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March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
Technobabe:

Oh no, so sad to see this land cleared for a housing project.

 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
Kathleen:

Adolph and Pat: I've worked with various land conservation groups for many years. They use my photography in their efforts toward preserving open space.

I chose to live in an area that's still largely agricultural so I can bring awareness to the importance of our dwindling open space. The goal of this photoblog has always been to show how the land is used to grow our food, supply clean drinking water, provide habitat for wildlife and give people a sense of well-being.


 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
Pshorten:

Kathleen,
Glad to see you turn your photographic attention to saving our open spaces! Good going! I don't know about you but I don't need another bank, dry cleaner, empty store front or house cluttering up my open spaces...
Thanks for this one, Pat

 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
crash:

what the hell? the #*%@ developers are still building ??!??!?

 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
Raul Saez:

I love the minimalism that makes the fog.

Greetings!

 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
Liz:

Hate to hear about more open land being turned into house lots. Sad story but mesmerizingly beautiful photograph.

 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
Mary:

JPH: Bravo!!!

Kathleen: This photo has captured a sad feeling of loss for what once was and for the man made junk that will replace it.

 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
David Tinnon:

Amazing to see a lopsided wacko sapling transformed into an elegant and intriguing myriad of soft lines, multiplying as they taper toward each lofty vanishing point. Even a vacant lot, kissed by a fog, can become some kind of prints:)

 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
Adolph:

Kathleen,
Sorry to see habitat land go into developement. Awhile back weren't you involved in preventing farm land from such development ? We're all faced with such 'problems' - blight . Your photo captured the condition, sadly !
Adolph

 
March 15, 2010: Deforested Building Lot
JPH:

Even a fine misty, moody, picture does not excuse
Another housing development the locals should refuse.
For gone from the country is another stand of trees
To be replaced by a vision of what might sell and people please.
Granted, folks need homes, a place to hang their hat;
But is it necessary to carve up another chunk of wooded habitat?
It seems that there are plenty of available homes both new and old.
How about putting some effort in getting these places from "For Sale" to "Sold"!

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Jillian:

Lovely scene. The sky is beautiful against the snowy hill. I love the tracks, too. Beautiful memory of winter.

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Joy:

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing your photos online.

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
John:

Wonderfully composed and captured...that would make one hell of a jigsaw puzzle:)

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Lucy:

How beautiful!! Can't help but agree with all the comments above. As always the clouds have once again done their dance for you.

David Tinnon: That;s enough for TWO Burma Shaves.

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Darren (Tech-D):

Fantastic work as always Kathleen. Keep up the great work!

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Andree:

This is a stunning and dramatic photograph. I'm in awe.

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
David Tinnon:

white matter
white spaces
white noise
nomad's traces
one eye sees
natural graces
sharing freely
vanished places

--Burma Shave

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Peter DeWitt:

Wow! Wonderful photo.

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
jess:

Your photos really rock my socks. The monochromatic feel is so neat!

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Brian:


Kathleen -

This image is outstanding! I tried to do something similar, but failed.....

I must keep trying....

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Patrick Kaine:

absolutely LOVE this!

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Technobabe:

So that's what cross country ski tracks look like. My son used to invite me over and over to go cross country skiing with him and his wife but I never did. Thanks for the picture.

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
David Tinnon:

Ahhhhhhhh we there yet?

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Mark:

I love the "nothingness".

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Otto K.:

I love this composition. Most excellent.

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Russell Devan:

I love all the subtle shades of white and the simplicity of the composition. Three cheers for warm temps and melting snow!

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Marcie:

What a beautiful...vast..perfectly simple and expansive winter landscape. WOW!

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Joe:

Oh, man -- you're breaking my heart! I love the warm weather, but I still miss the snow...

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
JPH:

Could this be a view of the vast frozen north
Where igloos, dogsleds and Eskimos come forth?
No, it's just in Durham where last week it was found
That skis were, for a few days, how best to get around.
Now this week the snow is gone and winter seems to be over,
The ground is bare and soon could be pushing up clover.

 
March 09, 2010: Cross-Country Ski Tracks
Leonie:

Gorgeous! The colours are wonderful and I'm amazed at how well-exposed the whole scene is!

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Peter:

Beautiful shot. I love long exposures and how the lights and smoke turn out.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
JeffG:

Uh oh, Tinicum Twp is trying to ban all "outdoor wood-burning boilers"... is this farm being targeted for that?

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Brian:


The smell of the smoke must be delicious....

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
desfocado:

almost dreamy house

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
jelb:

Bonsoir,
A beautiful exposure..An amazing processing..Bravo!

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
shutterimagery:

my point of view with Canon 5D Mark II, ISO 400 is quite ok and the photo looking so nice, but exactly what leonie said "ISO 400 has harmed you much (if at all)" but if there was a source of light next time please use ISO 100, my experience,i work in News Agency and if something goes wrong with the photo, photo editor wont give you a second chance, i am not trying to teach some, who is far more experience but just a presence of mind can help you take better quality photo, and in the end that all that matters.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Leonie:

A photo like a fairytale. This is what they mean when they talk about a photo telling a story!

I don't think the ISO 400 has harmed you much (if at all)! :)

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
david tinnon:

Kathleen; Well, you could have scooted the barrel over to block the offending fixture, but I suppose Sisely, Pissarro or Kinkade would have objected... so let's go with you and Manet. (Actually, the darkened windows would have likely offended Mr. K considerably, but you are a risk taker:)

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
JPH:

Brief ode to composition

The message I'm getting now seems to be mixed....
Orange arms are okay but floodlights need nixed?
So I'm left with no intense glare, but the foreground is soooo tiny.
I still like the shot, but I was feeling kind of whiny.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Marcie:

Magical!! The light is amazing!!!

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
matt:

Thank you so much for capturing this and the writeup. This country has moved away from true syrup in exchange for awful awful replacements. I wish I could walk to glen's place and buy a bottle.

There is nothing better than true maple syrup. I have a hard time sharing it with the pancakes.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Kathleen:

david tinnon: If you look closely at the bottom left you'll see the flare of the lamp that's illuminating the building and trees from the ground. I composed the scene so it didn't include that intense glare, but I had to settle for an uncomfortably tiny bit of foreground. (The spirit of Manet told me to go with the discomfort.)

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
david tinnon:

Does the, "no street lights within 5 miles" remark mean the UPS truck does not pick up? (I was hopping the little room next to the fuel depot was a shipping department.) Love the intricate lacework of bare limbs before the night sky in the Versionale del Humongusto. I would be a little more comfortable standing out here in the dark yard if I could see a hint of terra firma for support. (Jeepers, Kathleen, I assume you were not cropping out some foreground excavation equipment when your compositional judgment literally scraped the bottom of the barrel:)

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Jillian:

I've never seen a sugar shack before. This looks so idyllic.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Bill Gorton:

Really like the solitude and the way the tree is illuminated in the background, excellent composition.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Steve:

What a fantastic picture! My initial thought was that you had captured a photo of the little house as it was sneezing!

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Suzanne B:

Lovely image! Unique night shot - I love it!

I also LOVE LOVE LOVe real maple syrup, and what a treat it would be to visit the sugar shack!

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
julianne:

Gorgeous shot! I did the same thing with the ISO with some evening tripod shots at Yellowstone.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

You'll get the 100 ISO next time. I really like the "feel" of this photo. Thanks for sharing.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Kathleen:

Barbara: No lighting on my part but there is a light outside the building illuminating it from ground level. Helps everyone see where they're going since there are no street lights within 5 miles of the place, haha.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

Did you use additional lighting in this? I can see why you wanted the ISO to be 100 but this is still quite lovely.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Kathleen:

Anthony: My eternal goal is to shoot at ISO 100, haha! Yes, always less noise, more color vibrancy, etc. (This opinion is a leftover from many years of shooting Ektachrome 100. I realize it doesn't necessarily carry through to digital, but ...) I thought I'd set the ISO at 100 but was distracted by the elements and set-up.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
JPH:

Collection buckets are emptied and it's off to the Sugar Shack.
The days work continues well into the night that's so black.
Now gallons of sap are fed into the mighty metal creation
Where a wood fire speeds the process of simple evaporation.
Keep a watchful eye on the boiling, or I'll be afraid
That the sap will scorch, passing the proper amber grade.
If all goes well, they'll have more maple syrup "For Sale"
From the little building that looks like it is from a Grim fairy tale.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Technobabe:

It is such an interesting process getting sap to syrup. I love the lighting in the picture.

 
March 05, 2010: The Sugar Shack at Tintinhull Farm, 9:00 p.m.
Anthony DiSante:

Great night shot!

What would have been the benefit of ISO 100? Just less noise in the image? I can't say I see much noise here in the "Humongous" version, but I'm sure the original is much larger.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Rachel:

From time to time I come across a bottle of "American Style" syrup in grocery stores here in the Netherlands. Nothing compares to the real deal. Great series. Love the "Returned bottles" photo in particular.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Brian H. :

Great photo essay. This is so different than anything we experience in Dallas, TX. Great to find this site. My fave is the returned bottles photo.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Sandy:

I would love to put a print of "Zack with sap buckets" in with prints of Andy's work at The Gallery. It would be interesting to stand back and see who would notice.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
desfocado:

this "impromptu" picture picture as you call it is simply marvelous

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Marcie:

Brian: Kathleen grew up right down the road from the Kuerners Farm and passed it up and back on the school bus every day all those years. It must have rubbed off on her somehow. So many of her photos look like Andy Wyeth paintings.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Brian:


Kathleen!

Fantastic photos !

The photo with the buckets reminds me of a Wyeth painting at Kuerners Farm, Karl Kuerners helmet full of pine cones.

You are a fantastic photographer - and I so enjoy your images. You are a highlight in my crazy day...

Thanks!

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
John Batdorff:

Wonderful photos. I remember years ago collecting maple sugar with my folks. Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
tim seeber:

Kathleen, "sugar shack firewood" is another favorite. You have a knack for seeing something very special where many wouldn't even take a second look. Great shot!

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Donna:

Beautiful how do you manage to capture the softly
falling snow drops.

Don't know much about photography
But I do know what appeals to me
Your photos show history
'bout the way things used to be.

How do I go about getting a bottle of this syrup?

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Lisa:

The Sugar Shack photo is my favorite ~ stunning work as always, Kathleen!

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
glen hale:

kathleen- you are a gifted photographer ! i am so
pleased that i called you in on last minute notice. i will call you this week, and if you wonder where i am, e-me too. thanks again, girl.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Kris Becker:

Oh, yeah. Loved JPH's poem!

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Kris Becker:

I knew you'd get some great shots! Sorry we couldn't stop by. Can't wait for the next installment.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Mike Frerichs:

These are outstanding photos.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Robin:

Hi Kathleen, Just wanted to say hello and tell you that I adore your photos. :)

Robin

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Kathleen:

shutterimagery: Thanks for the comment. I'm sorry to say that I killed the Nikon D100 in 2005. :)

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
shutterimagery:

great shot with all the scene, composition cant get better than anything, but my request, can you do a shot with your Nikon D100 with some standard lens?

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Noreen:

What a great way to spend a day off from school! Wonderful photos of the adventure, and thet syrup, yum! Thanks for sharing all the fun.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

Thanks for the reply, Kathleen. Greatly appreciated.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Kathleen:

Barbara Thorbjörnsson: Sometimes I use an SLR Rainsleeve and sometimes I pop the camera inside my coat between shots, like I did when I took these. I was prepping and hanging buckets and taking shots in between so it would've been impossible to deal with the rain sleeve in that situation.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
JPH:

Wood is stacked in the shed, cord upon cord.
Waiting fuel for the fire, to release the heat it has stored.
Choose a Maple then pierce the trunk with a drill;
Hammer in a tap, hang a bucket, soon the sap it will fill.
Now don't forget to cover with a lid the ol' bucket
So it's clean and undiluted when back to the Sugar Shack they truck it.
These are the first of the steps that slowly reduces
The sap of the Maple into the sweet syrup it produces.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
david tinnon:

Dear Harriet Potter, 1. I'm a bit of a tree freak,(the home we currently enjoy was chosen mainly for it's trees) so I'm, struck by the role of wood in the beam framed shelter for maple sugar production firewood...even the rake handle is a tree product. That's 4 for 4! 2. For some unknown reason, I can't stop laughing over the term "sap bucket" (...meaning a habitually gullible individual I suppose?) 3. Even trees need ID's (That rhymes, Jon.) 4. Steve looks like he got caught at something. 5. Ah ha, Steve is into tree abuse. 6. Fortunately, on-shore drilling is still permitted for maple syrup, thanks to powerful lobbying efforts by "Big Syrup." (And a great composition too, Ms Connally!) 7. Still can't get over the term, "Sap Bucket." Now the idea of, "a sap bucket on the wagon" has me rolling on the floor. Isn't that a gullible individual who is trying to act like a cynic? 8. Anybody who can put a "Sap Bucket" to work has my vote!!! 9. All Sap Buckets should be hung on site. 10. I can't see the forest for the "Sap Buckets." Oh stop, please, my sides are hurting... 11. I can't guarantee a bottle return, but can you ask Glen and Cindy if I can get 32oz of Pennsylvania's Finest? (they take PayPal, Visa? ..I'm, serious.) 12. Beautiful, snow-covered distant treeline, the mirror is perfectly composed in foreground, and a running mid-stride Becky is perfectly captured in the center of the mirror, ...dang woman, are you showing off or what? (Go ahead Kathleen, show off anytime. Makes my day! :)

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Robert Montcalm:

Awesome photos! You really capture the feeling. Making maple syrup is truly a great tradition.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
AJ Gally:

Kathleen,
I have been a fan of your back yard for years, Taking day trips along route 32 and 29 is one of my favorite past times. know one is better in capturing this area's essnece then you ! Your like " Harry Potter" with a Camera

" BEAUTIFUL WIZARDRY "



 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Sharie:

All great photos.

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

Kathleen,
When you are photographing out in the elements, do you have some protective covering for your camera?

 
February 26, 2010: Maple Syrup at Tintinhull Farm, Part I
Joe:

My childhood pal in PA, Don, has a few acres with some sugar maples, so he taps them every year. He's got an old stove in his garage where the enormous vats of sap cook for days and days, all for those few ounces of syrup. In my opinion, it's worth all the effort.

