A white tail deer looks up during a morning graze in Letchworth State Park.

A photographer (Scott) stands upon a large pile of ice on the shore of Lake Erie in the early morning photographing the sunrise.

The sun breaks through the clouds shortly after sunrise one a cold winter morning over Lake Erie. This was shot only about 90 seconds after yesterday’s photo from the same location, though the focal length changed.

Lake Erie reflects the rising sun on an early winter morning as snow drifts reflect the cold, blue, winter sky.

This is another macro photo of the same web as yesterday.

A spider web is covered in early morning dew in this end of August photo.

This is a dragon fly resting on a piece of Birdsfoot Trefoil.  Photographed early in the morning, the dragonfly and flower are still covered in dew.  It is hard to see in this size, but I am picking up reflections of the sky in the dew drops.

This photo was obviously not shot recently    I will be mixing recent photos along with photos from last year that did not get post, though should have during my bouts of non posting. Feel free to comment on some of the photos.

Scott found this Fritillary one morning late last summer while out shooting.  With it’s wings closed we could see he was a little beaten up. It wasn’t until he had warmed up enough to spread his wings that I saw just how bad he really was.

The second butterfly Scott found was in much better shape.

This photo was shot last weekend.  The sun had already come up and as it filtered through the clouds produced these blue and purple hues in the snow.

A rock covered in ice is silhouetted against the sun in a morning sunrise photo on Lake Erie near Fort Erie.

This photo was taken looking over Lake Erie before the sun rises.

A cloud is back lit from the sun over Port Colborne on a misty, September morning.

A storm brews on the horizon as the sun first peaks over the horizon. Photographed at Charles Daly Park this past fall.

A quick freeze caused the still water of Lake Erie to freeze forming these large ice crystals. I’ve converted the photo to black and white to help emphasize the graphic quality of this shot.

This picture of a snow drift was photographed during one of our first snowfalls this season.

This photo, shot on the same day as the previous three photo, seemingly shows rays of light streaming from the clouds. I did this using a long exposure and zooming the lens at the end of the exposure without adjusting focus. I do not remember if I zoomed in or out. I also used this technique on a previous photo (http://potd.chrisempey.com/2008/06/20/20-zoom-zoom/).

Photos shot the same day:
A New Dawn
Sunday Morning on the Lake
Incoming Storm

While I was out with Scott and John not too long ago, we were standing around talking when we noticed the storm that was off in the distance now much closer. I had time to quickly walk to my camera, spin around and get off this one photo of the storm coming in. This was the start of rain and extremely high winds. There was also and almost immediate 10 degree drop in the temperature.

A dramatic sunrise over Lake Erie photographed from Fort Erie, Canada. The windmills of Buffalo are visible in the distance.

The sun peaks over the horizon on a late December morning. Photographed over Lake Erie, this picture shows the sun just rising over the horizon and being reflected in the water on a beach near Fort Erie.

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