Lake Roland, originally a reservoir, is just across the Baltimore City/County line. These were taken at the tail end of the Fall colors season, and I probably have gotten more red the week before.

11,000+ runners participated in the Baltimore Marathon & Half Marathon that started at Camden Yards and went through several parts of the city.

In the 19th century this part of town was the site of butcher shops and meat packing plants to process pigs transported from the Midwest. They were herded down Cross St. and Columbia Ave. (now Washington Blvd) from the B&O station to be slaughtered and processed. “The Squeakness”, the pig race at the yearly Pigtown...

A busy bird on the tree outside my window this morning. Its a woodpecker, but i’m not sure which one.

I got out the tripod and did some experiments with exposure settings during last nights impressive dual fireworks display over the Inner Harbor. I was up at Federal Hill Park with lots of other people.

Some experiments with a slow shutter setting and motion blur at Sunset Beach, O’ahu, Hawai’i.

They grow several varieties of bananas as well as taro (kalo), and papaya here at the the Counter Culture Organic Farm in Hale’iwa, O’ahu, Hawai’i. The workers in these photos are trimming trees and setting up an irrigation system.

Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is actually on the Patapsco River. It then flows into the Chesapeake Bay.

Never a dull moment in D.C. when it comes to political activity on the streets. There’s a protest for something almost weekly. These are L to R: Outside the White House protesting against the Guantanamo Bay prison; adding flags at Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day weekend; people at a marriage equality march; rally to stop...