Tag Archives: Lake-Ontelaunee I’ve been trying to find a well populated field of sunflowers for about the last three years. Every time I got a tip on a field I would drive upwards of 150 miles away only to arrive to a field of wilted plants or even worse, finding out that the farmer did indeed plant sunflowers...  We have “Big Sky” right here in Berks County, PA ! When I saw the low cloud ceiling today, I knew I had to head over to Lake Ontelaunee to get those reflections on the lake as the clouds soar over the bridge at the dam. After nearly three weeks of straight rain in one...  “Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.” — John Lubbock Sometimes the clouds and sun come to an agreement about their respective place in the scheme of things when it comes time for a sunset, and then there are nights like Saturday. Just when...  I’ve been thinking about this shot all week, knowing how the weather was being forecasted, and I was really looking forward to today’s 74 degree temps and clear skies. Lake Ontelaunee is a 1,082 acre reservoir that provides much of the drinking water for the city of Reading Pennsylvania. It’s a favorite fishing spot year...  This was taken close to the dam at water level about nineteen minutes before I took the sunset shot with the fisherman. The fisherman sunset was taken about five hundred feet further down shore. Lake Ontelaunee, Wednesday night 7-15-2009. Single RAW exposure, tripod mounted with Cokin Neutral gray (ND2) and Graduated Tobacco-Grey Pro-Z filters. Lake...  It was another magical sunset at Lake Ontelaunee tonight (7-15-2009). I shot the sunset from water level this time instead of from the dam and I used my Nikon 24-70mm instead of the wider angle Sigma 10-20mm I used in previous Ontelaunee sunset shots. I was lucky enough to have a late day fisherman take... |
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