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
minimodi:

like the composition and the people looking so small.

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
rob:

this photo makes me so happy and sad at the same time. I wish I lived closer to family to be on walks like this in the snow. there is nothing like a good snow adventure with pancakes at the end. great shot as usual

rob

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
David Tinnon:

Based on the weather you Easterner's are enjoying, just leave this image up for now, grab a 2 liter maple syrup jug and head back to Becky's :)

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
milou:

Handsome.

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Preston:

You did a really good job on this winter scene. The people give good perspective to the large field and long distance to Becky's house.

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Sarah:

Beautiful image!

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Marco Correa:

Hi Kathleen,
at the first time, I thought this one was taken with a T+S lens, I can see you're using your 24-70! nice!

Cheers,
Marco

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Otto K.:

I'm glad the pancakes were excellent. They'd have to be to get me to go out in a blizzard. Beautiful image.

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
jess:

I feel like I'm looking into a different world. Love the vastness that surrounds the strollers and the fog. Dreamy...

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
elizabeth:

Beautiful...I want to be in that picture! Lovely.

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
joshi daniel:

beautiful!

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Pshorten:

Love this shot!!

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
v8torq:

Too, too, good!!

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Brian:


Another great shot Kathleen!

I love the color of the "hungry travelers" with the white backround. Very cool....

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Marcie:

Gorgeous winter scene. Love the spot of color!!!

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Noreen:

What a wonderful winter scene. Quiet, peaceful awesome view of mother nature.

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
david tinnon:

Another nice balance with wonderful patterns in the field ala Humongous Version. Funny how just knowing that the destination is a warm kitchen full of pancakes turns this desolate blizzard-scape sojourn into a pleasant outing and frozen dread morphs into toasty envy and I'm thinking, "thanks for the nice blizzard breakfast commuters image!" (There was maple syrup too, right?)

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Myra:

Wow! This is lovely.So peaceful. Looks like a greeting card.

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Wayne Woodruff:

I'm guessing they'd have quite an appetite after walking in that snow!I guess the shortcut through the cornfield helps!

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
JPH:

P.S. Does she take reservations? :-)

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
JPH:

Grab your scarf, hat and warm coat for a hike we're going to take
To Becky's house for a stack of her special pancakes.
It was well worth the effort, we were not disappointed
For the cakes were delicious with blueberries and syrup anointed.
So this place should win all of the races
Of the "Photo Essay on Favorite Breakfast Places."

 
February 20, 2010: Walking to Becky's House for Pancakes
Technobabe:

How long a walk was it to Becky's house? It looks like fun all walking together. Are those leftover corn stalks? You can tell I am just getting to know the country and the things that are planted in the fields.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
milou:

Love the relationship between the foreground shapes and the frozen branches. Terrific.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Jillian:

We rarely see snow and ice in Nashville, so I especially enjoy the photos of our northern neighbors. I don't think I have ever seen water freeze like this with snow building on ripples. It's beautiful - thank you!

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Judith Polakoff:

Wow, so strange... I've never seen the snow build up on the water like this before. Nice capture, Kathleen.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Sophia:

In my opinion, the wet snow patterns and bridge are the dominant elements and the red metal thing (I had no idea what it was) is very distracting.

It's a cool idea to document the man made element invading the beautiful scene, but I think it should then be more obvious that was the intent. Perhaps two (?) steps to the right would make everyone happy.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
JPH:

Lucy's Limerick....

Into the countryside of Durham she went
Camera by her side to photo the blizzard event.
Into one picture an orange arm did stretch,
Seeing such a scene made some want to wretch.
But KC was glad people just cared enough to comment.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
david tinnon:

Gazing at Kathleen's images can effect one's basic perceptual capacities. Apparently, the heightening of consciousness and capacity to spell can be altered inversely, so not a problem, Lucky:) Also, the previous comment would have rhymed had Jon not missed the meeting.

(I hope Ms Connally is not stressing with some perceived need to top this image, as this "secret excavation of a creek-side sarcophagus" seems to get more intriguing with each visit...listening to a special Coast to Coast on the Twilight Zone writers tonight, the stone massif of Cook's Creek is gaining noticeable eeriness. She says it's only an abandoned abutment. That is what they want you to think....the Egyptians were here you know...and the Irish are one of the Lost Tribes... it all fits ...and who was Cook? ... really... a Mason... Knights Templar? What would Art Bell say, or Rod, or Bob, or Jon, or Lucy? So this picture is easily worth a thousand....and way over... What will Kathleen uncover next?)

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Lucy:

David: Forgive me.....
That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet

JPH: Can you come up with a quick poem to help
me out?

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
David Tinnon:

Lucy, First: the interior looks like my studio so it is to personally dear to evaluate fairly. Second: I love the brilliant young satirist on the stairs who is making delightful ridicule of the absurd hats worn by the other inhabitants of this masterwork. C: It makes perfect sense to hang filthy rags on the banister to dry before attempting to set them ablaze in the yard, so I approve there. D: Not to mention (which, of course, I do) that prior to April 25, 1882 the model's union would not allow children to pose for painters, so dwarfs got more work as this example demonstrates. Third: at least everyone is busy, that's a good thing. And E is for excavator, which was not removed, but only buried by clutter.

Commentose Disclaimer: All remarks appearing on this blog by Mr. Timnmons are for general enlightenment only and any resemblance to a hair-brained half-baked criticism of our host is only evidence of incompetence on the part of poor Mr, Tinnmmnos who's inabilities are to numerous to calculate until we get faster computers. (After only 4Hr 23Min of professionally administered water-boarding, Mr Tinimimmnison freely admitted that he is perfectly O.K. with the use of all types of construction equipment in any photograph Kathleen takes....ever.)(In fact, if Mr Timmoons had any construction equipment, he would be happy to donate such equipment to a global photobloggist prop department to be loaned without charge to any photobloggist who wanted to spruce up a shot:) ......whut?

Sincerelley, Friends and Relatives of David Timmnmons

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Marcie:

What a gorgeous winter landscape. Especially love the patterns in the water and ice.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
elizabeth:

Absolutely stunning photography. Love the icy creek! Beautiful.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Lucy:


I would love to hear David Timmons take on the first painting by Adriaen van Ostade

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Kathleen:

JPH: While I adore your poetry, I hope I haven't discouraged discussion about the photos because I really enjoy the back-and-forth. It gives me an opportunity to explain the philosophy as well as the practical issues behind the photographs. I suppose I could be more detailed in my explanations, however. Sorry if I seemed curt!

Regarding leaving details in the photos, i.e., the coke bottle in the 2007 photo, and the excavator in this shot: I may not always succeed, but I have a deep love and an unbounded enthusiasm for the challenge of creating photographs that are technically and compositionally sound and which tell a true story in a single frame.

Part of this comes from my background in art history and a particular affection for genre paintings (scenes from everyday life) from 17th century Holland, in which minute details are the key to solving the fantastic puzzle of the artist's ultimate message.

Painters like Adriaen van Ostade, Gerard ter Borch, Jacob van Ruisdael, Pieter Saenredam and Gabriel Metsu (to name a tiny fraction of influential Dutch artists of the time – there are more obvious names like Rembrandt and Vermeer) used details - sometimes disorderly and unsightly – to both literally and symbolically tell the story of what people were thinking, feeling and doing in those times.

To bring that concept back to this particular photo, the excavator is both literal and symbolic -- large, orange, man-made, obviously out of place in this gorgeous scene – and its inclusion in the photograph (rather than taking two steps to the left and leaving it out of the picture) is my way of raising awareness to the way 21st century people treat their landscape.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
JPH:

Here's my 2 cents worth....Someone with only an artistic bent would have taken those "those two steps to the left". But my observation is that KC is more of the "what I see is what you get" variety. (My comment on the Feb 15th, 2007 Spaniel picture had a similar Russ-type observation and KC response.) See why I now usually couch my comments in rhyme? :-)

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
David Tinnon:

Kathleen, RE "this image;" I'll have to admit that's some very adorable Chicago Style Horse Poop in the street, but you'll notice they etched out the excavator (and all the dogs:)

Lucy, whut what?????

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Kathleen:

David Tinnon: I think of this project as a way to create (and leave behind) information about this place at this time in history. Obviously it's slanted since it comes through my life experience but I don't wish to slant it further. (If I wanted to remove the excavator from the image I'd have taken two steps to the left, haha.)

I chose this image at random from a Google search on "historic street photography." What if the photographer had the capability of cloning the horse manure out of the street? It might be a more genteel image but it'd leave out a critical bit of information about life at the time it was taken.

Christopher: The black & white snowy night shots are just gorgeous. I couldn't guess which of the 14 were cropped unless I saw them printed, or viewed at 100% on a monitor.

I have no problem with cropping, I just prefer the challenge of thinking it through at the time I'm holding the camera. Also, the original resolution makes a better print.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Lucy:

David Tinnon: Whut ???

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Christopher:

oops the period at the end of the link corrupted it. just delete the Period or use http://www.christopherlmoore.com/id10.html should work

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Christopher:

I don't like cropping either but I still have a few difficulties with my camera's viewfinder crop (96% frame coverage), trouble seeing the angle, and generally seeing things differently on the monitor at home. I just got a new EeD focus screen that may help with the angle and composition judgments. But it's still hard to tell how much stuff on the fringe will show up. Either way I try to keep it to the original size and aspect ratio but periodically stray. I confess to cropping 4 of the 14 in this set http://www.christopherlmoore.com/id10.html. Could you tell?

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
David Tinnon:

Kathleen, there are some shots, like this one, where--if it were me-- I'd do the clone-up. I still appreciate that you do not alter the image content for the sake of documentary honesty. After all, there are so many opportunities to deceive each other in this life, that passing up one or two won't significantly damage the overall effect:)

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Myra:

I disagree with Russ. That little bit of color adds so much to the photo. Thank you Kathleen for having that eye for beauty that most people miss.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Kathleen:

Russ: Thanks and some info for those who don't know what "cloning" is (in the photographic sense, LOL): it's a process within editing software such as Photoshop that digitally removes or changes things in the photo. Examples might be removing utility lines from a street scene or removing wrinkles from a portrait.

A number of years ago I made a commitment to this project that I wouldn't use the cloning tool except to remove dust/dirt spots on the lens or on the camera sensor. The approach is documentary - to bear witness and show what was there at the time (sans the dust bits).

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Russ Devan:

Great shot, Kathleen. I really love the textures and the curvy leading lines in this image. My only complaint is that my eye is drawn to the swing arm of the backhoe in the background. I would have cloned it out to clean up the image.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Kathleen:

Christopher: This is a separate photo from the bonus shot. As a rule I don't crop my photos; I work pretty hard to compose them in-camera.

I haven't taken Maisel's class but wouldn't hesistate for any reason; he's a master, getting older so you never know how much longer he'll want to teach. From what I understand, it's a rare and exquisite opportunity.

(Sinusoidal!)

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Christopher:

I really like the photo. The repeating patterns within the sinusoidal snow and branch arches really complement each other, along with the contrast of the stone rectangular abutment. Did you crop or just zoom and or move for different compositions to get this and the bonus shots?
Re Maisel interview: it was an interesting interview and lots of info I can take away from it other than carry the camera always. he apparently does classes but $5K for a week of room board and 'tuition' is a bit out of my financial range.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Otto K.:

so so pretty. but I'm cold looking at this. :)

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Brian:


Great shot Kathleen!!

Snow-flakes

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Out of the bosom of the Air,
Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest-fields forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.


Even as our cloudy fancies take
Suddenly shape in some divine expression,
Even as the troubled heart doth make
In the white countenance confession,
The troubled sky reveals
The grief it feels.


This is the poem of the air,
Slowly in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret of despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom hoarded,
Now whispered and revealed
To wood and field.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Peter DeWitt:

Beautiful water texture and color. Love the nuance of blue and green in the water coming through the ice.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Laurie:

The combination of elements transformed by the snow is just so beautiful to take in. There is so much to see in this. Those graceful curves created by the mounded snow on the creek are really captivating.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Lydia:

The bonus version is BEAUTIFUL!
Makes me feel like I am right there enjoying it all.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Adolph:

Kathleen,
Continue to enjoy your work and friendship ,Thanks!
Adolph

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Sophia:

Thanks JPH, it's lovely.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
JPH:

The snow is caught in floating undulation
Anchored to the shore by an old stone foundation.
By winter's soft light
Frosted branches are a sight.
The finished scene is still under creation.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Beth:

Amazing shot. Love the colors and snow clinging to the trees. Beautiful.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
David Tinnon:

...or a tomb in which to bury the Dead of Winter.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Joe:

Wow, those swirls in the creek are gorgeous! (Crossing my fingers for more snow tonight...)

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

I just love snow that clings to tree limbs, tall grasses, etc. This is a beautiful shot and can easily be recognized as one of yours.

 
February 14, 2010: Snow Backed Up on Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
david tinnon:

Bucks County or some studio back-lot? Given the "light tent" effect of the weather and the fantastic patterns in the creek, the image looks completely unreal. Like a set form a Busby Burkeley Musical. I'll just load the bonus wide-screen set and wait for the 74 gorgeous synchronized skater babes to appear ....Dick Powell? ....Ruby Keeler? .....a few dozen pianos.... maybe I'll make some popcorn......write a poem.....wonder where my skates are? Thanks for the bonus, Kathleen! It really is one of those "truth is stranger..." kind of scenes.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Andree:

This perfect photo makes a person want to live through another blizzard. What perfection.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Judith Polakoff:

This is perfection, and so spiritual!

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Laurie:

In a word...Magical!

We had about 17.5 inches here which was plenty.

I did not get out shooting during that storm...I feel I missed a great opportunity but just couldn't find the motivation to go shooting this time.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
JPH:

Snow up, snow down, snow is all around,
Snow near, snow far, snow falling to the ground.
Snow deep, snow cold, snow is so pure and white,
Snow morning, snow noon and snow well into the night.
A blizzard takes the normal things of life and puts them temporarily on hold,
So that special memories can be made and someday be retold.
So twenty years from now when the grandkids say my memories are a pack of lies,
I'll sit down at the computer and show them ancient history from Kathleen's photo archives.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Clyde:

Excellent photo as usual! Very, very nice.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
matt:

wow. i can't imagine how quiet it was? did your feet get wet? just beautiful.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Tina:

I like the mysterious look in this photo!

