– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Delaplane Delaplane is a small rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia. The village came into being after the building of the Manassas Gap Railroad in 1852. Construction of the railroad began the previous year at the junction of the existing Orange and Alexandria Railroad at what became known as Manassas Junction. The railroad headed west towards Front Royal, through the Manassas Gap in the...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Erosion as Art I have been reading Rick Sammon’s book “Creative Visualization for Photographers”. This book is not a technique guide in the standard form. It is designed to help the photographer produce better images through ideas that may lead to better vision. Basically, the aim is to give you a better eye for an image and then post-processing it to elevate the result from a snapshot to a great...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Railroad Baggage Carts A couple of weeks ago we revisited the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. Whilst I was waiting for the steam locomotive to arrive I wandered around the historic depot. No matter the main attraction that takes you to something like a tourist train station, it is always worth taking some time to slowly explore the surroundings. As I was walking along...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Model A Ford 4-Door Convertible In the last post we took a look at creating a reasonable facsimile of the historic era represented by the preserved Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s Baldwin Consolidation 2-8-0 Locomotive. In that particular image patience was required to achieve the desired result. Today we see the how pure luck can also play a key role in finding and creating a great image...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Isaiah Davenport House The Isaiah Davenport House is a historic house in Savannah, Georgia. It is located on the northwest corner of Columbia Square, one of six additional squares added to the original Oglethorpe Plan in the late 1790s. This federal-style home was built in 1820 by Isaiah Davenport for his growing household as well as a means of showing his considerable building skills. Details of...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua (Part 1) One of the advantages of staying on the island is that you can visit the major tourist attractions on the one day a week when there are no cruise ships in port. This is definitely the time to visit Nelson’s Dockyard at English Harbour at the...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Large Yellow Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium pubescens) Large Yellow Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium pubescens) is a member of the Orchidaceae or Orchid family. This is a robust, densely downy perennial that grows from 8- to 32-inches tall. The stem leaves are veiny, oval to lance-head or spear-head...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Antigua’s picturesque churches The skyline of the port city of St. John’s, the capital of the island nation of Antigua, is dominated by the 70-foot twin towers of the Anglican Cathedral Church of St John the Divine. The great parish church, with its walled, shady church yard, covers a wide block...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Colorful Buildings, St. John’s, Antigua Over the next few posts we are going to look at one of the popular cruise ship ports in the Caribbean. St. John’s is the port town on Antigua where the cruise ships dock when they stop at the island. There is much to offer the photographer in the town...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum) The Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum) is a member of the Liliaceae or Lily family. Being the only yellow flowering trillium it is one of the easiest to identify. It is an erect perennial from 8- to 16-inches tall, rising from a stout rhizome. The 3 leaves are whorled,...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Stonington Harbor Light Stonington Harbor Light was once the beacon for the many vessels approaching Stonington’s harbor from Long Island Sound. The original 30-foot stone tower, which was built at the southern most point of land in Stonington to mark the harbor entrance in 1823, supported a lantern...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Mount Carmel Monastery On the summit of Mount Carmel, Maryland, overlooking the Port Tobacco river valley, the first convent of religious women was established in the original thirteen colonies in 1790 by four Carmelite nuns. Religious freedom had been denied to Catholics until the laws disenfranchising...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Wild Oats (Uvularia sessilifolia) Wild Oats or Sessile-Leaf Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia) is a member of the Liliaceae or Lily family. The plant also goes by many other lesser used names: Spreading Bellwort, Straw Lily, Merrybells and Sessile Bellwort. It is a smooth erect perennial from 4- to 12-inches tall...
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