Author: Ashira

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Autumn Photography Practice

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Being that it was beautiful day for a walk and the instructor from the photography course I took last week said that it’s important to practice, I went out and took a few photos (and even got a few I’m happy with): Sky over Riverside Dr. Squirrel Snacking Sneaky Buddhist Statue at 105th St.I just learned from Google that it used to stand nearHiroshima and survived the atomic bomb! Yeshiva Ketana d’Manhattan

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9-11 at the Firefighter’s Memorial

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To mark the anniversary of 9-11 we decided to attend the memorial ceremony at the firefighter’s memorial at w100th st. It was quite moving. There were firefighters in attendance from all over the world including: Los Angeles, Belgium, New South Wales, Los Vegas, Canada, even Mirimar, FL. They read the names of all 343 firefighters who died on 9/11/01 pausing for moments of silence to mark the collapse of each tower and the crash of flight 93. It was very nicely done. Here were a few photos that I took: Saluting during the national anthem Following along as the list of 343 firefighters was read Listening to Amazing Grace being sung… Afterwards we went back to see the memorial: Some people left notes or gifts including a wreath from the London Fire Brigade There were lots of flowers (click to view bigger) Others were coming too, to see what was left, to contemplate or to take pictures…

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Red-Tailed Hawk

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Was on my way out to meet a friend at 5pm when I spotted this: This fellow was just across on the next building’s fire escape (around 96th near Riverside Dr.) He was eating something that used to have white feathers. I had to run out, but Tim snapped the rest of these awesome photos. Note the blood on its talons! He posed for a portrait before flying off.