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Otter Enjoys Breakfast at Huntley Meadows
Milky Way Rising at Hazel Mountain Overlook, Shenandoah National Park
Red Shouldered Hawk Takes Flight on a Snowy Spring Afternoon at Huntley Meadows
Great Horned Owl on Its Nest - Composite Photo / Exposure Blend
Crocus Swirl - Intentional Camera Movement
Trees at Sunset on a Winter Day at Huntley Meadows #6
Black Bear in Shenandoah National Park
Great Grey Owl in Yellowstone National Park
Rising Sun Shines Through US Capitol Dome
Pine Tree Reflection in Capitol Reef National Park
Milky Way at Hazel Mountain Overlook - Composite Photo
Red Fox Pouncing in Yellowstone National Park
Barred Owl at Huntley Meadows - Black & White
Milky Way's Dark Horse Nebula "Jumping" Hawksbill
Tidal Basin Bench at High Tide and Peak Bloom
Cherry Trees and Tidal Basin: Washington, DC
Cherry Blossoms and Jefferson Memorial at Dawn with Reflection in the Tidal Basin
Jefferson Memorial at Dawn at the Tidal Basin  with Cherry Trees in Full Bloom
Cherry Blossoms in the Wind at the Tidal Basin
Jefferson Memorial and Cherry Blossoms at Sunrise
Cherry Blossoms and Reflections in the Tidal Basin - 30 Second Exposure
Waning Moon Over the Jefferson Memorial  and Cherry Blossoms Before Dawn
Milky Way Over TA Moulton Barn - Moormans Row, Grand Teton National Park
Petrified Trees in the Snow - Partial Pencil Effect
Grizzly 793, aka Blondie, and Two Cubs of the Year in Grand Teton National Park
Milky Way Over the Badlands on a September Night
Star Trails at Balanced Rock in Arches National Park
Grizzly 793, aka Blondie, and Two Cubs of the Year in Grand Teton National Park
Milky Way Over Yellowstone Lake - Composite Photo
Mountain Goat at Logan Pass
Amaryllis on Black: Virginia
Black and White of Gardenia in Bloom Macro: Virginia
Dogwood Trees in the Wind #2: Albemarle County, Virginia
Pink Rose #3: Virginia
Purple Iris in the Rain: Virginia
Amaryllis on White: Virginia
Pink Dogwood Flower Macro: Virginia
Apricot Beauty Rose: Virginia
Milky Way in Turret Arch, Arches National Park - composite photo
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS and the Milky Way Over Hawksbill, Shenandoah National Park
Orion Over Big Meadows on a Windy Night
Moonlight, Mist and Stars in the Barnyard
Milky Way Over Big Meadows - Composite Photo
Star Trails Over Desert View Watchtower - Grand Canyon National Park
Totality Ends - 2017 Solar Eclipse: Ashton, Idaho
Milky Way Over a Moonlit Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River
Sunlight Breaks Through onto Balanced Rock: Arches National Park
On the Wilderness Trail: White Mountains, New Hampshire
Bison in the Gibbon Meadow
Scotts Run Waterfall in the Snow
Sunrise on Mount Moran and Reflection in the Snake River at Oxbow Bend
Winter Sunsets Should Still Be Enjoyed
Bison Grazing Along a Bluff Above the Lamar River in the Late Afternoon as the Sun Breaks Through the Clouds
Dawn Colored Clouds over the Tetons and Snake River: Grand Teton National Park
White Tailed Deer Silhouetted Against the Sunset at Big Meadows on a Winter Night
Barn at Dawn with a Dusting of Snow on the Blue Ridge Mountains
Waning Crescent Moon in the Dawn Sky of a Late Winter Morning
Jefferson Memorial Above the Mist Rising from an Icy Tidal Basin During the First Dawn of the New Year
Sunrise Colored Clouds Above Capitol Gorge in Capitol Reef National Park
Dawn Colored Clouds over the Tetons and Snake River: Grand Teton National Park
First Sunrise of 2023
Stars Fading Into the Approaching Sunrise at the Hazel Mountain Overlook
Fireworks, Lincoln Memorial & Washington Monument #10 (B&W):  Washington, DC
Moonrise at USMC Memorial: Washington, DC
Moonset & Memorial: Washington, DC
Washington Monument and Reflections in the Tidal Basin, on an Autumn Morning - #1: Washington, DC
Martin Luther King Memorial and Full Moon at Dawn #2: Washington, DC
US Capitol and Reflection at Dawn: Washington, DC
Remember: Rose at The Wall: Washington, DC
Red Fox Kit in Shenandoah National Park
Bison Mother and Red Dog (calf) on the Move in Yellowstone National Park on a Spring Day
Otters on the Ice - Yellowstone River Above the Falls
Heron on the Potomac River at Sunrise
Bull Moose Crossing the Gros Ventre River on an Early Morning in Grand Teton National Park
Red Fox Kit Outside Their Den Under my Shed: Falls Church, Virginia
Grizzly 793, aka Blondie, and Two Cubs of the Year in Grand Teton National Park
Bull Moose on an Autumn Morning in Grand Teton National Park
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Family on an Autumn Afternoon
Family on an Autumn Afternoon
Family on an Autumn Afternoon
Family on an Autumn Afternoon
Family on an Autumn Afternoon
Family on an Autumn Afternoon
Family on an Autumn Afternoon
Hilltoppers on Fox Ridge Driveway - Oil Paint Effect
Rock Climber #1: Great Falls National Park, Virginia - Oil Paint Effect
Barn at Dawn with a Dusting of Snow on the Blue Ridge Mountains - Edited
Sun Through the Steam and Pine Trees at Black Sand Basin / Bison Composite
Doug Gordon at 1983 Slalom World Championships - Dry Brush Effect
Breaststroke Swimmer - Pencil Effect
Petrified Trees in the Snow - Partial Pencil Effect
Winter Twilight in Paradise Valley - Dry Brush Effect

March 4, 2026

News

crocus, flower, snow, focus stack

This March I am participating in the American Cancer Society's Photo a Day Challenge to raise money for cancer research and treatment. I hope you will join me in supporting this great cause, and I look forward to your comments on the images as I post them on Facebook.

lunar eclipse, Old Rag, Blue Ridge Mountains, autumn, composite photo

I had hoped to add several photos to my Lunar Eclipse gallery, but the cloudy weather here in Virginia, and within reasonable driving range, prevented that. Here is one of the photos from the November 2022 eclipse that I just added to the gallery.

