Longwood Tree

This morning I had another outing with my photobuds. It was a great day at Longwood Gardens. Here is an HDR image I shot and edited. And Betsy, this one is using 3 tone maps blended together. :)

Bridgehouse Revealed

Yesterday I had the pleasure of shooting at Hopewell Furnace with a couple of my favorite photobuds, Mary Brooks-Brown and Anita Bower. We had a wonderful time and I shot a number of bracketed shoots for High Dynamic Range processing. Here is one of them. It reveals the interior of the Bridgehouse and top of the chimney Tunnel Head.

Shorten Shuffle

Taken last December. The fun loving Pat Shorten provides a photo op by chasing the local pigeons. Ah memories!!!

Door To The Past

I shot this in Central City Colorado. An old mining town in the Rockies.

Surreal Arch for Kreativ Blogger Award

Thanks you Mary Brooks Brown for the Kreativ Bloger Award. I'm finally getting a chance to use it. :)

The rules require me to list 6 things that make me happy, and to pass the award on to 6 bloggers. 6 things that make me happy are:

1. My photography
2. My understanding family
3. Great friends
4. Life's little adventures
5. Creative inspiration (without which none of us would survive)
6. Humor ( another survival staple)

The pass off of the Kreativ Award to Bloggers

1. For introducing we to the CCCC Ed Heaton
2. For the daily enjoyment and inspiration Anita Bower
3. For opening my eyes to HDR Just Bob
4. For her enthusiasm for great outings Mary Brooks Brown
5. For inspiring my competitive challenges Russ Devan
6. For sharing my shoot on the fly mindset The Betsy

Here is another over the top HDR.

In The Shadow Of Progress

Here is my first attempt at an HDR with "qtpfsgui". An open source HDR program.

Bustle

A street scene in Philly!!!

Bokeh Glow

Shot this in my neighborhood on Saturday morning. I liked the bokeh, but it is a bit distracting. And taking away from the main subject.

Me And My Shadow

Shot at Springton Manor

Tree Of Life

Pensive Autumn

The autumn winds, the leaves must fall

The hearkening to winter's call

The colors bloom. their destiny

A grand finall' for all to see

A time of change, a time of woe

A last hurrah 'for winter's snow

A blaze of life to pull us through

Until the spring and life's renew

Pattern In Green

I took one last trip to Chanticleer for the season. Here is a shot from Saturday morning.

At The Forge

Medieval forge at the PA RenFaire.

Go Phillies

This is a shot from this summer at a Phillies game. Thought I'd give a little boost for their play-off run.

Sheldon Reynolds Falls

This was a falls I shot at Rickett's Glenn this past summer.

Calypso Stare

Here is an intense shot of our little Calypso. She is a such a sweet heart, with a streak of devil may care.

Rum Runner Still Life

Here is an impromptu still life I took at the PA Renaissance Faire last weekend. I converted to b&w in PSCS3.

Pollinator

I have been working on my blog site to get it customized to my liking. I still have some tweaks to make, but here is an old standby image to get my blog rolling.