On facebook today, noted photographer, Dan Creighton, issued a photo challenge to his blog readers. The challenge is to photograph a scene taken from inside your home, apt, etc that includes looking in, or out of a window/door, etc. (I hope looking out of a door is okay since that's what I ended up taking a shot of!) I looked out a few of my windows, but to me there wasn't a photo-challenge-worthy image. I found my location at the front entrance to the apartment building I reside in. I waited for a burst of wind before taking this shot. This image was taken of the neighbor's front porch during the blizzard of 2010.
The metadata was f/22 @ 1/3 seconds, ISO 100 and my camera mounted on my induro tripod.
Looking through a few older images, I found a waterfall capture that was shot at Adams Falls, Ricketts Glen. I warmed the image and cropped it accordingly. I like how the warmth of the sun and the blue sky add contrast to this image. 
This morning was so beautiful that I couldn't resist going out and capturing a few images. Still life was the subject of choice today! Although I prefer to shoot still life on cloudy days, due to shadows getting in the way, sometimes shadows can make the shot work. This image of my neighbor's window ornament shows the shadow in the perfect place! The blind also adds "umph" to the capture! Picture the image without the shadow (and blind) and see if it still works.
This morning I got up early and headed to Middlecreek Wildlife Refuge to photograph the snow geese migration. The morning, though chilly, brought a lot of sun, wind and several photographers, and birders "flocking" to see this annual migration. At first there weren't too many snow geese, but as the morning wore on, more of these amazing birds arrived.
