Author: jdruding
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Sunny Day Beach Ball
This was another spontaneous picture for the most part. I was outside in the front yard with the kids and we were playing with the beach ball and I just noticed how green the grass was and how it contrasted so much with the multicolor beach ball. September is when our grass is always the…
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Purple Iris
I’m actually not really a big fan of Iris‘s in general. Janet Wolf one of our dear neighbors gave us a handful of extra bulbs one year and we started growing them. If you know anything about Iris‘s they multiply very quickly. We had the more classic yellow and orange ones for the most part…
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Snow in the Pine Barrens
Winter’s last hurah. Snow covered trees reflect off a perfect mirror along the Skit Branch in Wharton State Forest.
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Half Dome from Glacier Point
This location has been photographed hundreds of thousands of times including by Ansel Adams and this is my take on it. We got this photo near sunset. I really liked the deep colors and contrasts, even from such a distance. This is one of those examples where a photo does nothing to covey the scale…
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Coyote in Yosemite
Larissa and I saw this coyote on the road to Glacier Point, which is the most famous overlook to view Half Dome in Yosemite. I captured this with, I think, the 500mm lens that I rented for this trip. The coyote was very healthy looking and did not seem to have a fear of the…
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Lone Tree and Geese
I had seen this tree and field on Rt 206 and had the idea for this photo for a bit, but I needed some snow. I liked the spot because the hill rolled off behind the tree, which made the field appear to go on for a long distance. When we got some snow, I…
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