by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 24, 2020 | Photography, Post Processing, Social Distancing
Karen and I took a vacation to the Canadian Maritime Provinces last summer, and on our last night we stayed at a wonderful old Victorian home in St. John, New Brunswick. This is our bedroom, which overlooked the sea. The combination of the old woodwork, pastel colors,...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 22, 2020 | Photography, Post Processing, Social Distancing, Story behind the lens, Uncategorized
Waiting for spring in Maine can sometimes be maddening. All your friends down south are mowing their lawns and picking ticks out of their ears, and yet here we are with new snow in the first week in May and skeletal trees. And then, as if a switch is flipped, spring...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 19, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
This massive red oak, Quercus rubra, is in view of a major road in New Hampshire and stands about 200 feet from a trailhead, yet I suspect almost no one has really ever seen it, and very few have ventured to its base. It is on a very steep hillside, and once the...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 18, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing
It’s been just about two months that I have been pretty much stuck at home with Karen, my beloved wife of 38 years. This is how we’re doing. What a great blessing she is to me. Here’s the big Flickr version. Meta: Pentax K-3, Sigma 18–35mm f/1.8 Art...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 16, 2020 | Photography, Social Distancing, Uncategorized
I had a business chat scheduled for 2:00 this afternoon, and at 1:30 I challenged myself to take a strange lens (in this case, my 300mm), walk out the front door, take a shot, and get it into Photoshop before the call started. Now, a 300mm lens is typically not the...
by speterlewis@gmail.com | May 15, 2020 | Photography, Post Processing, Social Distancing
This is an abandoned dormitory at the site of the old Redstone Quarry, near North Conway, NH. This is one of the few building left visible, and is the most intact—although, as you can see, vandals have had there way a bit. I find old building like this fascinating,...
