WV State Capitol

This is a photo of part of the rotunda inside the West Virginia Capitol building.  I liked the way the light was hitting the marble walls and the painted part of the ceiling.  It was only when I got home and looked at it on the computer that I noticed how symmetrical the photo was.  I shot this hand held at a pretty low shutter speed of 1/40th of a second.  This shot hasn't been cropped or straightened at all.  I don't think I could've lined it up any straighter if I'd been using a tripod.  Pretty cool if I do say so myself.  I usually don't get that lucky.

Saint Albans / Nitro Bridge

59 Hours...

...and 38 minutes from now the bridge is going to be open!  I took this photo at around 10 a.m.  The fog didn't burn off 'til about noon today.  This a 4 shot panorama.  Click on it for a better view.

Saturday Morning

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;          Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,          And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.          I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Almost Done!

A crescent moon and Venus look over Saint Albans and the almost completed Saint Albans / Nitro bridge Tuesday evening.

I talked to some bridge workers last Thursday and they said the bridge was going to be done around the end of the month and yesterday the lead story on WSAZ was about the bridge and it's early completion.

I converted this photo to black and white because of all the different color lighting in the area was kind of distracting.  This was shot hand held at 1/17th of a second at f/3.2 and iso 3200.

Doesn't Everybody...

...sit around and take pictures of their cameras?  Huh?

Jackson County Courthouse

Saturday Morning Fog

On my way home from work this morning.

Truck 311

The guys on the rescue truck were on a call Sunday evening and I was in the garage by myself  and noticed the light on the ladder and just had to take a picture.

LST 325

LST 325 passes under the almost completed Saint Albans / Nitro bridge Thursday afternoon on it's way to Haddad Riverfront Park in Charleston.

Check out this video made by retired Saint Albans police officer Jim Butler.

Capitol City Auto Auction

Saint Albans firefighters Mike Lively and Eric Tucker go to work Monday afternoon with West Side and Lakewood Volunteer firefighters to extinguish a car hauler and a couple of cars at the Capitol City Auto Auction.

Monday Morning

Both of these photos were made at the Charleston Civic Center.  I had to run a couple of errands near there this morning and both of them just seemed to jump out at me, especially the "A".

Sunday Evening Geese

I made this photo from the boat ramp on Main Ave. in Nitro.  I wish the power lines didn't cross the river right there, but it's still a nice place to go watch the sunset.

Thursday Evening Light

Ritz Theatre Brunswick, Georgia

I like old signs and this is one of the coolest I've seen.  I've got several photos of it before and after it was restored.  This is from a couple of weeks ago.  Check out this video of the relighting ceremony.  It's a little long, but the first part, where they are putting it back on the building is interesting and the lighting is at the 12:15 mark.

Saturday Morning

Jekyll Island Clouds

A storm moved in on us while we were at the beach the other day.  We were playing a very competitive game of bocce, so I was taking pictures while waiting my turn.  The sun was blocked by the clouds and the air was so full of humidity that the colors of the beach and sky were dull and blah to the naked eye, and especially to the camera.   I think the black and white conversion makes it all work out.

Jekyll Island Dunes

Jekyll Island is home to another beach we really like.  It's hardly ever crowded and its got nice, soft white sand.

Black and White Sunday

A couple photos from today that I like (I'm probably the only one).  The trees are at the north end of the lagoon on Hunting Island and the lagoon is directly behind the dunes where I made the photo of the fence.  It was very overcast this afternoon, so that light lent itself to making the photos black and white.