I See Beauty All Around, by Rob Paine

Category: western maryland

  • Walking Dogs Along Swallow Falls

    Earlier this month I took a hike along the river at Swallow Falls State Park in Western Maryland. (Please see more text and second photo below)

  • Winter Moonrise over Deep Creek Lake, MD

    This photo was taken during a recent winter trip to Deep Creek Lake. It had been a cloudy weekend with a little rain and some snow but late Saturday afternoon the sun came out and the sky turned almost  scarlet in color.  I grabbed my gear and headed out to the lake, but  the view…

  • Three Trees at the Lake

    When you photograph a body of water like Deep Creek Lake as much as I have, you realize the your best friend in a visual sense is what lies around the lake, not always what is in it. Especially during the winter when the boats have  been stowed  away for the season and the docks…

  • Black and White Sunrise Photos

    My favorite beginning is the start of a day, sunrise. It is the time of day where you are going to capture the best light. There is nothing like the solitude experienced when photographing a sunrise on a beach or atop a mountain where its just you and nature, (o.k. and sometimes if you are…

  • Deep Creek Lake on Ice: Part II Frozen Falls

    Yesterday after seeing  a  note in the  The Deep Creek Times,  about an AP story on  ice fishing at Deep Creek Lake which  ran on washingtonpost.com where you can read the story here. I posted some photos I have shot in the  last few years of the fun things you can do at Deep Creek Lake when the…

  • Deep Creek Lake on Ice

    I saw a note in The Deep Creek Times, (The best source around for Deep Creek Lake news and goings on) that The Associated Press moved a story earlier this week on ice fishing at Deep Creek Lake which ran on several online news sites including washingtonpost.com where you can read the story here. The…

  • Cool Thought on a Warm Day (Winter Edition)

    I never dreamed I could run a “Cool Thought on a Warm Day” post two days before Christmas, but here we are experiencing record breaking temperatures on the East Coast. ( please see below for second photo and additional text) If you would like to see a more normal Deep Creek Lake winter scene, please…

  • Sun Circle over Deep Creek Lake

    I shot this photo a winter or two ago at Deep Creek Lake in Western Maryland. It is not a site I see too often.

  • 2013 in Review : Fall Colors in Western Md.

    Before the new year starts, I thought it would be fun to look back on some of the most viewed and most “liked” posts on this blog. I may also throw in a couple of my personal favorites that may have not received that much attention their first time out. For some of these Year…

  • Wordless Wednesday : Afternoon lights at the Lake

    Love birds? So do I. Take a look at some of my recent birding posts at Rob’s Bird Posts. Want to see some colorful holiday lights? Please check out Tripping the Light Fantastic