Tag Archives: landscape

New Ringgold barn rising up from the corn

This is very large barn near the town of New Ringgold, Pennsylvania on the corner of Lizard Creek Road and Route 309. The crossroads area where it sits is actually labeled “Snyder’s” but it is such a small community that no census data was found for it. In the 2000 year census, New Ringgold had...

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Railroad bridges in Columbia County

These two railroad bridges stand over the Fishing Creek in Columbia County Pennsylvania and are located right next to Rupert’s Covered Bridge. I shot this back on 5-16-2009 as five bracketed RAW frames and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally, tone mapped that image to create the final product. Unfortunately...

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Henry’s Forge dwellings

These are two stone dwellings on the Henry’s Forge historic site within the Jacobsburg Environment Education Center near Wind Gap, PA. They forged iron here starting in 1809. Today it is surrounded by some great trails that are used pretty heavily for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, all in a very quiet, forested setting....

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Forsythe Natiional Wildlife Refuge wake up call

It’s 7:26 AM, do you know where your Egrets and Herons are ? The clouds were pretty thick for most of the early morning so instead of trying to venture out onto the wildlife drive to photograph birds in the early morning hours, I opted for an alternative strategy. I noticed rays of sun trying...

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Farmington Barn and Pasture

Another of the barns I found in the tiny hamlet of Farmington, PA in Berks County. I like the pasture that surrounds this structure giving it some balance to the red wood of the barn. I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro and finally,...

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Hopewell Furnace

32 foot diameter water wheel on grounds of the Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site located in Elverson, PA. Iron production at Hopewell Furnace required a blast of air to bring the heat of the furnace above 2800 degrees (Fahrenheit). The water wheel supplied the power for this air blast by pumping a pair of pistons...

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Columbia County barn

I found this old barn while driving around Columbia County Pennsylvania photographing covered bridges on Saturday. I really liked the wood tones and the setting seemed very indicative of rural Pennsylvania life. The open barn door reminded me of that saying parents sometimes use when a child leaves a door open in their house, “were...

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