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Brooksi:

I love the look of this; I live in Maryland and I went throught the blizzard of 2010. I hope you were well and safe as my family was.
I have a question; if your photos free to use to make sigs in paint shop pro?
I just love nature and these photos are awesome. Thank you in advance. Have a great weekend. Brooksi

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Tero:

The mood of a snowfall is captured very well. It looks very quit and peaceful.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Yvonne:

Great shot, so peaceful...hope you kept warm

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Patrick:

In view of your past body of work, some of your more recent shots have been in my opinion, somewhat mediocre, but this is rather good. I like it.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Deb:

Beautiful! I live in Ohio & we only recieved 16" of snow. My sister lives close to you I do believe....in Yardley.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Otto K.:

winter wonderland. lovely vision.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Brian:


Kathleen - I just knew you would be posting an awesome photo out of this storm. great job! You are so good at depth of field.

I posted a snow image on my blog. I was driving around my local park in the midst of the storm. My wife was not very happy about it. If you get a chance, check it out. I would appreciate any comments - hopefully constructive..

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

Magical, mystical, wonderful!

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
mike a:

simply beautiful

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
digibolt:

Beautiful picture.
Looks like Russian autumn.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Marcie:

Absolutely gorgeous winter scene!!!

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
mdc:

Beautiful place. I like you're pictures..

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
david tinnon:

Now Cotton Cook owned Cotton Wood.
T'was under a cotton sky.
Cotton balls grew everywhere
so thick t'would make you cry.
So Cotton Cook crafted a plan
t'would net a handsome ransom.
Sell Cotton Wood, creek, sky and all
to the folks at Johnson & Johnson.

Now Cotton Cook rides in a coach of gold,
the wheels are polished silver,
while we stand here in old Cook's Creek,
Our feet forever to shiver.

(Best read with hot cocoa. Cotton balls or marshmallows optional. :)

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
yz:

dwarfs in the forest of giants - beautiful

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Wendy:

What a magical place! I love the way the snow built up on each individual rock. But I love the tree branches most.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Nancy Hill:

WOW - found you through Moontree Press - what a shot - looks like heaven. I'll bet it was soooo quiet. I would not have wanted to walk further and disturb it.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Marc:

Beautiful. Love the dark, rich colors (some reddish-browns even?) that lurk down below, dotted with those fun cream puffs. A great contrast with the bleak whiteout above.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
david tinnon:

Marshmallow and Fudge Creek beneath tree frosting with sprinkles, so sweet of you

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

Lovely, lovely, lovely.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Technobabe:

I can see some color in rocks and things in the water. Everything else is white. Misty looking in the back. Nice.

 
February 11, 2010: Cooks Creek During the Blizzard
Betsy Barron:

gorgeous shot - captures the day perfectly. the mounds of snow on the rocks in the creek makes this scene so interesting!! 28 inches in Chester Springs!

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Paulina:

Beautiful shot! I love when photo accidents turn out so nicely :)

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Sophia:

Laurie:
You should be cautious about putting out this type of photo. Your use of a blurred background for a cover shot sounds great. It will make the type stand out because eyes will focus on the print on the page.
In the case of a completely blurred picture, viewers will move on quickly.
Who wants to look at a picture that is out of focus? That is why we wear glasses.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
David Tinnon:

Friends and Relatives, The Bob reference is form "What About Bob" a cult film in it's own right. I thought everybody had memorized the dialog by now. If you've ever known, worked with or "had" a psychiatrist, you will split a seam. It is so funny 'cause it is so true. As for Dylan, I think he hit the psychiatric couch somewhere in WW3. (..let ya dream my dream, if I can dream yours!)

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Laurie:

About a year ago I took a shot similar in concept to this in the Great Swamp, although I intentionally held it out of focus. I had taken the out of focus shot to use as the background image for a winter concert program cover. It never made it to the winter program cover last year due to a last minute shift in the program's content and focus. I almost used it again this year. It made it to the proof but I rejected it for the final draft in favor of a more traditional winter looking scene. I have often revisited that shot and I do like it but I have never posted it to my blog. I have always thought it might not be that well received...quite frankly I was chicken of the response and well, maybe getting my fragile ego bruised...lol. Seeing how you put up this "happy accident" and how much it appeals to me, I may even decide to post that winter concept photo now.

Thanks Kathleen for your ever inspiring works.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Sophia:

Isn't it great we have so many options?
When I started, manual was our only choice.

FYI -- It is possible to know your equipment so well that you can be quick without automatics.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Steve:

I guess I need to speak up for those of us who operate in (semi-)automatic mode---for me, aperture-preferred. That way I can take an "instant photo" when circumstances demand (and have a good chance at correct exposure), but still easily adjust the aperture and shutter speed (via the compensation dial---my 7D's +-3 stops is usually enough) when time permits.

And mistakes---they're often the best way of opening our mind to something new!

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Sophia:

Kathleen:
I ALWAYS discourage new photographers from using auto. (I am a photography teacher.)

Barbara:
Plus it's way more fun!!!!!
Don't your fingers hurt from crossing them..... hoping your pictures turn out the way you want? LOL


 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

Kathleen,
I am one who spends FAR too much time in "auto". I do this out of fear I will ruin an otherwise beautiful shot. Having confess this, I need to acknowledge, YOU ARE RIGHT!
I think the difference between shooting in auto and manual can be likened to an the difference in coloring in a coloring book with crayons (and staying in the lines) and creating a new work.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

This is to "Friends and Relatives":
Dr. Leo marvin and "Bob"are references to a movie titled, "What About Bob?" Not Bob Dylan. The movie is funny and it stars Richard Dreyfuss.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Kathleen:

Sophia: Thanks for the continuing conversation!

Everyone learns photography in their own way and I wouldn't want to discourage new photographers from shooting on Auto. That said, relying on Auto won't take us anywhere as photographers or as artists (esp. as professionals). Shooting manually is the true fun of photography; a mental challenge, an intellectual workout, a chance to manifest the visions and philosophies inside our heads rather than the algorithms that Canon or Nikon build into theiir cameras.

Under extremely bright conditions (crystal clear sky, winter sun at an angle, freshly fallen snow) and wishing to focus on only a small portion of the creek while leaving the rest soft or in bokeh (as a suggestion of winter rather than a literal pounding on the head - heaven knows we get enough of that just looking out the window here, LOL), I chose the settings carefully and purposefully. The accident was firing before I manually focused the lens.

I'm over the moon that this fun visual mistake inspired such detailed conversations! Woooo! Thanks, everyone.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Sophia:

Great, automatic cameras can be called PHD cameras, for Push Here Dummy.

The use of f/2.8 at 1/2000 for a static landscape is what seemed like an accident.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Kathleen:

...except in this case the camera is not set to Auto, it's in full Manual mode, and I accidentally pressed the shutter before I focused the lens. (I shoot only in Manual mode, no exceptions, ever.)

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Sophia:

Experiments are supposed to be
done under controlled conditions.

Accidents happen when the photographer is out of control and the camera is in control (on automatic).

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Duncan:

Interesting. Push it forward so accident becomes experiment.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Sophia:


Don't let others tell you how your art should be done. If you like it, that is what matters; unless, of course, someone is paying you.

I like that you admitted it was an accident.
But, real art isn't accidental or automatic, it is thoughtful. Use your camera's manual capabilities to purposefully create art and I am sure you will not encounter these types of comments again.

Let me also say, since this is the first time I have been prompted to speak up,
that I always enjoy your photography very, very, much.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Friends and Relatives:

david tinnon: Yeah, there is a club. You mentioned Bob. We hope that is Dylan but can't find any mention of Dr. Leo Marvin in any of the lyrics in his songs.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
David D:

Kathleen - while I respect and admire the honest opinions offered above, my hope is that you continue to allow us to follow along on YOUR journey, rather than having us dictate a journey for you. Keep up the wonderful inspiration. Thank you, David

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
david tinnon:

RE; "Friends and Relatives" Apparently there IS a club...and they're saying it's like when Bob realizes we can never fully understand Dr. Leo Marvin...I get it.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
matt:

focus is a funny thing. it tells you where the photographer's eye is....where they are thinking about. It guides the viewer to think on your terms. And I love that about focus. Just when you think you know what a picture is about, you suddenly see what they are really about..the surprise of focus and out of focus is delightful. And a pic out of focus does crazy things too. It makes you feel like there is some other substance that the photographer feels akin to that isn't in the picture...albeit the feeling, the spirits, or something internal. Interesting. This picture feels very dreamy to me...almost in another place.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

I believe we all experience a "shift" in the way we perceive the world around us.We are being invited to partake in her shift and like any shot that features motion (the act of change), there is always the chance of it appearing blurred.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Ron Chapiesky:

Kathleen...

Your out of focus photo of the snow laden trees is what I call a Happy Mistake...(I have made them time and time again over 50 years of shooting with a camera)...I stumbled on your web site several months ago but I had forgot that I stored it in my favorites column...I opened it today and voila..."Instant Beauty"...

As I reassessed your photos again...I realized that you are a truely a gifted artist with a camera...I shall not wait so long to view your gems again...I will visit you often...Thank you for your wonderful folio...

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Friends and Relatives:

We have no comments about what you do because you are always way ahead of us leading the way. All we can do is stand around with open mouths wondering what is next. Most people don't know that photography is only one of your many talents. The list goes on and on. People who don't know you personally are missing your great mind as it opens up to new adventures and leaving us in the dust.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
JPH:

Kathleen...Alas, your reply to Al has forced me to another poem.(plus I'm marooned inside 'til it quits snowing.)

My great Uncle Paul Botzler, I remember him well.
Some of his story I'd now like to tell.
He had a job, a family and Florence his wife.
Lived what most would call just another normal life.

He was tall and strong with hands that never waivered,
A skilled craftsman whose work was always highly favored.
From homes to office buildings to the occasional church hall,
A project that was big was a combination of many that were small.

Memories of his character and skill return in a flood
And I'm thankful some of his genes also course through my blood.
The work of his hands endures even though he has now passed.
So whether your medium is pictures or mortar, create something that will last.

It is my sincere hope and also my prayer,
To be remembered as great as my uncle who was
"only a brick layer!" :-)

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
david tinnon:

Stream of consciousness
Personal vision
Enjoy another's
Follow you own

I disagree with two points in the overhead comments.
First with you, Kathleen, when you site a corner turned. I have joked and prodded you in the "art department" and a little in the "tech room" while following your journey for years. In my personal (subjective) opinion, considering your body of work as a whole, you are cyclical in selection because experience is cyclical and there you are and linear in process. New chapter? O.K. You are not a person of corners.

As for the "recent dip quality," I have seen this honest observation before, and felt it too. However, a glance from time to time in my rear view mirror has repeatedly affirmed that for me, the dips are mine, not yours, for later, the "dips" can't be found. If anything, I am each time re-impressed at the delightful and inspiring retrospect of beauty and humor that has literally become "every day" at AWTDT. Keeping "every day" fresh and creative is a priority of choice that you have consciously pursued, and illustrated perfectly. (As posting this image exemplifies) I continue to enjoy the "every days." Let's have a club!

(...and watch out for sharp objects on the left, you could put an eye out young lady! :)

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Jonathan:

Kathleen

I've also been viewing your site for over a year now and while I've seen a shift in your style, I don't consider it negative per se. I sometimes feel that the photos we choose to display at any given time are often reflective of our inner moods. As Anthony observes above, some of your more recent posting may indeed just be a reflection of the feeling the season in your part of the world brings.

I look forward to watching how your recent explorations into photography influence the evolution of your style.

On a side note, your blog was among a handful of about five which provided me with the insparation to develop my own and I love the world it's opened up for me... and for that I thank you.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
JPH:

Today she was hanging around Gallows Run.
By mistake the camera fired, what's done is done.
The picture ends up slightly out of focus.
To please some a magician would have to work some hocus-pocus.
For me it's okay to have things not clearly seen,
For many things in life are not what they seem.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Brian:


Interesting photo -

I brings me back to my college days. Many days were "out of focus."

Get ready for the snow! begins falling in New Jersey tonight. Drive carefully....

Kathleen - I expect some nice photos out of this storm!

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Robin:

Hi Kathleen, I'm a huge fan of yours... sounds silly in my head as I write this... never thought I'd be a "groupie" but there it is, I simply love your work! Anyway, I have to agree with Al, your recent shots seem uninspired. As I got to thinking about it, I was wondering if the change in color, light and scenery that winter brings with it has anything to do with our perception as viewers that your work has changed. I do like your post today with the out-of-focus shot, as I am currently working my way through a "bokeh" fascination.

I liked your reply... the part about how your family and friends don't talk shop with you. I'm a quilt artist, I have a large studio devoted to this and despite how much my life revolves around this artform, it's rarely fodder for casual conversation!

Keep up the great work and just know, we all love you no matter what you send our way!

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Anthony DiSante:

Not every photo can be a home run -- though Kathleen's work here over the past few years does make it seem like *almost* every photo can be. Still, to me her more recent shots seem to be simply a different style; it seems like she's making an effort to try new things. And I think they may not all be leaping off the screen the way many of her older shots do, but I'm still enjoying them very much. They certainly express the feeling of the season around here right now (I'm just a county or two away) and I appreciate that.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Kathleen:

Al: Thank you for the great note! Interestingly, I'd say my work was, at best, enthusiastically amateur up until about six months ago when I turned a mental corner about my approach to photography. But that's part of the joy of viewing art and/or photography, that what we see is totally subjective, and there is no right or wrong, there's just us at that moment. (I should probably add that my friends and relatives rarely talk to me about my photography, haha - I may as well be a brick layer!) I really appreciate your time and honesty.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Al:

Hi Kathleen,

I have been a long-time visitor to your site, and I write this letter with a little hesitation, as I am a big fan. I am finding your work as of late to be very uninspiring and seems to be a muted form of what you are capable of. I understand that your artistic vision is not something that needs to be justified to general interpretation, but I've seen such great work from you, and what you've released in the last few months seems to be kind of weak or lacking in any expression that your past images have been known for. I know that you are very capable of amazing visual work. I'm just wondering where it has gone. Sorry if this is overtly critical. I think you are a great artist and just wanted to see if this would prompt you to see something maybe others have not pushed you to do, whatever that may be. I know that as an artist and photographer, which I am, it is easy for us to surround ourselves by friends and relatives that pat us on the back daily for our work. I hope that this comment will not come as ill-criticism, but of encouragement to change if that is needed.

