The following images are some that I took on Long Island this past Sunday, Jan. 7, 2001, while attending the Inaugural Membership Meeting USLHS Long Island Chapter.

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Bob LaRosa (President of Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society) and Bill Younger (Harbour Lights Founder and Conceptual Artist) on the walkway just outside of the watchroom at the top of Fire Island Lighthouse.

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Bob and Steven hold up the last official Coast Guard flag to fly over Plum Island Lighthouse (one of the USLHS LI Chapter's Preservation Projects).

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Winter on Fire Island

I will post some more images of this wonderful time for all of you to see in the very near future.

"Keeping The Flame in New England"
Ron

Edited to add the name of Bob LaRosa, President Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society and PhotoPoint links.

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Ron,
I love that picture with the deer!!!!
But don't feed them. Car + People = Food and we know what happens to Car + Deer.

Great pictures, Ron! Are you scanning prints or using a digital camera?

Bob

Thank you for the compliment CarolZ.

I wouldn't think of feeding the deer but I couldn't resist taking a couple of pictures.

I use a digital camera Bob, Olympus D620L. It's an older model compaired to today's and takes 1.3 megapixel pics.

I'll tell you a cute story that goes with the deer picture someday.

Hi Ron, ... Lorna bought me an Olympus D 460 for Christmas. It seems like a great camera except I haven't been able to download any pictures yet because my computer is missing the proper port. My camera guy, also my home theatre guy, is coming over tomorrow night to remedy the situation. He called me last night to ask how the new camera was working and I told him my problem. He says he can take care of that in a couple of minutes. I guess we'll wait and see.

Bob

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Your tour guide Ron, was our humble host Bob LaRosa, President of the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society. Thanks to all that attended, you made the meeting successful and fun.
- Bob

Bob M,

Guess what I received for my B'Day end of November? Olympus 460Z! My husband purchased it for me to make it easier to load my photos on E-bay.

Guess what else? We couldn't download any photos to the computer! Kept getting transfer error message. We waited for oldest son to arrive home for X-mas break a few weeks later. Seems we have two serial ports & even though my husband enabled the second one that was disabled it still didn't work. Our son had to switch ports and the stuff on them. It took him a few minutes as it wasn't one simple switch. Anyway now I can download.

Still playing with the photo softwear and learning the cameras buttons. When I went to Fire Island on Sunday I took my trusty Olympus OM-2N. Maybe someday I'll feel as comfortable with the digital camera but right now I trust my photos to the 35mm.

Certainly Ron's pictures from Sunday are an incentive to give the digital a try at the real photos (as opposed to E-bay shots). Plus the auto focus is a nice feature when my old eyes have trouble focusing in lower light situations.

Good luck!
Donna

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If you wish to see more images of the USLHS Long Island Chapter’s inaugural membership meeting on 1/7/01, as well as Fire Island & Horton Point Lighthouses, just click on the following link:
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=968985&a=10875505


"Keeping The Flame in New England"
Ron

I just checked your link, Ron, and the photos are great - I especially loved the one with the deer!

Thanks for posting them!

Barb