by Gregg Obst on July 12, 2010
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I had been meaning to get to this particular mill for a while and with rain and fog on this particular day(4-25-2010), it seemed like as good as time as any. Nice shooting weather. It would rain and stop, rain and stop all day long.
This mill was built somewhere between 1800 and 1830. It is located in Fawn Township near the intersection of Garvine Mill Road and PA route 425 (aka Woodbine Road). The water source is Bald Eagle Creek. What is puzzling is that on top of the hill behind the mill (the view you are seeing here) is a head race formed by the two foot high rock trough on the left, which would make this an overshot wheel but there is no current water source for the head race. It is said that the Bald Eagle Creek furnished water to the head race but given the elevation I would have to think the creek no longer takes that route. There isn’t a lot of information available on this mill on the Internet so I’ll have to hunt around a bit more to get the back story on how this mill operated and what happened to the original water source. The Miller’s house can be seen across the valley from the mill in the background.
The mill has also been known by the names Anderson’s Mill (named after the original builder) and Rock Run Mill (Not to be confused with the mill by the same name in Maryland). It was originally used to grind cornmeal and in later years became a cider mill. The original mill burned down in the late 1800′s and was rebuilt from the foundation up in the years 1899 & 1900. The original wheel on the mill was wooden and was replaced when the mill was rebuilt. The mill is currently owned by Gene Badders who is refurbishing the mill.
I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames at .7 stop increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image before bringing it into Photoshop CS5 and doing the B&W conversion with onOne’s Photo Tools.
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by Gregg Obst on July 9, 2010
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A male Northern Cardinal sits on some stones around the garden. These Cardinals don’t visit the yard more than a few minutes each day but when they do, they seem to ham it up for the camera.
For more information about Northern Cardinals, visit this page at the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology.
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by Gregg Obst on July 9, 2010
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Another shot from my Eagle archives from 11-29-2008 on the Susquehanna River in Maryland. The Eagle had just successfully yanked a fish out of the river.
For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
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by Gregg Obst on July 8, 2010
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The Pygmy Marmoset is a tiny monkey native to the western Amazon basin. It is the smallest of all true monkeys and one of the smallest of all primates. Body weight of wild adults averages only about 4 ounces. Well-fed zoo animals may be a little bit heavier. Total length (head, body and tail combined) is usually 13-14 inches. More than half of this is tail, with the head and body only about 5 inches long combined. In the wild, Pygmy Marmosets rely heavily on gums and saps (exudates) from trees and vines. These exudates may be an important source of protein, carbohydrates and calcium. Wild Pygmy Marmosets also eat insects and other arthropods and small quantities of fruits and other plant parts.
The Pygmy Marmoset is found in the upper Amazon Basin in western Brazil, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, southern Colombia, and northern Bolivia. The Pygmy Marmoset is not considered under any threat of endangerment. Because they reproduce rapidly, have relatively small space requirements, and are found over a large geographic area, Pygmy Marmosets are in better shape in the wild than many other South American primate species.
You can find this fist sized primate in the small mammals house at the Philadelphia Zoo.
For more information on visiting the Philadelphia Zoo see their web site at http://www2.philadelphiazoo.org.
I blended several background texture layers purchased from Distressed Textures in order to try and isolate the Marmoset and eliminate the distracting background. Thanks for the great texture sets Jewell !
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by Gregg Obst on July 7, 2010
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A look inside the engineer’s cab of the Reading Railroad Switching Locomotive # 1251. The 1251 is one of nine remaining Reading Company engines. This engine was the last standard-gauge steam locomotive in daily operation on a class one railroad in the US. It was built by Philadelphia & Reading Co. in September 1918 from parts of a I-8 2-8-0 Consolidation and was retired from regular service on Feb. 9, 1963. It last ran on 1966. The 1251 is what is known as a “Tank Engine”, so called because it carries its water supply and fuel on board itself, rather than in an attached rail car called a tender. Such locomotives are often used as switchers in rail yards, and for relatively short runs. If you are familiar with the Children’s book and TV show series “Thomas The Tank Engine”, Thomas is modeled on this type of locomotive. Shot at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA back on 3-29-2009.
