I mentioned in an earlier post that I went for a biplane ride at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. The plane is a 1929 New Standard in pristine condition. Up to 4 passengers sit in front of the pilot in an open cockpit. They give you a leather cap and goggles to wear to protect you from the wind. My son asked what the goggles were for. I told him that they keep the bugs out of your eyes. As you can see in the 2nd picture above, he was really worried about the bugs and kept his hands over his eyes during the takeoff. This was his first flight in any kind of plane, and I was a little worried about his reaction. He was a real trooper, and gave me a big grin and a thumbs up once we were off the ground. The views from the plane were great, especially with the foliage almost at it’s peak. The bridge you see in the slideshow is the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge . At one point I turned the camera back at the pilot. Not thinking, I left the flash up to give a little light on his face. After 2 shots, I realized that it was probably not the best idea to blind your pilot with a bright light. It was an amazing way to share my son’s first flight. He is still talking about “Airplane Day”, and I hope it is a memory he will cherish as much as I do.
I Met Mr. Met
Mr. Met was in front of Penn Station handing out 2006 Met TV schedules. I think he was praying for the speedy recovery of Pedro’s toe.
[updated 10-3-2007] Sorry to all, but I had to remove Mr. Met for now. He was being hot-linked from a ton of sites (most without any image credit) and killing my bandwith.
Fall Color
Welcome to Dust and Rust! My name is Sean Unruh… and this is my Photo Blog. I don’t really know what direction this blog will take, but I really just want a place to share my photos and have some discourse about photography with others.
A bit about myself… I live in Montclair NJ, and I work in New York City. I’ve been taking photographs seriously for about the last 6 years. I don’t have much of ‘focus’ so to speak. I really am searching for a bit of direction in that respect. I converted over to a completely digital workflow about 4 years ago, and I currently use Nikon equipment.
Some of the pictures I will be starting off with are a bit old, but I hope to be taking my camera with me more often to keep this site up to date.
Back on to the topic: This photo was taken in the fall of 2004. At the time, I worked for a company that has its campus situated on one of the large reservoirs in Somers NY. The location is really beautiful in the fall and winter, and I will probably be posting more pictures from this location in the future. I really like the colors in this shot, and since we are on the tail end of the fall, I thought it was a good starter. The lens used is the Nikon 300mm f/4. This lens has some amazing qualities that make it one of my favorites.