Pigeons are everywhere - including small ledges on the sides of buildings.
Under the tower of City Hall, there were a few surprises.
A lost sole...
Unnamed couple in Reading Terminal Market
November 6 - Philadelphia
Over the weekend, we went to Philadelphia to see a friend's wedding. While the weekend was pretty busy, there were a few hours on Sunday to get out and take a few pictures. All were taken within a block or two from City Hall.
Pigeons are everywhere - including small ledges on the sides of buildings.
Under the tower of City Hall, there were a few surprises.
A lost sole...
Unnamed couple in Reading Terminal Market
Pigeons are everywhere - including small ledges on the sides of buildings.
Under the tower of City Hall, there were a few surprises.
A lost sole...
Unnamed couple in Reading Terminal Market
October 29 - Richland Creek Wilderness Area
Over the weekend, I joined several people from CSNP and spent two nights in the Richland Creek Wilderness area in Arkansas. Even though it is a fairly remote location, the campground was fairly full by Saturday afternoon. I think everyone had a good time, and I hope they captured some of the beauty this place has to offer.
October 24 - More Missouri Mines
By request, here are a few more pictures from the Missouri Mines State Historical Site. I really enjoyed visiting this place, and hope I can do so again someday. If you follow this link, you'll get all the mine pictures together!
October 20 - Early Fall Color
The camera club had a field trip today that took us to locations around around Waynesville and St. James to look for some early fall color. While the sky was cloudless, we had a good time and there was some color after all. The first three pictures are from an area North of St. Roberts where Hwy Y crosses the Gasconade River. The rest are from Maramec Springs Park.
Fog was rising from the river when we arrived - it was kind of cool, and perhaps even a bit frosty.
The seed of a milkweed.
On a long exposure, bubbles floating on the river make streaks across the image. And yes, posting this one upside down makes it look a little odd.
Pine forest in Maramec Springs.
I had to be pretty creative with my tripod to get this shot!
I was happy to see cypress trees scattered throughout the park.
Fog was rising from the river when we arrived - it was kind of cool, and perhaps even a bit frosty.
The seed of a milkweed.
On a long exposure, bubbles floating on the river make streaks across the image. And yes, posting this one upside down makes it look a little odd.
Pine forest in Maramec Springs.
I had to be pretty creative with my tripod to get this shot!
I was happy to see cypress trees scattered throughout the park.
October 7 - Jack-O'-Lantern Mushrooms
I've heard quite a few people talking about these bright orange mushrooms lately, and was thrilled to find some popping up not too far from my driveway. I believe they're called Jack-O'-Lantern Mushrooms and they're quite interesting.
October 6 - Additional Trip Pictures
I've worked through a few more of my 3200+ images that I took on the camera club trip. I don't expect that I'll find many more that I really like. If I get 1 out of 100 images that I like, I think I've done pretty good (it sure is a good thing I'm shooting digital!)
During our first evening in Grand Teton National Park, we ended up at Jackson lake to see a sunset. There wasn't much of one, but I did like this mountain silhouette.
This is from Wind River Lake near our lodge. These alpine meadows in this area are just incredible. Peaceful near dusk, and vividly colored when lit by the sun.
One of the mountains visible from Signal Mountain. It had been cloudy that day, and I really liked the half-hidden mountain peak.
A panographic image (more than one image stitched together in this case) of Two Oceans Lake.
Great Fountain Geyser was just a special place when we were there. This is a 20 second exposure from when it was nearly dark.
From Rocky Mountain National Park. There wasn't much color in the sky that night, but with a longer lens you could frame the vibrant bits.
And after the sun was long gone, there were still some very interesting clouds. This is another long exposure when it was nearly dark.
The next morning at Sprague Lake, there were some great reflections in the water. In this case, the reflections were of golden aspens on the mountains.
And a little rock with the same reflections.
During our first evening in Grand Teton National Park, we ended up at Jackson lake to see a sunset. There wasn't much of one, but I did like this mountain silhouette.
This is from Wind River Lake near our lodge. These alpine meadows in this area are just incredible. Peaceful near dusk, and vividly colored when lit by the sun.
One of the mountains visible from Signal Mountain. It had been cloudy that day, and I really liked the half-hidden mountain peak.
A panographic image (more than one image stitched together in this case) of Two Oceans Lake.
Great Fountain Geyser was just a special place when we were there. This is a 20 second exposure from when it was nearly dark.
From Rocky Mountain National Park. There wasn't much color in the sky that night, but with a longer lens you could frame the vibrant bits.
And after the sun was long gone, there were still some very interesting clouds. This is another long exposure when it was nearly dark.
The next morning at Sprague Lake, there were some great reflections in the water. In this case, the reflections were of golden aspens on the mountains.
And a little rock with the same reflections.
Rocky Mountain National Park
As the last evening and morning of our trip, we made a really quick trip through Rocky Mountain National Park. Several of us went to the top of the world (so to speak) to photograph the sunset, while several stayed in the valley to photograph elk. I hope they got some good pictures, because I really enjoyed the sunset!
