tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78433482337548528682024-03-27T19:53:30.761-04:00f o t o t a k e r in M a n u a l A p e r t u r e M o d eThoughts and comments from a busy fototaker... <br>
cloud chaser, sunset lover, and landscape virtual-painter
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Tales of my Life Travels, with daily interaction of my Photographic ViSioN combined with my Deep Appreciation of the Environment.<br><br>
Photography gives ME wings while writing allows me to paint my visions with words<br><br>
More of my imagery is displayed at <a href="https://www.fototaker.net">my online galleries</a>fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-30606610912660081482023-08-16T23:33:00.000-04:002023-08-16T23:33:18.446-04:00Riding [a PORTiON] of the Erie Canal Recently during a not misty smoky day, our eBikes took us to the Erie Canal near Pendleton, New York for a short ride. We have always wanted to ride alongside the Erie Canal but to do so takes determination. It's a looong ride. Even on a short ride as we did, there isn't much to see of the canal but Trees bushes and clouds! Really!The best views of the canal are while in canal cities and fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-49343910991868125382023-07-31T11:18:00.002-04:002023-07-31T11:27:24.260-04:00The Beauty of WNY Wildlife We were out again to escape the constant updates to our new home, and decided to go to a very popular and busy nature preserve in Buffalo where a Roseate Spoonbill had been sighted. We departed early and spent the better part of the day there.... over five hours there in the light rain, clouds and finally the sun broke through. Saw a bunch of birds which were the normal, but no fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-41664369310082793732023-07-12T14:38:00.006-04:002023-07-12T16:30:28.284-04:00FogBow seen in my Past So the other day while working on moving my trillion and five image files from older external Hard Drives [eHDs] to smaller faster eHDs that fit within my folded hand, I've also been looking through some of the files for lost and great memories! Last night while Sheila was looking through her social media feed, she saw someone's post that displayed a rainbow, and that one rainbow post lead fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-1858547568453223052023-07-07T23:20:00.009-04:002023-07-07T23:52:23.144-04:00Still Alive after all these [UNpacked] BoxesSo, we are still alive, just barely in this blistering humidity of New York state. A few weeks ago I saw a bulldozer moving an almost intact wooden shipping crate over to the side of the road to be taken off as trash. I mentioned this to Sheila, and we went over to check it out. Seems it was trash that had been sitting around for some time, with a lot of dirt and webs on it. Nobody wanted itfototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-6440522489174446052023-06-27T13:21:00.008-04:002023-06-27T17:05:38.767-04:00Rain Showers means Rainbow Sightings!We are tired and wanted to escape from moving and getting reorganized again. Whoever thinks moving is fun and reorganzing your Life possessions again is easy, is very welcome to join us! We escaped to Old Fort Niagara on the southern shores of Lake Ontario yesterday, and it turned out to be a good idea as we no sooner than arrive when we saw a rainbow. After that were the fabulous clouds - when fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-23490792623399504522023-06-21T20:58:00.006-04:002023-06-21T23:43:47.305-04:00The End of an Era I have finally decided to end an era of my life in photography, and of so many years of viewing the world through viewfinders. The fototaker name I had used on and offline, had been created while I still lived permanently in España. Since then, fototaker.net has been my virtual store, name, and my couch. Now for the first time since the last century [I've always wanted to say that!], I am no fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-8462366378723812582023-05-15T23:12:00.007-04:002023-06-27T17:09:30.870-04:00OoooH We have been busy! Yes, I and WE are still alive - just barely - and now moving too. Not too far, just a few blocks away BUT into a seemingly bigger place. It's been hell. A few problems thanks to the sellers BUT we are in general: HaPPy. Not exactly really content with the mess we were left with but in due time we WiLL be happy with the place, and have a lot of plans in our near future to spruce up the placefototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-59523195153847966332023-03-12T16:34:00.008-04:002023-03-13T00:33:11.868-04:00Oooh, the Wonders of Winter Stepping on our Solar Panel and more Well, yet another snowfall has come and gone, with another within