Author Archives: commart

Antietam in Color – Something To Do

& ______ I’m inclined to gather what I have of autumn at Antietam National Battlefield Park and fold them into one post as a gallery or slide show for placement on the “CA” blog, and that’s a small project larger … Continue reading

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Tower, Bloody Lane, Obstructed, Autumn, Antietam National Battlefield Park, Sharpsburg, Maryland, October 23, 2013

I’m generally classical, rule-of-thirds, clear line to the subject, clean composition, all that, but I just liked the relationship between the tree and the tower at the end of the famed “Bloody Lane”. My issue at the moment: should I … Continue reading

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One Thousand Percent Unadulterated Wow! A Different Sort of ‘Walk in the Park’ for This Old Cus

I guess it just doesn’t take much to make me happy. I hope they come out. 🙂 I’ll be back soon. * * * There is the possibility that the jog-and-shoot, more or less, just felt good. # # #

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It Is Killing Me – That Lonely Old Man Wandering in the Park

God bless this old cuss walkin’ around in the rain with a point-and-shoot (Panasonic Lumix Lx5).  Why he doesn’t take one of the Nikons, even the D70, I don’t know.  It’s just easier with the small camera and the “MAG” … Continue reading

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So It Begins – Autumn 2013 – In Late Summer

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Turn Off! Tune Out! Drop Back In.

Reading: Richard Adams’ The Girl In A Swing. I should not have turned on the computer to share this. All weekend it has been off, and what a delicious experience of time has been encouraged by that alone. Time to breath. … Continue reading

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At Sunset, “RSVP”, Point Lookout, Maryland, May 26, 2000 (Reblogged from CA)

& Communicating Arts – At Sunset, “RSVP”, Point Lookout, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, May 26, 2000.

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Sailing and Photography: There Were People

The portrait studios may mill out family art, cool and professional with calculated warmth from much practiced methods, but it may be the humble snapshot, the impromptu recording, that turns out the more truly intimate artifact.  For that reason, and … Continue reading

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RSVP, Point Lookout, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, May 26, 2000

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Backlight, Late Afternoon, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, May 26, 2000

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Lights Dancing Above Water, St. Mary’s, Maryland, April 2, 2000

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