“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.” –Arthur Schopenhauer

"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude." --Arthur Schopenhauer

An adult Bald Eagle soars high over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Friday 11-25-2011.

A time to bale…

A time to bale...

Round hay bales sit in a farm field at the corner of Baldy Road and Bastain Road on the outskirts of Kutztown Pennsylvania on Thursday 11-17-2011.

Nikon D300 with Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 lens, single shot, Aperture Priority mode, F14, ISO 200.

I blended several teture layers from the commercially available texture packs from Distressed Tetures to achieve the painterly look I wanted.

No fish for you !

No fish for you !

A Bald Eagle looks down on us menacingly after finishing his fish breakfast. Shot over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Friday 11-25-2011.

Don’t chew with your mouth open !

Don't chew with your mouth open !

An adult Bald Eagle, banded as “S04″, a five year old bird originating from New York State, chews on a freshly captured fish. Shot over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Saturday 11-12-2011. I had to hand hold for this shot because the tripod wouldn’t give me the angle upward that I needed.

 

“Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music.” — Angela Monet

"Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music." -- Angela Monet

I was out shooting barns and horses and hay bales the other morning when I stopped at a small horse farm in Bowers, PA that I knew had adult horses, ponies and mini-horses along with Alpacas and several other types of animals. These two ponies would taunt one another until one of them would raise up on two legs, enticing the other one to “dance” for a while before the taunting would start all over again. It was fun to watch.

Nikon D300 with a Tamron 28-300mm F3.6-6.3 LD lens, manual priority mode, single exposure @ F5.6, 1/125 second, ISO 640.

I blended several textures from Kim Klassen in order to get the soft, aged, painterly look I was going for.

I live in a simple place during complex times…

I live in a simple place during complex times...

A Mennonite farmer navigates his horse and buggy down Bastain Road past the Neff’s One-Room Schoolhouse on the outskirts of Kutztown Pennsylvania on Thursday 11-17-2011.

Nikon D300 with Tamron 28-300mm lens, single shot, Aperture Priority mode, F14, ISO 200. Shot through my car’s windshield while parked. Sometimes timing is everything.

I blended several texture layers from the commercially available texture packs from Distressed Tetures to achieve the painterly look I wanted.

Breakfast specials, now featuring seafood

Breakfast specials, now featuring seafood


An adult Bald Eagle, with freshly caught fish, flies off in search of a safe place to eat it. Shot over the Susquehanna River in Maryland on Wednesday 11-9-2011.