MJ and I went for a little hike on the Montour Trail in Washington County last weekend. I dragged my camera along, because if I didn’t there would have been an amazing shot to take without a camera. So, I carried it the entire walk and took a grand total of one photo and here it is…….
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On my first night in San Francisco, I ate dinner outside at this restaurant. It was such a cool experience just watching the people and traffic pass by my seat. And the food was great as well. I liked this spot so much, that a couple of days later I went back to photograph the building after sunset.
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Here is another photo from my time at Valhalla Ranch near Grayling Michigan. This 650-acre hunting resort is a wonderful place. If you’re a deer hunter, you won’t be disappointed with the number and size of the white tail deer. I took this photo behind the lodge which sits next to the West Branch Big Creek. I loved the composition of the river, the forest and the ranch road.
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Today’s photo is from Watkins Glen State Park in New York State. This is a very unique state park with a Gorge Trail running down the middle of the park. This trail has a number of wonderful waterfalls, like this one.
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Gorge Trail
The photo came from a past photo walk with Brad and Dave to Schenley Park in the Oakland area of Pittsburgh. We went during a rather ugly time of year. It was cold with no snow and of course the trees had no leaves. So I made the best of the situation and tried to capture an unusual perspective…the underside of the bridge.
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Underside of the bridge
I took this photo a few years ago, but just processed it tonight. Sometimes it takes me a long time to get my photos processed. When it takes between 20 minutes to an hour to process one photo, you can see why it takes me a while.
Anyway, I scouted this location in advance and it didn’t let me down. I left the airport, got my rental car and drove right to this spot. It was worth it.
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Last week, Brad, Dave, Blair and I went into Pittsburgh to take advantage of the warm weather and capture some great photos. We went to a location; we’ve never been to before for a slightly different perspective of the skyline. I hope you like it.
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I must be in a “blue” mood, since I’ve posted two photos in a row that are dominated by the color blue. The last one was from San Francisco and this photo is from Pittsburgh. To capture this photo, I met Brad Truxell on the north side of Pittsburgh behind a Fire Department to get this perspective. I’d be willing to bet that these firefighters have the best view in all of Pennsylvania.
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I took this photo a few weeks ago while biking on the Montour rail to trail that runs through Washington County. It was past fall color peak, but I still liked this setting. It was nice combining photography and biking. I should do more of that. Have a great weekend.
btw…..my thoughts are with the people of Paris tonight.
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A few weeks ago, I borrowed a bike from a friend so that I could cover some serious ground on the Montour Trail. My goal was to capture as many fall photos on this trail as I could before the sunset.
This photo was taken from a large bridge that crosses Chartiers Creek and runs past Valleybrook Golf Course in Washington County PA. I liked the combination of the trail (leading lines), the golf course and the sunset. What do you think?
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Here is a photo I took from the Roberto Clemente Bridge a few weeks ago with Michael Shilo Luzano. We were walking back towards the north shore, when we stopped and climbed up onto the bridge structure so we could capture this angle. I have to say, I like it.
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MJ and I went on a Pink Jeep tour with our friends Kris and Scott while we were in Sedona Arizona. This specific tour took us to Chicken Point towards the end of Broken Arrow Trail. This is our jeep at the top of Chicken Point. What an excellent area. Just beautiful!!
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I’ve seen this type of photo before and decided I wanted to try it. Last night, I was on the North Shore area of Pittsburgh taking photos with Brad and Dave (I’ll post some of those pictures on another day). In advance, I packed some extra gear so I could try this on the way home. I’d call this a test photo….not the quality I’d like for a final photo.
I knew to do this right I’d need a helper with me. That helper could drive the car while I sat in the back seat taking the photos. From there I could adjust the camera settings and make sure I captured a great photo. Because I didn’t have a helper, I did the best I could with the settings configured in advance. I couldn’t adjust them while driving and I used a remote camera exposure trigger so I could drive without being distracted. I figured I’d get some test shots, so that when I had a helper in the future, the photos would be great. And I was right. Now I am ready to really get this right.
Anyway, I think the test shots turned out pretty good. Certainly, not perfect. What do you think of the photo? Leave a comment to let me know.
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I love this picture because it always makes me wonder
exactly where this trail leads to once you get into the forest and near the
mountains. What will you see along
the way? What animals will you
find as you travel into the distance?
Who will you see, if anyone along the way? It just plain gets my sense of adventure flowing and gets me
excited about the possibilities.
What do you think about when you look at this picture?
This is a single exposure tone-mapped image that I took hand held with my Nikon D90 set at f10, focal length of 35, and exposure time of 1/400. I created the tone-mapped image with Photomatix Pro and did some very minor edits in Photoshop CS6.
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