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Sunrise at the Jake (Jacobsburg State Park)

Those of you who have followed my blog for the past year or longer know that Barb and I will often head to Jacobsburg State Park (PA) since it is close (a 20 minute drive) and a great place for Barb to bird and me to photograph (particularly wildflowers this time of year).

This post is [...]

Shooting Soft with the Lensbaby Soft Focus Optic

I’m sure many of you visiting my website and blog are already familiar with the Lensbaby lenses and their interchangeable optic system and accessories packages.Likewise I am also sure that there are some of you who are not familiar with the lens. For those of you who aren’t, the Lensbaby is a selective focus lens [...]

Morning at Jacobsburg

It struck me that it has been a while since I had visited one of my favorite local wildflower locations – the meadows at Jacobsburg State Park in Northampton County, PA. And even worse, it had been a long time since I got out and actually worked some wildflowers anywhere. So I decided to rectify [...]

Who knows what lies around the bend?

(1/320 sec @ f/5.6; ISO 400; 0 EV)

None of us REALLY do? Oh we plan… and we think we know what’s next but do we really? There is a sense of anticipation just around every corner.

That was the feeling that overtook me as Barb and I were walking down this trail in Jacobsburg State Park [...]

Of Moss and Lichens

These are two more images from last Sunday morning’s walk in Jacobsburg State Park (PA). Very early in our walk along the Henry’s Woods Trail, we hit an area where every tree trunk was covered by either lush, bright green moss or scaly, lighter green lichens. I couldn’t resist the photo opportunity so I took [...]

Trail at Sunrise

With the holiday and the nasty weather, most of this weekend blew by without any opportunity to get out and make some images. So when I woke up this morning around 0400, looked out the front door and saw stars in the sky; I knew we just had to get out somewhere for sunrise. Being [...]

Ruby-throated Hummingbird on Thistle

(1/1600 sec @ f/5.6; ISO 400; -1/3 EV; Focal length 600mm)

My wife and I took a short trip to a local state park this morning in search of some early migrating birds. I had heard that the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were starting to gang up in preparation for their trip south. Sure enough as we walked [...]

Simple Oxeye Daisy

 

(1/100 sec @ f/11; ISO 200; 0 EV; Focal Length 135mm; natural light)

… from our Saturday morning trip to Jacobsburg State Park here in Pennsylvania. In this particular case, I set up the camera directly above the flower and shot straight down at it so you don’t see a stem. It appears to be just [...]

Moth Mullein (Verbascum blattaria)

(1/400 sec @ f/10; ISO 640; 0 EV; Focal length 70mm; natural light)

I mentioned yesterday that I spent the morning at Jacobsburg State Park (PA) photographing mainly Oxeye Daisies, Deptford Pinks and Moth Mulleins while my wife was doing some birding. The Moth Mulleins are one of my favorites. I really can’t pinpoint why but [...]

Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)

 

(1/125 sec @ f/8; ISO 640; 0 EV; Focal length 155mm; natural light)

My wife and I went for a walk this morning in our favorite local state park – Jacobsburg. She sought out birds (spotting a Cerulean Warbler and Indigo Bunting among others) while I looked for wildflowers to photograph. I ended up focusing my [...]