I SHOT BRANDYWINE FALLS IN THE CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND AKRON, OHIO IN COLOR AND IN B&W EARLY IN THE EVENING / I SUPPOSE THAT BY NOW I SHOULD BE USED TO HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THERE IS IN ATMOSPHERE AND OVERALL FEEL TO IMAGES OF THE SAME SUBJECT SHOT BOTH WAYS, BUT I’M NOT…IT STILL CATCHES ME OFF GUARD EVERY TIME. / ONCE AGAIN, AS SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, I CAN’T DECIDE WHICH I LIKE BETTER, SO, AGAIN, I’VE WAFFLED AND POSTED BOTH. CAMERA: FUJI FINEPIX S2 PRO / LENS: SIGMA 28-80 MM @ 28 MM / F~22 1/3 SEC 100 ASA / APERTURE PRIORITY
Shot this yesterday while on a photo excursion in Washington Co, Virginia. / Nikon D80, minor adjustments in PSE. Featured in Groups: / All About Your Best Work / That One Great Shot / Live and Let Live / Nikon D80 / Appalachian Artist’s Group / Americas Natural Wonders / Photography 101 / Masters of the Scenic-Really proud of this one!!!!!
The Chagrin Falls in Northeast Ohio. Fuji FinePixS2Pro / Sigma 18-50mm @ 18mm / f~22 1 sec. ISO-100 / Shutter Priority – Spot Metering
This eighty foot drop of Cove Creek was hidden away at the bottom of an Appalachian Gorge accessed via difficult bushwhack and repel. It was a journey into nature’s cathedral where a jaw dropping experience awaited me….no camera can hope to record the splendor of feeling found at its base, but maybe, just maybe this image brushes the surface of something too intangible for words. Fuji Velvia 50 slide film, Nikon F5, 35mm, polarized and warmed. Nov 2009 Feature with Appalachian Artists Group
This is a falls that was next to an old mill. The mill is not in operation any longer. I captured reflections of the trees in the water up top. / / Canon 30D / / Featured in Appalachian Artists – Nov 09 /
Somewhere in West Virginia lol / October 2009 / Kodak Easyshare C913 / I dont remember exactly where I was when I took this picture..sorry :) :)
11/4/09 ~ Featured in Appalachian Artists ~ Thank you kindly!! :o) Autumn view of Oneida Falls at Ricketts Glen State Park, Benton, Pennsylvania – Taken 10/10/09 See my album: Ricketts Glen Waterfalls STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN / ONEIDA FALLS / B REYNOLDS FALLS / SHAWNEE FALLS / OZONE FALLS / RB RICKETTS FALLS / / . / TUSCARORA FALLS /
“Hiawasee Rapids” was shot in western North Carolina.
Cucumber Falls is located in Ohiopyle, PA, Fayette County. I took this photo in January 2007 with my Nikon D200. ISO: 100; F/22; 3 sec. Featured in “The Beauty of Nature” Group – 10/28/09. Featured in the “Appalachian Artists” Group – 11/4/09. Featured in the “All Countries – Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers” Group – 11/05/09.
