I thought I would close out the week with one last photo of the most curious wild pony I’ve ever seen. Most of the other horses in this herd moved off to a safe distance when I began pulling out my camera gear but not this one. At one point she was trying to munch on my hat and nudging the back of my head. By the time she decided to move on the rest of them had already headed for greener pastures. Gear: Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF-S...

March is upon us and hopefully spring weather is not far away! This month’s desktop wallpaper calendar is a shot of a few feral ponies relaxing and enjoying a breezy afternoon atop Mount Rogers in Southwestern Virginia. Use the links below to download the size you want – Download, share and enjoy! March 2012 Desktop Calendar – 2560 x 1600 March 2012 Desktop Calendar – 1600 x...

Going back into the archives from last summer I found a few untouched shots from a weekend camping trip to Mount Rogers Virginia. In the 1970?s feral ponies were introduced into Grayson Highlands State Park to help control the vegetation growth and have thrived for several generations. Despite the park rules people hiking the mountainside have fed them for years resulting in them becoming very used to people and even a little aggressive. As I...

Its been a while since I posted an HDR so I thought that today I would combine fall foliage and brackets. Once I drove into the unexpected abundance of color this weekend I immediately knew that I had to make my way to this spot before sunset. This fence borders a field that is directly across from the entrance to Grayson Highlands State Park. I have seen this fence a hundred times on my way in and out of the park and had put it on my list of...

For this week’s Friday Phone Pic we go back to the butterfly garden at Grayson Highlands Park. The small garden was filled with these yellow flowers so I spent a few minutes shooting pics with my Droid trying different apps and effects. I really liked the “zoom” effect I found in Camera Effects and thought it worked really well with a close up shot of the flower blooms. Taken with a Motorola DroidX using Camera Effects app. I...