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Mary:

This would make a great book cover shot!

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Jorj:

Looks like you focused on the branch in the upper-left. I like the composition but wonder if I'd like it more if that branch were more visible in some way... ? -- but the out-of-focus snowed-over stream meandering into the distance is quite lovely!

 
February 09, 2010: Gallows Run at Trauger's Crossing (Out of Focus)
Tom:

I like it as well. Funny, I too have experienced shots where I did something by accident and found I liked the end result.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
milou:

Light trip.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
tsurune:

this works well - the plough lines bring in the eye to the centre

thanks

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
mike a:

beautiful, i like the composition.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
Edd Fuller:

I like Noreen's comment. Making the commonplace exceptional is one of the things that makes good photography. And Kathleen does this very well.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
pierre:

very graphical, and I like how you composed this shot. Nice work.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
Tero:

I like it.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
Noreen:

This is a daily view for me, but you have made it exceptional today. It always makes me smile. Thanks Kathleen.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
Brian:


Lovely photo Kathleen - you can hear the silence. I can imagine the Divine Artist reaching down with His trowel - shaping the white landscape.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
RonL:

My day is always better when one of your pictures pops up in my RSS reader. This is a lovely scene and makes me want to leave the city and get outside into the country. Thank you for sharing your vision with us.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
david tinnon:

How nice to see such wonderful proof that, when the sun does not shine, Kathleen does. This is a "best of the best" for your Intelligent Design* edition of the hardbound AWTDT and may we re-title it, "Meditation for a February Morning" (since I don't see no road no-place no-how?:) Maybe is my screen settings, but it does look like a caterpillar on powdered sugar. (Maybe I should have breakfast.)

As for income-salt, in your case Jon, "When it snows, it pours!"

Minimalist landscape sans caterpillar: http://www.rnejranowski.co.uk/view-item.asp?iid=73

*Could also be published in the "Ms Connally; Practicing Medicine Without a License" edition.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
Kathleen:

JPH: You made me burst out laughing on that one. A classic.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
JPH:

The only sign that man has visited this place
Is the pattern on the field the farmer did trace.
Gray skies, brown trees and white snow give us good reason
To be thankful we're halfway through this cold winter season.
But if we believe the forecast, this weekend should be quite a trip
For old man winter will still have us firmly in his grip.
So if we get the near blizzard and things grind to a halt
Only snowplows and KC will be out earning their salt.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
Technobabe:

Clean and peaceful. I just want to say Aah. Big sigh.

 
February 03, 2010: Nockamixon Road, 10:30 a.m.
Russ Devan:

I love the simplicity of the composition and the tones and your use of negative space with the sky. The swirled plow pattern in the earth looks as if God himself put his fingerprint upon the land.

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
BOGOMIL KOSTOV AVRAMOV-HEMY:

Great . . . Great . . . Great . . .

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
Alexa:

Awesome photo. I like the way the color of the land is reflected along the bottom of the clouds.

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

I really love this photo. I love the color, contrast, composition, and the mood of it.

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
Laura:

I love the colors and the surrealist style of this photo. beautiful

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
Mindy:

Great shot. I love the colors!

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
Otto K.:

what a gorgeous color.

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
Brian:


They are all gone away,
The house is shut and still,
There is nothing more to say.

Through broken walls and gray
The winds blow bleak and shrill:
They are all gone away.

Nor is there one today
To speak them good or ill:
There is nothing more to say.

Why is it then we stray
Around the sunken sill?
They are all gone away.

And our poor fancy-play
For them is wasted skill:
There is nothing more to say.

There is ruin and decay
In the House on the Hill
They are all gone away,
There is nothing more to say.

Edwin Arlington Robinson

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
matt:

i love how the colorless seasons bring so much anticipation and excitement to the life we will soon be experiencing. I love this picture for what it is and for what it will soon be.

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
david tinnon:

Very pleasing burnt sienna woodland against soft grays with a smattering of pale blue. No doubt shot through the windshield of a hang-glider, giving us the impression that we are about to literally drop in on Karen. And what nice light is produced by an unshielded fusion reactor filtered through a carbon dioxide laced greenhouse layer. How wonderfully unique to have such a dramatic "This Old House" portrait, and a safe landing too I hope, Ms Connally! :)

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
minimodi:

I really like that burning red color you get when the sun stands that low.

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
JPH:

How is life today in the House of Karen?
Goes it up or down? How are things fairin'?
Her house peeks out of the trees through their branches.
Will she visit her neighbors? What are the chances?
What will be next in the Novel of Durham still untold?
Pictures will document what yet will unfold.

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
RD:

This reminds me so much of Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth--but in a backwards kind of way. It is just a beautiful photograph!

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
Russ Devan:

I love the warm light at the end of the day and you captured here very well. The house just pops out of the woods. I like that you included the subtly-colored layer of clouds at the top of the image. It completes this great image.

 
January 30, 2010: Karen's Old House, 4:45 p.m.
Technobabe:

It is so beautiful where you live. Your inspiration is multi as you step foot out your door.

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
pierre:

yes, and Nature's pretty right on that one :)

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Kathleen:

pierre: I took about 10 different shots w/different compositions (while hanging out my car window) - I liked this one best because I thought the color of the twigs in the corner gave a balance to the color of the chair backs/seats, not only compositionally, but philosophically. The colors are so similar. It felt as if Nature was saying that humans can pretend to separate themselves with their inventions and contraptions (chairs in this case), but in the end, it all turns back to Nature.

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
pierre:

this is great, I like it a lot.
(just to nitpick : I would have cropped out the colorful twigs in the upper right corner, I find them a bit distracting)(sorry)

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Kathleen:

Preston: I checked yesterday; the chairs are still there, but now they're above the water line again and sitting in ice. :) I'll look for an opportunity to get an updated shot this week.

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Marcie:

Something very romantic about the simple irony in this. Gorgeous muddy colors!!!

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Maybelline:

Love the "Poet's Corner" on your blog. Those are wild and crazy branches on the trees. Makes me think of a cat lost in the woods for a long time, its fur going in every direction and a wild look in its eyes.

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Preston:

Wonderful capture of a rising river. I doubt those two chars are still there now.

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Yvonne:

would be a great place to sit and rest a bit IN THE SUMMER! kept warm...

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Celine:

Very peculiar image ! I like it !

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
david tinnon:

The Duel of the Abandoned River-Chairs Poet's Society, Vol. 4 Subscribe online, earn free M&Ms.

Two sailors from the Port of Hiaphong
sat on the banks of the Musconetcong.
but the swift rising river
caused their bare feet to shiver
so they both fled the scene
thereby missing Kathleen
and sailed back to the Port of Hiaphong

Ebay now enters the tale
two chairs have now gone up for sale
it shan't take very long
for the bidding is strong
'tween two sailors form the Port of Hiaphong

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
JPH:

When row, row, rowing my boat gently down the stream,
I passed two chairs in the water, an unusual place, it did seem.
The occupants, for higher ground wisely have moved along,
For there is flooding on the river the locals call Musconetcong.

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Mary:

The branches on these trees are wild and beautiful. It seems as though it would be impossible to make a painting of them. You have the eye for seeing something many of us don't see even when staring right at them.
The empty chairs tell their own story."See ya' tomorrow if the creek don't rise"

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
David Tinnon:

Our oldest son, Jeff at about the age of 5, out of the clear blue sky asked his mom, "Do fish sit down?" Well about 30 years and 2500 miles later, the answer has surfaced. I can't think of a more logical place to find it.

Jon, What's-a-matta-U, no rhyme for Musconetcong?

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Frederik:

I have followed you for more than a year now and nearly every photo you have posted has made me smile (like this one), inspired me to try something similar or just made me dream.
Thank you very much!

I also tried to shoot JPEG+RAW, as you do, for a while but gave up becaus it is so cumbersome to edit, organise and keep track of all the double images.
I really see the point why you shoot JPEG+RAW and also would like to keep on doing it. Maybe you could give an hint on your organising system or the program you use?

Regards Frederik

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Brian:

Kathleen -

Another wonderful shot. Your colors are always vibrant and true.

Two empty chairs. A hasty departure? An invitation? There is certainly a story here....

"...And when we grow old
I will find two chairs
and set them close each sun-lit day,
that you and I - in quiet joy -
may rock the world away."

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Technobabe:

It looks like spring in this picture, not at all like here with still so much snow. We have had white yards for a couple months, no sign of grass under the snow yet. It is nice to see bit of grass in this photo. The chairs are a mystery though.

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
Framed and Shot:

We studied your photo for a while before reading your text ~ imagined a couple sitting in the river.... and then we realized that they had probably not put the chairs there on purpose.... :)
The green grass as the only "living" color works great in this image!

 
January 28, 2010: Chairs in the Musconetcong River
JPH:

The canopy above is a leafless gray scene
But the clearing below still hints of grass green.
Two chairs once placed over the river to view
Have become one with the river, though slightly askew.
Whether it's spring or winter keeps everyone guessing
For it often seems with the seasons someone keeps messing.
So snow or rain, deep drifts or high flood,
They all are more picturesque then our fifth season that's.... MUD!

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

I would have never thought photographing a crack in the ice could prove so interesting. The eye definitely follows it.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
pierre:

geez, this is unbelievable.
makes me think of "Ice Age" - I guess Skrat the squirrel is just out of the frame :)
simple and super well composed.
very well done, Kat.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
desfocado:

great photo

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Kathleen:

Carlos: I was standing at the edge of the lake on the ice.

Guido: It's called Lake Nockamixon.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Laurie:

This is such a striking image Kathleen.

I apologize for being absent so long. I am on an extended break from all blogging activities. Recharging the batteries and just so busy. I have forced myself to walk away for a month...stop blogging altogether and even hung up the camera for a month...so much harder than I thought it would be. I have however cheated and sneaked peeks on your blog fairly regularly...despite myself.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Maarten:

Nice shot! not so nice cold i guess.. same here in Netherlands.. freezing lately..
SPRNIG! where arest thou?

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Guido:

I like the perspective of this shot. Is this a river o a lake?

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
David Tinnon:

he wrote what he thought
cause he thought what he meant
it takes a government crew
to put a lake in a splint

And who but Ms K
with more scratches (or not)
will be right on the scene
to capture the shot

For she shoots pigs in the mud
she shoots corn in the field
you can bet your pink boots
she'll snap the lake when it's healed

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Carlos Lorenzo:

Besides of the unusual shot at least for me who haven't seen a crack like this ever, you managed to play with the lines and the composition to get a wonderful result. Where were you standing?

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Evelyn:

That is certainly a threatening image!

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Brian:


Maybe 15 years ago, it was a New Years weekend at a small inn in Manchester Vermont. It was freezing, well below zero F. My wife and I hiked up to the lake behind the Equinox Hotel. The lake was frozen. I picked up a rock and threw it on to the ice. The thump sound of the rock hitting the ice echoed for almost a minute. Then we walked out on the ice. Then I thought to myself - if this ice cracks, and we fall in - we are DEAD. And your photo brought this all back to mind. Thanks!

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
JPH:

What tack should a person take
To fix a broken Nochamixon Lake?
In our area dial 410-962-7608.
They'll share their thoughts, won't that be great.
No longer will you face this problem alone
For it's the Corps of Engineers that answers the phone.
So with plans and equipment lots of trained men will descend
On your ailing pond they will do their best to mend.
Make this call quick before spring flowers start pokin'
'Cause if the weather warms the lake's no longer broken!

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
david tinnon:

Ms K took the shot
JPH has spoken
but who do you call
when your lake is broken

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Yvonne:

Cool composition. Love the graphic impact of the ice crack.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Boback:

That's a pretty amazing photo.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
rob:

Just beautiful !

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Mark:

Global warming perhaps???? If that ice should break off lake waters could rise enough to flood Quakertown. Sorry, couldn't resist.
Another awesome shot Kathleen.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
John Batdorff:

Very cool shot...

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Lynne Goldman:

Wonderful! As someone who mostly sees the lake in the warmer months when we sail, thank you, thank you. It was worth the scratches! (well, at least from my point of view...)

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Markus Spring:

Wonderful winter mood - I love that sparse coloring, the interspersed changes in the ice color and the way the crack extends into the softly blurred background. Definitely works for me!

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
david tinnon:

Worth a few scratches, Kathleen! What a nice B&W-to-Color vignette going on here. Very subtle, thought it WAS B&W at first. I had a few wise-cracks to add, but I thawed better of it:) Perhaps a poem will soon help break the ice.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
Technobabe:

I hope you weren't traveling over the ice part of that time. That is one thing I seem to have a fear of, ice on water giving away. This is an outstanding photo. That looks like a huge crack.

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
v8torq:

I still enjoy your work!!

 
January 24, 2010: Crack in the Ice, Lake Nockamixon
JPH:

Why there is no skating?....
Crack in the ice.
Your drink to warm?....
Crack in the ice.
Drug on the rocks?....
Crack in the ice.
Swollen ankle need healing?....
Crack in the ice.
Bad relationship ends?....
Crack in the ice.
Is it winter at the lake?....
Crack in the ice.

(This is a prime example of why I should have gone to bed)

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
Lotta:

:D Great shot! Made me stop for a second or two! It made me smile!

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
Lucy:


Brian: I know the story well and maybe Patrick does also, otherwise why would he pose that way especially with the electrical cord. He is such a sweet guy, he could fit right in with the monks.It is "The Seven Story Mountain" that is my favorite.

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
David Tinnon:

........then there's the movie, Local Color. The art discussions had me in stitches, not to mention the art show. Rated R for impressionistic blue-streaks in the dialog. I heard the exact same sentences spoken in the 60's by avant garde artists who's "hippy" lifestyles were funded by the parents/government they rebelled against, or girlfriends who 9-5'd M-F for insurance companies and "hippy-chicked" on weekends. Anyway, the movie rates 10 pallet knives. (like AWTDT:)

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
David Tinnon:

Kathleen, can you send me some drop cloth color swatches from YOUR paint store? Our local paint retailers only offer white and off-white. So boring. So dull. I mean, if extension cords come in yellow, red, orange, green, and blue, why should the 21st Century North-Western-American Citizenry have to settle for white drop cloths? (After all, we have Yellowstone, Red River, little green men, a blue moon, even a painted desert! But the poor drop cloth has been left behind in the parallel universe of Henry Ford.) OK to ship ground via brown truck or orange and blue van. (See?)

