The Light Truck

On of the local grocery stores was having a grand re-opening last weekend and to celebrate, starting Thursday, they had this guy and his truck with great big lights on it come in and shine them up into the sky. The truck had 4 separate lights on it that revolved and rotated (are they the same thing?) and in general shined up into the sky. Well, Thursday and Friday evenings were overcast and I was able to get just one good picture showing the circle it drew on the clouds. Again on Friday Night I saw it and got the camera set up on the tripod and was going up the hill behind my house and they shut the darn thing off. Did it work? (the great big light and the re-opening?) Well it seemed to bring the Amish in by the buggy, bicycle and on foot. Don't know if they bought anything but they stopped by to check out the truck with the great big light on it.

And to see if anyone else saw a truck with a great big light on it shining up into the sky click on the SkyWatch icon on the right side of you screen.

1 Thousand

All hail the power of Photoshop. If you haven't figured out yet, today is POST NUMBER ONE THOUSAND. No bells, no whistles, no balloons and no cake. I just knew I had to do something different for this one, so I went back over my files and found some pictures begging for a little touch up. I hope you like these.

The Dykeman House Reflection

OK, this is quickly becoming my favorite subject. I think this is the 4th post of it. This, as usual, is the Dykeman House, overlooking Indian Head Spring. It is one of those places I drive past constantly and see in every kind of day and weather. Saturday night I set up my tripod , put my nifty fifty on the Rebel and tried not to get hit standing on the shoulder of a surprisingly busy road. Temperature in the upper teens. No moon yet. Candles in the windows. A couple walkway lights. F-stop at 3.5, ISO at 100 and 30 seconds later... waa-laa.

See it here... In the snow just before last Christmas... decked out for the Fourth of July... or a cold cold morning last January.

The Luhrs Center at SU

Another night shot from Shippensburg University. This one is the H. Ric Luhrs Preforming Arts Center. They have concerts and stuff here. The high school has their graduation commencement here. As for Sparky telling me I need a visitors pass to be on campus, he doesn't understand the theory of Hit and Run photography. Get in, get your picture and get out. Don't be conspicuous. Keep moving. Act like your suppose to be there.

Bull at Dusk

Taken in Elk County, last October, during the rut. This bull was following his cow over the ridge as the sun was setting and the mountains were settling down for the evening.

The Angels of Gettysburg

Something different tonight. No birds. No filler. These are from my November morning drive through the Gettysburg Battlefield. The first picture is the top of the Pennsylvania Monument and the second is the Louisiana Monument. For the La. monument I was going for more of a silhouette but I think I like it better with some detail.

On a different note, I think I found my inspiration. With Thursday nights excursion onto SU for some night pictures I took a few more tonight. And, WOW, I said before that I see pictures before I take them and what I captured tonight I've been seeing for a while. I even tried it already this winter. But tonight I got what I was looking for. My only problem is I have two very similar, yet different, views of the same thing and I can't pick a favorite.

Downtown Ship U

Last night seemed as good of a night as any so me, my camera, my tripod and a warm hat went out taking some night pictures. I did the same thing at this time last year. With it being Christmas break I figured Shippensburg University was as good a place as any. You'll see more of this 'cause I got a few I really liked. It was starting to snow as I wrapped it up. Woo Hoo.