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Happy 4th of July Everybody…..from Ichabod’s Landing in Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams NY Realty - 120 Bloomingdale Road #101, White Plains NY 10605

This year I spent the 4th in Sleepy Hollow near Ichabod’s Landing. I decided to go for the fireworks display after going for a hike with some friends earlier in the day. I found a vantage point and settled in – conversing with all the other “tourists” during the wait.. Since I hadn’t tried this before, I just blindly followed the crowd, trusting the wisdom of the mob! We all ended up planted just above the newly created portion of the Westchester River Walk at Ichabod's Landing. To get a good spot, you had to get there early. To a child, the wait must have been endless, but Jade and Tundra came to the rescue and provided kisses and entertainment for some of the kids who were waiting for the show to begin. And it was well worth the wait. It’s hard to get good shots at night with my small camera and its delay – so I played the numbers game and took as many pictures as the delay and the low light would allow! A few actually came out reasonably well.

 

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Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Ruthmarie:  Absolutely incredible pictures.  Just amazing.  You Go Girl !  By the way... just the name of Ichabod's Landing in Sleepy Hollow would make me want to move there and stay forever.  Sounds like a very cool place.  Thanks so much for sharing... hope you are well.  :)

Jul 04, 2008 05:58 PM
Ruthmarie Hicks
Keller Williams NY Realty - 120 Bloomingdale Road #101, White Plains NY 10605 - White Plains, NY

Hi Karen-Anne - I took 134 shots to get those 4! It just goes to show if you do it LONG enough, you'll get something. I think people thought I was nuts, but I really wanted some nice fireworks for the blog site. 

The links take you to Ichabod's landing and the River Walk...Several new developments are on the way.  All include extending the River Walk.  The eventual goal - A GIANT LINEAR PARK from the border of Putnam County in Peekskill all through Westchester through Yonkers and the border of the Bronx.  It will take many years - but what a wonderful public resource it will be when its finished.  I'm VERY excited at the mere idea!  What a wonderful legacy for future generations....

As you can see - this type of public land use stuff really gets my heart beating and moter running.

Jul 04, 2008 06:07 PM
Lisa Ryan
Callaway Henderson Sotheby's International Realty - Montgomery, NJ
Selling Princeton,West Windsor and Montgomery Town

OK, now I see.  I was going to ask how you got such great shots but as you explained it took some work!  These 4 shots are great, nothing I took the other night came out well.  I;ll try again next year!

Jul 05, 2008 04:03 PM
Ruthmarie Hicks
Keller Williams NY Realty - 120 Bloomingdale Road #101, White Plains NY 10605 - White Plains, NY

Lisa - you just have to keep shooting.  The delay on my (and most) digital cameras makes it chancy. But it doesn't matter. You aren't wasting film - just make sure you memory card is empty.  The bad ones are easily eliminated.  Then - if you dont' have photoshop, you can use picnic or iPhoto if you have a mac.  Working a bit on the exposure and highlights on pics taken in the dark often restores them to what your eye actually saw. I won't argue that it is time consuming...but it does work.

 

Jul 05, 2008 04:38 PM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Ruthmarie:  I do not have picnic, and find photoshop too complicated for me.  I use the free download of Picasa, and it does all I want it to do.  It is free, it is easy to use, and it works for me.

Jul 05, 2008 08:11 PM
Ruthmarie Hicks
Keller Williams NY Realty - 120 Bloomingdale Road #101, White Plains NY 10605 - White Plains, NY

Hi Karen-Anne --I just started with Picasa - haven't explored all its facets.  Picnic is (mostly) free online. It's great for tweaking photos. When I take photos at night, the light is often an issue.  Basically, its amazing how playing a little with Picnic (or iPhoto) will bring a picture back to the way you saw it with your eyes....

How is your tomato blog coming???

Jul 05, 2008 09:47 PM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Ruthmarie:  If I can figure out Picasa... your pet turtle can figure it out.  I am short on techie skills, and, like you said... Picasa can bring a picture back to the way it was when you saw it with your own eyes.  Cropping, lightening, sharpening, fixing contrast... it works for me.  I found Photoshop Elements like trying to read Chinese.

The tomato... way, way on the back burner.  I have some phycial issues I need to work on before I can even think about climbing back on that horse.

Jul 06, 2008 02:11 AM
Ruthmarie Hicks
Keller Williams NY Realty - 120 Bloomingdale Road #101, White Plains NY 10605 - White Plains, NY

Thanks Karen-Anne...I  hope all is well....I'm starting to use Picasa too.  I started with Flickr - but you need to get as much out of your photos as you can.

Jul 06, 2008 06:09 PM
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