Posted on January 6, 2013 in Architecture, Black and White, Landscape, Winter
Industrial Quarter, Bethlehem, Pa.
Historic Moravian Bethlehem, Pa. is proud to have two national historic landmarks. One is the 1762 Waterworks located in the Colonial Industrial Quarter. The Waterworks is America’s first pumped municipal water system. The Industrial Quarter is situated alongside the Monocacy Creek and was at one time home to a tannery, blacksmith, dye house, mill, and springhouse. Tours are offered by appointment but the grounds are open for visitors to view the historic architecture and imagine what life was like back when hard work was conducted in these buildings by the Moravians to support the growing community.
Posted on February 20, 2012 in Documentary, Nature, Wildlife, Winter
They’re back!!! The snow geese and tundra swans have returned to Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Pennsylvania. This is an annual stopping point along their migration route and from mid-February until mid-March, numbers of snow geese as high as 100,000 stop by to pay a visit and roost on the lake. When I visited, the count was 35,000+ snow geese …. this is a photo of 3 of them! I tried counting to make sure that the Middle Creek website was accurate with their numbers, but I lost track after about 12,471. They all started to look alike at that point! 🙂 I love visiting and watching the geese take flight throughout the day! There is nothing like the sight of 35,000 geese taking off together, 70,000 wings flapping, and WOW the sound is just amazing! I have a zillion images to look through but this one stood out at first glance. It appears that the two in the back are playing ‘follow the leader’!
Posted on January 2, 2012 in Landscape, Lensbaby, Topaz, Winter
I was having fun on a cold, sunny, snow-flurrying day in Jim Thorpe, Pa. with the Lensbaby fisheye optic. Catching my shadow in the image was an unexpected surprise!
Posted on December 31, 2011 in Landscape, Lensbaby, Nature, Winter
Many of us have had a tough time in 2011 and are looking forward to the start of a new year. It’s a chance to begin fresh, with an optimistic outlook, and high hopes for good things to come. I’m thinking that the sunbeams I saw today are an indication that we are being blessed with light and hope as we end one year and begin a new one. Best wishes to all for a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.
Posted on March 26, 2011 in Landscape, Nature, Painting Effect, Winter
Park bench and trees covered with ice.
The groundhog lied. He told us that we would have an early Spring and here it is, the end of March and we’re still having snow and ice. Wednesday I awoke to find about 4″ of heavy wet snow on the ground and during the day we had rain and sleet. On Thursday everything was covered in ice. I have to admit, it was beautiful. The trees were blanketed first with snow and then covered with shimmering ice. I took a few images in my yard and on the way home from work, but they really don’t do justice to how pretty everything looked.
Ice formations on a chain link fence.
Clouds giving way to sun on an icy day.
Warm afternoon light, ice & watercolor effect.
The Mausoleum