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
Tero:

He is wired.

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
JPH:

There once was a worker named Patrick Philipi
Picked up the dropcloth laying nearby,
To the occasion he arose
Striking an arty pose.
'Twill never be a classic, but nice try.

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
Technobabe:

I can see where he was painting. Even in this fun photograph you got the lighting right.

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
Brian:


Kathleen -

When your image first hit my eyes, I thought this was a picture of a Buddhist monk. After further study, I realized what I was seeing. It is the electric cord that brings to mind my favorite monk, Thomas Merton. You may know the story of the famoust Trappist monk, Thomas Merton (Fr. Louis). In 1968 he travelled to Bangkok for a meeting with the Dalai Lama. When he retired to his hotel room, he was electrocuted by a malfunctioning fan. He now lies buried at The Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky.

Merton would have loved this picture. He was also a photographer.

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
David Tinnon:

Great stance! Thought he would be an unemployed bassist imitating the Native American portraits e.g. Eanger Irving Couse, and the Taus Painters. And speaking of painters, shouldn't you have call a painter, not a photographer? (I would complain about the extension cord, but I suppose it tells about the spontaneity of the shot, so you're good to go!)

 
January 20, 2010: Patrick Philipi
Jane Ferry:

fabulous! just fabulous!

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Trudy:

Ty for writing this about my dad and the nice words that were said.

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Kathleen:

:Justin: I rarely use a tripod because most of the photos on this website are taken spontaneously. To specifically answer your question, probably less than 1%. I'm about to invest in a Gitzo or Manfrotto to do more night photography and video. It'll likely factor into more serious environmental portrait work, too.

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Justin:

Kathleen, What would be your best guess on the percentage of shots you take w/ a tripod? THANKS

Love the artistic preservation of your township!

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Virginia :

One of my readers just sent me your link. Your photographs are just exquisite. Oh I will be back very often. I'm thrilled ot find your site.
V

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
JPH:

Brian - Now you're to blame for that tune going through my head all day. Thanks. :-)

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Brian:


Kathleen - I love these shots! John is so happy cleaning chimneys - I wish he could drive up to North Jersey - my chimney is a mess....

JPH - This is not my writing, but I think you will like it...

Chim chiminey
Chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-ee!
A sweep is as lucky
As lucky can be

Though I'm covered with soot
From me 'ead to me toes
A sweep knows 'e's welcome
Wherever 'e goes


 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
David D:

There are good days - and there are days when one is going about their business and a talented artist appears to share a laugh, tell your story, and capture your essence with a lens. I'm sure Mr. Bazemore was blessed to meet you! Oh, and great images as always.

David

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Norma:

Wanted to add a little to this story. Patti LaBelle grew up in our old neighborhood in Philadelphia. Many years ago my brother-in-law, a captain in the Army, came back after being a prisoner-of-war. There was a huge block party for him. We think it was young Patti who went onto the front porch after all the politicians made their speeches, grabbed the microphone, started singing and didn't stop for about an hour or so. Her voice and the microphone were so loud it could be heard several blocks away.

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Victoria:


At first glance I thought this is an entertainer playing the role of a chimney sweep.
John, you can't hide that professional look under a kerchief

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Carlos Lorenzo:

This is a wonderful story behind the image. Just another reason to keep taking pictures.

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Joe:

Oh, and I should add that we bought a box of your niece's Christmas cards this year -- an incredible Brooklyn Bridge design! Sent them all out...

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Joe:

Awesome photos AND story! Funny, but we just got our chimney swept this week, too. 'Tis the season.

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
david tinnon:

Ironic as it is true, thousands of talent-rich musicians like John spent decades entertaining millions. These same people also work as shoe salesmen, chimney sweeps, municipal maintenance crewmen or whatever work they can get to survive between paying gigs. Unlike John, for many side men, music is all they know, and the gaps between paying jobs can be pretty difficult. A few months ago, we had our piano tuned by the same guy who, for years traveled the world, tuning pianos for Elton John and other celebrity artists who use Steinway on stage. I was amazed. He said the action was sticky, so he and I took my wife's piano apart and spread the hammers and "what-evers' out on the driveway, took my compressor and blasted the parts, then we reassembled the piano --THEN he tuned it. He spent most of the day at our house (telling great stories the whole time) and charged us $80 for a tuning! He obviously enjoyed the entire process and loves what he does. (As you might expect for a retired Steinway field rep.) It was a "life inspirational" experience that I will never forget. Like logging on right here.

By the end of the next decade, most of the incredible stories that make up the history of the birth of popular music in America will be lost forever. Thanks Kathleen, for giving me a chance to meet John Bazemore, and for the reminder. There are a lot of "John Bazemore's" out there. The last of and age that can never come again, because it was a beginning. (Has he met Mary Poppins? ...Bert?) (I met Bert, but that's another story!) Best wishes to John, and all the other players we don't know, who back up the star talent that we do know. Rock on, John! (And careful on that ladder, dude!)

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Yvonne:

WOW!!! What a story and i can only imagine the stories you heard!... Love the pictures all of them. Thanks for sharing. Some days...the photo goddess sends great things your way...

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
JPH:

He seems so happy with what his life has become
Using his brushes in a chimney or on the surface of a drum.
Talented people are blessings when they share what they know
Whether it's cleaning out your soot or doing rhythm for the really big show.
So just another example why not to by just the cover judge a book,,,,
Learn what's inside by taking an undercover look.

 
January 17, 2010: John "Chuck" Bazemore
Marcie:

What a wonderful and expressive grouping of images depicting real people in real life. Love the silhouette of him up on the chimney top!!!

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Marta:

wow! that's something totally fresh here. "Hanging Bonnet" is a perfect photo. one day, when I have my own (really MY O W N) place, I'll get a print and hang it on the wall.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
david tinnon:

Hanging Bonnet or Snoopy's Ghost? Vote Now.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Yvonne:

Love the lighting, the composition, and to know that a such a beautiful photographic location exist! Thanks for sharing this very tranquil picture.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Preston:

Simple and thought provoking of time long ago.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Maarten:

kay ! creative! thought it was an old lomo shot,you got me there!
love your blog, keep it up!

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Kathleen:

JPH: Simple as that idea sounds, it requires some significant structural changes and coding within the blog software. But I'll keep that idea in mind for the next incarnation of AWTDT. Thank you.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
david tinnon:

JPH, I wonder how many sub-teen capitalist currently double their "income at home" by furnishing mom and pop with IT support?

KC,...and speaking of Mystic Orders, Kathleen, I should like to place one --for a lifetime's worth of Mystic Imagery....installment plan....one here, a couple there....Just kidding, that would be redundant. After all, you already provide Mystic Imagery Support to the multitudes. (But isn't that a little Socialistic? E-Communalistic? Time to double click on the left turn signal, comrades? :)

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
JPH:

It would be easier to view both pictures if they were posted side by side instead of one above the other. (If you don't know how to do this ask your son, that's what I do!) Either way, keep the pictures coming. :-)

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
david tinnon:

As the upper image appeared, I first thought you'd captured a spirit....then I realized you hadn't ...then I realize you had..... again.* Not a bad piece of work on the way to the Printer's.** As for Mr. Beissel's first path, --been there, done that-- ....nothing to do now, but sit back and wait for the wisdom business to kick in so I commence all that construing as prescribed by JPH, AWTDT's resident semi-monastic religious mystic.

*Insert "Thank you, dear lady" here.
**Too much ambiance for a windshield,--took it for a rear view mirror shot. Bull's eye either way ya' know, Ms. Oakley :)

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Tero:

Excellent pair of images! Kinda spooky feeling.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
David D:

Kathleen - wonderful images as always. I first viewed them on a grayscale monitor at work, and I think they are even more powerful as B&W. The meditative atmosphere really came through to me. Thank you so much for what you do!

David

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
JPH:

Remembering a time when life was more simple,
A plain shelf with pegs holds the white whimple.
A capsule from yesteryear preserved for us to view,
Whether life was better or worse that is for each of us to construe.
So just down the road from Durham in Lancaster County,
Lies this collection of historical bounty.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
edd Fuller:

I have been following your work for some time, and I think these photos are among your best. I wouldn't have thought it possible to photograph "stillness" but you have done it here. And that stillness speaks. Thanks for this.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Technobabe:

Interesting to see the sparse interior of the semi cloister community. Not many are invited to view the inside of a regular convent much less cloister. I love your information.

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Brian:

Kathleen - again, your pictures are awesome. Sometimes I think you and Andrew Wyeth share the same genes, as your photos are so reminiscent of Wyeth’s paintings. A few years ago my wife and I drove up to Rockport Maine for a weekend. We visited Christina Olson's house (Christina's World). Your image here is exactly what stirred the spirit of Wyeth, at Olson's and at Kuerners in Chadds Ford.

* I have a photo book by Frank Monaco titled "Glimpses of the Cloistered Life." You and your fans may enjoy his photos.

http://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Sisters-Glimpses-Cloistered-Life/dp/B0007YJ3SE

Blessings to you and yours!!

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Mirko Herzner:

I especially like the simplicity of the first shot. Very strong. The second shot is nice too with this unusual distorting effect...

 
January 13, 2010: Ephrata Cloister
Otto K.:

Gorgeous, Kathleen.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Marta:

Kathleen, we gotta talk.
You really shouldn't have her as Your model. She's so beautiful that I can't think about the quality of the photo any more.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
david tinnon:

JPH, Wrong season for dandelion seeds yo, even the Humomgos Versions to be found in Magical Kathleen's neck of the woods. More likely the spirit orb of a prior National Hotel guest...(check the register for a Dan Lion:) Can you blame a past-lifer dude for jumping at the chance to dine with MK&J? J obviously has a soft spot for the spiritual side, right, eye guess.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Brian:


Jenn is absolutely gorgeous in this shot.

Excellent work Kathleen.

I love the black & white! the light is awesome..

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Arianpour:

the best

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Joe:

"... when both eyes need to be in focus for a portrait."
Really, Russ, what planet do you live on?
: )

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Russ Devan:

Beautiful portrait, Kathleen, and a beautiful model. My only complaint is that her right eye is out of focus when both eyes need to be in focus for a portrait. That's probably due to the f/1.4 aperture necessitated by the low light inside the hotel.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
LwS:

Beautiful portrait, lovely tones and bokah and a beautiful model too.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Joe:

Do you think that might be steam coming out here other ear? Maybe she's not as patient as you presume... Kudos to you both.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Markus:

What gustatorial masterpiece in shallow DoF and seducing bokeh ;) I do like the way you rendered just her left eye tack-sharp whilst the other parts of the image can enjoy a wrap of softness without falling into the "sweet" clichee.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Fred King:

Great image, Kathleen! Captivating expression!

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Technobabe:

Would they mail the mac and cheese to me?
This is a wonderful photo and the description of the National Hotel adds to the fun.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
JPH:

"Look toward me for a moment" Auntie Kathleen softly cries.
So away from her dinner Jenn now focuses her eyes.
Camera ready and willing this moment to seize
For us now captured a picture to please.
But a window must have been left open across the room or somewhere
For a clump of dandelion seeds have floated in and stuck to her hair.

(Almost as good as your picture of me on facebook)

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
david tinnon:

Whatever event is occurring just above Jenn's right ear looks like it involves the Hadron Collider. (It certainly does not envolve Mac&Cheese!) On a different note, if Jenn's personal goal over the last few years has been to become a truly ugly humane being, I'd like to be the first to congratulate her on a spectacular failure:) Nothing wrong with her particle physics.

 
January 09, 2010: Jenn at the National Hotel, Frenchtown
Adolph:

Kathleen, what a beauty. You captured it right on. The hotel sounds quite interesting - so fortunate to have it in your area. As always you find the most facinatinating places. Thanks for all of this .
Adolph

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
mark / one way photo:

Love the blurry overall blue feel and the little touches of red from the car lights

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
minimodi:

beautiful. I think it turned out really great!

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Gi0rgi0ne:

Great shot! I really like the atmosphere and the colors.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Miles:

I really like those rear lights, the red just balances out the blue in the rest of the image, and you caught the snow beautifully!

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Abraham:

Lovely shot. It has a sort of dreamy feeling.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
david tinnon:

You have irreversibly/irrevocably and forever altered my personal concept of the commute experience, ........but this guy (gal?) has been driving to work for 5 days already. I am only one member of a select and growing crowd of spoiled and demanding (addicted) Durham-philes who, by now are beginning to feel a little jittery ....slight chills ...cranky ....blurred vision ....restless .....you get the picture ......one more, please, even a "smaller version" would help... stat? K?

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Clyde:

Very nice photo, as always. I have been enjoying your work for a long time through my reader, I just now clicked on the link to the comments section which I hadn't noticed before...your work is very good!

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Yvonne:

love the stop snow... the trucks taillights adds that splash of color, creating a very impactful image.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Joao Mourao:

One thing I keep forgeting about photos is that you have to be there and see it. Fantastic shot.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Marcie:

Love the simplicity..the surprise red lights in the otherwise black and white landscape.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Preston:

This photo is so very captivating. The entire capture is fantastic.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
crash:

i would say you "stopped" the snow just nicely! love taking pics in the snow ... nicely done

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
david tinnon:

Commenticus Major, Vol. II

Brian 's grandmother makes more sense than Jerry Lee Lewis ever did, enough with the shakin' already!

Sounds like Marta could use a "roll'o whites" to counter the blues, or maybe just some Starbucks! :)

JPH, How about, "For by wrecking the truck, the day could unravel." After all, it's only the truck, man!

Kathleen, Yeah for experiments! That's where "creative" creaps in. (I prefer 3000 to 3500 for whites, but that's a painter for you {as in Nora Jones' "If I were a...."}) [Looks like "Global Warming" {Oops, Climate Change} is not a problem back there now:] Apparently, winter got past Homeland Security too!

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
JPH:

On a road in Durham this morning one traveled
As snow covers the path normally graveled.
Headlights brighten the way
A safe journey for them I pray
For wrecking the truck life would become unraveled.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Marta:

what was wrong with Your bed, Kathleen? because I can't really think of any good reason not to be asleep at this time, on that day.
but then I can't find any reason not to be in bed at any possible time.

this photo is all about the end to me.
a Nick Cave song, ending credits.
the one in the car is not really coming back.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Brian:

Kathleen -

This is a wonderful shot. It reminds me of the "snow globe" in my grandmother's house so long ago. I remember shaking that globe endlessly - creating a category 5 snowstorm! I shook it until grandma said "that's enough"!

