Tag Archives: light

Rainbow Refractions on the Buddha Heads

Posted on October 15, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged Buddha, figurine, head, knick knack, lens, light, photography, prism, Rainbow, refraction, Sunshine | Leave a comment

HYACINTHS!

Posted on February 21, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged buds, Edward Elder, flower, green, hyacinth, leaves, light, odor, photography, purple, scent | Leave a comment

Hotel Room Views

Posted on January 7, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged beige, Capitol, corners, curtain, Hotel, lamp, light, Madison, mirror, Room, shade, TV screen, wallpaper, Walls, Wisconsin | Leave a comment

View from Central Park West

Posted on December 19, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged backlit, Central Park, Central Park West, Essex House, light, photography, silhouette, skyscraper, South Central Park, tree, winter | Leave a comment

LIGHTSCAPE #4

Posted on December 5, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Another Year of the BBG’s Fabulous Light Show The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is in its fourth year of what appears to be an ongoing annual holiday tradition: Lightscape. Every year multiple artists create extravagant lightfilled sculptures and lightshows within and … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged art, BBG, brooklyn, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Butterfly Effect, Cathedral, Fountain, Garden, Halo, Lantern, light, Lightscape, Love, Moulin Rouge, music, Neon, Network, Rainbow, reflections, sculpture, Singularity, videos, winter | Leave a comment

PARK SLOPE, EARLY SPRING

Posted on April 11, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged blossoms, branches, brooklyn, brownstone, churches, flowers, light, nature, ornamental pear, Park Slope, patterns, shadows, Spring, trees | Leave a comment

Artsy Fartsy Bookcase Pics

Posted on December 17, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

This week we set up our new book cases, and I went a little crazy with my phone’s camera. Some context: perhaps you heard in the news that much of Brooklyn got massively flooded during unprecedented (but likely to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Notes in the News | Tagged book cases, brooklyn, climate change, Climate Crisis, flooding, glass, light, metal, photography, rainfall, reflection, renovation, September 28, three-five-five-three | Leave a comment

LIGHTSCAPE 2023

Posted on December 2, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

This year’s LIGHTSCAPE at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is the most spectacular and elegant to date.

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged 2023, botanic garden, brooklyn, Cathedral, chandeliers, Color, Elton John, Flower Duet, Fountain, hip-hop, Lakme, lanterns, light, Lightscape, Rocket Man, sculpture, singing, Snow on the Beach, submergence, Supernova, Taylor Swift, trees, water, winter | Leave a comment

Looking Through Leaves From My Lawn Chair

Posted on August 14, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged abstract, art, bushes, framing, Garden, green, lawn chair, leaves, light, nature, negative space, perspective, photography, shade, sky, trees, vines, yellow, Zoom | Leave a comment

Home Details

Posted on March 9, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Beginnings | Tagged Buddha, bulb, Freud, home, India, Lego, light, Nataraja, Painting, photography, Pride, Rainbow, shadow | Leave a comment

LIGHTSCAPE 22/23

Posted on January 4, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

LIGHTSCAPE, the outdoor light show experience at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden concludes this Sunday, January 8. Here are some of this year’s highlights in pics and vids. You can also catch the splendor from last year’s show here and here.

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged art, birds, botanic, brooklyn, Cathedral, Garden, installation, light, Lightscape, lightshow, photography, sculpture, Snowflakes, videos, winter | Leave a comment

LIGHTSCAPE at Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Posted on December 7, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

A magical trail of fantastic light installations weaves its way through the Brooklyn Botanic Garden at night these days. Ed and I took the tour.

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged botanic garden, brooklyn, Cathedral, chandelier, Cherry Esplanade, Color, Ed Elder, fire, laser, light, Lightscape, night, Overlook, Pyramid, tree, water | Leave a comment

Shifting Light

Posted on January 2, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged christmas cactus, ivory, lamp shade, light, lord of the dance, Nataraja, photography, saint george, shadow, statue, sunlight | Leave a comment

OOO! LOOK AT THE LIGHT!

Posted on January 19, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

Pics with a Touch of Light plus a complimentary light-hearted music quiz Light Music Query #1: Which musical features this dance into the light? (as ever, the answers are tucked into the tabs below) Above, my gym’s basement … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Melodies Linger On, The Speakeasy Chronicles | Tagged Annie Lennox, Dance into the Light, Danny Ashkenasi, Eurythmics, Florence, Holiday, Kelli O'Hara, light, Light in the Piazza, lights, Madonna, music, photography, photos, Ray of Light, Shining Light, Speakeasy | 1 Comment

6TH AVENUE, MIDTOWN, DECEMBER

Posted on December 22, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

I think my phone’s camera has astigmatism. The way artificial light gets smeared, blurring the images, especially at night. Reminds me of why I need glasses at the movies and theater under stage lighting. And last night … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin' | Tagged 6th avenue, astigmatism, blurring, december, Holiday, light, midtown, photography, photos, smearing | Leave a comment

EXITING ETERNITY’S GATE

Posted on December 2, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Ed and I had just seen Julian Schnabel’s movie about Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate”, and were exiting one of the more tucked away screening rooms at the Landmark 57 multiplex, which required walking down a long, narrow, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope | Tagged At Eternity's Gate, cinematography, corridor, death of Van Gogh, Ed Elder, exit, German, Landmark 57, light, Loving Vincent, movie, photography, sci fi, Van Gogh | 2 Comments

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