Juvenile Hummer

A nice profile view of a juvenile hummingbird.

Big Black and Beautiful

Large black ant. I focus stacked with twenty two images at different focal lengths to gain maximum depth of field.

Wild Flower

This poppy from our garden was given its painterly effect by over laying two different painted background images then adding a layer mask to paint the poppy in.

Hornet

Hornet profile

Candid Kids Pictures

On a recent visit with two of our grandchildren I wanted to update our pictures of them. It took me all day but I think I captured each ones personality with a genuine happy face and smile.

Bee Macro

Bee...hind

Morning Collector

Our garden has an abundance of honey bees this year. A great way to challenge your photography skills is shooting insects in flight.

Upper Niagara Rapids

I like to photograph this little waterfall on Goat Island. Very few tourists visit this area anymore. It is accessed by an old forgotten concrete stairwell on the north side of the island. The stairs went to a natural spring where tourists to the falls enjoyed a cold drink of water. The water has been contaminated and the spring is long gone. All that remains now are traces of the stairwell and this quaint little waterfall.

All Ah'board

A look in to the past at Strasburg rail road station established in 1832.

0h More Fireworks

I have a ton of these from the fourth but here is the last I am posting. You get the idea. All the fireworks images below were taken with a Canon powershot sx50 hs with tripod. Settings were 4 sec. at f-8, iso 80. Once you have the first one focused set your focus to manual mode. This keeps the camera from zooming in and out re focusing every shot.

Bursting Colors

Light Show

More fireworks.

Fireworks in Chambersburg

Chambersburg put on quite a nice display of fireworks to celebrate America's birthday on the 4th of July. I enjoyed photographing the colorful patterns of light.

Strasburg RR

I noticed this cute little boy standing along the station tracks in Strasburg. The background was a perfect match for his attire to make a timeless old fashioned photograph. Always pay close attention to your surroundings and you'll be surprised at what you can find.

Ghostly Past

A dark and and gloomy day at Gettysburg battlefield.

Mellow Yellow

Summer brings tons of colorful flowers. These lilies from our garden have such great color.

Macro Flowers

Tiny bouquet of baby breath flowers.