Sunrise Point

Brad, Blair and I met way, way, way too early this morning (my sleep will be messed up for a week) to photograph the sunrise in downtown Pittsburgh.  For those of you who don’t know, there is a Pennsylvania state park positioned where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers come together to form the Ohio River in the heart of the city.  The park’s name is Point State Park for obvious reasons. 

 

Anyway, at the “point” in the park where the rivers come together is a large water fountain.  They turn it on right after sunrise each day.  We wanted to capture the sunrise reflection in the water of the fountain.  Fortunately, it worked out since I’ve failed to capture this a few times in the past.  We finally got a nice sunrise and sky, which made this image powerful.

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Point Betsie Lighthouse

During our Michigan trip (supposed to be in Bermuda….thanks COVID!!), anyway….MJ and I took a little road trip over to this super cool lighthouse west of Traverse City.  The lighthouse is on the Lake Michigan shore also close to Crystal Lake.  I took a ton of photos from many perspectives (south side, west side, from the ground, from the air, etc…).  I’ll share more later, but I loved this close up version from the drone. 

With this perspective you can only see the top of the lighthouse, but the rest of the tower and building will be shared in future photos.

 

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Fort Pitt

Or what’s left of it….  The original British fort from the mid-1700s during the French and Indian War was constructed in the area that is now downtown Pittsburgh.  The outline of the Fort Pitt walls are all that remain of the fort, which sits inside Point State Park.  This is a great city park at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers and the start of the Ohio river (thus 3 Rivers).

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Point Fountain

MJ, Blair and I worked in the yard all day and now I feel like I could go to bed immediately (it’s only 7pm).   But I’ll probably stay up a couple more hours, otherwise I’ll be awake at 4am staring at the ceiling.  Anyway, due to my physical exhaustion, I will keep this short.

Here is a photo I took with my drone looking at downtown Pittsburgh.  On this morning, Blair and I tried to catch a nice sunrise that didn’t happen.  We got this cloudy morning instead. 

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The Point from Above

Yesterday, Blair and I got up early in an attempt to catch the sunrise at The Point State Park.  Unfortunately, we had two events happen that prevented our planned photo.  First, the Fountain was turned on when it was supposed to be turned off.  Second, the sunrise was a bust!! So, we made the best with what we were given.  I captured this photo as part of this excursion.

Come back in a day or so to see the next blog post, which will be a drone video from this spot.

 

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Downtown Pitt

I took this photo with my drone a few months ago in downtown Pittsburgh at dawn.  The site wasn’t really even awake yet.  This is a perspective not seen often.  I like the leading lines with the road heading towards the Highmark building and the road along the river.

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PGH Cityscape

I hope you’re having a great weekend.  We got a little snow in our area yesterday.  I took this drone photo a couple of weeks ago from downtown Pittsburgh (pre-snow).  Look how high the water is in the rivers…. Right up to the top of the river walk.  Anymore and they’ll have flooding in downtown Pittsburgh. 

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Fort Pitt Bridge and The City

I took this sunrise photo a few weeks ago when I was downtown with Brad and Dave.  Not much I can say about it….  Just your typical downtown sunrise photo. 

For those of you not from Pittsburgh, this is the Monongahela River, Fort Pitt Bridge, and downtown Pittsburgh on the left.  The best view of the city, in my opinion, is when you come out of the Fort Pitt Tunnel and immediately enter this bridge.  At that point, you get an amazing view of the city.  #TheBestCityView

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Cheboygan Point Lighthouse

I can’t remember the last time I posted a photo of a lighthouse.  So tonight, I have the Cheboygan Point Light house for your viewing pleasure.  I think this is an abandoned structure. 

I took this photo last fall, when I was on Lake Huron shipwrecking scuba diving with some friends.  Between dives, I launched the drone and captured this photo.  If you look closely, you can see us in the boat behind the lighthouse.

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The Point

I was out very early this morning with the boys attempting to photograph the sunrise behind downtown Pittsburgh.  We got lucky because it didn’t snow or rain on us, but we never got a pretty sunrise…it was just to cloudy.  Even though we didn’t get the sunrise we wanted, I took a fair number of photos.  Here is one of those photos looking right at The Point Park.   

NOTE:  the park is partially flooded in the photo.

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Downtown Pittsburgh

Today’s photo is from the beautiful downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  What else can I say about Pittsburgh that I haven’t already in past blog posts.  I love this view.  I also love the view when you drive through the Fort Pitt Tunnel and come up looking at the city.  You can’t beat it.

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Josh and Lacey

I’ve never met Josh and Lacey, but they have a great future together.  They’re getting married on June 27, 2017 in Pittsburgh.  They wanted to use a couple of my photos for their wedding website.  It was an honor communicating with Josh about their big day and being able to help them.  You can see the website here:  https://laceyandjoshwed.squarespace.com/when-where/#june-24-2017

Josh and Lacey, good luck and enjoy the ride!

Josh and Lacey

Josh and Lacey

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh

Heinz Chapel

Heinz Chapel

Point Of View Statue

I was out two nights ago on a photo walk with Dave Truxell and Blair Ward.  We spent some time at the top of Mount Washington looking down at the city of Pittsburgh.  This status is of George Washington looking directly into the eyes of a Native American.  I honestly don’t know the history of this statue.  But I can appreciate it and its location.

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Broken Arrow

During our Pink Jeep tour on the Broken Arrow trail near Sedona, we stopped at a spot called Chicken Point.  While we were there, I took this picture.  I have no idea if this mountain has a name.  I just liked the looks of it.  I hope you enjoy it as well.

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Broken Arrow Trail

MJ and I went on a Pink Jeep tour with our friends Kris and Scott while we were in Sedona Arizona.  This specific tour took us to Chicken Point towards the end of Broken Arrow Trail.  This is our jeep at the top of Chicken Point.   What an excellent area.  Just beautiful!!

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