Milky Way, reflection, Yellowston Lake, Yellowstone National Park

Here are some of my favorite photos from 2025.

milky way, upper falls, waterfall, yellowstone river Yellowstone National Park
If you haven't been following my Facebook or Instagram feeds, you my not know that I spent about one month last fall in the Tetons / Yellowstone for some wildlife, landscape and astrophotography. Some of the photos are in my Facebook Photos gallery and all of the ones I've processed so far are in the West 2025 gallery.

The photo to the right is available on my FineArtAmerica store as a way for you to order metal or canvas prints. Please let me know if there's a photo from my current trip that you want me to add to that collection.

aurora, northern lights, shenandoah national park
This photo of the Aurora Borealis / Northern Lights from the Jewel Hollow Overlook in Shenandoah National Park is one of my favorite photos from 2024 when I was also able to capture the Total Solar Eclipse from northern Maine, the now deceased but still legendary Grizzly 399 in Grand Teton National Park, the also now removed Stumpy the cherry tree at the Tidal Basin in DC, and many more photos.

grizzly 399, grand teton national park, queen of the tetons
I have loaded some of my images to FineArtAmerica as a way for you to order metal or canvas prints. Here are the photos that are currently available through that service. Please let me know if you order a print or if there's a photo you want me to add to that collection.

Those prints won't have my signature, and I still will be offering metal prints with my signature, but the signed prints will take a bit longer.

fox hunting, huntsman, hounds, Farmington Hunt Club
The new fox hunting season has started. Please check my FHC page for my photos from First Day of Cubbing at Millington on 9/1/2025 and for my galleries from the 2024-2025 season and for my fox hunting photos from previous years.

dawn, shenandoah national park, blue ridge mountains
If you are looking for a photo you saw on my Facebook, Instagram, Threads or Blue Sky pages, please take a look at my Facebook and Instagram gallery with almost all of the photos I post to social media except for my fox hunting albums. The photos in the gallery are in, roughly, reverse chronological order from newest to earliest, and, by default, you will see the photos I have posted in the current year since I have posted a lot of photos over the years. You can select another year or All if you want to through the filter just above the gallery thumbnails.

Website Updates

I added a field to the filter form, so that you can now search for photos taken in a specific year in my larger galleries. The form field should only appear when the gallery contains photos from multiple years.

If you are still having problems with the shopping cart, you can always send me an email with a list of your favorite photos, and the size(s) you wish to purchase.

Let me know what you think of those changes or if you discover any new bugs.

All of the URLs on my site should now be a lot easier to remember and share. Instead of the old format with the gID=XXX in the URL, you should now be able to simply enter a URL like www.CathySummers.com/2017-NVSL-All-Stars to find the photos I took during the NVSL All Star meet, or www.CathySummers.com/Abbott-Lane-Foxes to see the photos of the foxes who used to live in my backyard. You can always use the Gallery Search page to find a gallery by name or part of a name.

If you login when you start your visit, you can now mark photos as your favorites, and then you can look at all of your favorite images on a separate gallery page. I hope this will really help those of you trying to collect images from multiple galleries as you try to decide which one to purchase. Once logged in, you will see "Your Favorites" as the first item in the "Your Galleries" menu.

The Framed Prints gallery now allows you to look at zoomed in photos of all the framed prints I currently have and are ready for immediate pick up or delivery.

I have added a limited search capability to the gallery pages. You can now filter the images in a gallery by how I have rated the photos, if you want to see which ones I think are the best, and you can search for keywords if, for example you just want to see my rose photos without looking at the other flower images. Please let me know what you think of this change, or contact me with other suggested improvements.

Remember to follow my Facebook page for additional updates including previews of images that I add to the galleries here. See the button below.

Swim Photos

swim team collage
Swim and Dive Team Parents,

Please send me an email if you need access to your swim team's picture day gallery. I can still take orders for collages and prints.

If you are having any difficulty ordering prints or collages from my website, please use the option to email me your order during the checkout process. Please also contact me if you have any questions about the image sizes, magnets of your swimmer's or diver's portrait, et cetera.

Swimming is a highly photogenic sport with water flying off the swimmers' hands or cascading down over their faces, or with the distortions provided by the water, and sometimes I think the pictures can be enhanced with various effects in Photoshop, so I created the Swimmers as Art gallery to showcase some of those treatments and otherwise dynamic images. (If you have a favorite photo of your swimmer, contact me if you want to see if I can apply any of those transformations.)

If you are looking for the photos I have taken at some of the High School or other "winter" swim meets, you can try the Gallery Search to find the gallery. Contact me if you need a gallery's password. I will leave the photos from the High School and other swim meets on this web site for a while, and I will be happy to sell you prints or electronic copies.

With Elena now too old for swimming in NVSL meets, I will not be as tied to Lee Graham pool on my summer mornings. Please contact me if you are interested in discussing having me do your team photos.

Cathy


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