Single use plastic bags are quickly becoming a thing of the past and our environment will quickly be thanking us for this trend towards reusable grocery bags. As a nature lover, and lover of nature photography, I am delighted to see so many people taking a more active roll in caring about our environment. My gift shop is proud to provide a large selection of stylish shopping bags to support these positive environmental initiatives. This gallery contains some sample tote bags from my "Bridges" collection. This ever growing collection currently includes photography from the Pocono Mountain and Catskills. Featuring bridges such as: Milford Bridge, Roebling Aqueduct Bridge, Lackawaxen Train Bridge, Dingmans Ferry Bridge, and Tusten Stone Arch Bridge. Doing your part to maintain a clean environment has never been so stylish! These bags are all perfect for personal use, business use, and gift giving! All bags are made with a soft durable fabric and ship in 2-3 days. See more of the description on the product links. 13" x 13" bags start at just $19.50! Shop for tote bags now: https://amelia-pearn.pixels.com/shop/tote+bags Looking for larger bags? Check out the Weekender Bag Collection. These 24" x 16" bags are made of the same high quality materials but include heavier straps with optional colors all for just $39.50! Shop Weekender Bags now: https://amelia-pearn.pixels.com/shop/weekender+tote+bags For wall art, coffee mugs, home decor, and other items:
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A collection of 10 videos, with descriptions, from some of the places that I like to go and photograph. Corwin Farm Historic Site is in Sullivan County New York and part of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River. It is a canal era farmstead and National Park Service ranger station. The Zane Grey boat launch is in Pike County PA in an area known as Two River Junction. The Lackawaxen River runs into the Delaware River here and the Roebling Bridge (Delaware Aqueduct) is just down river. It is all part of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River and it's one of my favorite places for underwater photography and videography. Some wild little critters that make their living on the surface of the Delaware River. Shohola Falls is part of the Shohola Marsh Reservoir in the State Game Lands Number 180. I have to get around the back of the marsh more in the spring of 2020 to see the waterfowl. I photographed the Tiny Forests Blog in a parking lot here. The PA description says: State Game Land (SGL) 180 is made‐up of one single tract of land, 11,492.81 acres. Located in the Pennsylvania Game Commission's (PGC) Northeast Region. It comprises portions of Blooming Grove, Shohola, Dingman and Lackawaxen Townships in Pike County. SGL 180 is situated North and South of State Route 6 and Interstate 84, north of SR 739 and east of SR 434 north of SR 6. With the exception of steep slopes located near the Shohola gorge, topography mainly consists of rounded hills and broad to narrow valleys. Swamps and peat bogs are widespread throughout the game land. Elevations range from 960 to 1,470 feet. State Game Land 180 is very typical of the oak forest types within the Appalachian Plateau. This Game Land has a wide range of tree species including red oak, white oak, and chestnut oak being the most dominant. There are a wide range of other hardwoods and softwoods from black oak, scarlet oak, white pine, and eastern hemlock. Approximately 765 acres are comprised of wetlands, which fluctuate in size depending on the presence of beavers and their stage of activity. Shohola Lake waterfowl impoundment consists of approximately 909 acres. The incredibly beautiful and rather windy High Point State Park Per Wikipedia: The land for High Point State Park, donated by Colonel Anthony R. and Susie Dryden Kuser, was dedicated as a park in 1923. The monument was built to honor war veterans, through the generosity of the Kusers. Construction began in 1928 and completed in 1930. At the top of the 220 feet (67 m) structure (the base is 34 square feet (3.2 m2), observers have views of the ridges of the Pocono Mountains toward the west, the Catskill Mountains to the north and the Wallkill River Valley in the southeast. In the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River is Ten Mile River and it's gloriously old Tusten Stone Arch Bridge. The bridge - According to Wikipedia: It was built in 1896 and has two round arches. It measures 51.1 feet in length and 15 feet wide. It crosses the Ten Mile River near that river's junction with the Delaware River.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1] It is located within the Ten Mile River Boy Scout Reservation, which in turn is owned by the Boy Scout Councils of Greater New York I hope you enjoyed this collection of videos! Follow this blog or my YoutUbe page to see more of my Photography Adventure videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ZcnX_NRG1o5_fSD3n9ckA
Sometimes a scene just calls out to be shot W I D E and sometimes it's just the fun to create a new view of an old scene. I generally create panoramas for fun by simply using my iPhone. If the scene is especially well suited for wide angle photography then I use a Canon 24mm prime lens and stitch the images together in Lightroom. I have also shot panoramas with a Canon 14mm prime lens and that is an outstanding lens for panoramic photography. This blog post will be panoramas from my walks around the area (shot with an iPhone) since I have a fun little folder of those that I'd like to share. I'll get together future blog posts for: the stitched together images and also a blog post for the 14mm images.
If you fancy panoramic photography - stay tuned! New Hanover County Arboretum is a gem of a day trip located in Wilmington North Carolina. These spectacular gardens host educational programs, publications, and events. My visit was in July of 2019. It was a touch warm that day (lol!) but I enjoyed photographing quite a bit of the gardens, sculptures, Japanese Tea House, water gardens, and Children's Garden. Here is a small gallery of flower photography from the flower gardens there. The variety of pollinators, that are very fond of these gardens, are minimally represented here as well. I do not know the names of the flowers. If you know any of the names feel free to post them in the comments! The New Hanover County Arboretum Water Garden's Dragon Sculpture. New Hanover County Arboretum Water Garden's koi fish.
