Beautiful shots Paul. And thanks for the videos. I especially liked the last video. It provides a glimpse at what falcon watching must be like at this location. The rumble of traffic in the background, kakking in the foreground, water reflecting light under the bridge - a peaceful easy feeling. I could get into that for sure!

Lou

Cool vid Patty. Thanks for sharing. I'm missing the Ospreys in Rah-cha-cha.

I thought the same thing Dale - it just bolted after realizing it could sustain itself in flight.

Lou

For crying out loud Ginha. You had everybody within a country mile give the BFHH2010 a try and still no dang hummingbirds.  I wonder if the squirrels at Letchworth have something to do with this - I know they sure like to see me have fits. They probably sent out a letter to the hummingbird community saying 'stay away'. Bastid squirrels - I blame them!

At any rate, thanks for making my day! I had a good laugh. And tell Dave he looked quite dapper in the helmet.

Lou

-I do miss the crispness of Tri-X film.  Digital B&W just isn't the same.

I shot a lot of TriX but my favorite B&W film was Agfa Scala. I still have a roll in my fridge.  I'd need to send it to NYC to get it developed though; there are very few labs that process B&W slide film.

Don't know if I agree with you about the crispness of digital vs film though.

Lou

Wow. That's skinny but sounds like a fun challenge. I'll give it a try!

The 10:3 aspect ratio of the Colorama is close to the 16:3 aspect ratio of our Rfalconcam banner. Hmmm.... An opportunity for a falcon colorama slide show at the top of every page?

Gayle,
Dana and I have exposed miles of film too. I remember buying 35mm film by the multipacks along with rolls of slide film and B&W film. Employees of Kodak didn't get any discount on film or on processing either. We bought most of our film from the lab where we had our film developed. We did get a break on photographic paper though thru the Kodak Camera Club that we belonged to. As much as I'm nostalgic about those times though, I'd much rather be where we are now in the digital era. It's a lot cheaper!  It's amazing that there is still a 35mm film consumer market - I snapped the below photo with my phone camera as I was standing in line at the grocery checkout (Wegmans). I see that it's $10.99 for a four pack of 24 exposure film  So that's 96 pictures (much less that I shoot now in a week) and it doesn't include the cost to develop the film, which would probably be about $25.

Lou

PS Where can I see some of your work?

Thank you so much for posting this, Lou.  I am sorry that I have not have the privilege of visiting the Eastman House.  As I am a photographer, and so was my husband, we hung out with many West Coast photographers.  It was considered a badge of honor to have a print in the Eastman Collection.  (I do not!)

I have done much work with a panoramic camera the uses 35 mm film so I respond well to this format.  And in the course of 40 years in photography, I have exposed miles of Kodak film!

Thanks again.

Gayle

Yesterday, I visited the George Eastman House to see the Colorama exhibit. I really enjoyed it and encourage others - especially those who may have worked at Kodak - to check it out. Many of the sample photographs were ones that I remember seeing in various Kodak buildings when I worked there. I think Building 28 still may display Colorama prints in the lobby.

If you're not familiar with it, Colorama was a display in Grand Central Station in NY that consisted of huge 18' by 60' photographic transparencies on a giant light board. The Kodak photographers were outstanding and included some very well known experts, such as Ansel Adams. Norman Rockwell was also a contributing artist. There's some detail on Colorama on the Kodak website

One of the most famous Coloramas that you may remember was of 15 babies, highlighted in this video.

I came home inspired from the visit and tried applying the Colorama dimensions to some pictures that I took via a simple 18x60 crop. It was more difficult than I thought, but I managed to get a few shots that I wanted to share. Here's the album:
http://tinyurl.com/36qshmm

If you want to try it, just set your crop dimensions to 18 high and 60 wide and pick a picture that might work with it. C'mon you can do it!

Lou

A double feature is playing at the Strasenburgh Planetarium through the summer that includes the "Falcons of Toronto" as one of the films. Check here for details:

http://www.rmsc.org/StrasenburghPlanetarium/Schedule/

My guess is that we'll see our friends at CPF in the film and maybe even some of our offspring. It's playing through the summer but only at 4:00 PM; a good time though for viewing the show, getting something to eat afterwards, and still having some time left for falcon watching...

Just sharing a couple of funny videos on the subject of the vuvuzela.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6KDleQmwtE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ln_rqPpPk

Lou

Just wanted to follow-up with some pictures from last evening's falcon watch and fireworks display. There's more firework shots that falcon shots, so I though I'd only post it here.

http://tinyurl.com/29lspkj

Lou

PS Note that I saw that cow truck again ???

FYI. It might be crazy tonite for the watchers because of the city's fireworks. Below is info from the D&C. Dana and I will head down in about an hour hoping to get a parking spot on the bridge so we can also enjoy the fireworks with A,B, & C.

"City of Rochester July Fourth Celebration: The evening kicks off with music by Steve Grills and the Roadmasters at 7 p.m.

The Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michael Butterman, will play American and patriotic selections from 9 to 10:30 p.m.; and the fireworks will begin at 10 p.m. Main Street Bridge (between St. Paul and State streets). Free. www.cityofrochester.gov."

Lou, I love that song!!!!!  I looked him up also after seeing that ad.  So sad that his time "came" after he passed.

I love the liberty mutual "responsibility" ads as well. One of the songs from those ads is "Half Acre" by Hem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0CWvbl51o

That's cool too Jeanne. Thanks for sharing. I saw that commercial too. It's the one of people helping other people.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH5AynTb3Tg

Have you seen the ATT Commercial that's shown in this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QddkHo1X5qY

Well, I liked the song that they used in the commercial so I did some searching and found that the song was written by a musician named Nick Drake, a songwriter you may not know or remember from back in the the 70's. He committed suicide at 26 after not having widespread success. His songs are now more popular that they ever were, having been used in the ATT commercial and a VW commercial  a few years ago.

I also found a link to the full song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2JjJPDz3EE

And here's the lyrics to the song.


FROM THE MORNING
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A day once dawned
And it was beautiful
A day once dawned from the ground
Then the night she fell
And the air was beautiful
The night she fell all around

So look see the days
The endless colored ways
And go play the game that you learnt
From the morning

And now we rise
And we are everywhere
And now we rise from the ground
And see she flies
And she is everywhere
See she flies all around

So look see the sights
The endless summer nights
And go play the game that you learnt

From the morning

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What a beautiful song. My interpretation of the lyrics is that 'morning' represents the early part of one's life and 'night' refers to our older years. He is basically telling us to appreciate life and all it has to offer.

Check out some of his other songs, such as "River Man" and "Which Will".

Lou

Okay - to help make up for it, here is a link to an old album with the real Diamante in it.

http://tinyurl.com/35fyqn3

Lou

PS Note that this album's date is July 23, 2008...

 

Oops. Forgot to tell you that it was the Diamante car that I saw; not our male from 2008...

Lou