outdoor photography

Burke Lake Trees Shortly after buying my Canon EF 10-22mm lens, I went to Burke Lake and tried to see how I could make trees look funky.  These are extreme wide-angle shots, all shot around 10mm.  I photographed these near the trunk looking up to the branches.  The resulting effect looks to me to be very similar to the way you see Dr. Seuss draw trees in his children's book.  It's just not right, but it's kind of fun. Burke Lake Trees Burke Lake Trees

Burke Lake Sunrise Lately I've been trying to clean up my Lightroom database of images.  I've been going through photos that I've taken years ago but never did anything with.  This one caught my eye.  This is from Burke Lake in Northern Virginia near where I grew up.  I used to fish here, and I used to run around this lake for cross-country training. I took this photo in December 2009.