Sunday, March 14, 2010

Hurricane

Huge tree has fallen over the road. Poor car owner.Yesterday we had some of the craziest weather in a long while. First of all the was a lot of rain. But that wasn’t the bad part. The bad part was an incredibly strong wind.

My mom called me all panicked in the middle of the day. She was home alone and needed help. You see, they have wall mounted AC units. One of those got blown out by wind into the middle of the living room. I know it sounds crazy and speaks volumes of the installation job, but still. I almost killed myself lifting that thing back into its place. Blown out by wind?

Roots of the tree sticking out from the destroyed sidewalk.The waves where incredibly high in the canal along the Emmons avenue. And it’s an enclosed space. What was going on in the open ocean? Many thanks to Misha for picking us up and driving us back home from his own birthday party. And today I took some photos of a fallen tree on the nearby block.
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GravatarAlex says:
March 15, 2010 @ 12:32

This was the craziest storm I’ve ever witnessed in NYC. The carnage was spectacular.

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GravatarDaniel says:Subscribed
March 15, 2010 @ 12:56

Yeah, it was crazy. That photo that you linked to me is insane also.

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GravatarDaniel says:Subscribed
March 15, 2010 @ 13:26

My mom forwarded me a number of photos. This is the devastation at a nearby Marine Park.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Rain, Rain, Rain

Rain, rain, rain.The start of this summer has been “amazing”. It’s been raining for weeks now and it just keeps going. Next week weather forecast looks even worse. This is really strange and really atypical for New York.
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GravatarAlena says:Subscribed
June 25, 2009 @ 06:56

А дождь всё льёт. На прошлой неделе я стояла на кухне в нашем офисе и смотрела из окна на серый Манхэттен — и вид города под косыми струями дождя был таким загадочно-мрачным, что поневоле в голову приходили разные зловещие фильмы, которые могли бы быть сняты в такую погоду. mrgreen

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Summer Sunshower

Sunshower — Слепой ДождикIt was a nice, cool and sunny day. Than it decided to rain. Hard. However the sun didn’t disappear.

There is a term in Russian for it — “слепой дождик” which literally means “blind rain”. Turns out there is a term for it in English too — “sunshower”. I never heard it before. Also turns out there is a whole article on Wikipedia about it.
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GravatarEldar says:
June 19, 2008 @ 11:22

You probably should add the Russian terminology to the Wiki entry.

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GravatarDaniel says:Subscribed
June 19, 2008 @ 12:08

Yeah, I noticed that they didn’t have “слепой дождик” and only had “грибной дождик” — “mushroom rain” for those how doesn’t speak Russian.

Now we have to figure out how to edit that wiki. ) I’ve never done it.

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GravatarDaniel says:Subscribed
June 19, 2008 @ 12:26

Done!

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GravatarVicky says:Subscribed
July 15, 2008 @ 17:17

Finally had a chance you read your site… this picture is off the hook.

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Random Ramblings

Get out of my way, I do not care where my brake pedal is.Yesterday we drove out to Floyd Bennett Field to give Alena some driving lessons. She’s got her Learner’s Permit this Monday.

Get out of my way, I do not know where my brake pedal is.Just two random photos from the series. “Get out of my way, I don’t care to know where my brake pedal is.” And “Get out of my way, I don’t know where my brake pedal is.”

Then it started raining. And it keeps taking breaks and then resuming again. And it keeps going still. I want to publish a photo, but there is already one posted that represents the mood just right.

New York for Obama t-shirt.And on a different topic we ordered a pair of Obama t-shirts with Alena. The site advised to get one size bigger then you normally get and while that works fine for me it was a mistake for Alena. We’ll see if it shrinks after a wash.

P.S. Yes, I know. Car wash. Must take car to.
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Friday, May 9, 2008

Rainy Day

Rainy spring day.Here’s another photograph from my favorite series it seems.

It’s been a rainy day, but unlike usually rainy days this one doesn’t seem too depressing. I guess it’s because all the trees are finally turning green and there is spring in the air after a long gray winter.

The photo is an HDR composed of 3 images. The bright white circles that are visible in some portions of the picture are drops of rain.
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Gravatarufly says:
May 9, 2008 @ 21:44

Good picture, view is impressive.
But rain today was rather heavy, especially in the morning. I was glad to be able to stay at home.

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GravatarDaniel says:Subscribed
May 9, 2008 @ 21:54

Thank you.

It’s been raining all day and it’s still raining. We just watched a sad movie and I’m becoming a bit depressed.

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Gravatarmaruk says:
May 9, 2008 @ 22:52

Well, the rain kept the customers away at work, so I like the rain and I like the Photo. Keep up the cool pics, alway like being impressed by cool photos.

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GravatarRandom Ramblings » Rubinary Blog says:
June 15, 2008 @ 14:19

[...] again. And it keeps going still. I want to publish a photo, but there is already one posted that represents the mood just right. And on a different topic we ordered a pair of Obama t-shirts with Alena. The site [...]

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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Raining

Rainy NightIt’s been raining all evening yesterday, then it rained all night, and it’s still raining today. The streets look so unwelcoming today that you just want to stay inside and only glance at it from behind the closed windows covered in rain drops.

But then again, in order to appreciate the sun and blue skies you probably do need to have days like these.

The picture to the left is another HDR completed from a single shot taken in RAW format.
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GravatarТаня says:
November 7, 2007 @ 13:51

А по фотографии и не скажешь, что так уж и не уютно…

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GravatarRainy Day » Rubinary Blog says:
May 9, 2008 @ 17:54

[...] another photograph from my favorite series it seems. It’s been a rainy day, but unlike usually rainy days this one doesn’t seem [...]

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