“New Jersey”

So, in my workshop, I was trying to do something different from my usual street photographs, finding either, nature sprouting in the cracks of the urban environment or the hand of man in the natural landscape. I decided to return for a day to the Meadowlands and tried Mill Creek Marsh Trail in nearby Secaucus, New Jersey. So for the next few days we’ll be looking at photos that didn’t make the grade for the workshop but I feel may be blog-worthy.

Duck Blind and Ducks

Well, not really a duck blind – more of an observation shack and not ducks either, but coming up with post titles is hard…

Last post for now from the latest update to my Meadowlands project which you can read about here.

Where the Hand of Man Has Never Set Foot

With apologies to Sam Goldwyn (or was it James Joyce?). A couple more shots from my Meadowlands project which I updated you on here and originally wrote about here.

Tired

We’ll continue for a couple more posts with images from the Meadowlands project I first wrote about here and then again briefly here.

Skyline

Some more from my Meadowlands Project. The Lower Manhattan skyline is visible from just about anywhere in the nature preserve.

Reed Grass

More from my Meadowlands project (you can read about it here or go back a few posts to read the latest update). According to a placard, this is Common Reed Grass or Phragmities australis. Click any image to see them all enlarged.

Wader Aloft

Another in the series begun at the end of last year that I started showing on New Year’s Day (see original post here, or update a few posts back). That’s Lower Manhattan in the background of the first shot. Not being a birder I’m not sure if this is a snowy or great egret. Click on any image to see them all enlarged.

For the Birds

Continuing with my Meadowlands shoot (see last post or start of the project from New Year’s Day post). Click any image to see them all enlarged.

Pylon

Some of you will recall I started this year with a project highlighting the human and industrial presence in the Meadowlands (you can see the start of that series from New Years Day here). Last weekend I was back at a slightly different location, the Richard DeKorte Park near Lyndhurst, NJ on the Hackensack River. We were lucky enough to get one of the first beautiful warm days of Spring. The next few posts will show my first rough cut of images from the shoot. (Click any image to see them all enlarged.)