Loved coming across this little pond with a small dock and bench to relax on.
Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category
A quiet spot in Vermont 2 comments
Stormy Capitol 2 comments
Captured during rain storm over DC tonight:
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Cherry Blossom Time! Leave a comment
Walked to the Mall after work on Friday and captured these photos. A wonderful time to be in DC, except this year it’s unseasonably cold. Nevertheless, the water’s edge was packed with tourists (i.e. camera-toting) and locals (i.e. picnicking).
Morning Sky in Reston Leave a comment
Captured while walking with Mario through the woods behind our house in the morning:
iPhone, slight edits in Lightroom
Forest Fantasy Leave a comment
Playing with a few new filters/lenses of the Hipstamatic app and a cut-off tree in our forest:
Mushroom terraces Leave a comment
What one can find in a wet forest if you keep your eyes close to the ground:
iPhone
Frost Drops and Stalactites Leave a comment
Captured these leaves with frozen drops of rain on a recent walk in the neighborhood, using my umbrella to ensure a uniform background. The second shot reminded me of stalactites in a cave.
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 100mm f/2.8 macro lens
Icicles in the air Leave a comment
It’s just cold enough that the rain freezes instantaneously – time to bundle up in front of the fireplace and not leave the house!
Spirals Leave a comment
I love how nature creates wonderful geometry:
Fall sky Leave a comment
As seen from our backyard porch. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Fall Mushrooms 1 comment
Found in our neighborhood.
Morning/Evening Flares 2 comments
Captured the morning flare in DC and I thought I would contrast it with a photo I shot in CT a few months ago.
Leaves make the best resting spot Leave a comment
Our dog Mario is enjoying the fall in VA:
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Fall colors are here! 1 comment
Captured while walking our dog in the neighborhood.
iPhone, edited with Tadaa
Yellowstone Trees Leave a comment
Captured these while driving through Yellowstone National Park last weekend:
Colors and Geysers of Yellowstone 4 comments
Spent a lovely day in Yellowstone National Park the day before the solar eclipse to see some of the more iconic sights near Old Faithful. Click on any pic to see them in slideshow format:
Sunrise/Moonset with flock of birds 2 comments
Morning walk scenery – the benefits of Mario waking me up at 5:30 for his morning walk…
iPhone
Duck Moonbathing 2 comments
Caught this duck enjoying the moonlight over the salt marsh behind our house.
iPhone, slight edits in Snapseed
Gaggle at Dawn Leave a comment
This gaggle of geese was enjoying the morning calm of sunrise over the Hammock River (until I came along).
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Sunset Swing Leave a comment
Someone enjoying the view of our town beach from their personal hammock.
iPhone, edited in Snapseed
Heavenly Sunset Leave a comment
Our Neighbors Leave a comment
Gone Fishing Leave a comment
These ospreys living in the marshes behind our house enjoy fishing as much as the local fishermen:
Last Tree in Waterworld Leave a comment
Found this floating near our town beach after a storm:
Canon Powershot G12
Dog Happiness… Leave a comment
… is running across Clinton Beach at low tide at sunset:
Neighborhood charms Leave a comment
Summer blossoms in our neighborhood.
iPhone, edited in Snapseed
Long exposure sunset 4 comments
Played around with a 10-stop neutral density filter at sunset and came up with this:
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm
ISO 400
f/9
25 sec
Shell Still Life Leave a comment
Beach finds, cleaned up and given the glamor shot treatment:
Craters on Mars! Leave a comment
Actually, they are barnacles on a shell, but if you squint a little it could pass for an astounding astronomical photograph…
Forest Reflections 2 comments
Caught this scene on a recent hike through the Connecticut woods:
Canon Powershot G12
Hawk under the moon Leave a comment
Saw this hawk looking for prey at sunrise behind our house. Here are two different takes on that scene, both shot with my iPhone, but one with the Hipstamatic app.
Melancholy sunset 4 comments
A wintry sunset over our little town beach:
Canon 5d Mark II EF 16-35mm
ISO 200
f/22
30 sec
Frosty leaves Leave a comment
Captured these on a cold morning while walking our dog. I love how the frost gives everything a bit of additional texture, which stands out especially strong when the light is low during sunrise.
