First Place

Friday was the opening day for the 2008 Photo Arts Club of Toledo 23rd Annual Photo Contest, which I had entered 11 photos. I entered into two categories, Places and Black and White. I took 1st place in both categories and also got 2nd place in the places category. A list of the results can be found here. I was all smiles with 7 out of 11 photos placing! It was a great weekend, and I am so glad my parents were able to make it up to see them on display!
Happy Birthday MOM!!!

Second Place

Here is the photo that I recieved second place on.

Honorable Mention

Here are the photos that I recieved Honorable Mention for.

Lunar Eclipse

Last night was a great night for the lunar eclipse, it was clear and cold, very cold. But I had a great time snapping away. I wanted to get pictures of the whole cycle so I could put together the last photo. Enjoy
Canon 30D, canon 300mm+1.4 tc+2x tc, Sandisk digital film.

Smithville Smithies

This past weekend I went to my cousins basketball game and took some pictures of his last home game this year. It was a great game, with a long third quarter, which is best shown in the last picture. It was a lot of fun trying to get some good shots with some really bad lighting!

Canon 30D, canon 70-200 f4, Sandisk digital film.

Let it Snow

Woke up this morning to a winter wonderland! So I braved the horrible roads to get a couple of pictures of a covered bridge at Wildwood metro park.
Canon 30D, Canon 17-40mm lens, SanDisk digital film.

Lake Michigan

Monday I was up in Muskegon MI doing some work, and took some time to head over to the lake to see if I could get any sunset shots. Well it was very overcast and the sun did not come through, but I was able to get this shot of a fence that was up on the beach to block the sand from blowing over the handicap boardwalk.
Canon 30D, 17-40mm lens, SanDisk digital film.

Mohican State Park

The other weekend while I went back home to my parents I stopped by one of my favorite places to go canoeing. I have been going to Mohican State Park since I was a little kid. We would go canoeing and then visit some family that live in the near by town of Loudinville. I still love going down there to either canoe, camp, hike, or fish. Its a great place to just get away for a while.
Canon 30D, 17-40mm lens, SanDisk digital film.

Marblehead Lighthouse

Today I went for a drive over to East Harbor State Park and Marblehead Lighthouse. It was a beautiful day for taking pictures and I had a great time. I saw a bunch of Great Blue Herons and even found some deer. The sunset at the light house was really cool, it was a great way to end the day.
Canon 30D, 300mm + 1.4TC, 10-22mm, SanDisk digital film.

Photo Contest

Tonight was the opening reception and exhibition for the photo contest at the National Center for Nature Photography at Secor Metropark here in Toledo. I submitted a few photos and the photo above got honorable mention. There were a lot of very cool and very nice photos entered. So I am really happy that one of my photos got honerable mention!!

Polychrome Overlook

Here is a shot from my last trip to Alaska. I took the long bus ride back to Wonder Lake. While I did not get to see Denali because of low clouds I did get some very nice views of the lower mountains.

Horseshoe Bend

Well I have been busy working and not busy posting. I have been going back through the photos from all the wonderful places I have been over the past two years and trying to get them all organized. Here is one from the summer of 2006 when my dad and I went out to Arizona to hike down into the Grand Canyon. The photo is from just outside of Page, it was a very nice sun rise.

Friday Night Lights

Tonight I went to watch my cousins football game and snaped some photos. It was a close game and Beau did a great job as QB, but they could not pull of the upset and lost 7-0.
Good game Beau!!!
Canon 30D, canon 300 mm, SanDisk Digital film.

Star Trails

This last weekend I was back home for my brothers wedding, man was it a busy weekend. It was also a clear weekend, so I tried my hand at taking star trail photos. I have a little to learn yet, but I was happy with the results. I hope it is clear this weekend as well so I can give it another try.

Canon 30D, Canon 17-40mm lens, SanaDisk digital film.

Treefrog

Well I have been really busy as of late and have not been posting as many pictures as I would like. This is a photo from a couple of weeks ago down in IL. This guy was sitting next to one of the ponds that I check out because there is usually some kind of cool creature to take photos of. He was just sitting on a leaf and didn't mind having his picture taken.
Canon 30d, canon 60mm macro, SanDisk digital film.