Thanks for the memory !!!

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Mindaugas:

When I saw this picture, I thought how did you make snow stop without flash. After reading your post it all made sense. Great technique, snowflakes in front complete whole picture. Congratulations ;)

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Tero:

Fantastic. For a moment, I got a feeling that I am looking this scene from a window. The focus on the sow is great.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Marc Dalio:

Mag. Nifi. Cent. A new year of photos from you? We are so lucky. Best, -MD

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Technobabe:

Were you up in a tree while taking this shot?
This is amazing really. Not only the color but the calm and serene quality.

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
David Tinnon:

Kathleen gets the Rush Hour Blues.

Hope the truck's in tune,
won't be needing A Flat.
Just a little soft slide.
No, you can't fret that.

Good pickin' as usual:)

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
Lucy:


Lovely serene scene in blue that you have created. So this is rush hour in Durham County? Out here it is more of an "ants all over a trail to cupcakes on a picnic table".

 
January 05, 2010: Snowy Morning, Rush Hour
justbane:

YA! lady this is awesome... just genius stuff here. Focus on the snow, and incredibly, it brings out everything else. Just awesome.
Thanks for this.

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
chiara:

so beautiful!

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
rolero54:

Beautiful image, perfect and bravo!

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
Steve K.:

Very nice. You've taken an everyday image and turned it into a work of art.

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
Tom:

Great picture. The combination of lines, cloud and sky color make it very interesting.

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
Maybelline:

You make such beauty of things we miss hurriedly speeding by not seeing the trees for the forest. Who knew that a lonely cloud, chem trails and corn rows in the dead of winter could make this lovely pattern.

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
Noreen:

Beautiful view of an amazing sky and field. A wonderful start to the New Year.

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
noxeus:

Tu trabajo, en su conjunto, es admirable. Felicidades.

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
Tero:

Well seen simplicity!

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
Otto K.:

beautiful, Kathleen.

happy 2010!

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
JPH:

Up to the horizon let's take a short walk,
The way is outlined by many corn stalk.
Reach toward the sky, cloud cumulus to grab
Our efforts are for naught, it's to high to nab.
Just crispness and coolness, with sky icy blue
Winter has arrived in this northward view.

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
Technobabe:

This looks like a million dollar painting. Almost too perfect. It is beautiful.

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
david tinnon:

Chem-trails above cloud-shaped mother ship attempting an emergency landing after a failed crop circle attempt. How you manage to get all this stuff in one shot is a total mystery to me, and it's a mystery I am fortunate to enjoy going into a new year. (Fwd; to Art Bell?) And Happy New year to you, Kathleen, and your cast of characters; family, friends, neighbors, candy farmers (and farmers, otherwise,) and all their respective pets!

 
January 01, 2010: Cloud Above a Cornfield
David H-W:

Superb job Kathleen! Lead-in lines, fab colour, snow and blue sky!

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
david tinnon:

Kathleen, I suffer from the same Disappearing Field Syndrome as Liz. I can't drive the outskirts of town without sensing the impending development of every cornfield and pumpkin patch. Perhaps some other Webster can refer us all to an Incantation Specialist for a Field Preservation Chant. (The only Crop Circles I fear are the ones that are found at the end of newly formed Culs-de-sac.)

If any new developments pop up near you, you shoot'em, OK? :)

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Pam:

Exquisite, soooo lovely. Thank you.

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Paul Hartley:

1920 x 1080 is my screen resolution.

All I have to share is a story of sorts - which you could share with your Daughter or your Mom.

Do you know what a Honeymoon Salad is?

Lettuce alone.

My first full time job was with Prudentail Insurance in Newark NJ in 1972 and back then Pru had a free lunch! But they were very thrifty so almost every day they offered Honeymoon Salad. Since I met my wife there and we have been married for 32 years - for me it was just that... God Bless and thank you...

Paul

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Centers and Squares:

This is such a peaceful and beautiful scene. And open space is so precious nowadays - I get nervous now when I see open fields - wondering which field will be next to go. Wonderful to hear that your friends are good stewards. The comments are great - you even have poems left in your comments -how neat is that?

Liz

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Kathleen:

Zykor and Jan: Happy New Year! Check your email. :)

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Zykor:

I was looking for my Christmas present ;-)
Did I miss out?
Or maybe you are away?
1920 x 1080

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Jan:

1280x800...... Thank you! I like ur pictures, especially those reminding me life's simple

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Zykor:

Thank you for your generosity offering this wonderful image as a screensaver.
Monitor is 1920 x 1080

Thank you & God Bless you & your family!

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
btezra:

just a quick note...here's wishing you a grand start to the new year, nothing but the best to you, Kathleen!

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Brian:


Merry Christmas to you Kathleen!

Lovely photo - it really makes me want to retire to Durhan Township. As I Live in the NY metro area, it would certainly be a big change!

PS: At your advise, I just bought the Canon T1i EOS Rebel. I think it will take some learning.

Best regards,
Brian

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Kristina:

I used to live in Upper Bucks County and even after 20 years I still miss it. Your photos bring me closer to it. Thank you!

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Brian:

What a great image. Very peaceful and calming. Thanks for posting such a wonderful photo.

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
david tinnon:

JPH, Inspired by your recent financial critique, I've been doing some real research...mainly evolving the 5 lb box on the coffee table by the "tree." Low and behold, I discovered that peanuts ARE candy. Armed with this parcel of knowledge, I pushed ahead to do further research and re-read the poetically specified photo info, only to discover that real M&M farming involves not peanuts, but steer...so we could change the product selection options from "plain or PEAnuts" to "plain or..." ...maybe we should stick with the peanuts. Michael Palin might not agree, but at least one ex-President would approve:)

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Debi:

I love this shot. It is so peaceful; serene, ahh! I would love to see your peaceful shot and my fav shots without "man's industrial touch" added into the mix. Power poles, lines, and towers. There is hardly a place to shoot a clean sunrise anymore, here in Florida, except over the ocean. Thanks for sharing you photo, just beautiful.

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
david tinnon:

So Jon, what are you saying, you in or what?

Kathleen, Michael Pollan? I'm not sure, but I suspect Michael Palin would approve.

Victoria, thanks for the visual! I hope we both recover--you from the feast and me from the envy of having missed it. (We must look like a couple of green M&Ms--available online soon! :)

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
JPH:

I'm not quite ready to cash in my IRA yet
For David's notion of fortune he hopes to beget.
He really should read your photo info with more care.
Manfred and Friede only work for peanuts, not candy, so there.
So David's poor kids will realize Dad's just having another delusion
Wanting others to be part of his internet inclusion.

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Victoria:

Hey David! Sounds like a good idea but can you wait a few weeks? After Kathleen's fantastic Christmas feast and holiday celebrating all of us here are lying back stuffed to the gills with crosses in our eyes. (It takes awhile to recover when she throws a party.)

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Kathleen:

Kierie: Thank you and check your email!

David: What would Michael Pollan say about your idea?

Robinson: Wow, thank you. Glad to know you're enjoying the photos so much. Hopewell is in a really beautiful area, not far from the Delaware Water Gap National Park. It's no wonder you miss it!

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Robinson:

I'm from mountainous and forested Hopewell, NJ, but I go to college in flat, urban Illinois. I love my school (Go U Northwestern!), but it's always one of the joys of my day to open Google Reader and see that a new photo has come in.

And, actually, it's one of the joys of my roommate's day, too: he knows that "a photo's gone up from that photographer you like" whenever I spontaneously turn around from my computer and start telling him about how pretty it is in New Jersey and Pennsylvania right now, or whenever I stare at my computer for two or three minutes and just sigh.

Merry Christmas, Kathleen! And thank you so much for capturing the beauty of this place.

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
david tinnon:

OMG, Just wait till my kids find out I have my own personal internet M&M farm! I assume the round building with the (adorable) pointy top is where I store them prior to packaging for internet sales. I'll be filthy rich in no time, soon as the first harvest and an online marketing blitz; Hey world, just click once for "peanut or plain," then gi'me that cc # and check yer download folder! (No sticky mess, melts in your mouth, not in your hard drive.)

We could even set up multilevel internet M&M marketing. You send them the farm and I'll sell them the internet marketing package. OK, Kathleen? .......Ms C?.....hello?........Lucy? .....Jon?.........Victoria?......ground floor opportunity here....Jakey?..... Amber?....Jenn?.....anybody.....come on people, where else can you get a free farm plus a mega-tastic, can't-loose, bullet-proof biz-op? ...time to wake up and smell the M&Ms here......

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Kierie:

What a beautiful image...really striking. I would love the screensaver gift for my PC resolution of 1920 x 1080. Thanks Kathleen for sharing your view our our space....

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Kathleen:

David and Tim: Thank you! Check your email for the screensaver files. Snowcones to arrive under separate cover.

Fotobram and John: Thank you for all the return visits!

JPH: That poem absolutely killed me (in a Holden Caulfield kind of way). You're so observant! Happy Christmas to all the wonderful H's!

Technobabe and Robin: Happy Christmas to you both. It's great having you around. Thank you for your comments - I really appreciate them!

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Robin:

Simply loving the peaceful scenes you have here to show is... thankful for having such beauty at my fingertips... hoping that peace and joy are with you too on this lovely day.

Merry Christmas.

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Timothy hoffman:

I love this image!
Time stands still. . .

I would love to have a screen saver version for my IMAC 24.
The screen resolution is 1920x1200. 32 bit color.

Regards,
Tim.

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
JPH:

This is what gives Durham Township much of its charm
Peaceful vistas of places like M & M Farm.
Stonework on house and barn match as well
If only those walls could talk, what a story they would tell.
To all that drive by so they don't miss the view nice
They have put up two signs so you have to stop twice.

Merry Noel!

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Technobabe:

Peaceful winter scene. Have a wonderful Christmas.

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
John:

This is wonderful! I've enjoyed your blog for several years now. Keep up the good work, and may the new year be your best yet!

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
Fotobram:

Nice winter scene.
Happy X-mas to you.

Still looking at your shots :-)

 
December 24, 2009: M and M Farm, First Snow
david tinnon:

.....and the next gift, (Thank you, Kathleen!) I love the atmospheric effect that results from having so much light bouncing off so much snow e.g. the softened shadows on buildings and hills alike. Nice powdery grays on the hills too, with the parade of power poles coming through that frosty blue cut. And yes, I'd like a 1680x1050 to go, medium-rare jpg, no onions, easy on the pixels. Can I get a snow cone too? Maple syrup of course! (Like I would not be THAT surprised if a maple syrup snow cone magically showed up with the free image, although considering how well runneth-over my cup is by now, even a snow cone would critically stress the karmic balance, so send the image only, to be safe.)

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
david tinnon:

Dear Ms Connally,

May I here extend an appropriate personal seasonal sentiment upon the Connally household, your production staff and troop of regular players. Not sure about Durham Township, but it is Xmas Eve in SW Idaho. Here we currently suffer meager traces of a 1-1/2" snow that's 4 days old. (Not exactly Currier and Ives.) So like millions of other Americans who would otherwise be forced to endure an Off-White Xmas, I can throw another chunk of MDF, OSB or New York Times into the studio stove, pour a beverage of choice, and enjoy an appropriate, professionally prepared Xmas Vista Con Blanco, (which regularly exemplifies what a nice girl like you does in a place like that!) I ask you, Kathleen, does it get any better? Well if that were not enough, I also get a bonus seasonally well-adjusted literary offering from the pen of AWTDT's Poet Laureate, the Right Honorable JPH! AND YET, it gets even better, for like all AWTDT Websters, I share mass (consciousness) anticipation of soon opening the next gift...and the next...and the...

So may the special meaning which this time of year has for you be magnified utilizing a formula which incorporates accelerated multiples based on your "sharing-based" performance record. It's your Christmas Equation; (A really big number raised to a really higher power) x (a very lot of Ho,Ho,Ho's)=(MX2U)x(2009) Now, that's fair and balanced.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Peter DeWitt:

Nice photo, Kathleen. I enjoy how you use contrast in your images. Beautiful blue sky - makes me want to be out there.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Lucy:

Oh wow Jon. You got us all crying on Christmas.
Your best poem ever!

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
JPH:

Just what is this season of holly and pine?
Let's take a few moments our thoughts to refine.
Is it giving and getting, the jingling of songs
Or something much deeper, oh, for which our soul longs?
Underneath the clamor and good will all around
The message of old with some digging can be found.
God's only Son, the Messiah, delivered in a manger,
Prince of Peace, Savior, to rescue us from danger.
So consider this message, appropriate it if true.
It changed my life and it is my Christmas wish for you.

Thanks Kathleen for the beauty shared with us and to the greater community of commenters who have become my friends. JON :-)

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Tony:

Wonderful advent to the winter season. Here in Alabama today it was above 60 degrees. I took advantage of the brief warm spell to rake leaves and needles. Beautiful shot.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Christian Carollo:

Hello winter! Beautiful shot. Sounds like we will have many more opportunities for these types of photos in our area this year.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Jonathan:

Nice shot to welcome winter - It's nice to see these shots while I wait for the summer to really hit down here in Australia!

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Marco:

It's snowing in italy too!!! It's 23,02, hopefully tomorrow morning i'll have some beautiful blue skyes to try match this lovely photo. Wish me luck Kathleen ;)

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
David Tinnon:

In view of the soft curves at work here, perhaps your legal department (and Brian) can sign off on "The First Wave of Winter". Any thing which could make me feel better than your "looks like a painting to me" series of grand exteriors would require a doctor's prescription and a credit card, so throw another "thank you Kathleen" onto the humomgos pile before going back outside.

And a nice piece of work from Jon too. (Even though poetry, like bank robbery, goes down best as an inside job:)

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Tero:

Beautiful white and blue.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Lucy:

Beautiful Winter scene. Nice way to welcome Winter in Durham Township.

