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Blackwater falls State Park :

Blackwater falls State Park

Updated: Sep 18, 2009 11:08am PST

DC at night, 10/08 Updated withUS Navy Memorial shots. :

DC at night, 10/08 Updated withUS Navy Memorial shots.

Updated: May 05, 2009 4:36pm PST

Portraits of a DC Sculpture Garden : My thanks to Chris - who let me use his DSLR as I forgot mine at work. Well,I mostly acted as a light meter for him as he was shooting his medium format, the whole goal of the excursion it seems, was to get the crouching women on medium format b&w. It was a bit cold, but I had a good time. haven't done much portrait type material, so I figured I would give it a shot on things that wouldn't move.

Portraits of a DC Sculpture Garden

My thanks to Chris - who let me use his DSLR as I forgot mine at work. ...

Updated: Apr 25, 2009 2:12pm PST

Appalachain Mountains 11/08 :

Appalachain Mountains 11/08

Updated: Apr 25, 2009 2:10pm PST

Old Rag 8-08 :

Old Rag 8-08

Updated: Apr 25, 2009 2:08pm PST

30D shots - UPDATED w/ Foxhill park at night 10/08 : This gallery will be for shots I like, that do not have a home in another gallery

30D shots - UPDATED w/ Foxhill park at night 10/08

This gallery will be for shots I like, that do not have a home in anot ...

Updated: Nov 22, 2008 12:22pm PST

Anteitam and Cunningham falls :

Anteitam and Cunningham falls

Updated: Oct 07, 2008 5:16pm PST

Ocean City 08 :

Ocean City 08

Updated: Sep 11, 2008 7:08pm PST

Back to Potapsco UPDATED 8-15-08 :

Back to Potapsco UPDATED 8-15-08

Updated: Aug 16, 2008 12:36pm PST

Whitemarsh Park : 8-08

Whitemarsh Park

8-08

Updated: Aug 10, 2008 5:50pm PST

Cascade falls with Tokina 11-16 :

Cascade falls with Tokina 11-16

Updated: Jul 29, 2008 7:54pm PST

Gettysburg :

Gettysburg

Updated: Jul 28, 2008 1:03pm PST

Waterfalls of Potapsco - Cascade Falls :

Waterfalls of Potapsco - Cascade Falls

Updated: Jul 16, 2008 6:35am PST

Foxhill Park, Bowie MD 11/17/07 -UPDATED : Fall colors, 5 hours to chill and read a book, my camera, cool temperatures and wind rustling through the trees, People playing flag football in the field behind where I was sitting - I was able to relax a bit. UPDATED -- I reprocessed a few pictures from RAW in DPP, and a little photoshop. The landscapes are all similar - desaturated about 50%, contrast 20%, and increased sharpness. I think it give a dark, Halloween type feel.

Foxhill Park, Bowie MD 11/17/07 -UPDATED

Fall colors, 5 hours to chill and read a book, my camera, cool tempera ...

Updated: Apr 04, 2008 4:43pm PST

Foxhill Park, Bowie MD 10/07 :

Foxhill Park, Bowie MD 10/07

Updated: Apr 04, 2008 4:40pm PST

Macro :

Macro

Updated: Apr 04, 2008 4:24pm PST

A study on Rock, Water, and Ice : (UPDATE _ the first several have been processed) These shots were taken on the Little Patuxent River, about 200 yards up from the Savage Mill, In Savage Md. I plan on doing a bit more processing on these, as they are just processed with Photoshop Raw processor. This was kind of a unexpected find for me, so I was not prepared for long exposure shots, as I didn't have my Tripod with me. I used my mini tripod w/ the bendy feet for all shots under a 1/15 sec and when my hands were to cold to hold the camera steady.

A study on Rock, Water, and Ice

(UPDATE _ the first several have been processed) These shots were take ...

Updated: Apr 04, 2008 4:22pm PST

Savage and Potapsco 2/08 :

Savage and Potapsco 2/08

Updated: Apr 04, 2008 10:20am PST

Savage Mill, on a gloomy day : I had a plan to go out and shoot, but it was overcast. So I went out and shot anyway. This was my first chance to play with the 70-200, an I also did a little low light stuff with my 50 1.8.

Savage Mill, on a gloomy day

I had a plan to go out and shoot, but it was overcast. So I went out ...

