June 2010

Boom !

by Gregg Obst on June 30, 2010

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Boom !

As we approach another Independence Day and the opportunity for fireworks, I decided to take a look back through some of my fireworks shots from last year. This shot is from the fireworks display on July 4th 2009 at Dorney Park and Wild Water Kingdom in Dorneyville, PA.

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Henry’s Forge House

by Gregg Obst on June 29, 2010

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Henry's Forge House

This is the main house at the Henry’s Forge historic site within the Jacobsburg Environment Education Center near Wind Gap, PA. They forged iron on these grounds starting in 1809. Today it is surrounded by some great trails that are used pretty heavily for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, all in a very quiet, forested setting.

For more information on Jacobsburg Environment Education Center visit this site

I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image to create the final product.

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Baumgardner’s Mill (Lancaster County, PA)

June 29, 2010

This Lancaster County mill was built around 1836 by Abram Mylin. It also went by the names “Millvale Mill” and “Harnish’s Mill” at various times. The first mill on this site was a log mill built in 1774 by Jacob Smith. That mill was a corn & saw mill. J. Smith replaced this mill around [...]

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Heikes Covered Bridge (Adams County, PA)

June 28, 2010

Heikes covered bridge was built in 1892 and utilizes a Burr Arch design to cross the Bermudian Creek for a span of 67 feet. It is located about 2.5 miles north of Heidlersburg, between Tyrone and Huntington Townships in Adams County, PA. The builder is unknown. The bridge is privately owned and closed to traffic. [...]

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Melcher’s Mill (Berks County, PA)

June 27, 2010

This small grist mill was built in 1888 in Bally, Washington Township within Berks County Pennsylvania. It was moved to the Berks Heritage Center location in Bern Township in the late 1970′s. The mill was water-powered and initially served the Nicholas Melcher farm on which it was located. It has a footprint of 25′X 25′. [...]

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Northern Cardinals

June 26, 2010

Male Northern Cardinal Female Northern Cardinal I’ve been sitting in my Parent’s back yard for a couple of weeks now trying to land some shots of the Northern Cardinals that frequent their waterfall and pond area. We saw them quite a lot last year but it seemed like every time I would go over there [...]

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Who ordered the sugar ?

June 26, 2010

“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.” – Theodore Roosevelt A look at a cart that was used during the unloading of freight from railroad cars in the 1800′s. Shot at the Railroad Museum of [...]

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Knapp’s/Luther’s Mill Covered Bridge (Bradford County, PA)

June 25, 2010

This is the only covered bridge currently standing in Bradford County Pennsylvania. It is also the highest of the state’s bridges. Built in 1853, the bridge stands on Township Route 554 (aka covered bridge road), several miles off of route 6 near the village of Luther Mills. It spans Brown’s Creek for a length of [...]

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Stormy cloud cover over the Star Barn

June 24, 2010

This is another look at the Star Barn complex including the main barn in the background, the hog barn in the foreground and the top of the poultry barn off to the left. The Star Barn is located in Middletown, PA just off route 283. It was built in 1872 and there have been recent [...]

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Lost among the flowers

June 23, 2010

Another shot from my parent’s backyard while my leg is healing. I went to the Orthopedic Surgeon today and they removed all the staples from the leg but he said I still can’t put any weight on the leg for another four weeks. My Summer is quickly evaporating before my eyes.

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“There’s nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.” – Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

June 22, 2010

A Mallard Drake arrives back at the Fleetwood pond after some vigorous in-flight pursuits of a Mallard Hen. Sadly, he did not get his girl. We had some nice soft, golden late afternoon light back on 4/30/2010 when I shot this.

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When you run out of land to roam, you’re thoughts turn to the sea…

June 20, 2010

June 21st is “International Gnome Day” in the United States. A date when we celebrate the day when the Gnomes broke the bonds of indentured servitude under the heavy handed Elves at the Keebler Cookie Tree and gained their freedom for every more. I shot this in the backyard of my Parent’s house while still [...]

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Passenger car. Free Wi-Fi not available…

June 19, 2010

A look inside a passenger car from the Pennsylvania Railroad. PRR class P70 built in 1928 by the Standard Steel Car Company. Those seats were not very comfortable. Shot at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA. For more information on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, visit their web site atwww.rrmuseumpa.org/index.shtml. I shot this [...]

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Adairs Covered Bridge (Perry County, PA)

June 18, 2010

This Perry County bridge which also has gone by the name “Cisna Run Bridge”, uses a Burr Arch Truss design to span the Sherman Creek for a length of 150 feet. The bridge was built in 1864 and is located on Couchtown Road (State Route 3008) in Southwest Madison Township. The bridge is in outstanding [...]

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Pennsylvania Railroad Locomotive 1223

June 16, 2010

Built in 1905 and weighing 141,000 pounds, this Pennsylvania Railroad 1223 Locomotive is one of three existing engines of the PRRD16sb Class. It has a 4-4-0 (2 B) wheel arrangement. In 1960, the 1223 was leased and transferred to the Strasburg Rail Road, a tourist line in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, where it was returned to operating [...]

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