Dang! JPH, you're getting better every day.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Brian Lang:

Technically, today is mid-winter day, or winter solstice. Not the first day of winter - that's a common media-generated misconception.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Technobabe:

Happy Winter Solstice, Kathleen. Lovely picture. There is something about some of your photos, like this one, that they appear to "move" as I scroll down the photo. Interesting. Anyway, starting tomorrow the days will start getting longer so we will have more light. That is good for all you photographers, huh!! Happy Holidays.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Laura:

Beautiful colors, like the fish eye effect

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
Noreen:

Lovely winter view of the area. Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas and Happy Healthy New Year. Happy Holidays to all.

 
December 21, 2009: First Day of Winter, Spring Hill
JPH:

It is really what they call... Spring Hill??
It must have swallowed quite a bitter pill.
It appears to be under the weather...
It doesn't have it all together...
It's recovering under a blanket of white chill.

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Xavier:

winter desolation is amazingly caught.

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Marta:

Made me think of Wyspiański's "Thaw" (Pl "Roztopy"): http://www.pinakoteka.zascianek.pl/Wyspianski/Images/Kopiec_roztopy.jpg

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Ivan:

Great photo! But too litle snow.... I like snowy winter

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
david tinnon:

How about a board game? Photomopoly. I've been talking with the Bradley Twins, Omar and Milton. We start with the board covered with the latest 1000 of Kathleen's Durham Township postings and a deck of cards, each containing the corresponding comments for an image. Players draw lots to establish order. First player draws a card and must match the comments card to the proper image in 2.5 seconds. (2.5 sec. hour glass included) If the player succeeds, the player gets 2.5 points and retains the card. If the player fails, the card goes to the bottom of the deck. Next player draws the top comment card and play continues till all the images are matched to their comments. If you start the game by Greek Orthodox New Year, you can be done before Mr Field's nap is over. Yep, much faster than Monopoly and there's no jail--just some mud here and there! (Characters in trees not included.) .....So if Kathleen will just pop those 1000 18x24 prints (signed,numbered and matted) into the mail, I can get started on the board layout and send the comments to the typesetter. Helios bold condensed, or, Ms. C, would you prefer New York Times Roman?


 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
rolero54:

Beautiful composition, I like

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
JPH:

Lucy - How does POETRY OF A PHOTO PUNDIT sound for a title? Maybe I could get Marvel to publish it. It would have to be a joint effort for the poems are nothing but an observation and compliment to the picture (and a good exercise for my brain).

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Lucy:


Beautiful picture. When it first comes on it reminds me of an African tree shown in National Geographic.
JPH I heard you are putting out a book of poetry. When you first started on this blog it was only a line or two, now it has become a very polished piece of art.If you dedicate it to David Tinnon he might add some glowing words to it.

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Fotograf und Fotostudio Osnabrück:

I prefer the summer!

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Brian:


Beautiful photo - just a taste of what's come - MORE SNOW!

I agree with Roberta - the tree on the left has a lot of character. Reminds me of San Francisco. If you go to the beach on the ocean side (near the Cliff House) all the trees are tilted from the eastward wind.

Have a very Merry Christmas !!!

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
David Tinnon:

Roberta, That's odd, I didn't notice anyone in that tree.

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Roberta:

The snow looks really slushy and wet. I love the character in the tree on the left!

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
david tinnon:

For this expanse of mud and ice, it's a winter's holiday vacation--Job is done. Time to kick back with a cool drink and chill out. In only a few months, it will be back at work, helping to produce food for a nation. And what with the Humongo Version, I can take a stroll on the wooded hillside without disturbing Mr. Field's holiday nap.

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Christian Carollo:

Great photo! Gotta love the scenes you come across during a Pennsylvania winter.

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
JPH:

The fertile field of summer has yielded up its crop
All that remains are muddy furrows and little hills with frosted top.
Leafless trees in the distance, dark sky heavy and gray
Warns that more winter is still on the way.
Yet in the distance a few windows slightly glow
Hinting of warmth inside, when outside is early snow.

 
December 13, 2009: Snowstorm in Uhlerstown
Technobabe:

I have a picture of the snow in our back yard on my blog. It was the first time I did the snow shovel work. Now I ache all over.

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
david tinnon:

A fine opener for the winter season of images, Kathleen. The human figure is practically essential for scale comprehension since most of us have not been to bang on rocks that ring. So thanks to Waldo, who I first took for a Lego Zorro. After several hours of attempting to mimic the pose using a few of the Lego Zorros I keep around the studio, I concluded the Waldo must be an Action Figure cause Lego Zorro can't stand like that. (That must be a real Christmas tree to his distand right, cause non of my Lego Christmas Trees, can stand like that either :) ......I suppose Rocks That Ring are Action Figures too.

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Marco:

Thank you for the answer Kathleen, now everything makes perfect sense, i love the spirit of getting the right shot on camera "the moment it clicks" rather then fixing it later with loads of post processing. Your works are a constant inspirations for my shots :)

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Marcie:

Amazing patterns and textures in these rocks. Love the composition.

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Kathleen:

Marco: The photo was taken at 4:15 in the afternoon, and it's pretty dark at that hour, at this time of year. (Sunset is at 4:35.) It was also heavily overcast, making it even darker than usual. I was aiming to catch some action from "Waldo" as he hopped from rock to rock so in these dim conditions I had originally set the ISO to 1600. I dialed back to 1000 when I realized I could accomplish this shot at f/4 and 1/160s. Thanks for the question.

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Marco:

I like the composition but i have a question if i may, why going iso1000 with a super white snow?

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Joao Mourao:

fantastic shot. I found it very strange to know taht those rocks sound like a bell. Our world can be sometimes a strange place.

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
marc dalio:

great shot. i'm fascinated by the boulder field (as a drummer AND photographer) yet it weirds me out to think of visitors endlessly smacking those rocks with hammers. hope they can take the abuse!

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
mikelangelo:

Very nice. Reminds me of Bev Doolittle's Pinto painting:

http://www.artifactsgallery.com/art.asp?!=W&ID=12815

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Tero:

Great photo of a typical winter day :)

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Wayne Woodruff:

Another beautiful shot! I never heard of ringing rocks and I'm happy to learn it's so close. I'll have to pay a visit soon! I imagine the snow would seriously dampen the acoustics.

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Technobabe:

Very interesting info on Ringing Rocks Park!!! That would be a joy to be there when the percussionists are making music!

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
JPH:

Inquiring minds want to know
Do these rocks still ring when covered with snow?
When examining the trees in the background
Lo and behold, friendly Waldo is found.

 
December 08, 2009: Snow at Ringing Rocks
Jonathan:

Great shot and good info about the park. Also rather impressive DOF for f/4! Thanks for posting, as always.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Nocturama:

wonderful photos!

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Cassy:

Beautiful shot! I love frogs.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Stephen Van Tuyl:

Great shot! Killer DOF.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Wolfgang:

What a wonderful photo, like the perspective and detail.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
David Tinnon:

JPH,

were you to combine these verses
add some lines -just a few
mankind's first amphibious sonnet
could well be penned by you

Thereby putting Red Cliff Road and it's green-lipped monarch on the map, while advancing Literature to the next level.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Jillian:

Not a big fan of frogs, but this shot is really good. I can't imagine your posture as you worked on it.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
JPH:

Known to have waded in the mud with a hog,
Now she sits in a stream with a frog.
So with method trued and tried
She captured his good side
And now he'll be famous on her blog.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
desfocado:

Everything was said already. Fantastic ribbit photo ribbit ! ;)

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
david tinnon:

Any girl who'd sit in a creek to get a good shot of a frog deserves a prince! (Getting into the mud in order to shoot the pigs was a beautiful thing too!) A shame have no documentary crew on hand to capture the amphibious photographer in creative process. Alas.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
ROB:

Great to see a fresh image. Love the frog looking into his own little pond, surrounded by all the autumn colours is perfection.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Miles:

This really is beautiful Kathleen, the frog is so clear but also really nicely blending in the with background.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Brian:


Wonderful photo. I remember when I was a child, mom said "never touch a frog" - you will get warts all over your hands. I did touch the frogs, and I never got warts. I think mom was a fibber.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
minimodi:

great capture! looks like the frog is enjoying the day, thinking its froggy thoughts...

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Salva:

My patience is widely rewarded. Your work is fantastic work

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Lisa:

That is just breathtakingly beautiful, Kathleen! I love his pose as well as the water texture and colorful leaves. Words can't even say how much I love this!

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Ilan (@ilanbr):

That's just super cute :)
I love the 'dignified' posture of that little green fella.
Great!

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
JPH:

The backdrop is colors of autumn,
What leaves of summer have become.
Rain and a stream might be a challange for some.

But Mr. Frog sits in the water, patient and still
Waiting to snag some morsel, his tummy to fill
With his last supper before winter's long chill.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
E:

Really sweet ;-)

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Lucy:

The humongo version is so beautiful with all the lovely colors. But it would still take some doing to kiss this guy even if he turned out to be my handsome young prince.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
andipantz:

I love these little guys and their rubber band call. :)

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Jonathan:

Great shot, as always Kathleen. He's a cute little guy! Thanks for the humongo version too, it gives a greater appreciation for the detail in the scene. Looking forward to your next few posts!

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Otto K.:

ribbit. just lovely, Kathleen.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
David Tinnon:

Wonderful copper tones Kathleen, but I don't take any green lip from frogs. JPH, can we have a sonnet here before somebody croaks?

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Technobabe:

You have the right spirit to wade into the water and get right down there to get the right shot of the lovely frog. This is a perfect picture.

 
December 02, 2009: Northern Green Frog (Rana clamitans melanota) on Red Cliff Road
Wayne Woodruff:

Rain? Around here? No way!

Welcome back, we've missed you and we look forward to you new photos!

You are so very correct, the humongo has a ton of detail. Mr frog is just hanging out with lovely green strip on his face. The leaves offer a nice color contrast. Must have been pretty funny to see you sitting in the creek! And my thinks I'm nuts!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
pierre:

man, did he grow up.
I like this set of pictures a lot.
This 70-200 is a true killer lens, with some exquisite bokeh.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Drew Poland:

This is an amazing set of images- and I can see why so many have commented. The 2nd shot (action) is great. I'd like to see some BW but I have a feeling the color is just going to work better, because of the great contrast from the pumpkins.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Royce Bair :

Love the photo sequences! Great use of old pumpkins. With his shirt off, that's got to be a warm Indian Summer.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
desfocado:

I am systematically amazed at the quality of your photos. Being a city boy, most of these pictures represent something that I never witnessed. So thank you.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Christopher L. Moore:

I wonder why I heard there was a pumpkin shortage? I guess it was just the cannery having problems. Nice series!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
David Tinnon:

JPH, Lucy- Perhaps a "spin-off" blog is in the making, "Jakey's Chicks" (Kinda gives new meaning to "Fox News" :) Or Jakey and Roger could do agri-based political commentary on "Tractor Factor"

(Is there any turkey left, Kathleen?)

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Lucy:


JPH; Jakey was surrounded by hot chicks on Thanksgiving night. But he remained cool.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Laurie:

Beautiful series. Indian Summer is such a wonderful thing.

I hope you and your family enjoyed a Happy Thanksgiving.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
JPH:

Lucy - Check out photoblog archive from April 9, 2005.That "hot chick" and her rooster look like they have plenty of grand-peeps to crow about. (like Jakey)

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
david tinnon:

Lucy; So you've spotted a ring of poultry thieves operating in the area? Better notify Det. Issacson!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Lucy:

David:
Sounds like you are tired of waiting for the next photo. So are we.
In all the years here I don't recall ever seeing a "Grannie" There's nothing but hot chicks in this Township.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
david tinnon:

The Great Pumpkin Bust of '09

Undercover Police Detective Issacson --Well, partially undercover anyway-- now recreates the investigative techniques he employed to solve the case involving a local organized crime ring known only as The Grannies. Seems each fall, the group selects a rental property in the area and establishes a black market "Pie House." The windows are covered with quilts and six to fourteen gas ovens are quickly (and quietly) installed in the dead of night. Local merchants usually report the loss of large quantities of spices, baking pans, Saran Wrap, etc. Neighbors of previous "Pie Houses" have testified to increased traffic to and from these black-market baking dens along with strong baking odors in the middle of the night. This pumpkin bust netted five suspects; white, female, between the ages of 64-87. Two of the "Grannies" have prior pumpkin related convictions. The street value of the confiscated pumpkins was estimated as high as $327 due to the inflated pre-Thanksgiving market. Names of suspects are being withheld pending notification of grandchildren. The location of the "Pie House" and subsequent disposition of any baked goods in this case has not divulged due to an ongoing investigation conducted by local authorities who were seen leaving the station today with a lot of coffee, napkins, and whipped cream. (Photos courtesy of the Detective's mom.)

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Kathie M Thomas:

Great shots. The orange just adds to the whole feel - beautifully captured.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Marko:

love the colors

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Lucy:

Among your many talents only a few of us lucky ones know what a gifted cook you are. Wish we could find a photographer who would make a series like this of you making that huge Thanksgiving feast for us every year.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
HenryPC:

Lovely tones in these shots. Actually reminds me of the work of Joel Sternfeldt. Not sure if you know him but was introduced to his photographs on some recent photography holidays i went on last year. Looking forward to visiting your blog again.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Houser:

Gorgeous as always, K. Glad to be back in the arena :)

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
aaa:

realy nice colors

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
LwS:

Smashing pumpkins!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
scott:

over the river and thru the woods to the pumpkin patch, eh? Any pictures of that photogenic farmer?

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Wolfgang:

What a wonderful series; I love the colours, the dof and - of course - the actions of the boy, particularly in the first and the fifth photo.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
rob:

amazing and awesome!!! I love the pumpkin chucking. when i was that age, an old pumpkin field discovered after Halloween was lots of fun. look for a patch there next year, maybe a few seeds will sprout. great action shots and you really captured the day.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
crash:

geez! was it really that warm??? and look at all those wonderful pumpkins!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
cuvintealese:

excellent shots loved the story and the composition

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
David Tinnon:

Lucy, RE "huh?" --whut?

Kathleen & Co. RE Post Hallows Patch Management, "smashing job, as is expected." --glad you remembered the Fotobloggist's Kreed, "If ever you can't decide, post them all." The wisdom of which, is here exemplified. (Can't wait for 4th-coming seasonal episodes like the Turkey Toss, and the Christmas Tree Pitch ....maybe next Groundhog's Day your assistant-in-action will launch Punksatony Phil across the Potomac ala our first GW and his dollar --humongo version to be included of course:)

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Claude:

A celebration of fall's bounty. Glad you were able to take home so many. I like the number 3 shot the best - a Pennsylvania still life.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Seek Geo:

Loved these pictures especially the first one! Every bit of that photo is breath-taking!

