Some months ago my wife and I signed up for a bus trip to New York sponsored by the Groton Rec Department, which trip occurred yesterday. The fates decreed that the 5th of December should be a miserable day. To rub it in, it was sandwiched between two glorious fall days. Such is life.
We made the best of it. Herewith a few pictures, none of which are that good, but I feel obliged to post some, for my cherished little Panasonic DLC-LX3 gave the last full measure of devotion, as it chose to expire as we sat in a wine bar, wet and dripping, at the end of the day. Whether from the wet (from which I made every attempt to shelter it) or some other cause, its life is ended. Push any button, and it does not respond. It was a camera, take it for all in all, I shall not look upon its like again Unless, that is, like the ghost of Hamlet’s father, it returns from its grave, of which I have some hope. Tomorrow it embarks on a trip to a camera repair outfit in Enfield, from which I trust it shall return resurrected.
Actually, it did not give the last full measure, as it expired before I got a chance to take a night time picture of the fabled Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, seen here in daytime less-than-splendour.
Being a huge chocolate fan, I was intrigued by the large numbers of folks carrying M&M shopping bags. Where there are such bags, there are no doubt, M&Ms, a fact to which sign gave further proof.
However, even I am not crazy enough to wait in line just to enter a store to buy M&Ms (and other assorted Hershey products), but much to my surprise lots of people were. The line stretched quite a ways, which just proves the power of marketing. Tourists go all the way to NYC and then stand in line to buy things they can probably buy at the local drug store.
One nice thing about rain, only partly redeeming its camera destroying qualities, is the reflections it creates on the streets, illustrated in the next two pictures.
We did survive, no mean feat considering the mobs of umbrella wielding people.
One last picture, in the spirit of the season.
By the way, for the photographers among you, I highly recommend Lightzone, which I got bundled with my DVD burning software. It does a great job on processing Raw pictures taken in low light, requiring a minimum of thought on the part of the photographer. Witness the pictures above, which have pretty good dynamic range, no thanks to me or the original output of my late, lamented camera.
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