Veterans Park

Most of my photo excursions always seem to begin or end at Veterans Park here in Northeast Ohio. I’m not sure if it’s the park’s proximity or how unique the park is with it’s ever changing scenery and wildlife.

Veterans Park protects the largest inland pond in Lake county and is a remnant of original Ohio swamp forest. The park offers four accessible fishing piers, a 1.78-mile loop trail though native wetlands with 830 feet of boardwalk, and a wetland/wildlife viewing area. Granger Pond is generally stocked with catfish, bass, bluegill and rainbow trout. The property was purchased from The Granger Family by the City of Mentor in 1970 and was Mentor’s first neighborhood park. (Courtesy Lake Metroparks)

Now for a few photos Veterans Park…

Thanks for stopping by,

Sean

(Images acquired with Canon Eos 40D and Olympus SP560Z)

Happy Father’s Day

Just a quick post to wish all the Dads out there a Happy Father’s Day and post up a few pics from around Northeast Ohio symbolic of the guidance and hope a Father can provide.

Here’s hoping your Dad finds his favorite chair,

or fishing hole,

and gets to sit back and enjoy the day,

Thanks for stopping by,

Sean

(Images acquired with Canon Eos 40D and Olympus SP560Z)

Brandywine Falls

On a recent trip to Holden Arboretum there were some photos on display at the visitor’s center from the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The Cuyahoga Valley National Park system is a huge park area cutting a swath through some of Northern Ohio’s most beautiful scenery. Some of the photos on display were of Brandywine Falls and I commited myself to visiting on the spot.

Unfortunately I chose to go on a day when a I had limited time due to other commitments and did not get nearly as many photos as I’d hoped for. None the less, I still wanted to post a few up here…

When you first get to the falls there is a nice boardwalk trail leading to a falls over look.

Following this boardwalk, the trail diverges with one of the walks leading down for a direct view of the falls,

while the other trail leads up to the top of the falls for a nice view to the bottom,

There are additional trails rated from moderate to difficult running along the lower portion of the falls and along the river and this where I regret not having more time to explore. The hike through the gorge was beautiful,

but time was limited and I needed to head back up north. I enjoyed my limited time at Brandywine Falls and will make every effort to return.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sean

(All images acquired with Canon Eos 40D and Polarizing Filter)

Landscape and Nature Photos

It’s been raining and cool these past couple days, not really conducive for getting out and about  for photos. (At least it’s not for me, I hate this type of weather.) I think I’m in need a “pick me up” so I’ve decided to post a few landscape and nature photos from recent trips to a few local parks.

Thanks for stopping by, maybe the weather will brake today.

Regards,

Sean

(All images acquired with Canon Eos 40D, polarizing filter equipped.)

Fragile World

There used to be a cable show called “Man, Moment, and Machine” that looked at how a given technology at a certain point in time impacted that moment.

I’ve noticed a lot of the photos I take seem to follow that theme. A guy with a camera at a given moment capturing an image that might go unseen or be completely different in an hour, a day, or week.

Given the state of the world and the economy I’d like to present  an image I call “Fragile World” taken with my Canon EOS 40D one evening to reflect our fragile state and hopefully lend appreciation to the moments that make up our days.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sean

Trying to find time…

The last two weeks have been an absolute nightmare. Things have gotten so crazy and I’ve found myself with very little time to do anything besides work at the computer.

Needless to say, I haven’t been able to get out and spend any amount of time taking photos with my Olympus SP-560UZ but I hope to remedy that this weekend.

There has been an upside to the debacle that has been the last two weeks, it’s given me some time to find a nice site called Imagekind that will allow folks to purchase greeting cards and various size prints of some of my photos along with frames and matting so they look like “proper” art.

I opted to sign up for the free account to try them out which provides 1 album for 24 photos or 200MB of space depending on the size of your images. So far I’ve only managed to upload a few photos, which can be found here.

Considering the limited amount of time I have today, I think I’ll re-post me previous photo compilation and see if I can actually get out for a few more this evening. (Click thumbnail to enlarge.)

Many thanks to those who’ve stopped by and taken a look at the photos posted here. I hope you get the chance to swing buy again. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

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Random Photo of the Day …

Another random photo of the day post as today was a lot more hectic than I had anticipated. This is a shot of the Fairport Harbor Lighthouse early in the morning after a storm had blown through the night before. The combination of sun, clouds, and lighthouse make this photo one of my all time favorites. (Click thumbnail to enlarge.)

And here’s the photo data:

Camera : OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP SP560UZ
F Number : 6.3
ISO Speed : 50
Exposure Program : Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode : Auto
Exposure Compensation : 0
Metering Mode : Multi-segment
Focal Length : 10.3 mm
White Balance : Auto
Date/Time Original : 2008:08:09 20:54:43
Software : Version 1.1
Components Configuration : YCbCr
Compression : JPEG (old-style)
Orientation : Horizontal (normal)
Exif Version : 0221

That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see on this site please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh

Veteran’s Park early morning…

Snuck out early this morning with the Olympus SP-560UZ to Veteran’s Park just after sunrise, before the day started to get too crazy. It was a windy, slightly chilly morning after a storm the night before. The combination of wind, sun, clouds, and the park made for some nice pictures. Hope you enjoy. (Click thumbnails to enlarge.)

That’s about all I really have time for today. If you like any of the photos you see here please feel free to visit my albums over at Shutterpoint and comments are welcome here on the blog.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smh