Tuesday

Waterfalls, Landscape Photography, and Silliness in Shenandoah National Park

 Today we're going to Shenandoah National Park to get some photos in the snow. I went up there on December 22 on a quick trip because I knew the snow would melt by the weekend after Christmas. I always enjoy going to Shenandoah and see some new stuff every time I go. Come along on this journey with me.



Wednesday

How I Edited My Best Photo of 2020 Using Photoshop

In this video I walk through my editing process for the image I posted on Instagram today. This was a difficult image to process because a portion of the image was badly underexposed. I really like how the final product turned out and hope you'll come along with me on the editing journey. I took this image back in January of 2020...you remember, back before a raging disease shut down the world. This is from Jockey's Ridge State Park in North Carolina. For this I was using the Canon EOS Rebel K2 camera and the basic 28-90 kit lens. This is my favorite image of the year for 2020.




Sunday

Nine Hole Course Ranking

This started out as a Page but since I'm changing how those are set-up, I'm moving it to a regular post that I will update as I manage to play more nine hole courses.

Since I've played many nine hole courses lately, some of which have been very good, I'm doing a separate ranking of nine hole courses. For a book recently published giving a top 25 list for nine hole courses, click here. I don't agree with every ranking in the book, and I've spoke with the author about that. Anyway, here's my ranking.

1. Sweetens Cove (7)
2. Hooper (6)
3. Fundy (5)
4. Cascades (5)
5. Bellows Falls (5)
6. Skyway(4)
7. Kahuku (4)
8. Fenwick (4)
9. Tipton Oaks (Sand Greens) (3)
10. Hyatt Hills (3)
11. Midland CC (3)
12. Lambert's Point; NLE (3)
13. Northwoods (3)
14. Diablo Hills (3)
15. Green Acres (2)
16. Minerals (2)
17. Meadowbrook (1)
18. Fishhook (2)
19. Fletcher's Landing; NLE (1)
20. Pine Grove Springs; NLE (1)
21. Cantiague Park (1)
22. Galway (1)