A male purple finch poses in the evening sun.
The Youghiogheny River in southern PA is a beautiful river known for its white water rafting. This image was made above the falls in Ohiopyle. I think that it shows the character of the river and I love the dorsal fin shape the water has in the bottom center. It ws just one of those happy accidents; I was shooting a lot from this spot trying to capture the flow and none of the other images have a dorsal fin in them like this one.
This plant blooms for just a few hours! I photographed this one in Pocahontas County, WV. We had a spotter in the area keep an eye on the plants, and when the buds started to swell, indicating that they were about to bloom, we made the five hour drive.
