Just a few more Halloween photos from last week!
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
Pumpkins Galore!
Monday, October 21, 2024
Newtowne Neck State Park
After a long wait, I had the time to visit Newtowne Neck State Park and St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in St. Mary's County, MD. It was bad timing on my part, even though it was a beautiful day. The tide was high, so I couldn't visit all of the many coves without walking in the water, and the biting flies were nasty. Please check out my post from 2023 to see more beaches.
I did a focus stack of 3 photos for the first beach photo to add in the white bush on the left.
For once, I actually went inside the church. The door was open and someone had used incense in there. It is the oldest Catholic Church in the 13 colonies and was renovated in 1967. See their website for more information.
Monday, October 14, 2024
Sunflowers in Vases
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024
Sunflowers 2024
I visited Goldpetal Farm on a lovely late summer day to stay until sunset. I thought it was an unusually nice one, mostly orange with a little pink. Early on, I even got to see a sundog in the sky. (It was very tricky to edit it so that it could be seen with the flower beside it). I enjoyed the fresh air and peacefulness and had fun cutting a few flowers in many colors to photograph later. (white, red, almost pink, orange and yellow sunflowers, plus a few zinnias) The many bees were busy pollinating, but they ignored me completely, as I navigated a few paths in the mild sunshine. There were a few pretty cast iron benches scattered around the cutting garden, making it nice for a nearby photographer to take pretty portraits. The only thing I had missing, was someone else to carry around my bucket of flowers while I played with my camera! This time, I tried to use the extra flowers as a prop to add to a few photos.
Monday, September 23, 2024
Budds Creek BMX practice
St. Mary's County Camera Club/Southern Maryland Special Interest Group and Bowie-Crofton Camera Club had a joint outing to Budd's Creek Motocross Park to watch the BMX practice. Beth Fabey set up the special trip. I didn't know anything about it, except that it wasn't the type of thing I usually watched. It was quite exciting to watch all those crazy thrill seekers go flying over the hills. Lots of mud and dirt everywhere! I learned quickly that it was best to get out of their way if you wanted to stay safe. It took a little practice to find a good photographic technique. I tried panning, but didn't have any luck, since it takes a lot of practice. I tried a whole lot of different locations. Some places were partially blocked or had lots of distractions in the background. I kept trying places until I found a spot where I could see their faces or at least the front of their heads. I tried a variety of places and angles. I did bring a long lens, but by the time I found a good spot, I knew I couldn't go all the way back to get it due to recent leg pain. These are mostly heavily cropped.