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Lyle — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:43:24 +0000

Just a picture of a flower. Happy Holidays!

Lyle — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:55:41 +0000

We had a bridge raising Sunday morning at 2AM! Three of the girders supporting the southbound lanes of the main Chappaqua Bridge arrived. The contactors had three hours to put all three in place before MetroNorth started train service again Sunday morning.

I was there on the town’s behalf to photograph an video the event. Quite an event – especially when the longest girder was 145 feet.

Coast Guard Station – Block Island

Lyle — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:16:42 +0000

Taken October 2009

Block Island Architecture

Lyle — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:51:13 +0000

Block Island - House by Southeast Light

I’m working with a local Block Island architect to create a series of photographs and a web site to document his work.

This house was designed and built about six years ago. It sits just east of the Southeast Light (a famous Block Island landmark), and has incredible views to the east over the Atlantic.

The photograph is a sandwich of 5 photographs using Photomatrix Pro, then finished in Lightroom.

Block Island – Hurricane Bob brushes us

Lyle — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:42:25 +0000

Block Island - Mohegan Bluffs

Hurricane Bob just barely brushed Block Island. This is a view from the beach below Mohegan Bluffs (on the south side of the island). Eight to ten foot waves, but not much wind.

Photography is a HDR from five exposures.

Summer program at the high school

Lyle — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:21:52 +0000

Families in Chappaqua and the high school host a summer program for kids from the Bronx. They have classes on Shakespeare, computers, writing in the morning, then film school in the afternoon at the Jacob Burns center. Quite an opportunity for them. I was invited to give a lecture on robotics, UAVs, etc. to the class – and, of course, a demo of the Draganfly. This photo of the class was shot at about 75 feet altitude.

Horace Greeley High School Shoot

Lyle — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:01:20 +0000

HGHS Tent

We just did some aerial photographs of the Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York. They had their tent set up for graduation.

This was taken using a small UAV helicopter and a Panasonic Lumix digital camera.

APRS for iPhone

Lyle — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:12:55 +0000

I’m working on my second application for Apple’s iPhone – an APRS (Automated Packet Reporting System) that takes location data from one of the many APRS servers and displays it on a map on your iPhone. Many amateur radio operators update APRS with location information, as well as NOAA warnings, etc. For more information on APRS go to their web site.

Phase one of the project will enable you to use the GPS position from your iPhone (or an entered one if you’re using an iPod Touch) and display any APRS contacts in a selected radius (1, 5, 10, 30 miles) from your current location. The contacts will be displayed on a Google Map with all the usual navigation (zoom, move, etc). You’ll need a active WiFi or 3G connection for it work.

Phase two will likely add the ability to publish your own location to an APRS server.

If you’d like to beta test this and give me feedback, contact me. I should have an early beta available in August.