Magnum Opus

Magnum Opus means “Great Work” and derives from the legendary alchemist search for the Philosopher’s Stone. The Philosopher’s Stone was said to be the key element needed to turn lead into gold or attain great wisdom and longevity.

The way the light strikes this stone reminded me of that fable.

Order Prints 

Roaring Point Roots

 Order Prints

Lighthouse

Assateague Lighthouse in Chincoteague, Virginia.

 Order Prints

Leaving Lewes

The Cape May-Lewes Ferry departs from the dock Leaving Lewes, Delaware on it’s voyage across the Delaware Bay to Cape May, New Jersey.

 Order Prints

The Way Home

A path to descend Stony Man Mountain.

 Order Prints

Boulders

 Order Prints

Skylines

A digital painting, created from an HDR image, of the Shenandoah Valley as the Sun streaks through building storm clouds. Seven exposures, with a 1 ev. spacing, produced the HDR image which was tonemapped with Photomatix Pro 4 and then fed through Pixel Bender.

 Order Prints

Rocky Slab

A view from an overlook along Skyline Drive, Virginia.

  Order Prints

Stony Heights

At an elevation of 4011 ft., Stony Man offers spectacular views of the Shenandoah Valley beneath and the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. This hike was really easy compared to some others in the park. Three miles hike, round-trip, along a modest slope for some of the best scenery is well worth the effort. The HDR was produced from five exposures with a 2 ev. spacing. The images were merged and tonemapped using Photomatix Pro4. Final adjustments in Photoshop 5 and Lightroom 3.

 Order Prints

Mountain Drive

Skyline Drive snakes through the mountains on a late fall day as a storm approaches from the West.

Order Prints

Cedar Run Falls

After several miles of downhill hiking, I arrived at one of the falls along the Cedar Run Circuit. By this time of the day, the clouds had begun to build so the lighting was pretty low. I could get an exposure of 1.3 seconds without a neutral density filter to blur the water. Even so, I attached the filter just to see what kind of difference it might make. With the filter in front of the lens the exposure jumped to 13 seconds. Although the 1.3 second exposure did just fine, the 13 second exposure was clearly better. Three shots with a 1 ev. spacing produced the HDRi.

Order Prints

Blue Ridge Panorama

Early fall colors along Skyline Drive, Virginia, 2012. This panorama was comprised of five sets with five exposures each at 2ev. spacing. Each set was merged to HDR and toned with Photomatix Pro 4. The resulting Tiffs were stitched together inside Photoshop's Photomerge. Final touches added using Lightroom 3.

Order Prints

Ledge Over Luray

The hike to Little Stony Man is a breeze compared to some other trails. At just under a mile there and back, along relatively gentle slopes, this trek features some of the most spectacular views in the entire park. This image was created from seven exposures at 1ev. spacing, processed with Photomatix and Photoshop.

 Order Prints

Hawksbill

A view along Skyline Drive, Virginia.

Order Prints

Thorofare Mountain Sunrise

Just past the 40 mile marker along Skyline Drive, Virginia, at an elevation of around 3600 feet, the Sun rises over Thorofare Mountain Overlook after a night of heavy storms.

  Order Prints

Mary's Rock Tunnel

Built in 1932, the Bureau of Public Roads and the National Park Service bore and blasted through 610 feet of dense granite to produce this amazing tunnel. Located just south of the Thorton Gap entrance to Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah Mountains of Virginia, the maximum clearance for this, the lone tunnel along the 108 mile stretch of the park, is 13 feet.

 Order Prints

Tom's Cove

An HDR digital painting, created from seven exposures at 1ev. spacing, was merged to HDR with Photomatix, tonemapped in PS5 and fed through Adobe's Pixel Bender. Tom's Cove, a favorite vacation spot for beach goers to the Eastern Shore, is located in Chincoteague, Virginia, USA.

Order Prints

Congress Hall

This historic hotel, located in Cape May, New Jersey, was a favorite vacation spot for several U.S. Presidents including   Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Ulysses S. Grant and Benjamin Harrison.

 

Order Prints 

Hard Rock Cafe

The Barnes and Noble and Hard Rock Cafe building at Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland.

Order Prints

Check Out My Rear

1933 Ford Roadster photographed at the Ocean City Car Show, May 2011.

Order Prints