Photo of the day

Taken in a park in Doylestown Ohio after a winter storm. Gallery link

Photo of the day.

A winter day in Ohio. Taken with a Canon Rebel. Gallery link

Photo of the day

This picture was taken by a lake in Ohio. It was a great shot opportunity. Taken with my Canon Rebel.      

Phot of the day

This photo was taken on a Canon EOS Rebel T3i. Shutter was 1/30, Aperture was 32, and ISO was 800. Focal was 250. Gallery link

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Photo of the day

this picture was taken as a winter storm was coming into Ohio. Great cloud coverage. looked like a sea of clouds. It was taken on a Campm EPS Rebel T3i. Shutter speed was 1/2500, Aperture was 16, and ISO was 400. Focal was 250.Photo of the day Gallery Link

Photo of the day

This picture was taken in a park in Ohio. The sun came out after a winter storm came through and it just made for a picture perfect day. It was taken on my old school Kodak camera with a shutter speed of 1/1600 and an aperture of 16. ISO was at 3200. Gallery link to the picture and more great photos.

Photo of the day

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This picture was taken after a wintry icy storm in Ohio. Pulled off the side of the road to get this shot. Gallery link

Photo of the day  This picture was taken after a winter ice storm in Ohio. I pulled off the side of the road to make this shot.

Shot of the day

This shot was taken on a Canon EOS in the middle of the day. A park in Doylestown Ohio. It had been snowing all day so I thought I would go get some shots.

Photo of the day--light in the dark

This picture was taken at about 10pm. It was on a winter day, but there was no snow in the picture. I just had to take a picture of the light and play with it a little bit to capture just the light with the grid on the covering. The white light on the ground by the street adds to the picture. It was taken on a Canon EOS Rebel T3i. Shutter speed was 1/200, Aperture was 5.6, ISO was 100 and Focal was 116.

Photo of the day--coming in for a landing

This picture was shot in a park right next to a lake. The birds were coming in from flight and I wanted to capture one of them coming in for the landing. It was taken in RAW on a Canon EOS Rebel T3i. Shutter speed was 1/125, aperture was 29, and ISO was 400. Focal was 109.

Photo of the Day--Tree in the snow

This picture was taken on a beautiful wintry day in Ohio in Portage Lakes Park. It was taken on a Canon EOS Rebel. Shutter speed was 1/1600, Aperture was 5.6 and ISO was 400. Focal was 250 mm.

Photo of the day

This photo was taken on a beautiful winter day. I love the black and white feel so I got rid of the color. It was shot on a Canon. Shutter speed was 400, aperature was 9  with an ISO of 400. Focal was 55. I a good couple hundred shots in the park that day. Everywhere I looked was beauty.

Photo of the day

This photo was shot on a Canon EOS in raw. Shutter 1/4000. Aperature 25. ISO 3200. Focal 116. It was getting dark and a storm was coming in. I took down the saturation to get a more black and white effect. It was a great winter day in Ohio for picture taking.

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Young couple honeymoon in Figi come back with a mission

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