I had only heard rumors about this waterfall, until a photographer (whom I met on a shoot at a covered bridge) confirmed that it was a very real place. He also insisted that it was well worth seeing. Sunday afternoon was beautiful, so I decided to try to find that hidden waterfall. From the directions I remembered, I didn’t think the falls were very far from the road at Wallis Run creek. When I arrived at the parking spot that I was told about, I started looking around and found wooden planks leading across a swamp. At the end of the wooden walkway, there was a small sign (not visible from the road or the parking area) that said “Jacoby Falls 1.5 Mi”. So off I went. It was a fairly rough trail, well, not exactly a trail, but there were painted markings on trees, about every 50 yards or so, to indicate the right direction to go. After about 45 minutes of steady hiking, I heard the rumbling sound that I had been listening for, off in a deep glen in the distance. As I approached the falls, I heard myself say out loud, “This was definitely worth the trip!” What struck me was the fact that there were no visible signs of any human tampering or presence in the glen. It was just as nature had intended. Those who are willing to find this site, by taking the three and a half mile hike, are rewarded with this awesome view. The “people” (I use the term loosely) who disrespect nature by being mindlessly destructive or dropping their garbage wherever they happen to be, are not very likely to put in the effort to find this wonderful place. That is why it is so unspoiled and wonderful here! For anyone interested in experiencing Jacoby Run Falls, the trail begins just north of Loyasockville, PA, at the base of Jacoby Mountain, on Wallis Run Road (State Route 1006). The waterfall is on PA State Gamelands in the Tiadaton State Forrest. There is a clearing on the right side of the road where parking is permitted, It is just a few miles north of Butternut Grove Road. You will know you’ve found the right place when you see the wooden plank walkway leading across the swamp to the forest. This photo was captured with a Canon EOS 10D body fitted with a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L Zoom lens, at the widest focal length. The shutter speed was 2 seconds at f/9.5. The camera’s ISO was set to 100. A Manfrotto, tripod was used with a remote shutter release cable. Your comments are always welcome! Constructive criticism is appreciated. © 2009 Gene Walls All copyright and reproduction rights are retained by the artist. Artwork may not be reproduced or altered by any process without the express written permission of the artist. Featured in “The World As We See It …” Featured in “Appalachian Artists”
Here’s a full view of the fall / (Nelson County, VA) / featured in: APPALACHIAN ARTISTS ANOTHER VIEW: /
Crabtree Falls is located along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and is managed by the National Park Service. Olympus E620 Featured in “Waterfall Photography” Featured in “Appalachian Artists”
/ Kodak ZD710 / / Thurmond train station, Thurmond, WV
/ Kodak ZD710 / / Stonecliff, WV / / Again we have some 100+ y/o foundations that have been reclaimed by the forest. These, from what I could gather, are the foundation pillers for the power house for the lower part of the mine at Stonecliff, WV.
Taken at levi jackson state park london ky.
Baumgardner’s Mill Bridge crosses Pequea Creek in Martic, Pa with a 116’ Burr Arch design built in 1860. The Mill (behind bridge)...The first mill on the site was a log 3 story grist & saw mill 20’X 40’ in size built by Jacob Smith in 1774. The log mill was replaced by a new stone mill; of 38’X 40’ in size, 3 stories tall, in 1806, with Smith still operating. The mill was sold to Abraham Mylin in 1836. / Mylin enlarged the 1806 mill or started over with the new 1836 stone/frame mill that stands today at 3 stories with a 40’X 60’ footprint. The mill burned and was rebuilt from the fire that toasted 3,000 bushels of wheat. Mylin sold to Benjamin Harnish in 1857, then again in 1868 to John Good, and 1870 to Thomas Baungardner. Subsequent owners were Jacob Herr, Henry Hess, J.H. Baumgardner,& Edwin Diffenderfer who was killed by the internal waterwheel in 1905. Another name for the mill was the Edwin Diffenbauch Mill. Not sure if Diffenbauch and Diffenderfer were one and the same person? Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1980.
No matter where he was, he was facing away from the action…... was it a superstition? Is Bob an idiot? / Those who know him best thinks it’s the latter.
HOLLY BERRIES are full this year, bushes are loaded!
Taken In Virginia
Small garden on the side of the house. / (Albemarle County, VA) / camera: SONY CYBERSHOT DSC W-90
....that was the one word that came to mind when I saw this tree! It sits on UVa campus, near one of the libraries…....can’t remember which…....and has so many cut off branches, it looked neutered! / (Charlottesville, VA)
This pier is a Chris Greene Lake in Albemarle County, VA
One of Rose and Busters new puppies at 1 week old. (11-21-09) She is already a great model! :)) Taken in my home in Amherst, Virginia with my Canon Powershot SX110 IS / This little beauty is an American Pit Bull Terrier. Her coloring is called Champagne. / Happy Holidays everybody! / /
Taken along the blue ridge with a spotting scope and a Canon Digital Rebel XSI…... In Virginia
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