Tiny forest are essentially miniature landscapes that can be found almost anywhere if you have a lens that sees them. In this case I was exploring some old wooden fence post tops with a Canon 100mm Macro Lens These little natural fungi and moss forest have quite an array of: colors (especially for February), shapes, and plant life. Here are some top down images of the tops of the posts. Some side view images. The narrow depth of field is helpful to highlight one particular plant in the forest. This subject is something I look forward to photographing more in the future. As the seasons change the variety of plant life must change with it so it will be interesting to go back to these same posts and see how they change. These images, and many more, are available for purchase through my Gift Shop.
For images like these visit my Macro Photography collection. If you don't see one you'd really like Contact Me. The upper Delaware River is a treasure trove of wild animals and abundant fish species. I do not go out to pursue wildlife photography on purpose but I do happen upon some of our beautiful creatures when I wander the river areas. This week I'm featuring my collection of animals that swim. A bird's eye view of fish in the Delaware River. The sunfish nest on the shallow warm waters on the banks. Those areas will serve as fish nurseries to protect from the larger predatory fish. The big carp was just passing through. A crayfish and some fish fry enjoy a sunny day. Beavers, turtles, and toads all live at least part of their lives in the water. Wildlife photography tips:
Animal Photography isn't something I have a tremendous amount of patience for so I rarely go out to photograph animals on purpose. Generally I go on a photo adventure to a specific area to explore nature photography in that area. If there happens to be animals there (alive or dead) I'll photograph them. If not, so be it.
I never realized that I had amassed so many animal photos until I started looking to put things together for this blog post. There are hundreds! So this will be Animal Photography Blog Part 1 about Animals That Fly. Featuring: birds, ducks, eagles, butterflies, dragonflies, and a variety of insects from the Kingdom Animalia. The subsequent blogs will feature other animal related themes. I hope you enjoy them! Mr. Robert Gallagher suggested that I go down and see the Veteran’s Memorial Park area of Airport Park in Matamoras and I finally got down there this winter. What a truly amazing park they have created! You can't really see much of the park from outside the gates but when you get in there there is quite a lot to look at. The detailed work on the monuments is well thought out and worthy of much admiration so I was really quite interested in photographing that. Here are some photos of just a few of the monuments you can see at this park. This gallery includes more close up photographs of some of the detailed work on the monuments. It really is very well planned and thought out. Go there. Look and learn about United States history and see the memorials built for the people who lived it.
The river bottom of the Upper Delaware River is an ever changing and diverse landscape. The general beauty of the underwater river world is that it is rarely the same but largely familiar. Small things tend to hustle along with the flow of the minor currents and large things tend to stay put unless the river really decides to force the point. In the little shallow areas the fall landscape is scenic as it changes moment to moment. Things float into the frame and things float out. It's beautiful in how it is a moving natural collage. The leaf litter introduced to the Delaware River from the trees along the banks, and it's tributaries, is a noticeable change from the more plant dominated summer riverbed. The fall foliage adds quite a bit of diverse colors and shapes as it moves along the river bottom. The leaves collect and decompose as they are buried under the silt and broken down by the water and ice. As they are breaking down the leaf litter is releasing nutrients that is washing downstream and nourishing those areas. High water in the Spring churns up the riverbed collage - taking things away and adding new things. Enjoy more of my Underwater Photography collection at the Gift Shop.
Spring is a wonderful time to wander the picture perfect areas of Coastal Maine. Everything you love about this one syllable wonderland is available but without the crowds! On this trip I was traveling to Maine in April 2019. On off-season trips I like to stay over in Portland Maine so I can enjoy an easy daylight ride up Coastal Route 1. In the summer the small towns can get congested so if you plan to go far up the coast it is often a better option to travel inland for a bit before going up the coast. Regardless of the season, Coastal Route 1 is a delightful route to drive with its scenery, small parks, and all the wonderful hometown seafood to taste. :) Wandering up the coast it is hard to miss the Penobscot Narrows Bridge. The bridge is a 2,120 feet (646 m) long, 447 foot high, cable-stayed bridge that spans the Penobscot River. There are observation areas on the tops of the towers and plenty of nice parking areas below to enjoy the views. According to Wikipedia The Penobscot Narrows Observatory is the first bridge observation tower in the United States and the tallest public bridge observatory in the world. The tower reaches 420 feet (128 m) into the air and allows visitors to view the bridge, the nearby Fort Knox State Historic Site, the Penobscot River, and Bay. The observatory is open May 1 to October 31. About half way up the coast we come upon one of the jewels in the Maine crown. Springtime in Acadia National Park is as breathtaking as ever with just a touch of ice still left on Jordan Pond as we enjoy a day exploring and photographing the area. The mountains in the background are called The Bubbles and create a wonderful reflection when the ice is gone and the sky is clear. A good example of the sweet little picnic areas along Route 1 is this parking area by Long Cove Maine. This area sits right on Route 1 and lies between Hancock and Gouldsboro Maine. The tides statewide are big so always keep an eye on the water movement. We happen to be there at low tide enjoying the granite boulders. Destination: Cutler Maine - a classic coastal Maine town with breathtaking views, nature preserves, and hiking trails. Walking through town is as pretty as it gets. It's everything you'd think of in a small, quiet, northern fishing town.
The local trails are beautiful, but also wet in the spring so plan accordingly - which I did not do so my hike on the Eastern Knubble Preserve Trail was limited and I didn't try the Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land. I'll get those muck boots next time :) |
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