Monthly Archives: July 2010

Blue Dasher Dragonfly

I tried using the Sigma 50-500mm at about 420mm for some Butterfly and Dragonfly shots by the pond today with mixed results. This is one of the better shots of the male Blue Dasher Dragonfly I came up with. There are about six of these as regular residents at the pond. For more information on...

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J. Fink Covered Bridge (Lycoming County, PA)

The J Fink Covered Bridge is a relatively new bridge by most Covered Bridge standards in Pennsylvania. It was erected in 1986 and utilizes a Stringer Truss design. Is crosses over Larry’s Creek for a length of 62 feet. The bridge is located on a private road in Anthony Township, PA. The bridge is in...

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“The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” — Sir James Matthew Barrie

Mother Osprey caries a fish back to her nest. From my trip to the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ back on 7-18-2009. For more information on Osprey, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology. For more information on the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site at www.fws.gov/northeast/forsythe/. Several...

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“There are three easy ways of losing money – racing is the quickest, women the most pleasant, and farming the most certain.” — Lord Amherst

A corn crib barn stands out in a Northumberland County corn field. Taken back on 4-2-2010 during a Covered Bridge trip through the Pennsylvania counties of Northumberland and Union. I shot this as five bracketed RAW frames at 1/3rd stop increments handheld and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro. Textures applied from...

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No, you may not have my fish !

Another shot from my Eagle archives from 11-08-2009 on the Susquehanna River in Maryland. For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology. Original

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“We build too many walls and not enough bridges” — Isaac Newton

This is a shot taken from the modern highway bridge that Pumping Station Road uses to cross Marsh Creek about 400 feet downstream from Saucks Covered Bridge.n This is from my last trip to the Gettysburg area back on 3-18-2010. The water was so still on this afternoon. No ducks in the area, no kids...

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Golden hour in the Oley Valley

After an afternoon storm passed through the Oley Valley, the sun made a return and bathed this Hoch Road farm in golden light before setting. I shot this last year on 7-29-2009 and had posted a different shot of this farm previously but I wanted to do a version that was a little less heavy...

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