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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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Sunset on the farm

This farm is located near Neff’s one-room Schoolhouse on Bastian Road between Kutztown and Lyons Station, PA. Funny things sometimes pop into my head while photographing. While photographing this, I was thinking how sunsets on planets that have two or more suns must pose a unique compositional challenge for photographers on those planets. Yeah, sometimes...

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“One is nearer God’s heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth.” –Dorothy Frances Gurney

I’ve had this shot dancing around in my head for the last several months so I decided to try it on Wednesday 5-11-2011 as the sun was setting over the fields. I wanted a sunset shot with the schoolhouse in the foreground but I wanted to do it in such a way that it would...

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“Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.” — John Lubbock Sometimes the clouds and sun come to an agreement about their respective place in the scheme of things when it comes time for a sunset, and then there are nights like Saturday. Just when...

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The sunset brings rest to the farmer and his crops

The setting sun falls slowly behind a Berks County barn adorned with traditional Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs. I shot this as seven bracketed RAW frames at 1 stop increments and then combined them into an HDR with Photomatix Pro 4.0 beta 10 and finally, tone mapped that image.

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Lake Ontelaunee Sunset (vertical)

From April 2010 archives… Lake Ontelaunee is a 1,082 acre reservoir that provides much of the drinking water for the city of Reading Pennsylvania. It’s a favorite fishing spot year round and is surrounded by state game lands and farms. The lake is formed behind the Ontelaunee Dam and was created in 1926. I shot...

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Tonight’s Sunset on Lake Ontelaunee

I’ve been thinking about this shot all week, knowing how the weather was being forecasted, and I was really looking forward to today’s 74 degree temps and clear skies. Lake Ontelaunee is a 1,082 acre reservoir that provides much of the drinking water for the city of Reading Pennsylvania. It’s a favorite fishing spot year...

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