Can't Help Falling

From the outside, the super tall hotels that ring the Canadian side of Niagara Falls are something of an eyesore. From the inside, however, they provide a wonderful view of the falls. Especially when your wife gets you a 15 floor upgrade because your original room "smelled like smoke".

Hail to the Lion

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The Nittany Lion Shrine has got to be one of the most photographed mountain lion statues in all of Central Pennsylvania. Didn't stop me from taking a few shots when I visited the Holy Land last summer. A great shrine of a great mascot for a great school. We are!

Edge of Blue

You've seen mention here of PhotoChallenge.org - a site that runs various photo challenges to help inspire us all to take more pictures. This year they are doing a challenge to shoot a specified theme every day of the year. Now I don't know who is crazy enough to take a good picture everyday for an entire year, but I managed to at least take one this day in which the theme was "Half".

Close Encounter

The annual fireman's carnival is a very big event in our very small town. For the kids it is a chance to ride some rides that are scary for the wrong reasons. For me it is chance eat a delicious pit beef sandwich and take some long exposure shots. Sure, I get strange looks for carrying around my tripod, but I also get strange looks when I don't so it is not a big deal.

Northern Crosses

Think about how many times
I have fallen
Spirits are using me
larger voices callin'.
What heaven brought you and me
Cannot be forgotten.

Straight To Your Heart

Nothing like a little trespassing to get you where you need to be to take the shot. This is the tunnel at Harper's Ferry. For law abiding citizens there is a fence that ruins the shot - you can see it on the right. Shelley has a similar shot (and by similar, I mean better).

Hold Out Your Hand

This was one of those spur of the moment shots. While sitting at my desk, for some reason I can no longer recall, I held my hand up and liked how the light from the window was hitting it. My camera was handy (intended) so I picked it up and took this shot. Just a bit of post processing, and there you go.

You Don't Stop

One more from Mebane in May. If you've never heard of Mebane, you might think it is just some one stoplight town. I can tell you with some certainty that is at least that, and possibly more.

My Photography Bucket List

After reading my brother's photography bucket list, I decided to do one of own. So here is a list of shots I hope to take before I die.

Two old guys playing chess or checkers in a park
Person walking five or more dogs at once
A bear in the wild
A German bar-maid carrying five or more liters of beer
A picture in 25 different countries (8 complete so far)
Lightning
A $2 portrait
A water drop
An excellent panning shot
The Northern Lights
The view from a hot air balloon

A wild bald eagle in flight


Here are some shots that would be on the list except that I've already taken them:
A wailing musician
A rainbow

Five Ways Out

Another stop on the Mebane Photowalk was a laundromat. In a bit of a crazy random happenstance, inside was a slightly awkward new couple enjoying what looked to be frozen yogurt.