Tag: South River

Jez’s WWE Challenge #73

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Jogging along the South River on Naval Academy campus
Fountain at Union Station, Los Angeles, California

Here are a couple of submissions to Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere challenge.

Jez’s WWE Challenge #72

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Here is my contribution to Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere Challenge. Below we have Weems Creek in the afternoon sun.

Next I’d like to offer you a view of Annapolis from the South River. The dome under scaffolding belongs to the Naval Academy chapel. As for the buildings with all the windows, I can only guess that they are either classrooms or offices for the US Naval Academy.

Alive & Trekking Which Way Photo Challenge: March 19, 2021

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It is always a pleasure to participate in the Which Way Challenge, hosted by Alive & Trekking.

And there are even more prohibitions!

At left is the Maryland State Seal. The colony was founded in 1632 by a wave of King Charles I (the one who got his head chopped off by the Puritans). It was a proprietary colony given to George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore. The King graciously named the colony after his French-born wife, Henrietta Maria, known in England as Queen Mary. Lord Baltimore envisioned Maryland as a refuge for English Catholics, who faced some serious persecution in the Motherland.

Jez’s WWE Challenge #10, January 14, 2020

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These photos were taken on January 11, 2020. The second one is a favorite technique of mine. I’ll focus the camera on something on the shoreline and use the water as background. These are my entries for Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere challenge.