In the morning, we visited Sprague Lake for the sunrise. Elk wandered through this scene not too long after I took the picture, disrupting the smooth reflections.
In the morning, we visited Sprague Lake for the sunrise. Elk wandered through this scene not too long after I took the picture, disrupting the smooth reflections.
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone was really fantastic. Because our lodging was so far away, we couldn't really get into the park before the sunrise, but we did three sunsets there and had unique photographs each evening.
On our first trip, we drove by Lewis Falls - there was a quick little trail that takes you to this viewpoint, which is much better than from the road.
Across the river from the Grand Prismatic Spring, there's this interesting bit of runoff that goes into the river. The sun was peeking through the clouds when I took this picture.
On to West Thumb Geyser Basin - there are a lot of little pools here. Fantastic place to walk around.
On a different day, we visited Old Faithful a second time (much more interesting than the first).
After the sun went behind the hills at Gibbon Falls, there were a lot of nice details to see.
The following two photographs are from the Firehole River Drive.
Firehole Falls
On our last evening in Yellowstone, we went down Firehole Lake Drive just to see what was out there. When we saw the Great Fountain Geyser, we knew we had a place to shoot sunset. There were a handful of photographers there when we returned later in the evening (turns out we weren't the only ones to think of this). We got a little bit of light, and then the geyser erupted (we still have spots on our car!).
On our first trip, we drove by Lewis Falls - there was a quick little trail that takes you to this viewpoint, which is much better than from the road.
Across the river from the Grand Prismatic Spring, there's this interesting bit of runoff that goes into the river. The sun was peeking through the clouds when I took this picture.
On to West Thumb Geyser Basin - there are a lot of little pools here. Fantastic place to walk around.
On a different day, we visited Old Faithful a second time (much more interesting than the first).
After the sun went behind the hills at Gibbon Falls, there were a lot of nice details to see.
The following two photographs are from the Firehole River Drive.
Firehole Falls
On our last evening in Yellowstone, we went down Firehole Lake Drive just to see what was out there. When we saw the Great Fountain Geyser, we knew we had a place to shoot sunset. There were a handful of photographers there when we returned later in the evening (turns out we weren't the only ones to think of this). We got a little bit of light, and then the geyser erupted (we still have spots on our car!).
Grand Teton National Park
On our trip, we stayed at Togwotee Mountain Lodge and on the nearby Togwotee pass, there's a nice little lake called Wind River Lake. It was a nice lake to walk around and photograph.
Though we intermingled drives to the Tetons with drives to Yellowstone, our first destination was the Tetons. When you're in front of these fantastic mountains, it's hard to imagine photographing anything else. Here are two views from the famous Oxbow Bend, and the third is a famous barn with a very cloudy backdrop - I'll try to post another version of this when you can see the mountains behind. All three of these images incorporate multiple photographs - blended seamlessly together in Photoshop.
And this is a quiet little scene from Two Oceans Lake - there was a lot to explore on this little lake and I was glad we made the trip to see it. A moose wondered into the parking lot as we were leaving along with a local guy with a very long lens (600mm) trying to find the bear he had glimpsed. We didn't find the bear, but it was fun to talk to a true animal photographer.
Though we intermingled drives to the Tetons with drives to Yellowstone, our first destination was the Tetons. When you're in front of these fantastic mountains, it's hard to imagine photographing anything else. Here are two views from the famous Oxbow Bend, and the third is a famous barn with a very cloudy backdrop - I'll try to post another version of this when you can see the mountains behind. All three of these images incorporate multiple photographs - blended seamlessly together in Photoshop.
And this is a quiet little scene from Two Oceans Lake - there was a lot to explore on this little lake and I was glad we made the trip to see it. A moose wondered into the parking lot as we were leaving along with a local guy with a very long lens (600mm) trying to find the bear he had glimpsed. We didn't find the bear, but it was fun to talk to a true animal photographer.
September 16 - Grand Teton National Park
The camera club has just returned from a trip to the Tetons, Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain National Park. The days were long, but went by very quickly - and there was a lot of driving! Anyway, over the next few days/weeks, I'll be adding pictures from the trip that I think turned out OK.
Here's one from Jackson Lake near the Coulter Bay boat dock . Half of the group decided to eat, but the rest of us were transfixed by the moon descending over the horizon. This is from a 13 minute exposure and my last of the evening - I wish I could have made a multi-hour exposure here, but we just didn't have the time.
Here's one from Jackson Lake near the Coulter Bay boat dock . Half of the group decided to eat, but the rest of us were transfixed by the moon descending over the horizon. This is from a 13 minute exposure and my last of the evening - I wish I could have made a multi-hour exposure here, but we just didn't have the time.
September 5 - Rocky Mountain National Park Revisited
I decided to revisit some of my older images from RMNP and found this one that had potential. I often reprocess images after newer technology comes out. The capabilities of the current generation of software is far beyond what was available when I took this picture last year. And perhaps my skills have improved as well (at least I hope they have!).
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