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晚了兩年的拖稿文…

建在 High Line 上的 Standard Hotel，整座飯店就跨在鐵道上…

Albany, NY, The End of this upstate NY trip.

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隨性的旅程，一向是在不斷的 delay 中過了一天又一天。原本 Ricky 兄推薦的，電影女人香中出現的學校，自然也無時間拜訪。結果，只能下交流道，到 downtown 晃一晃以後，及早趕回 Boston。

這一段緊湊的旅程，從 Boston 經過五指湖區到 Ithaca，從 Ithaca 到 Rochester，再經由湖區到 Cooperstown 與 Albany 回到 Boston。四天三夜，超過 1000 miles 的旅程，感謝 Ricky, Jeffery, 還有 Rodney 的旅遊諮詢及幫忙了。


A casual journey is always to delay the schedule from day to day. Certainly, I had no time to visit the high school in Albany Ricky sugguested that I visit, one of the film location of Scent of a Woman. Finally, I could merely exit the interchange and drive in downtown Albany for a while, making haste to drive to Boston.

Thanks for Ricky, Jeffery, and Rodney.

Cooperstown.......National Baseball Hall of Fame....Where are the pics?

Sadly, the purporse of making a detour to look around Cooperstown was to visit National Baseball Hall of Fame, but the pictures have gone. However, after visiting National Baseball Hall of Fame, I walked around this village, finding its beauty amazingly.

大老遠繞到 Cooperstown 的目的，無非是要到棒球名人堂朝聖，但照片全沒了。不過，朝聖完，在附近走走，驚奇的發現這地方也是相當的美........



Otsego Lake from a Lakefront Park perspective

Driving through the Finger Lakes

Driving through the Finger Lakes should be a delightful trip. However, the cold rain discouraged me from taking pictures.


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I bought a cup of latte in the cute coffee shop.




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I don't know what the building is, but it's so beautiful.





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Leaving the lake region, I was near to Cooperstown, where the The Baseball Hall of Fame is located in.

University of Rochester

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Since I was in Rochester, University of Rochester, Rodney's and Ricky's alma mater, was definitely one of scenic spot I should have gone to.
既然來到 Rochester，Rodney 與 Ricky 的母校-Rochester 大學當然是該去的景點了。




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Howerer, it rained. I was reluctant to use R6.2, one of Ricky's collection, in the rain. Rolling down the window, I took these pictures by R6.2 in the car.
無奈下著大雨，捨不得把 R6.2 到戶外拍。這幾張 R6.2 拍的照片都是在車內搖下車窗拍的。





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The spots in above three pictures do not include Rush Rhees Library, one of the most representitive building in University of Rochester. In fact, I took a lot of pictures of it at night and in the daytime. However, I snapped them by the digital camera. I think you know the outcome.........

Walking in Rochester

Some world headquarters of large optical companys, like Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, and Xerox, are located in Rochester, a center of optical industry.
身為光學重鎮，Rochester 的市區有著 Kodak, Bausch & Lomb, 及 Xerox 幾間世界大廠的 Headquarters。

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Leaving downtown Rochester, I drove to Ontario Beach Park.
離開了市中心，來到 Ontario Beach Park。




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Lake Ontario. What a vast lake!




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Windsurfers on the estuary of Genesee River.
Genesee 河口玩風帆的人。




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The trail on Genesee River

High Falls, Rochester, New York

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There are a small number falls located in downtown. High Falls of the Genesee is one of them. The early development of Rochester is related to it.
High Falls 是少數在市區內的瀑布，Rochesher 早期的發展也與其相關。




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The early development of Rochester was derived from that early inhabitants use the water-powered waterwheels to produce flour. In High Falls heritage area historical remains of waterwheels are retained for commemoration.
Rochester 的早期發展，源自於早期的居民利用水車的動力把麥子磨成麵粉。High Falls 仍保留水車的遺跡供大家追憶。




