smc Pentax-FA* 1:2 24mm
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Pentax FA* 24mm f/2.0 with the Lens Turbo
The Pentax-FA* 24mm f/2 is a small (for it’s focal length and aperture), well-built, sharp, fun lens.
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Baltimore Grand Prix
We watched some of the Baltimore Grand Prix, and while I appreciate the safety of the double fences, it wasn’t exactly great viewing (or shooting).
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Keene Valley, NY Infrared
The clouds were absolutely perfect for infrared photography!
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Welcome Home Sergeant Sean Petrondi, U.S. Army
I couldn’t miss this one if I tried – the Warriors’ Watch and A Hero’s Welcome did a ‘mug & hug’ for Sgt. Sean Petrondi in West Chester, to his Aunt’s house across the street from mine.
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Dix Range Traverse – Dix, Hough, S. Dix, E. Dix, & Macomb
Wanting to finish my summer off in style, I made one last 800-mile drive to climb more mountains. Wanting to satiate my inner masochist, I chose a day hike of the 5-peak Dix Range.
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Dial & Nippletop
Iterations of this hike have been planned and scrapped since July, with the latest one a proposed Colvin-Blake-Nippletop-Dial hike. The previous day’s over-hiking scrapped the 4-peak plan in favor of a more modest straight up-and-back over these two, allowing if nothing else an extra hour of sleep.
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Wright, Algonquin, & Iroquois And Avalanche Lake
Wright, Algonquin, and Iroquois were the three best back-to-back-to-back peaks we’ve enjoyed in the Adirondacks.
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Skylight & Gray
We had been dunked in mud, trod underwater, stopped-and-re-started, rushed off a peak, re-routed, drenched in a passing thunderstorm, and hiked over 18 miles & 5,000+ vertical feet. We wouldn’t have changed a thing.
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Waterfalls At Ricketts Glen
My friend and fellow photographer Stephen Gushue joined me for a hike along Ricketts Glen’s Falls Trail, which encompasses 21 waterfalls in its inspiring 8-mile loop.
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Corvettes at Carlisle 2012
Here is a quirky hodgepodge of my Friday afternoon at the 2012 Corvettes at Carlisle event.
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Phelps Mountain
We had already completed two hikes which to us were special – our one-way traverse of Gothics & Sawteeth and our first “unmaintained” hike up Street & Nye. After making them both easily, our new 46er mentors gave us a new challenge, for a secret passage up the back of Phelps Mountain.
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Street & Nye
Having successfully navigated a one-way traverse of Gothics & Sawteeth, and with the encouragement of our new 46er mentors, we decided to hike our first “unmaintained” trail to Street Mountain and Nye Mountain.
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Gothics & Sawteeth
The views from 4,736-foot Gothics were wonderful. We had a perfect day again.
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Mount Marcy
Mount Marcy, at 5,344 feet, is the highest mountain in the Adirondacks. It is also the most hiked of the 46 high peaks, which is a little odd to me since it is a 14.6-mile round trip taking the usual way from the Adirondack Loj (pronounced ‘lodge’).
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Keene And Keene Valley
On two of our rest days, we had nice intermittent cloud cover making for dramatic infrared shots. The last shot is the view of Hurricane Mountain from our rental, and you can see the fire tower in the distance.
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Lower Wolfjaw, Upper Wolfjaw, & Armstrong
We made it fairly easily up to 4,173-foot Lower Wolfjaw which offered better views on the way than on the top, and then went back down-and-up to get to 4,173-foot Upper Wolfjaw. After lunch on Upper Wolfjaw, we easily had enough in us to make it down-and-up again to 4,400-foot Armstrong.
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Big Slide
Wanting to ease into 2012, we decided that our first hike was up 4,240-foot Big Slide. The scenery on the hike up to Big Slide was varied and had enough climbing to be interesting and challenging.
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2012 West Chester Criterium Men’s Amateur
These are some panning shots of the 2012 Iron Hill West Chester Criterium men’s amateur race.
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Spinners Vs. Constitution – AUDL
The Philadelphia Spinners took an early lead and held on to it all game, for a hard-fought 23-20 victory over the Connecticut Constitution. The Spinners keep first place in the AUDL with today’s win.
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Welcome Home Corporal Jeremy Messner, USMC
The Warriors’ Watch had perfect weather to welcome home Corporal Jeremy Messner, USMC. Cpl. Messner has done two tours in Afghanistan and is currently stationed in San Diego.
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Baltimore National Cemetery
Known as Maryland’s “Little Arlington”, it was officially opened on Memorial Day, May 30, 1941.
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West Chester Infrared
Today’s overcast lent itself to a few infrared snapshots from around my block.
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May Irises
Some snaps of irises from a neighbor’s house…
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Some Random Photos
Late last year I picked up some Kodak Gold 800 film cheap from Walgreens, and I finally got around to shooting some.
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Travel Day
Baltimore’s Penn and Philly’s 30th Street stations.
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West Chester Alleys And Gardens
More from West Chester, on Fuji 800Z.
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A Good Place To Live
Last week I went to Bristol, Tennessee (and Virginia). Bristol is split right down the middle of State Street, with half in TN and the other half in VA.
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32nd Floor New York City
The reflective buildings in New York are fascinating. Taken with my Pentax *ist D and various lenses.
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Sic Semper Tyrannis
Some shots from my day trip to Richmond…
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Giant Mountain via Zander Scott Trail
Despite our unpreparedness in pretty much all aspects, we made it to the summit. It was breathtaking. 4,627-foot Giant dominates the Keene valley to the east of the Great Range, offering spectacular sweeping views.
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Cascade Mountain, Our First of 46
Cascade Mountain is, along with Mount Marcy, the most popular summit in the Adirondacks. It benefits from a relatively short 3-mile hike which starts from well-traveled Route 73 and spectacular 360 degree panoramic views.