a few days coming again to drop more snow in our area! We still have a non-weatherproof folding portable solar panel of 220watts upon our roof. It's been there since late July 2022, so it's been there through many thunderstorms, high winds, and pouring buckets of rain, and still functioning! Now in its first Winter, it's fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-92105316978025397372023-03-03T22:15:00.004-05:002023-03-03T22:22:37.121-05:00New Month New CameraThree weeks ago my newest - and my last - camera finally arrived. Seems everytime there is a huge snow or ice storm affecting the area, I am waiting for a big heavy package to arrive.... hopefully on time.It's another Sony and is just about the same size as my old A6000 which I picked up several years while still living on the West Coast. The A7c at first sight looks like that old fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-66180215987519245952023-02-26T13:41:00.002-05:002023-02-26T17:27:17.972-05:00Melting Ice fm recent Ice Storm NO pictures BUT our folding non-waterproof 220w solar panel now has survived lots of snow storms and now thick ice from the recent western New York (WNY) ice storm! It's been on our front awning at the wrong slant to the sun [hoping to fix this angle in Spring if that ever arrives], but there's a tiny bit of freezing water dripping from above, and the wattage input to the solar battery has fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-2076863792180479222023-02-25T23:00:00.002-05:002023-02-25T23:00:29.642-05:00Memories of Visitors at the FallsThe ice storm of jst a few days ago really freezed up the Buffalo NY area, as it created a thick floor of ice that was dangerous to drive or walk on. Huge heavy trucks that plow the streets couldn't even clear streets as the ice is too thick, heavy and slick. Otherwise, just a few days previous it was a somewhat pleasant day that almost looked, felt and seemed like an early Spring. But fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-10387930335501104172023-02-21T15:52:00.014-05:002023-02-23T10:46:10.369-05:00fototaker News and other EventsCBS is again airing the Champions League games so, as you can imagine as I type, I am enjoying watching the Liverpool vs Real Madrid game - and Liverpool has a first goal of the match already - BUT am so happy that CBS is airing these matches! They'll make gobs of dinero in viewers and establishments allowing their patrons to watch also. A decades long personal tradition is about to end. fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-61053980773971768972023-02-20T17:04:00.001-05:002023-02-20T17:04:43.326-05:00BeautYful Textures of Nature We took a walk today in a not-near favorite park today. Having the new phone along for the ride, I was snapping in hires mode for a few minutes, now surprised some of the images were as big as some of my image files recorded with my full-size digital camera. Right now with an initial two days of having a new phone, I'd like to think the older Galaxy a50 was better. I trigger the a50's fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-7497271234920782392023-02-20T12:41:00.004-05:002023-02-20T18:17:15.770-05:00Listening to Spanish Sports on my new Phone! One of the hardest things in this modern technology-filled Life is adjusting to a new phone! Really! I only started with "smartphones" in the 21st century, so it's still quite a new world to me. The advantages are incredibly large, but so are the many wrong calls, spams, and always being tied to the phone! These days, the phone can be actually more important than your wallet! Of course I haven't fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-40555961701944265402023-02-19T21:36:00.005-05:002023-02-19T22:13:58.237-05:00Tonight's Sunset ColorsWent out to enjoy the freezing sunset earlier tonight. Thanks to h2o and ATT and their lack of terrible customer service [IF that's what they want to call it] with NO reply from h2o or ATT in over a week to unlock my Galaxy a50, I was forced to buy a new phone. Thank goodness it's as I thought it would be, putting my old Mint Mobile sim in the new phone, and all is functioning as it should now. fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-2455578890329682532023-02-19T14:18:00.001-05:002023-02-19T14:18:03.216-05:00Memories of the Red and White in my PastWhen I lived in San Francisco as a kid, I didn't have any money at all. I used to go down to Fisherman's Wharf to shine shoes in those days when tennis shoes still were a new item. It was also different back then at Pier 43-1/2. The little office of the tour boat company had a ramp and still is there, but back then during the very few days I went to school, I'd be out there at Fisherman's Wharf fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-1041417186244802502023-02-18T14:17:00.002-05:002023-02-18T20:18:57.742-05:00Stay with MeWe just love seeing wildlife in its different species and colors, and at a spot close to the Niagara River, we had seen these ducks swimming against the current and wind. Turned out to be a Mother with her ducklings, and how cute these were! fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-72710750152040594582023-02-18T14:04:00.003-05:002023-02-18T14:04:28.456-05:00Thinking of a Tree not Dancing in the High WNY WindsStill digging through memories of a past walk, and found yet another portrait of a Tree! I might not be able to hug a Tree [aChooooooo] but I can appreciate their Beauty!As you walk slowly through my memories, IF you'd like to see something else, please let me know! fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-80296590383178163942023-02-17T21:20:00.005-05:002023-02-17T21:20:54.609-05:00Reflecting Street & Walkway Ponds When I'm on the street I am always looking all around me. No matter if it's up toward the sky, down to the pathway and sidewalks below my feet, or left and right to windows, cars and what-not! I love reflections, don't you? One needs to think, have I missed something unique just because I didn't look?fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-28895992109441180042023-02-17T16:29:00.001-05:002023-02-17T17:13:46.677-05:00Loving the Beauty of TreesWHO
wouldn't love admiring the Beauty of our lovely Trees that surround us everyday and just about everywhere we venture?
All I know is that we get out when we can, and whenever we are out to snap something else, our cameras always eventually turn to see Nature's textures! How can we NOT be awed by Trees and always end up snapping the Trees we love seeing! fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-56750978746430177422023-02-17T14:12:00.003-05:002023-02-18T21:19:50.690-05:00Those Beautiful Vintage and so Practical Cable Cars of San FranciscoI just love those Cable Cars of San Francisco, and have spent at least half of my life riding them alone, with friends and with newly-made friends! I used to point out the popular scenic spots to those who wanted to know, in those days when I didn't have a camera in my hands everyday! Now one of the most expensive means of riding around my City by the Bay, I try NOT to ride them at all! But I fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-8752594530609459952023-02-17T12:11:00.008-05:002023-02-17T12:23:46.789-05:00White Snow Again in western New York Well, after a few days of "nice weather" in western New York (WNY), we have snow on the ground again. It's not much... probably less than an inch, but it's yet another white scene as we are looking out the window. The temperatures however, have been at freezing during the day and colder at night for many weeks!As discussed after the Buffalo 2022 Winter Blizzard that claimed many lives as fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-12454967441112143722023-02-16T09:49:00.000-05:002023-02-16T09:49:38.596-05:00Sights and Memories of MY City by the BayRight now the winds of western New York are blowing past 30 mpg and while we have experienced in walked in winds past 50mph, it's still interesting to be inside and hear the howling winds! I am always remembering my hometown and its sights, colors, events and Beauty! How can I not think of it when I have so many fabulous image files and memories?What is your favorite city or place in this fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-69849912464391601552023-02-15T22:18:00.000-05:002023-02-15T22:18:14.945-05:00HOW to Be and STAY Slender ALL your Life in San FranciscoLive in area or in a city that has mountains for streets and YOU will be healthy for most of the rest of your Life! Walk, run or just get out onto those steep hills of San Francisco everyday as I have in my teen years, and you'll stay well, healthy and slender! Why go to a gym when all you need to do is get outside onto the streets of San Francisco! Really! I only weigh now about 15pounds fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843348233754852868.post-48903648755658368972023-02-15T15:34:00.003-05:002023-02-15T15:50:52.496-05:00Operation Earnest WillThese days WHO remembers the reflagging of Kuwaiti oil tankers, allowing the United States to provide protection by the US military from attacks upon oil tankers in the Persian Gulf? Later US Navy minesweepers were deployed to the Persian Gulf to sweep those waters for mines. I saw a lot of "mines", later determined to be actually dead livestock in the Persian Gulf with their legs straight up in fototaker Tonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11010075389777289721noreply@blogger.com0