Mid-April is the time for flowering dogwoods and vast expanses of wild mustard growing in the fields all over Carroll County… later in the year, these fields will be planted with Soya beans or Corn, but for now, they are just a golden mass of flowers, gently swaying in the slightest breeze. The dogwoods are [...]
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Flowering Dogwoods, Mustard Blossoms and Redbuds in Maryland
Posted in 3rd party lenses, Digital SLR, Landscapes, Macrophotography, Minolta AF Mount, Photography, Sigma, Sony Alpha 700, Sony SAL18200, Sony α, Zoom, tagged Alpha 700, Carroll County, Flowering Landscape, Gaithersburg, macro lens, Mustard Blossoms, SAL18200, Sigma, Sony Alpha, Spring Flowering on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Colonial Beach, VA – Sony Alpha 700
Posted in Digital SLR, Landscapes, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony SAL18200, Sony α, Zoom, tagged Colonial Beach, Hustoric Beaches, Potomac River, SAL18200, Sony Alpha 700, Tiffen polarizer, Virginia Beaches, Waterscape on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Colonial Beach is a little town on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, about 60 miles south of DC… it’s the second longest beach in Virginia (Virginia Beach is the longest). The town was founded in 1892, and served as get away for the residents of DC in the early years [...]
Ft. Armistead, Baltimore MD – Sony Alpha with Sony 18-200mm
Posted in Digital SLR, Landscapes, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony SAL18200, Sony α, Zoom, tagged Fort Armistead Park; Baltimore Harbor; Francis Scott Ke on April 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ft. Armistead Park is a little out of the way location on the Chesapeake, quite close to the Francis Scott key Bridge. It has a great little boat ramp, and a brand new pier, and it’s hardly every frequented.
Getting to it is a breeze – From 95 to 695 south and then Exit 1 [...]
2008 Cherry Blossom Festival, Tidal Basin, Washington DC
Posted in Digital SLR, Landscapes, Photography, Sony Alpha 700, Sony SAL18200, Sony α, Telephoto, Zoom, tagged Alpha 700, Cherry Blossom Festival, Jefferson Memorial, Potomac River, Roosevelt Memorial, SAL18200, Sony, Spring Flowers, Tidal Basin, Washington on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever since the first signs of Spring, I’ve been out with my cameras, not wishing to lose any of the magic of the Great Annual Awakening of Nature. Maryland’s topography is so varied that even though it is such a small state, Spring arrives early in the southern part of the State, especially around Chesapeake [...]
