Posted on March 21, 2011 in Black and White, Landscape, Nature
Holy cow … was it ever foggy here today! We had a bit of snow overnight, followed by rain, followed by fog….typical for March in Pennsylvania. It was 75 degrees outside on Friday and today it snowed! Happy Spring everyone! 🙂 When I got home from work and looked through the window into my back yard, I saw this one lone oak leaf dangling from the branch of a dead evergreen tree. It caught my eye and so I felt it deserved to be photographed. Despite the very harsh winter, with snow, ice, heavy rain, and serious wind, this oak leaf somehow managed to fall from the tree above and become attached to an evergreen branch. Oak leaves are very hardy and are always the last to drop. I still have several trees with many oak leaves still on them from last Fall. I converted this image to black and white, keeping just the leaf in color. I fooled around with some additional zoom-blur to create the final image.
Posted on February 3, 2011 in Architecture, Landscape, Winter
This is the 3rd in my series of winter barn images taken about a month ago. How can you resist a red barn and white snow? I never seem to be here with my camera when the horses are out….hopefully someday!
Posted on January 15, 2011 in Architecture, Landscape, Winter
I had a whole list of errands to do today and my travels took me to an area that has 3 of my favorite barns to photograph…plus I found a new one! We were expecting snow showers beginning this afternoon but I didn’t see a flake even though the skies looked threatening. In this scene, I like that the remnants of the crops are poking up through the snow in the foreground to add interest. Every building on this property is painted red. Not only the barns, but the house and shed as well! Since Mother Nature didn’t provide any falling snow, I added some to the image below. 🙂
Posted on December 12, 2010 in Animals, Landscape, Nature, Painting Effect, Winter
In my neck of the woods there are a LOT of Christmas tree farms. In fact, the tree that graces the White House this year came from a nearby farm. Pretty impressive! Many of the farms offer more than just trees…some have gift shops, petting zoos, snack bars with hot cocoa, and this one has a horse drawn wagon to take folks out to select a tree. It was as quaint as quaint can be! The only thing missing was a bit of snow! Being at the tree farm made me think about the last time I had a live tree….as best as I can recall, it was 1971. Yes, that’s a long time ago! The scent of Blue Spruce took me back to my childhood because that’s the type of tree that my family always brought home for the holidays. The tree, the train, the lights, the glass ornaments…..the needles sticking in my socks…..ah the memories! 🙂
Posted on November 18, 2010 in Fall, Landscape
It was late afternoon … just after 5:00 PM … and daylight savings time was still in effect. I had about an hour of light left before darkness fell. I spent that hour wandering through Jim Thorpe, Pa. with my Canon DSLR and 50mm f/1.4 lens. I shot this scene from the porch of the Asa Packer Mansion looking down upon the quaint town. St. Mark’s Church stands high above all of the other structures and is a focal point of historic Jim Thorpe. Most of the trees had lost their leaves as it was early November, but there were still a few golds and greens here and there. This was a spur of the moment photo shoot, but one that resulted in a few images that I’m very fond of…like this one.