Monthly Archives: July 2010

West Virginia barn

I shot this barn along route 60 in Crawley, West Virginia during my rainy weekend trip back on 10-17-2009. I had previously posted a version of this but I wanted a textured version with a painterly look to it because I think the fall colors and the overcast nature of the image works better as...

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Quiet reflections

Black-necked Stilt searchng for a meal in the Shearness Pool at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge outside of Smyrna, DE back on 8-16-2009. For more information on the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, visit their web site athttp://www.fws.gov/northeast/bombayhook/. For more information on Black-necked Stilts visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.

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Can’t stop paddling…Fish will eat me !

One of three ducklings that mysteriously showed up at my Parent’s back yard pond this past weekend. This one was paddling feverishly trying to avoid the Koi who were just trying to be friends to their new feathered guests.

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Corn crib barn in Northumberland County

I wish I could remember where this farm was located. It was somewhere after the Sam Wagner covered bridge but I have not been able to locate it on any of the satellite maps. From my 4-2-2010 trip through Northumberland and Union Counties covered bridge excursion. I shot this as seven hand held bracketed RAW...

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Ducklings arrive a little late to the party

Three Mallard Ducklings try to hop up on the Lilly Pads in order to avoid the nipping of their heals by the Koi fish down below. I was sitting in the sun room that overlooks my parents backyard pond on Sunday afternoon and all of a sudden we noticed a Mallard Hen and her three...

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Sunrise over the marsh

“Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” — Ansel Adams Sunrise over the marsh near the Gull Pond at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Oceanville, NJ. Shot back on 7-3-2009 as seven bracketed exposures and merged to HDR and tone mapped in Photomatix, converted...

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Stone lantern at Shofuso

“If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.” ~Robert Brault A stone lantern highlights this section of the gardens at the Shofuso Japanese House in Fairmont Park Philadelphia. The Shofuso Japanese house and gardens were built in 1958 in 16th century style. Shofuso is located on the...

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