A nice night in Amish country included these neat clouds. I had high hopes for a spectacular sunset because I was sure the setting sun was going to light the sky up,but the sun went behind a cloud bank just when it was getting to the horizon and it fizzled real fast.

The sun was about as bright and glaring as it could have been for this attempt at a silhouetted farmer at work. The situation was complicated by the fact that the lens I used is extremely susceptible to flare and it was a nightmare trying to get this.

This late evening shot includes three siblings with their chosen means of transportation. It was very dark when I shot this and the depth of field is minimal but at least the boy in the center is in focus. I got about five shots taken before the family dog came to let me know its time to move on. I have no idea what kind of dog this is but he looked a little demonic with those eyes.

Three siblings enjoy a free ride back to the farm.

I headed out for scenery and came across this Amish wagon full of family members. I got behind them at a stop sign and knew they were turning onto a very busy road so I figured I had but one chance to get a shot as the pulled out. I picked a spot ahead of them,composed and pre-focused on it and snapped a few shots as they entered the area.Half were sharp and half had a little blur,but I only needed one and thank goodness I nailed it.

I was out trying to get a sunset image and came down a back road to find these three Mennonite girls chit chatting along the road. I drove past them and wanted to turn around to try getting a shot and as I drove up the road I noticed a buggy was headed past me and going toward them.I quickly put a long lens on,turned around and as I approached they started to laugh and I knew they were on to my plan. I quickly leaned out my window just in time to capture them making their getaway in the buggy. I loved the three colors they were wearing and was glad I turned around to get this image.

This is the first time I have ever seen a buggy pulling a canoe and I wish it would have had a horse attached,but they were either getting ready to go or had returned from an excursion.

A field of yellow accents the red barn in this Lancaster county view.

This Amish girl caught my eye as I drove by because I could see she was really proud of her little playmate. I snapped this image from afar after she had gone in the house with the goat and came back out a minute later.

A small farm garden is full of blooming iris in all colors.

I photographed this family of four on a lovely spring day a couple of weeks ago.The three larger sheep were standing there for a bit and the little one just came in the shot right when I was ready to leave. the one looking back was the icing on the cake.

These two huge cloud formations dominated the sky on a recent evening and although they looked like thunder heads to me,there was never an inkling of thunder or lightning the whole evening.They still made a great backdrop for this local farm.

This is a wagon loaded with flowers along the back road in Lancaster county.One of countless places to get your garden stocked.

It amazes me how many times I come across a shot only to see it being ruined right in front of me.Take this shot for example, I saw the mustard field and red barn and could only capture it with a long lens,so I pulled off the road and as I was setting up the tripod,I hear a tractor coming and of course he heads right for the mustard field. It took him all but ten minutes to totally cut down the yellow field but I had enough time to get the shot which now included the farmer.

This is another field of purple flowers I shot this spring and I remember this spot well because I walked at least the length of two football fields through here looking for good shots. The problem was when I got back to the road which is where the trees are,I noticed my polarizer was no longer attached to my lens. It is a 77mm filter which runs about a hundred dollars, and as I turned to look back across the field I could barely see anywhere I had walked? Well I figured it was a lost cause,but after about five minutes of walking, I spotted it among the flowers.

A carpet of yellow from the maple tree welcomes visitors to this farm.

These horses got in the perfect alignment for a good compositional shot on this spring day.

This supposed invasive plant was all over the countryside this spring and perhaps the mild winter had a role in that? Still looked pretty in a lot of spots.

This roadside flower bed looks like it is going to wash across the road and take this buggy for a ride.

The rail trail behind our house was looking lovely with these patterns of tree droppings interspersed every so often and a light rain accentuated the color so I took a self-portrait as well.

This local cemetery was a patchwork of low growing flowers recently and I had to basically lay on the ground to get this shot. There were a ton of obnoxious power lines in the shot that I felt had to go,and removing them is one tedious exercise but I am glad I made the effort.