For more information on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, visit their web site at www.rrmuseumpa.org/index.shtml.
I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames at .7 stop increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image.
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by Gregg Obst on July 7, 2010
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This bridge, who’s official name is “Big Chickies #4 Bridge” was built in 1855 by Charles Malhorn and Levi Fink. It utilizes a single span, wooden, double Burr arch truss design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It crosses the Chickies Creek for a total length of 96 feet. The bridge is owned and maintained by Lancaster County and is in great shape and open to daily vehicular traffic. In 1980 the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80003531. You can find this bridge on Erisman Road North of Landisville, PA.
I shot this as five bracketed RAW frames at 1/3rd stop variance and then combined them into an HDR and toned mapped them with Photomatix Pro.
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by Gregg Obst on July 6, 2010
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by Gregg Obst on July 6, 2010
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Single Raw frame. Manual exposure mode, F5.6, three second exposure, ISO 200, tripod mounted. Lighting courtesy of a single sparkler bought at a local convenience store.
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by Gregg Obst on July 5, 2010
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This is the view from the Meem’s Bottom Covered Bridge in Shenandoah County Virginia looking down the country lane (Whissler Road) that leads up to the bridge from State Route 11/Old Valley Pike. I shot this on the way home from my last Grist Mill tour through Virginia back on 10-18-2009. It was a horrible, overcast and often raining kind of weekend. I would like to return a few weeks later in the year to capture those fall colors on the trees lining the lane.
Thanks to the following Flickr members for sharing their textures for our use.
Sand and Stone texture by Dog Ma
Cave Days texture by SkeletalMess
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by Gregg Obst on July 4, 2010
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This is the entrance way to Lake Meade, a private community in Adams County, PA. While on my way to the Anderson Farm Covered Bridge in August of 2009, I passed this sign and immediately saw their six foot waterwheel and knew I had to shoot this.
I shot this as five hand held bracketed RAW frames at 1/3rd increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image.
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by Gregg Obst on July 3, 2010
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This octagonal one room schoolhouse was built about 1836 and was in use until 1915. It was renovated several times throughout the years, first in the 1930s and again in the 1960s. A major rebuild had to be performed in 1972 after flood damage. The latest renovations began in 2006 and went through 2008 which included the addition of school desks, black board and period cast-iron stove as well as repointing of the exterior stones. It is located about a mile from Rishel Covered Bridge on PA Route 45 between West Chillisquaque and East Chillisquaque Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The school once featured a belfry on the roof as shown in this old news article I found.
For information and locations of octagon and round dwellings in the U.S., check out this web site.
I shot this as five hand held bracketed RAW frames at 1/3rd increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image.
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by Gregg Obst on July 2, 2010
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When I was inside this boxcar I was taken by the way the exhibit lighting was hitting these milk cans and the way the wood grain was in great contrast to the metal of the milk cans. I sort of felt like a Hobo riding the rails if only for a few minutes. 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 as seven bracketed RAW frames at .7 stop increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image.
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by Gregg Obst on July 2, 2010
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I was out driving around Sullivan and Lycoming Counties in northern Pennsylvania back on 3-20-2010 photographing covered bridges and barns when I stumbled across this old barn on route 184 in Trout Run in between state route 4008 and state route 613. There are so many great old, unpainted wooden barns up there but this one really caught my eye.
I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames at .7 stop increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and tone mapped that image before bringing it into Photoshop CS5 and doing the black and white conversion with Nik’s Silver Efex Pro.
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by Gregg Obst on July 1, 2010
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A Mallard Drake comes in for a landing on the frozen ice of the Fleetwood pond back on 1-31-2009. Another one from the archives, not previously posted.
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by Gregg Obst on July 1, 2010
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I was going through some of my Eagle archives tonight and dug up this shot from 11-29-2008 on the Susquehanna River in Maryland. The Eagle had just successfully yanked a fish out of the river.
For more information on Bald Eagles, visit the Cornelll Lab Of Ornithology.
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