Lunch at the lake with Canon 40D

The new camera rocks! There were a bunch of robins at the park today, many of them were feasting on holly berries. It was shirt sleeve weather and a nice day to walk around.

Sunrise on Hazletville Road

I liked the colors and silhoettes here. I suppose I could edit out the power lines and crop some more the black off the bottom, but I like this as is too

The Lone Stalk

The light was cool on this single reed, it was at least 10-20 feet from it's closest neighbor.

Birds from Bombay Hook

Some cool bird shots from Bombay Hook. I really need at least a 400mm lense to get what I want, a 600mm would be better. Since were talking several grand, that'll have to wait!




The geese jumping up for some reason. I like the goose on the right, whose head can't be seen because of the way his wings are wrapped around.



Great blue heron near the structure from my last BH post. I wonder if he's the same one. I took this photo through a fence, you can kind of see the pattern if you know to look for it.



This is a classic eagle pose. Too bad he was so totally back lit, I had to pump up the light in the shot. It's not that great, but it's still a cool eagle shot.

Bombay Hook first thing in the morning

I got up early to day to see what I could get into photographically. I headed for BH hoping for big flocks of Snow geese jumping up. I got these instead.

This is as close as I've ever gotten to the way the sun shines through the seeds on the reeds at dusk, or dawn. I love the transient moment of the light, it feels nostalgic and dreamy to me....





I liked the layers on this one



Frost on the plant is cool!

Final Wedding photos

I liked this photo of them kissing and dancing in mom's living room!



Andrea hand knit the socks for Uli and wanted to show her pride in them. The ducks are a recurring theme. They like rubber ducks!

Wedding pics

Here are some shots from the wedding at my mom's house. Givent he number of people in the room for the actual ceremony, I'm thinking these photo's aren't half bad!








Here is a photo from the ring exchange portion of the wedding. Father Jack did an awesome job officiating for the wedding.

Pre Wedding photos, Mary gets in on the act

Some friends of my sister are from Germany. They have decided to get married here in Delaware, on New Years eve. They asked me to do some indoor wedding shots, and I'm not sure how they'll come out so, I asked if they'd let me give it a go as a kind of Engaagement/wedding session, with my new (thanks Santa!!) camera. 7 of us hung out for the afternoon and evening with them at a few places I thought would be good for photos. Their outfits are traditional Bavarian wedding outfits. They are into light houses so that's why we were on a beach in December. Fortunately, the weather gods smiled on us!

Since I got a new camera, Mary wanted to try out using my old one, which is still a good camera. I've always said she has a good eye. It's interesting seeing what she saw while I was shooting.

Here is a group shot,taken with a timer at Silver Lake Park, right here in Dover.

I took the head on shot, Mary did the side shot.

A city of Dover motorcycle cop came through on his bike. Uli started talking to him and one thing led to another, then the officer allowed them to use the bike for a prop!

I took the top photo on the bridge, Mary did the second one.

Uli and Andrea are into lighthouses. I dragged them and the group down to Cape Henlopen after Dover so we could get some shots on the beach, and in front of the light house.

While I was doing the lighthouse pic, Mary took a one of her own!

Blues!

Tim and Bill decided to charge Mary, on 3.

We ended up at the fishing pier in Cape Henlopen park for these last photos. I like the first two a lot!

Thanks Uli and Andrea for having a great time in front of the camera! It was a great day!

Santa Was good to me this year!

Santa brought me a new camera, the Canon 40D. It's awesome! These photos are more or less straight out of the camera (SOOC for you camera buffs!) and haven't even read the manual shots. This camera is better than I am, so far!

Christmas Card Photo

If I was at all organized, this might have been our Christmas photo. The white socks weren't ideal, but, oh well...

Merry Christmas!

Foggy Morning, Wyoming Delaware and Bombay Hook

I woke up early this morning and saw it was foggy out, hopped in some clothes and went out shooting! First stop, Wyoming, Delaware.



Some kind of shrub is trying to make it in between the tracks and rocks. I'm always fascinated by the idea that mother nature leaves no area without life, or at least life trying to establish itself. Those of you that were up at this hour might have seen me laying between the tracks trying to take a shot of the little shrub. I'm not totally happy with those shots, so you'll just have to imagine a 47 year old, on his belly, with a camera, laying between the railroad tracks. At least it wasn't dark outside!


Then it was off to Bombay Hook.

As I've said before, I really want to get a shot of snow geese filling the air in a bright blue sky. I was looking at some of them today when a small group jumped up. I liked the effect of this in black and white.




Whenever I see birds out in bad weather, I think about the fact that they never get a break from it, instead they must endure. Thats what this photo makes me think of.


Bitterns are known for freezing in their tracks and using their plumage to camouflage themselves. This guy was in some short grass looking for some food when I came along in my car. He promptly moved into the adjacent weeds and took cover.




My favorite shot of the day. You can see his eyes looking at me. So, he's looking at me, looking at him while he looks at me.