Freedom Watch

This shot is from today's BPC field trip to the "Homes for the Troops Sporting Clays Tournament." In this photo an armored personnel carrier is waiting for a battlefield reenactment to begin. Shot with my Oly E5 & 12-60 wide angle zoom in Program mode with "Dramatic" art filter.

Balinese Room

Obviously one from the archives, this shot is of the Balinese Room in Galveston before a certain visitor named "Ike".

HO&RCO at Evergreen Oil Field

This license plate looking tag is marked HO&RCO for Humble Oil & Refining Co and is nailed to the remains of an old rough hewn wooden foundation in the Evergreen oilfield in Baytown, TX.

Restoration Work

A friend of my wife's recently asked me to do some restoration work on some old Vietnam era pictures he had from his military service out of Fort Hood, Texas. Hopefully it is obvious which is the "before" and which is the "After."

Hugo Point Tower

This tower would have been part of a loch on the embattled Wallisville surface water project at Hugo Point in Chambers County, TX.

Hugo Point Foliage

One of the things I like the best about Hugo Point Park is the foliage. The tall grasses and bamboo give the place a real sense of isolation and the cattails add lightness and texture to the environment.

Hugo Point Fence Post

Another scene from Hugo Point Park in Chambers County taken this past Saturday.

Hugo Point Pig Hunters

While I was out at Hugo Point Saturday morning I ran into this crew out for an adventure. When we passed each other they politely asked if I had seen an pigs? This caught me off guard as I hadn't even ever heard there were wild pigs in the area. One of the young men told me they catch them and raise them and in fact had caught one yesterday. I mentioned that I hoped to see some because it would make a good picture and he volunteered to run home and get the one he caught yesterday so I could photograph it! The whole scene seemed surreal to me, it reminded me of something Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer might have done.

Hugo Point Bridge

Taken this morning at Hugo Point with my Olympus E-5 in Program Mode with the "Dramatic" Art Filter on. I cropped the angle of view my fisheye lens captured to eliminate some foreground distractions. Recorded ISO was 250, F-stop was F9, and shutter speed was 1/400.

Baytown Nature Center Shorebird

A shot of a shorebird at the Baytown Nature Center last weekend.

Product Shot

The photo assignment for last night's Bay Area Photo Club's "Honors Night" program was "Product Shot" and this was my entry. It's an old Argus 35MM film camera I found at a local garage sale.

Harlie Girl Again

The monthly photo assignment at last nights Baytown Photo Club was "Pets" and this shot of our Cocker "Harlie" was my entry.

Sailing on Solid Ground

I spotted this sail boat resting on solid ground near a row of beach houses in Chambers County yesterday.

Freeway the Dog

We rescued this little rat terrier early Thanksgiving morning running down HWY 225 in traffic. We are currently at our animal limit so we just taking care of Freeway until we can find a suitable home. Our vet says she's in good health and is around 8-10 months of age. She's very shy and is a handful at her age. We've been keeping her on our breezeway and she has eaten 3 large pot plants, the end off a rocking chair, chewed a garden hose in half, and ruined a 24" pipe wrench and an a heavy blacksmiths anvil! [I exaggerated on the last two, but not by much.] In spite of this she is a good dog and we would keep her but we would run the risk of making the evening news if we keep one more animal.

Lonsome Dove

A dove on a fence rail at the Baytown Nature Center this weekend.