Marian Chapel: Details

Yesterday, on the way to somewhere else, we stopped at a Marian Chapel in West Haverstraw, NY.  On spacious grounds were a school, some shrines, a soccer field, a bookstore, a huge statue of Mary, and a small modern chapel with a few statues and small Stations of the Cross making a circuit around the room.  These are a few images from the chapel.

Madonna and child

St. Joseph

Station XIV

Choose One

From the public parking lot at Woodstock, NY

A quick view of Iona Marsh

Iona Marsh

Iona Marsh is a protected wetlands that has long been a favorite haunt of painters and photographers alike.  It's right on the Hudson River, nestled below Bear Mountain.  Even in winter, it has great weeds.

Iona Marsh

Weed reflections, Iona Marsh

An Afternoon in Central Park, New York City

Semi-circular trellis overlooking the central lawn, Conservatory Garden, NYC

I spent an afternoon at one of my favorite places, the Conservatory Garden in Manhattan's Central Park.  The garden is at 105th and 5th Avenue and is beautifully designed and maintained.  I have taken many many photos there, and it remains photogenic, even in February!  All of these were taken with my iPhone.

The Secret Garden statue, in the perennial section of the Conservatory Garden, NYC

Along Central Park, around 100th Street

 

 

The rose garden trellis at the Conservatory Garden.  The Dance fountain can be seen in the lower left portion of the photos.

Winter Dreams: A Book of iPhone Images

Winter Dreams by Mary Ann Glass 

This is my latest book, which features iPhone photos I've taken in the last month.   Most of the images are from Locust Grove, but there are some Connecticut locations as well.  Click on the arrow to flip through the entire book.  Needless to say, it is for sale - you can choose softback/hardback/different paper stock - whatever suits you.

I love making books and find the blurb.com software relatively easy to use.  An advantage to blurb is that you can designate your book as either private (no one can see it) or public, which places the book in their bookstore.  You set the price, the size yourself.  And you can share it on all the social sites, email, and blogs.  Plus it's fun.

FYI: I'm starting another photography class March 1.  Gentle, personalized instruction. All levels welcome.  All cameras, including smart phones, are ok.  $115 for six weeks instruction.  My schedule is flexible -- I can adjust instruction to meet your schedule!  If interested,  contact me and we'll set it up  shotglassphoto@aol.com

Image of the Day: Urn in Winter

winter at Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie NY

This is another iPhone image from the foggy Sunday at the Samuel Morse estate in Poughkeepsie.  I used a bracket app to get detail in the darks and in the snow, then worked on the image in Snapseed.

Three of my Locust Grove images are on view at the Wells Fargo offices in Rhinebeck, NY - 2nd floor of Montgomery Row, on Rt 9, across the street from Gigi's.  The artists' reception for the group show -- Tranquility -- is from 5-7 this Saturday.  Lots of wonderful photography and painting in this show - it will be up until April 23.

Image of the Day: Dreams of Winter

Trellis at Locust Grove estate, Poughkeepsie, NY

This is another iPhone image from Locust Grove - the Samuel Morse (yeah - the code guy) estate in Poughkeepsie, NY.  It has beautiful grounds overlooking the Hudson River, and a garden particularly famous for its peonies.  I went there on a foggy day with even grey light and some snow still on the ground.

This was taken with autostitch that put together about 6 photos to make this one image.  Then I put it into Snapseed and started fooling around with all its features.