New Market General Store

Hey Jeffrey … thank you so much … there’s a challenge that I thought this one would be good for. So glad you liked it, hon!!

Steve, thank you so much!!!!!

Hey Trudy … thanks, hon!!! Thanks, too, for pointing that out … I meant the 19th. I’m pretty tired … yawn … and the fingers aren’t working, lol!!

Hey Francis!!! Thanks, hon!!!! That’s great news … Maryland’s small but we’ve got everything from the ocean to mountains … big cities to small towns to farms!!! I hope the weather is good for you … I think we’re in for temps in the upper 80s, some t-storms and humidity. As to tips on photos … are you kidding me???? Me give YOU tips?? Bwahahahahahahaa!!!!!

OH … cripes … it’s late and I’m half asleep, lol … totally misunderstood what you wrote!!!! Um … where to go?? What area will you be in??? Send me a bmail and I’ll get back to you in the morning!!!

that’s right … I forgot you’re in Florida!!!!

Hey Daniel … thank you so much!!!!!

Michael … thank you … so glad you like it!!!

Jeff … thanks so much!!!

Judy, thank you so much … here in the US our connection to the past just scratches the surface in comparison to the rest of the world, but there are those of us who hold it dear!!!! So glad you liked it!!!

LOL!!! Nooooo not quite!!! You’d never believe me if I told you how this one started out and all the iterations it went through to get to this place. I worked HARD on this baby, lol!!!!!

Hey, Bill, you’re right!!! It does, doesn’t it!!!!! How insightful you are!!!!

thank you so much, Alana … the whole town is like this. We have several around the area where time seems to have stopped.

Hi Elaine!!!! Thank you so much … I love these old towns … there are several more on my list to go revisit … so glad you liked this one!!!

Lynnie, thank you so much … I’m trying to figure out a new technique … Canonman99 … just under your comment … has perfected it and it’s glorious!!!! Glad you liked my first attempt!!!

Dennis, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. As you can see, I’m working on it, lol!!!!!

Hello dear Tom!!!!! Thank you!!! I’m trying something new (again, lol!!) Glad you liked it!!!!

Thank you!!!! I was in your neck of the woods last September … you have so many spots like this … I only wish I could have stayed longer!!!!

Hiii Celia!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!

Hi Luda!!! Thank you, sweetie!!

Hiii Trena!!!!! Thank you, hon!!

Hey Ric … thank you … I really had a lot of fun with this one … am trying to figure out a new technique.

thanks, sweetie!!!!

Thanks, Lorriane … it’s sooo cool on the inside too .. you really feel like you’ve just stepped back in time about a hundred years, lol!!!!

Polly, you sweetheart!!! Thank you so much … I have a couple of other shots from that day … you know … we all have our favorite subjects, but I must say I doooooooo love architectural images!!!! So glad you enjoyed this one!!!!

Oh, YAY!!!! Yes, you’re exactly right!!!

Denis, thank you so much!!!!!

thank you, Mary Ann!!!!!!

LOL!!! Shaun, actually although this is the East, but I had a fun chat with one of the shopkeepers and the road in front of the shop here was actually the main road / trail to The West … this is exactly where all the “Go West, Young Man” men went by oh so long ago!!!!

Hey sweetie!!!!! Thank you so much!!!!! I am trying something new again, lol!!!! Hugzz!!

Thank you, Bela … I was tempted to clone out a couple of the items in the front of the store, but the more i looked at them the more i decided they were in the right places and of the right sizes to create interest rather than a distraction.

Hello dear Gina!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!! Experimenting again over here, lol!!!

Hello, hello dear Colin!!!!!!! Well, until I got the D300, I had no choice but to do my hdr’s from a single image. I need to discipline myself to bring the tripod (just got a Manfrotto, so it should be less of a hassle) and try the hdrs the traditional way now. I took a super shot of a house front while I was in New Market … have hdr’ed the image but maybe won’t post as there is a ton of noise in the darker areas of the image when blown up. I’ve tried several tricks to resolve it … but I’m not happy. Yet, it’s such a beautiful pic. We’ll see … but the good news is, I’m beginning to understand the benefit of raws and tripods, finally, lol!!!!

thank you!!!!!!

Oh, sweetie, if you only knew what hoops I jumped thru for this one you’d laugh ‘till you fell off your chair … I should b-mail you a shot of the original. You know how it goes … you just get DETERMINED … lol … I have so many versions of this thing … but I learned a LOT!!!!! Thanks so much for finding it!!! Hugzz!!

Detlef, thank you!!! It’s a wonderful old place!!!!!

Hi Jane!!!! Thank you!!!!! Sooo glad you enjoyed this one!!!!

So happy you liked it!!!!!

Hiii Tibby!!!!! Thank you, sweetheart!!!!!! It’s such a pretty little town!!!!

Louise, thanks so much … what a lovely comment!!!

Thank you, darlings!!!! So glad you liked it!!!!

Hi Rock!!!! Thank you so much … I appreciate your visit and kind comment!!!

Thank you so much … what a lovely comment!!!! I am honored!!!

Heather thank you so so much!!!!! What a wonderful honor!!!!!! YAY!!!

Mike, thank you so very much!!!!! I’m honored … it’s such a wonderfully quaint little town!!!!! and so picturesque!!!!