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| I've got a lot of posting to catch up to. This was my first attempt at a photo for last year's Christmas card. It was a boat parade on the Cooper River. I watched it from the deck of the USS Yorktown, the aircraft carrier that's now a museum in Mount Pleasant. |
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| Long story short, I've never really seen a light parade on the water that I've been impressed with. This attempt at a Christmas card photo was a bust. |
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| I snapped some shots of the Christmas lights in Marion Square in downtown Charleston, along with the nearby churches. Above is Citadel Square Baptist. |
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| St. Matthew's Lutheran, as viewed from underneath the city's tree of lights. |
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| Citadel Square Baptist Church again. |
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| St. Matthew's Lutheran with the tree of lights. |
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| On Aug. 1, I was driving to my West Ashley home after work when I looked to the south and saw a large anvil cloud. It was associated with a thunderstorm over Kiawah Island, where the PGA Championship golf tournament was set to take place in the next few weeks. While I was snapping photos for this multi-image panorama, I received a text message saying a weak tornado was spotted under this storm. It was too far off to chase down. |
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| I flew to Maine last week for my grandfather's funeral, and I had a few chances to shoot the fall foliage. Above is a panorama of Stump Pond in Lincoln, about an hour from my hometown. I've been there before. |
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| The sun didn't show itself much during my stay. This was as good as it got. |
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| The dam at Stump Pond. |
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| Not much wind on this day, but sunshine would have made the colors pop. |
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| Near Topsfield, which is about 20 minutes from my hometown, the wind was stiff, and the foliage wasn't quite as colorful. |
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| Near my parents' place in Princeton, I ventured out and took some shots. Guess what this is? Yeah, it's a mushroom. And a few leaves. |
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| Orange and red maple leaves, backdropped by birch trees. |
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| Yellow maple leaves on the roadside. |
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| Maple leaves near a cabin on my parents' dirt street. |
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| The view from my parents' property, looking over Grand Falls Flowage. |
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| I was raised on the end of a peninsula on the lake, which offered sunset views. This one featured a couple of loons. |
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| Click for larger view. On July 17, I ran over the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, as usual, and saw this storm form and move off to the north. I thought the view was somewhat interesting, as a storm's rear is usually shrouded by rain and rarely photogenic. |
