The Taste of Fall

Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks are one of my favorite things. This year I found a recipe to make it, and I've found it comes out better than Starbucks. Taken @50mm

Pumpkin Spice Latte
Ingredients:
1 cups milk
1 tablespoons canned pumpkin
1 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoons vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 shots espresso (or 1/3 cup of strong brewed coffee)

Directions: In a saucepan combine milk, pumpkin and sugar and cook on medium heat, stirring, until steaming. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and spice, transfer to a blender and process for 15 seconds until foamy, or use a milk frother, or just whisk it. Pour into a large mug. Add the espresso on top. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle pumpkin pie spice, nutmeg, or cinnamon on top.

Note: Also, I've found that to preserve a big can of pumpkin, I just dose it out by the tablespoon into an ice cube trays and freeze it, so you can enjoy a taste of Fall all year round.   (Why do I sound like a commercial)

There's No Beach in East Meadow

...so we wen't to West Meadow. (That's not remotely funny).   I do like the panorama shot, though a panorama crop is sorta cheating because I rarely find one I don't like.  Panorama @10mm, The spikey fake donut and silhouette sunset @50mm

Before the Sun Sets

After the first offline meeting of the NY Photo Forum (nyphotoforum.com) we all headed to West Meadow beach on the north shore of Long Island.  Sunsets aren't my preferred subject matter, but it was a great day for them.  All @10mm

Pizza-Bolli Never Knew Me

The best homemade pizza. @50mm

Quintessential NYC Hipster

Victimized by Lensbaby, on the streets of Manhattan.

Smile everyone

I'll probably never get a copy of my picture with them, in Times Square. @10mm

Only, only, only

Near Times Square. @10mm

He Wins

...His drawing is more accurate than my photo. Just outside of Central Park, Manhattan New York.

Get off your Soapbox...er... Milk Crate

In the park of Central (Central Park), New York, NY.

I call this JPEG the Accordian File

... bad joke. In Central Park, NY. @50mm with some cropping.

Oh Baby, Copper Babies

At Central Park, NY. B/W filter, and Sepia tone applied. Courtesy of Lensbaby.

Check out this guy's....oh, noone cares.

In Central Park. Lensbaby.

Jkirlin Sighting

That may or may not be famed Bangor Maine photographer Jeff Kirlin (jkirlin.blogspot.com) in front of me. I may or may not have been riding on a carousel in Central Park with him. He may or may not have insisted that we ride it. 1/2 expsoure @10mm

It'd be easier to just ride it

I'm pretty sure it would be. In Central Park, NY.

Pan Flute brought to you by McDonalds

...and Fridays. Prices may vary in Times Square location. The 'bada bup ba ba' got a little annoying after awhile. Taken with Lensbaby.

Made You Look

Riding on the Minihaha (ferry boat) in Lake George, NY. This guy next to me kept pointing to stuff for his kid and I wanted to get this very shot with his arm in it. As I slyly took it, he said "Oh, I'm sorry I didnt just ruin your picture did I?" ... I respond "Uh nope, its ok, you're not even in it". I did not have him sign a model release form.

Bobble Heads

At the Long Beach Craft Fair. Lensbaby.

Dont Be a Push Over

Pushing off at Long Beach, NY

Best Seats in the House

At Citifield (Met's Stadium), New York.

Side-Car Weight Limit...

...I'd say its about 80lbs. In the Philippines.

Baby Soup

Taking a bath in the Philippines @50mm

Urban Surfer Cowboy

Who woulda thought? In Mexico.

Happy Fourth (No fingers lost)

At the Eisenhower Park fireworks show 2010. I've never seen so many people at the park...I suppose, its a recession and a free show (how can you go wrong). Great show and had a great view. Taken with my fisheye converter on top of the kit 18-55 lens at 18mm. Defished with a nice little free program called Panoram Deformation FisheEyeWarp. and a little bit of tint adjustment in Picasa. 4 second exposure held on a monopod (so the full size is admittedly a bit blurry)

Not a Life Saving Device

Something tells me the life preserver was not necessary. Kids and their father playing in a very shallow lake under a bridge in Mexico. In my opinion, the best shot of the trip. Taken with Lensbaby.