation, Perspectives, Photography, Pondering, Telephoto, wildlife2 Comments

Yesterday, from down the Jersey Shore – framed in part of another’s house, …a Sea Gull takes flight on a ‘subdued light’ morning.
Thanks for viewing.  Zoom in for a closer look.  Comments are always welcome. M 🙂

Fly-Over Salute to First Line Heroes

On By mvschulzeIn Airplanes, Buildings, Close Up, Corona Virus, Coronavirus, Corvid-19, Daytrip, Geology, Hiking, Hudson River, New Jersey, New York City, Perspectives, Photography, Planes, Pondering, sadness, Skyline photos, Telephoto, virus, Weather6 Comments

Most of the country, and particularily cities like New York, continue in a state of shut-down due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Today, a most welcome and meaningful show of support was heralded simultaneously by the Navy’s Blue Angels, and Air Force’s Thunderbirds, seen below flying from just south of the George Washington Bridge, to The Freedom Tower in lower Manhattan.
I joined about 30, mostly masked onlookers atop a basalt outcropping near Goffle Road, Hawthorn, NJ, to witness the event some 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) distant from Manhattan. Close-ups are seen through ground haze, and a 600mm  lens.


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Staying in Place …in a Pandemic

On By mvschulzeIn Close Up, Family, Home, New Jersey, Oakland N.J., Photography, Telephoto, Trees, wildlife7 Comments

MARCH 22, 2020, 

As we reel from the Covid-19 crisis,  staying in place is critical to contain the  spread of the virus. Meanwhile, in our backyard today, life went on as usual.



Thanks for viewing. Comments are always welcome. Stay Safe. M 🙂