This photograph of the Shenandoah Mountains was taken on July 12 in the early morning. This was looking south from a hilltop on the north side of the South Fork Shenandoah River. You can see the steam rising from the valleys.
Mountain Morning
Bridge
Last week I went out to take some photographs of a falls I had seen about a year ago. I had hoped to try out some long exposures, but I could not get a decent composition of the falls, but I did notice this bridge downstream. I ended up taking a few photographs of the bridge and the water around it.
Sunrise
As mentioned in my last post we spent the second week of July out near the Shenandoah Mtns. The photograph above was taken on our last morning there. I was looking to capture the sunlight coming through the trees at sunrise. The sun was already risen and past the “golden hour”, but because of the mountains I was still able to capture some of the nice light. I also wanted to capture it coming through the trees.
Lands Run Falls
A week ago my family took a vacation to the Shenandoah NP region of Virginia. Spent much of the week hiking and driving along Skyline Drive. One of the hikes we took was to Lands Run Falls which is where I took this photograph. In addition on Friday morning while drinking my coffee on the deck of our rental, I saw this bear walking across the back lot. This was the second bear I saw, the first was crossing Skyline Drive, he was about 60 ft. away.
Monticello
Another photograph from our trip to Charlottesville, VA last year. This is a photograph from Monticello. I like that the top of the mansion is covered by the overhanging trees, but you can see the reflection of it in the small pool at the bottom.
Skyline Drive
The above photograph is from Skyline Drive in Virginia. Last year around this time my wife an I took a little trip to Charlottesville, VA for a few days. On our way back we drove through the Shenandoah NP for part of the way home. This photograph was from one of the overlooks along the route.
Wind Surfers
Photograph of some wind surfers in front of the Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse. This was in November 2018, and I don’t think the water was warm enough for my taste. The clouds and the kites provide a lead in to the light house in the middle.
Beach
Quick post as I had forgotten to prepare on earlier this week. The above photograph is from 2018 during a family trip to Rehobeth Beach. I decided that due to the midday sunlight this looked better as a B&W. Hope everyone likes it.
Pond
Took this photograph a couple of weeks back while I was walking in a park near my home. When I initially looked at it I did not like it that much. I went back to the group of photographs I took that day, and made some adjustments to this one. I’m still not completely satisfied with it, not sure if it is too dark, but it is not as bad as I initially thought. I may revisit this scene in the future and try some other angles, exposures, etc.
If you look through the photograph you can see the Monocacy River in the back. There is a island to the right and as the summer progresses the stream that separates the island will mostly dry up, in some areas it has already done that, making it easy to get to the island. For now though this pond/puddle provides a nice reflection in the early morning.
Daisy
Quick photograph from last Sunday. Took an early walk along the path near my home. Saw these daisies and thought they may make a nice composition.
