Earth Day 2013

I remember Earth Day from elementary school. I don’t think I was given a clear view of the concept because I thought everyone would be wearing tie-dye tee shirts, holding hands and singing “Michael Row the Boat Ashore”. It sounded hippyish and weird, but Earth Day represented an awareness of how important our “Mother Earth” is to all life we know in this universe.
I’m not someone who preaches about global climate change, greenhouse gasses or ozone depletion. What I do believe is this; some day the Earth won’t be here anymore and that our world changes every day. I embrace the tender gift of life being sustained by this fragile planet on which we live. I cherish it. Earth.

​Nikon D800 Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 10stop ND filter @ 28mm f/22 ISO 100 30 sec.

Greetings from Paris!

My wife and I are spending a few days in the city of love and there’s a lot to see. If I don’t post for a few days please don’t hold it against me. Be back soon.

Nikon D800 NIkkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 @ ​28mm f/7.1 ISO 100 8 image HDR

Blue Flowers

There’s a field in the southern part of West Chester that has wonderful sunsets. In the Autumn the Sun drops nicely between two mounds of Earth far in the distance. I pass this field sometimes driving through West Chester, traveling to client’s homes, and last Saturday I could hardly believe my eyes. In the fall the field is full of yellow hay and browning long stalks of grass but Saturday was quite a different sight. I’m glad I just happened to glance at the field while I was passing or I might have missed it entirely.

​Nikon D800 Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 52mm f/16 ISO 100 5 image HDR

Spring Colors

Right now things are changing. In years past I remember the beginning of spring more as an event rather than a process. I remember trees in blossom followed by a few weeks of pedaled messes in the streets. I recall looking out into the woodlands behind my house which had suddenly been made over with fresh green leaves, and I remember the dismay of mosquito bites and gnats around my head in the early mornings or cool evenings when water was close by.
Now I look differently. I have been waiting for Spring for weeks, searching for signs of change. Sunday morning I was at Marsh Creek State Park, hours before it opened. I took the photo you see below. The grass is straining to become green and the yellowed hay is withering away. The trees on the bank look like dark branches until you look closer and notice the color peeking out from their ends. The trees across the lake are definitely not in their summer outfits yet, but preparing their budding limbs for what is to come. It’s an in-between time right now. I’m glad this year I can appreciate it.

Nikon D800 Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 ISO 100 7 Image HDR