The Conservatory at Longwood Gardens (Chadd’s Ford, PA, USA).  Every year, the arboretum holds special hours for the Winter Wonderland display.  Lights on every tree, special exhibits.  Perfect occasion to try my hand at High-ISO photography.

Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is one of our favorite places to visit.  It also happens to be one of my favorite sources for my photographic works.  Many of the shots in my gallery are from Baltimore.  This happens to be a night-time shot of the world famous Baltimore Aquarium.  This is not one of my best shots, but I am drawn to this photo because it was one of my first long-exposure attempts with this camera.

PS - this is an old shot taken back in October, 2007.

A Bell Tower separates the Herb Garden from the formal Gardens at Temple University Ambler Arboretum.

This photo actually wasn’t premeditated. My career is in Landscape Architecture, and I often visit sites when writing proposals. This particular photograph is from a site on the Villanova University campus and I had no intention of taking any artistic photos that day. Ordinarily, with a shot like this, I would’ve preferred to use a Circular Polarizer - but I didn’t have it with me. I still think it turned out okay, but it could’ve been better.

I learned something and was reminded of another from this photograph. First, I learned that I should always travel with my complete kit (filters included). As I mentioned, this photograph would’ve been much better if I had my filters handy. As for the reminder - when I have my camera with me, I need to continuously look out for opportunities: Up, down, all around. This particular window was a dormer window on the fourth story (attic) of the theater building, Vasey Hall. Never would’ve seen it if I didn’t let my eyes wander.

PS - my charger arrived, so my laptop is back in action.