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From the use of waterwheels to optical industry, an overview Rochester is exhibited in the visitor center.
從利用水車，到發展成光學大城，Visitor Center 內有整個 Rochester 歷史發展相關的展覽。




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High Falls




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The Pont de Rennes pedestrian bridge




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The Pont de Rennes pedestrian bridge

George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

This page is also to share the pictures I used Leica R to take first time. First, thank Ricky to borrow me Leica R.
本篇也算是分享第一次用 Leica R 拍的照片，先感謝 Ricky 兄大方出借經典 R 機放毒。


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There were some purposes for my travelling to Rochester. One was to meet Ricky, and another was to see University of Rochester, and the other was to make a pilgrimage to George Eastman House. It's a pity that I could not buy EKTAR in Boston. Thus, I used Fuji Extra400 and Ilford XP2 super to take this memorial house, as was disrespectful. Therefore, when visiting Fuji Square, Tokyo, half year later, I used EKTAR to take pictures.
特地跑到上州的 Rochester，除了拜訪 Ricky 兄，看看 Rodney 的母校（這我應該是申請不上了），另一個就是到 George Eastman House 朝聖了。可惜的是，當時在 Boston 沒機會買到 EKTAR，結果用了 Fuji Extra400 與 Ilford XP2 Super 來拍 George Eastman House，真是大不敬。所以，半年後到東京的 Fuji Square 時，就改用 EKTAR 來拍了。




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Compared to mensions in Rohde Island, George Eastman House is not large. Therefore, for enthusiasts for film photograpy, the standing of Georgoe Eastman House is so high that the other buildings are hard to compare with.
相比於 Rohde Island 的那些大豪宅，George Eastman House 並不大。然而，這棟房子對於底片攝影愛好者而言，其地位之崇高是其他建築很難相比的。





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The entrance is near Rock Gorden, in back of the house.
入口是在屋子後方的 Rock Garden 旁




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The peristyle
柱廊





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The exhibition in North Gallery was camaras from the technology collection. The right side by the entrance showed Leica M6 and Kodak Flim with Leica M8 by contrast. From the cameras for Daguerreotype to digital cameras, it showed all of them. Camaras I own, like Leica M, Hasselblad 500 series, Polarid SX-70, were certainly included. It displayed some classic camera only seen in books or magazines. All epoch cameras, including Japanese Camaras, were shown. I stayed in George Eastman House more than half day. Most than half time was spent in the small room. Similarily, it's a pity that all the pictures I took here are gone with the death of the HD.
北展覽室的展覽是隨著科技演進的相機。門口右邊放的是 Leica M6 + Kodak 底片，加上 M8 做一個對比；至於左邊好像是天價 Linhof？我記不太起來了。裡面的展覽則是從銀版設影用的相機到數位相機都有。手裡有的 Leica M, 哈蘇 500 系列, Polaroid SX-70 肯定是在列的。一堆只有在書上看得到的經典名機，全都在這個小小的展示間看見了。包含日本的名機，劃時代的相機們，也全部在列。在 George Eastman House 待了超過半天的時間，超過一半都花費在這間只比十坪多一些的小房間。可惜的仍然是，當初在這裡拍的照片都隨著硬碟而消失。




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Of course, the mension itself is another importanct purpose for most people. In contrast to those photos and camares, the mension didn't interest me so much,
當然，豪宅本身也是多數人來此參觀的一個重要目的，只是我對於這個豪宅的興趣就沒那麼大了。




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Terreace, located in the eastern wing.
為於東翼的 Terrace Garden




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Terrace Garden




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The reflection in the pool.
池中的倒影




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The red leaves made the appearance more colorful.
背景的紅葉讓畫面看起來更多樣化




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Rocking chairs on the porch. Had Eastman ever sit here and seen the sunset?
前廊的搖椅，不知道當年 Eastman 是否也曾在這坐看夕陽呢？