I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine

Category: best photo

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour Part II

    One morning while looking for photos in the fog, I saw a rescue boat scurrying around the lake. The fog does not discourage the fisherman and boaters. If anything, during these conditions, the fishing is even better, according to the Web site Stripersonline.com.

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: The Golden Hour : Deep Creek Lake Fishing

    My favorite “Golden Hour” is when the light first seeps through the atmosphere in the early morning. For some reason that light looks the best to me as the day is new and everything seems untouched.

  • Jefferson Memorial by Dawn’s Early Light

    Earlier this year I decided it was finally time to photograph the cherry blossoms at the Jefferson Memorial at sunrise. Despite living in the D.C. Area for most of my life, I had never make the early morning trek to the Tidal Basin. When you live in a place like Washington, full of so many…

  • Red Door on Blue on M Street

    Every time I shoot photos in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington D.C., at some point I become transfixed on this building on M Street.

  • The Leaning Tree in Ogunquit, Maine

    I took this photo a few years ago while walking along the Marginal Way on the Atlantic Coast in Ogunquit, Maine. The Marginal Way is the most picturesque walk I have strolled. The paved walk includes incredible views and lots of colorful flowers and this house shown above. The way is particularly beautiful around sunrise.…

  • Horse in Western Montana

    One of the best photo trips I ever went on was driving from one side of Montana to the other about six years ago while I worked for The A.P.

  • Flower Power

    This very orange flower photo was yet another picture I shot while on the house and garden tour in Garrett County (MD) in June.

  • Berlin, Pennsylvania

    I took this photo in Berlin, Pa., in May while on our trip to the Flight 93 Memorial in Western, Pa., this was the same trip that I shot my Somerset County barn photo on.

  • Spotted Lily at Green Spring Gardens

    I saw this lily during my jaunt thru Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, Virginia, a couple of weeks ago.

  • What do you think?

    This is one of those photos I am just not sure about. I would like to shoot it again, but maybe it works as is. I would love to know what the folks who see this blog think.