Lonely tree at sunrise Leave a comment
This tree feels so lost and lonesome to me every time I walk past it while I’m taking the dog out. Captured in the marsh near Clinton Harbor.
iPhone, adjustments in Adobe Lightroom
Hawk hunting at dawn 3 comments
Captured this Red-tailed Hawk as he was surveying the field behind our house for his breakfast during sunrise. The other images were shot after I followed him to a tree that allowed me to get closer.
And this is the one when he finally had enough:
Bullseye 4 comments
Top of a pillar of the wooden bridge that connects to our town beach in Clinton, captured after the first frost of winter:
iPhone, edited in Adobe Lightroom
Winter is here! 1 comment
First snow in CT produced some nice photo ops right in our backyard:
Sunburst over Connecticut Leave a comment
Winter sunset at Clinton Beach.
Canon 5D Mark II, EF 16-35mm f/4
ISO 250
f/22
1/40 sec
Fall Sunrise 4 comments
One last shot of fall foliage before it all turns grey…
Canon Powershot G12
ISO 400
f/5.0
1/250 sec
Roots of Vermont 4 comments
I discovered lots of interesting gnarled trees and their roots hugging the boulders strewn around Smuggler’s Notch near Stowe. Click on any picture to see them in slideshow format.
Canon 5d Mark II, EFL 16-24mm
B&W conversion in Adobe Lightroom
A walk in the Vermont woods Leave a comment
More scenes from our brief visit to Vermont:
Vermont foliage 4 comments
Loving the colors of Vermont! A brief weekend excursion to Stowe, VT, offered many photo opportunities like these:
Canon 5 Mark II, EFL 24-70mm
Take-off at sunset 1 comment
Captured this seagull as it took off from its perch on a pier, while kayaking in Clinton Harbor and looking straight at the sunset:
Canon 7D, 200mm lens
ISO 200
f/5.6
1/5000 sec
Fall is here 1 comment
As evidenced by the lovely chestnuts I find on my walks.
iPhone, edited with Snapseed
Mario reigns on the beach 1 comment
Captured our dog Mario on the beach using the iPhone Hipstamatic app:
iphone, Hipstamatic
Blue Heron, Walking 8 comments
Came across this poem by Julie Bruck in a recent edition of the New Yorker, which matched the photos I took just the day before:
Not one of Mr. Balanchine’s soloists had feet this articulate,
the long bones explicitly spread, then retracted,
even more finely detailed than Leonardo’s plans for his flying machines.
And all this for a stroll, a secondary function,
not the greatdramatic spread and shadow of those pterodactyl wings.
This walking seems determined less by bird volition or
calculations of the small yellow eye
than by an accident of breeze, pushing the bird on a diagonal,
the great feet executing their tendus and lifts in the slowest of increments,
hesitation made exquisitely dimensional,
as if the feet thought themselves through each minute contribution to propulsion,
these outsized apprehenders of grasses and stone, snatchers of mouse and vole,
these mindless magnificents that any time now
will trail their risen bird like useless bits of leather.
Don’t show me your soul, Balanchine used to say, I want to see your foot.
I spy a few herons 1 comment
Spotted a few herons that, uncharacteristically, sat in a tree (do you see them in the first picture?) rather than stalking their prey in the muddy marsh below.
Fortunately they stayed there until I got close enough to take these shots:
Canon 7D, 200mm w/2x converter
ISO 400
f/5.6
1/500 sec
A clap made visible 1 comment
Before…
And after…
iPhone, minor edits in Snapseed
Summer at Mohonk Lake 3 comments
Captured these while at Mohonk Mountain House for a business meeting. Click on any picture to see them in slideshow view.
Summer Sunset at Low Tide 8 comments
Took our dog Mario out for a walk during low tide about an hour after sunset – and we had the entire beach to ourselves!
Canon 5d Mark II, 40mm 2.8 lens
ISO 3200
f/2.8
1/20 sec
Snapshots For Sore Eyes 