Tag Archives: HDR

Stillwater Covered Bridge (Columbia County, PA)

The Stillwater Covered Bridge is located in the small town of Stillwater, Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1849 by James McHenry and runs 151 feet across the Fishing Creek. It features a burr-arch design and is open to only foot traffic, with vehicular traffic being disallowed since 1949. The bridge was added to the...

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Wenger’s Mill (Lancaster County, PA)

The Wenger Mill was built in 1785 and replaced an earlier 1748 Mill that was destroyed in a fire. The Ephrata Cloister, a local religious group of German settlers, built the four story tall mill and continued to operate it through the 1850′s. After the Ephrata Cloister, ownership passed to P. W. Royer in 1864,...

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Remembering…

As we mark the 10th anniversary of 9-11, everyday objects seem to recall images of a more innocent past and lost people we’d like to keep in our hearts forever.

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Green Park One-Room Schoolhouse (Perry County, PA)

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 It was superseded by the building of a new Green Park Union High School in 1953.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...

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“The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence but you still have to mow it.” –Proverb

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...

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Spannuth Mill (Berks County, PA)

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...

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Chia Truck

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...

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