Monthly Archives: August 2011 This one-room schoolhouse was built in 1892 and classes were held here up until 1952. It was superseded by the building of a new Green Park Union High School in 1953. The Historical Society of Perry County owns and maintains the schoolhouse and took ownership in 1970 from the West Perry School District. The building...  I found this cool old barn along a bend in the road while exploring New Bethel Church Road in Kempton a while back. The mountains in the background are the Appalachian Mountains. Nikon D7000 with a Tamron 28-300mm F3.6-6.3 LD lens, aperture priority mode, single exposure shot through car windshield @ F11, ISO 200. I...  I passed this horse farm a thousand times before and never noticed all the great lines offered by the white fence line. The farm is located on Route 183 in West Leesport, PA and is currently offered for sale and includes a small pond with a fountain and a very nicely kept farm house. Nikon...  This mill, located at the junction of Frystown and Crosskill Creek roads in Bethel Township, was built in 1891 and replaced an earlier mill on the same location that had been built in 1756. A post office established in the mill in 1848 caused the mill & community to be known as “Crosskill Mill” after...  I’ve driven past this partially buried dump truck a hundred times on the way to Williams Grove Speedway and never stopped to shoot it. With heavy storms in the Nikon D7000 with a Sigma 10-20mm lens, manual focus, aperture priority mode, exposure bracketing for three brackets @ F11, ISO 100. HDR and tone map post-processing...  It was a slow day along the Susquhanna River in Maryland on Saturday. The Eagles weren’t really flying much so I turned my attention to this grasshopper that was sitting on the fence. Nikon D300, hand held, Aperture Priority mode. F13 @ 1/160th second shutter speed and ISO 200. Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG Macro...  This stone bridge was built in 1841 over the Ontelaunee Creek. It connects Route 143 with Creek Road/Old Philly Pike in Albany Township, Pennsylvania with the tiny Trexler Historic District which includes the Albany Township Historic Society Museum. The bridge, along with the entire Trexler Historic District, are on the National Register of Historic Places. |
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