early bloom

Water lily ready to bloom any day - summer 2006.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Robin

(Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT)

Blossoms of Spring

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Dulles Air & Space Museum Sculpture

This is a sculpture outside the front entrance of the Dulles Airport extension of the Smithsonian Institute's Air & Space Museum.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Baseball Season is Coming

Some photos taken at a minor league baseball game a couple of years ago. I had a box seat on the first base line.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Memories: Snow Removal

The view from my balcony as a groundskeeper removes snow from our neighborhood after one of last month's snow storms.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Suburban Bird

This bird was perched on a sign in a parking lot.

(Camera: Canon Rebel XT)

September Rose

A September rose blooms before giving way to autumn.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Gazebo in Summer

A photo taken in the summer of 2006, with the addition of a slight "pencil sketch" effect.

(Camera: Canon T2)

Bottoms Up!

This duck was too busy diving for supper to pay any attention to me.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Valentine Rose

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

An Early Rose

This is one of my older photos, taken nearly four years ago when I first got into photography. I think it's one of my more successful early efforts.

(Camera: Pentax Optio 33L)

In a Hurry!

This duck, who was being harassed by another male duck, was in a hurry to get to a safe place in the pond.

(Camera: Canon T2)

Resting Place

A simple stone bench offers a place for folks to rest awhile.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Sunset

Another beautiful sunset at Gifford Pinchot Lake, Pennsylvania.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Sunset on the Lake

These fishermen have a great view of a beautiful Pennsylvania sunset.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Great Falls National Park

This photo features some of the many impressive waterfalls at Great Falls National Park. The park straddles the Potomac River about 15 miles north of Washington, DC and has entrances in Virginia and Maryland. This photo was taken in Virginia.

(Camera: Pentax Optio 33L)

Washington DC: Lincoln Memorial

This is a photo, taken from the observation tower of the Old Post Office Building, of the Lincoln Memorial. Behind the Memorial to the left is the Memorial Bridge that spans the Potomac River and connects Washington, DC to Arlington, VA. Many of the tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery, the American national military cemetery, are visible on the hillside in Virginia.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Another Duck

This duck was on the pond with several other ducks and a couple of dozen geese yesterday. The weather was the warmest it's been in about two months and the waterfowl were taking advantage of their good fortune.

(Camera: Canon T2)

Duck

This is a duck I found in a local pond a couple of days ago. The weather is warming up here and the wildlife is reappearing.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)

Beam Me Up!

Light reflections criss-cross a CD and decorate drops of water.

(Camera: Panasonic FZ20)