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Full in the passage of the vale, above,
A sable, silent, solemn forest stood;
Where nought but shadowy forms was seen to move,
As Idless fancied in her dreaming mood:
And up the hills, on either side, a wood
Of blackening pines, aye waving to and fro,
Sent forth a sleepy horror through the blood;
And where this valley winded cut, below,
The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow.

James Thomson (1700-1748)

“All the stories of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon, now came crowding upon his recollection.
The night grew darker and darker; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight.
In the centre of the road stood an enormous tulip-tree…
Its limbs were gnarled, and fantastic, large enough to form trunks for ordinary trees,
twisting down almost to the earth, and rising again into the air…”

Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Spring has finally started to emerge from beneath the deepest freeze of winter. For the month of March, enjoy the shades of green mixing with the ever-deepening blue sky.

Click on the image above to download the 1280×800 version, or download the large image (2650×1600). Taken at the Penn State Arboretum in State College, Pennsylvania.

My sincerest apologies to any diligently waiting for this. A cold winter’s night stifled with falling snow at a quickening pace reminds me that the pace of 2010 has already begun to quicken though only the second month of the year is now upon us. The invigorating chill of the winter air augurs well for the months ahead.

Click on the image above to download the 1280×800 version, or download the large image (2650×1600). Taken in State College, Pennsylvania.

The official Photos for Haiti website is now live.

Photos for Haiti is way for professional photographers of any style or specialty to donate money to the relief efforts in Haiti through the American Red Cross. Participating photographers make a pledge to donate a portion of their sitting/creative/session fees or print orders to the American Red Cross during the months of January and February, 2010 (or any portion thereof).

Please go and check out the site and consider adding your talents to the pledged donations to help our sisters and brothers in Haiti. Photographers can go straight to the photographer participant page.

The U.N. is calling this the worst disaster they have ever faced. The Haitian people need as much help as the world can offer. Many companies have already begun to organize donations to help, but nothing as an industry-wide effort.

I have seen the strength of resolve that photographers can have as a group for charities, so let’s take the lead and show other industries just how much we are capable of when we join as one for our fellow human beings.