345/365 - Jim - Water Like Glass

( f/10 24mm 1/400 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

We went out fishing in the morning and the water was like glass. The moon was still out and you could see it in the reflection on the water. It was pretty awesome to see the river this way. The Allegheny River is never this calm.

341/365 - Jim - Montreal River

( f/18 18mm 1/160 sec ISO 200 Nikon D300 )

This is a bay off of the Montreal River in Ontario. It was really scenic there and the water was really clear and glass-like at times. I took this as one photo and then cropped it 5 times. Then I merged them all together as a collage. I didn't catch any fish the first day there.

328/365 - Shawn - Fireworks Over the Allegheny

( f/4.5 38mm 1/15 sec ISO 1600 Nikon D40x )

This was taken with my first DSLR camera that I sold to Shawn when I upgraded to the D300. It is pretty difficult to take fireworks photos while hand holding the camera, let alone while hand holding on a boat, but he did a pretty good job of it. Here is his poetic description of the night he took this photo. Thanks for the guest post, Shawn.

The green and red navigation lights of all of the boats sway and reflect off of the Allegheny river. If you could look to the left you would see all of the onlookers lined up against the railings of the convention center. If you could feel the air around you it would remind you of laughter, smiling, good times, and hope. Awe speaks into the air with booms and flashes. The river current never stops its incessant tugging at the anchor lines as we lose ourselves in the flow of the Allegheny. The bridges pull like arms holding us in an embrace of the city of Pittsburgh. My hand holds that of one so close to me and we both squeeze all the more tightly. Our souls twist together on this night when the sky has become so bright in the darkness. Dreams fill the mind as we worry about naught and stare at the overhead spectacle with the bright eyes of children.