Astro-photography is the word of the day. Astro-photography is a specialized form of photography that often requires lots of time and patience. In my case it waiting all summer long for the new moon to be out on a weekend, and cloudless skies with a lower humidity level.

The cover image for this post is just moments before sunset on the old airfield at Cherry Springs and the shadow in the middle is actually the camera on its tripod.

I used some long term exposures with my camera in “bulb mode” to capture the following two pics.

We were out in the Wellsboro PA area and found this RC Car race track with an active race going.  So we stopped and I took a few dozen shots.   This is one of the better images.

On the weekend of the 25th I was up in Wellsboro PA with my wife on a day long ride and exploration of the area around the http://visittiogapa.com/canyon.html“>PA Grand Canyon.

We covered a lot of ground in our new Jeep and had a great time.

Included in this post are the best pictures from the trip.  Hope you enjoy some of the rarer sights in PA!

Dont mind this post. I’m just testing some facebook integration.

Its been a long dry spell since I Last posted an image to my web site. Ive not been taking a lot of photos in my spare time. Life tends to get in the way when you make plans. But today I had the pleasure to be out in the woods and found these guys on the ground. They held still for 1 shot only. Once the shutter clicked it was all over for them….

Worlds End State park in the dead of winter…. Snow on the ground and icicles hanging from the cliff.   Beautiful and deadly.

What started out as a Gecocaching spur of the moment type exploration ended up being an all afternoon climb up the side of this small mtn in the fog. This picture is one of the results of this climb. Had we gotten started any later we would have ended up staying on top of the mountain overnight as the trail was too dangerous to travel at night. Sometimes impromptu plans work out…. sometimes they don’t.

I didn’t take this picture but its a good image, worthy of spreading around the internet.

This image comes out of the West branch of the Susquehanna River near Williamsport PA.
A mid day shot that was blown way out in the color. But the neat thing about B&W is that it can save a lot of images from the scrap pile.

This image was taken at Shikellamy State Park’s butterfly garden. I took about 20 in the series and got quite a few good ones…. but I think this is the best one.