Updated: Jan 23, 2008 5:03pm PST

DC 10/20/07 :

DC 10/20/07

Updated: Jan 03, 2008 5:47am PST

Foxhill Park, Bowie MD 12-8-07 :

Foxhill Park, Bowie MD 12-8-07

Updated: Jan 03, 2008 5:45am PST

Swallow Falls 10/07 :

Swallow Falls 10/07

Updated: Dec 20, 2007 12:40pm PST

Bowie 10-13/14-07 : This weekend I spent some time with my sister (Ambler) and we went to Patuxent National Wildlife sanctuary, where unbenownst to us there was a wildlife festival (which means a bunch of little people running around scaring away wildlife) and a wildlife photographic toutorial (sponserd by Penn Camera and Tamron) . Now one would expect that this would not be the best combination of events, as the photographic toutorial went from wildlife to portraiture, in the lobby. I did get to ogle at and play with some incrediable lenses ( I now want the 180 L Macro, and well everything else) over all it was fun. Sunday I spent at Foxhill again, reading and taking pictures when I felt like it. I was fealing a bit abstract, so the subject in some of these pictures is either the color, or the lack of subject.

Bowie 10-13/14-07

This weekend I spent some time with my sister (Ambler) and we went to ...

Updated: Oct 15, 2007 3:31pm PST

Fredrick, Maryland 9/07 :

Fredrick, Maryland 9/07

Updated: Oct 04, 2007 7:58am PST

Beach 7/07, Canon : Lots of UPDATES 7/20/07

Beach 7/07, Canon

Lots of UPDATES 7/20/07

Updated: Oct 04, 2007 7:46am PST

Old Rag 8/07 : Lessons learned on this trip - 1) Its hard to take pictures in the dark (especially when the largest aperture you can get is 4.0 @ 17mm and no remote shutter release) 2) Wind will mess up even the best focus (and no the IS lens will not help that). 3) Plan more time when taking pictures in the dark because Chris likes to take 3-5 min. exposures .... which leads to #4. 4) Rushing up the Rock Scramble to get to the summit before the sun comes up because we took to long at the first false summit - SUCKS. 5) Tortellinis and black coffee at 6:30 am = Incredibly Awesome. 6) Long exposures (1/2 - 1 sec. or more) of waterfalls with alot of water, and a tight in shot, stink as the shot over exposes and generally turns into a soft blurry mess. 7) The term "Silence is Golden" can be extended to cover the "noise" generated in Digital Photography, however, this noise can not be cured through the use of duct tape. That is all.

Old Rag 8/07

Lessons learned on this trip - 1) Its hard to take pictures in the dar ...

Updated: Sep 18, 2007 6:12am PST

Ducklings7-07 : These pictures were taken on my jaunt through DC 7/07. The World War 2 memorial has several pools that flow over waterfalls from the reflecting pool into it. These ducklings were apparently washed over said waterfall into the pool 4 ft below. Their mother was not happy (as is depicted in the first picture). The Ranger said it happens all the time, but by the look of that momma duck, not to her ducklings.

Ducklings7-07

These pictures were taken on my jaunt through DC 7/07. The World War ...

Updated: Aug 11, 2007 11:27am PST

DC 7/07, Canon : I went to the National Zoo this weekend, and all that really did for me was make me want a long lens even more. Its pretty bad when the most interesting thing you can find to take pictures of at the Zoo are insects outside and nautiloids in the dark. I then went to wandering around DC for the afternoon, I will upload a few more later.

DC 7/07, Canon

I went to the National Zoo this weekend, and all that really did for m ...

Updated: Jul 31, 2007 5:47pm PST

Old Rag/ Family, Lumix : I told the computer to upload all of the files I wanted it to, It uploaded half of the files I wanted it to. I will speak to it sternly tonight, and get the others online.

Old Rag/ Family, Lumix

I told the computer to upload all of the files I wanted it to, It upl ...

Updated: Jun 18, 2007 6:45pm PST

Old Rag, 5/12/07, Lumix :

Old Rag, 5/12/07, Lumix

Updated: May 17, 2007 10:07am PST

Waterfalls + Macro, Lumix : Photos taken 3/24/07 on a trip to Old Rag Mountain. I was concentrating on the movement of the water vs the texture of the rock. All of the pictures look better in large.

Waterfalls + Macro, Lumix

Photos taken 3/24/07 on a trip to Old Rag Mountain. I was concentrati ...

Updated: Apr 12, 2007 12:38pm PST

Old Rag 12/16/06, Lumix : No photoshop. Partialy because I liked the pictures so much, mostly because I havent had time (edit - now that I have had time, solely because I liked them)

Old Rag 12/16/06, Lumix

No photoshop. Partialy because I liked the pictures so much, mostly b ...

Updated: Mar 08, 2007 6:56am PST