On a field trip with The Cranbury Digital Camera Club, I visited Howling Woods Farm in Jackson, NJ. It’s a breed-specific animal shelter that rescues and places domestic bred wolves. It was quite a thrill to walk freely among the wolves and be part of their pack for a short time. They are such beautiful animals.
I spent a few hours at the coaster with my friend Jack Fusco looking for the Milky Way. The sky wasn’t dark enough to find it, but the stars were bright enough to photograph. The star trail is about 180, 20 second exposures.
The Ferris Wheel meets the Milky Way at 4 AM. It’s not often you can see the Milky Way in Seaside, but early Saturday morning, my D800 picked it up at top left over the Ferris Wheel. I tried again Sunday morning, but it was no where to be found.
Milky Way over the “Typhoon” ride.
I finally caught the tide right and was able to get over to the ferris wheel off the Funtown Pier. I’m amazed the ferris wheel stayed upright after the hurricane. In the third photo, you can see how it’s tilting to the left. The base is just stuck in the sand. It’s a shame, but the current plans are to scrap it.
A few shots from Long Beach Island …
Sharon and I took a walk around Island Beach State Park on this Easter Sunday. The fox were extremely active. We spotted at least a half dozen. Afterwards, we stopped over at the Seaside Park boardwalk and were happy to see the carousel operating again.
We stopped over at the boardwalk.
I was able to get down on the beach behind the Funtown Pier for about 10 minutes. My freedom ended quickly with an angry cop yelling from the pier. The light was pretty harsh so I tried again at dusk, but the tide was too high to get there from the beach. I’m not sure how long the ferris wheel will be there as I heard they will scrap it soon.
It was good to get back to Island Beach State Park and photograph the red fox. The park ranger told me the fox did well after Hurricane Sandy and are back to their normal behavior.
I took the long way home tonight. The drive along the ocean is always pretty special. Most times I have to stop somewhere and take a few shots. Tonight, it was Spring Lake that caught my eye. The skies were quite dramatic.
I spent most of the night on the beach in Seaside Heights at the foot of the coaster. The sunrise came to my rescue before the police.
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