Great job as usual. :-D

-SG

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
See-ming Lee 李思明 SML:

A great shoot! How long did it take you to carry all that pumpkin?!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
unmallya:

Nice shots of pumpkins. You have good collections

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Brian:


Hello Kathleen!

Yoor photos just get better and better. Can I have your permission to post one of your pictures on my blog (it is a religious blog).
I will certainly mention your name and link to your site.

Thanks and God bless!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Technobabe:

So many pumpkins! I see them as future pumpkin bread!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Marcie:

Such a wonderful scene. Love how the boy has turned the pumpkin patch into a sport.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Robin:

These are beautiful Kathleen.

Thanks for turning me on to this gem of a fruit seller.

Robin

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Lucy:

David Tinnon, huh?

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Tero:

Very good series. #1 and #2 and are my favorites.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
minimodi:

thats alot of pumpkins! really great shots with a nice warm tone to them. especially like #1,2,4,5!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Bob:

How fortunate that you had an Indian Summer...I think ours lasted about 4 hours. Love the deep autumnal colors of all of this pics. And what's more fun than smashing a whole field of pumpkins!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Grosse Pointer:

I visit your site to get away from the general craziness of the world. Thank you for such beautiful work, and a little peace of mind.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Jan:

Not only like the colors and their combinations but even envy weather of the day (cold rains here in Slovakia).

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
david tinnon:

As I scroll through the current essay, I,m filled with optimism, in that the stunt crew captain is packing on some mass in the Fresh Muscle Development Department. That doth surly proclaim that we are going to see larger objects being launched to higher trajectories whereby there shall surly be a corresponding increase in the Re-Entry Impact Department. This could get really good!! As for the "#6" image, (LOL) it reminds me of those bags of pre-cut baby carrots we get in the produce department piled into the back of a LEGO station wagon. (And then there is that lone pumpkin in the Special Early-November Bonus-Frame-Feature created by the "through-the-window-" shot using the window of the open door down-stage right.) Bravo the stunt crew, stage director, and the Cinematography Department.......guess you need a station wagon in order to accommodate carrots and crew. Great job as usual Kathleen, pack up and roll out. (And watch out for flying produce)

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Anthony DiSante:

I love the trees in #1 and #4. Looks like an interesting forest.

The Touareg also gets my approval :)

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Otto K.:

somebody had fun.

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
Justin:

I love how the orange contrasts well with the autumn browns in all of these - the topmost photo is really rich in texture and tones (forefront bush, boy, pumpkins, background red tree). The one w/ the pumpkins down the road is fantastic...orange dots all over - again the contrast is superb on that one. Can't believe these are unedited!

 
November 09, 2009: Indian Summer
JPH:

Never one to sit around and be bored
He was off to the field of orange gourd.
For a while his play was merry
Then to the car many he did carry,
'Til the trunk was full of his hoard.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
david tinnon:

Yo, Kathleen, ROB makes a good point about all those dogs just standing around. For a long time, I've thought that if you used dogs that could juggle or play the French Horn, you'd have a really popular blog. I just did not want to blurt it out without an apropo segway. Not all at once, you know. Introduce them in small groups, like two or three juggling Dalmatians off to one side, or a Yorkshire on a French Horn in shadow. A since of subtlety and good taste is paramount in these matters.

Your Welcome.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
Charles:

Wonderful shot Kathleen. Love all those tractors.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
Pembrokeshire West Wales:

Hey there, This picture makes me sad, it makes me sad because I used to live in small town USA - Canton CT and this picture sums up everything I miss about that wonderful place. The fall in CT is amazing and the red barns - oh how I miss them as well as the crisp mornings at this time of of year.

Yes this is a great picture to make me feel all these things from just one viewing.

nice, thanks for sharing

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
ROB:

It is a source of amusement for me that there are often dogs just standing around in your images. Dont get me wrong, they add enormous interest.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
Keith Etzel:

Great Pic. Brought back lots of memories.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
Michal:

Great shot. I like how they all line up. Great detail and colours too.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
Cassy:

Great shot! i love the look of all the Farmall's lined up.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
David Tinnon:

It's NOT FAIR! They have about a dozen tractors--I don't have ANY! I'm tellin' jus wait! I'll call the Fairness Czar and he'll make those guys give me one of the gray ones, or that one with the adorable bucket stuck on the front....they'll be sorry! Capitalists. Le Bourgeois. (I could use another dog too!)

Got to log off now.....feeling a little green....
..Oh Deere.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
Tero:

Fantastic collection of tractors. Great point of view!

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
nick lewis:

A lovely documentary scene

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
JPH:

From the roof of the tool shed is a crow's view
Of Jakey, Amber and Roger never lacking something to do.
Tractors of yesteryear in a neat row,
Getting a breath of fresh air before into storage they go.
Later in winter when farming is slow out of doors
To their former power and beauty Roger hopefully restores.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
carolyn:

This was worth waiting for. Wonderful composition and colours and I love the white smoke from the tractor.All in all a beautiful farm scene. Thanks also for recommending the very interesting "photography without a camera" article.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
janko:

this looks kinda nice. It has some aire that makes you feel like you can almost smell the autumnleaves and hear the tractor *bobbing* by, despite the bird eyes view. Like it, nice work

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
Laurie:

That is an awesome view from the roof of the shed. Love those old tractors. What a cool collection.

Thanks for the link to that interesting read. Some good ideas to ponder.

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
Laura:

I love the composition of this photo and the movement it has!

 
November 02, 2009: Roger, Amber, Jakey and Tractors
minimodi:

thats an imressive collection of tractors! I like your environments. good detail.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Cassy:

Beautiful shot! amazing lighting.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Ilan:

The beauty of Autumn, minutes before the Winter steps in :)
Splendid light - Watching these golden leaves almost makes you hear the wind/breeze.

Beautiful work, glad to meet you on Twitter :)

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Evelyn:

Love the golden leaves this time of year. Nature's solace for taking summer away from us. Nice catch.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
faisal:

lovely colours!

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Markus Spring:

Love the tight crop here - it's giving the essential light and smell of autumn.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
rob:

So right... So light... so yellow... so home... so October ends light... so you.. so much... so perfect... so daring... so nice.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Simon C:

A simple picture but really effective.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Cassy:

Beautiful shot Kathleen!

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Anita Bower:

Gorgeous!!

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Brian:


This is a lovely photo.

We are truly blessed to live in the Northeast!

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
David Tinnon:

If that link has gone bust, whack this with yer mouse...

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/hurs/ho_15.30.59.htm

Have a nice day at the Beech :)

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Marcie:

Gorgeous autumn color...and light!!

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
David Tinnon:

The itunes is blastin' the Beach Boy's "I Can Hear Music" and now I can see music. A tune by Asher Durand or Fredric Church?.......nah it's Kathleen orchestrating services in her cathedral of choice.

http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/american_paintings_and_sculpture/the_beeches_asher_

The Beach boys and The Beeches, wow.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Wayne Woodruff:

Kathleen,

The fall colors are quite nice around here and your photo is a testament to that.

I really liked the movie - traipsing about the countryside with the gear looking for 'the shot'. Your message is heartfelt and spot on.

I'd love to know where Dee spotted a Bald Eagle; M'ville is near me and I'd love to get some photos.

Wayne

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Becky:

I almost feel the sunshine on my skin. :)

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Judith Polakoff:

That's a beautiful little film, and your message is very much appreciated. I think whether the pristine areas can be preserved comes down to basic economic issues. There are similar events occurring where I live, although because you're located so much closer to New York City your farmers can get more money if they sell their land, so more of an incentive to take the money rather than stay and struggle to survive. In any event, it's a lovely photo and, yes, this fall the colors have been magnificent!

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Noreen:

What a beautiful shot of fall foliage. The film is wonderful and you are right, it is a magnificient area to live in and hopefully will be for some time to come. Your little guy is a lucky fellow.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Laurie:

I love how the light gently dances on the golden leaves. This is a magical time of year that is far too short.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Tero:

Very nicely composed photo.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Technobabe:

I thought the trees in our cul-de-sac were pretty but this photo is gorgeous.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
JPH:

The beauty of the fall season is highlighted today
And yellow is the color featured in the display.
The sun playing games with the leaves of the trees.
Makes for an autumn picture that surely will please.
All to soon this forests colorful beauty will fail
For winters gray and white coat is next to prevail.

 
October 25, 2009: American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) at Lodi Lock
Dee Gahman:

I loved the film. I have frequented your site often over several years and your work inspires me. I was driving home from work to my house here in Durham township overlooking (I believe) the feilds were this film was set. On my way home from work was an image that made me think of you. I had no camera in hand, but the sky was dark with a storm brewing and I looked up as there was a stark contrast of a white fluffy cloud in the horizon, next the wind kicked up and the image was filled with golden leaves, as I was enjoying this sight, an Adult Bald EAGLE entered into the picture and just soared and circled to my non-beleiving eyes. I thought, now Kathleen would have captured this image if she was in the car to see it. Keep up your enjoyable work. THANK YOU.
P.S. at 7:00AM the next morning my phone rings and it was my husband calling to say that he was seeing his first Bald Eagle in the wild on high tension power lines in Montgomeryville.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Eleanor:

This is such an amazing image - I LOVE IT!
The reflection is awesome - it takes my breath away, the beauty of the light, and the bird, and the rustic setting. Andrew Wyeth could have painted that exact scene.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

I had to stop by and look at this again...which is exactctly the goal, yes?

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

This is a most intriguing photo. I love everything about it. The rustic contrasted with the elegant. I LOVE this photo.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Amanda Eisermann:

This is absolutely stunning. Might as well be a painting.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
desfocado:

Reminds me a royalty !

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Charles:

Awwww. What a great shot. Love the light.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
LwS:

Beautiful composure to this image.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
luca:

love your work!!! I can live something very far from me, I can breathe different air and live the life of every day over there with you.
...Feeling that just travel can give me and your photography is a journey in your life...

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
luminouslens:

What beautiful composition and lighting. So expertly done!

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Tim Seeber:

Kathleen, I have been visiting your blog for several years -- your photos are so good that I often take them for granted. And just when I start to feel that way, you share one that just stands out even more. This (from my perspective) is one of those special ones...when I think you can't get any better, you do! This is AWESOME in so many ways!!! A great signature photo. Thanks!

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Erinn:

Great shot! The lighting, the slight decrepitness/dirtiness, and the stark contrast of the white peacock make this a shot that you can dwell on as a viewer.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Jennifer:

This is a stunning photo! I love that there is a mirror here. Amazin lighting.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Ariel:

The surprise factor on this one is a big hit. You just don't expect that pose from that animal on that place. The light it's just breathtaking, it could be easily confused with a painting.
Great job.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Laurie:

I love this. Beautiful light and beautiful exotic bird. The setting is perfect.

I have to go look at the video.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Cameron:

Great lighting and a beautiful bird.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Marcie:

Spectacular!! Love the use of light..and especially the surprise reflection in the mirror. Great find!!!

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Cassy:

Amazing shot kathleen! I love all of the shades of whites and browns.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Technobabe:

This is such a wonderful picture. I will never have a camera like you have but we do have a Canon Power Shot SD630. I have more time these days and I plan to take pictures and learn as I go. You are always a good example for me.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Diana:

The mirror in the corner makes me think of an old painting. Very nice composition.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
M Gomez:

That's an amazing photo - I thought of Vermeer right away!

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
JPH:

Inside the room the light is mostly muted
Revealing an old ladder, a box that is fluted.
A screen door, a mirror, all past their prime
Tucked away treasures, resting quite some time.
A peacock in white wearing a piercing game face,
With such humble surroundings it looks out of place.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Steven:

A capture of a lifetime - Brilliant!
Congratulations.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
minimodi:

looks like the hen wear a little crown :) good one!

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Tony:

Beautiful light and I'm delighted to find a peacock that could be photographed effectively in black-and-white. :-) The documentary was wonderful. It was worth the wait!

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
David Tinnon:

So serious. So formal. So stylish. So fine. So Connallyesque. So how much you want for the frame?

I would inquire regarding the screen door, but it is obviously priceless.

Got to be a poem there, Jon.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Neuroknitter:

Beautiful! The little bit of reflection captured in the mirror is exquisite!

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Larraine:

I love this shot. Really nice! You do an extraordinary job. Your pictures are an inspiration.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Stephen Roberts:

This is a MAGNIFICENT shot. I saw your blog site through a friend and I must say- it's truly gorgeous. I've been a fan of Andrew Wyeth's for some time and I must say I can see influences of his work on your own. You're pictures speak volumes and I can only say, it's an honor to have visited here today. - Steve

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Noreen:

Really like this photo. The white against the brown tones is striking. Would love to see the plumage open sometime, must be quite a sight.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
sarah:

this is so special; i love it.

 
October 20, 2009: White Peacock at Two Dogs Farm
Markus Spring:

Carefully crafted light like out of an Caravaggio, perfect color palette restricted to those shadows of brown (given that white is a non-color). Strong image - definitely working for me!

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
pierre:

hahaha, great find

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
ffocuss:

Funny folks in your neighborhood.

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
David Tinnon:

Jon, Whew, glad you're back and I can relax. I hope you had an excellent hiatus! Can I download my diploma now? (Whil'st you re-acclimate yourself to Kathleen's world of Agri-Politicus Graphicus!)

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
JPH:

I'm back from the beach, enjoyed two weeks of rest.
While I left David T. to advance the poem quest.
With candor and rhyme
He well-spent the time,
Fully passing the verse writing test.

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Ilan:

Hah :D
Great catch, and nice sense of humor there.
Love it, thank you for sharing :)

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Alex:

Hay que tener sentido del humor, y este agricultor lo tiene... buena iluminacion.
Saludos.

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Wendy:

Great angle for the shot. I might steal this idea for my own yard. ;)

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Raul:


Good lighting and a curious lineup .. the result strikes the observer, good job.

greetings!

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Ruth Taylor:

Glad the farmer still has a great sense of humor :)
Made me smile.

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Judith Polakoff:

A very clever play on words (and visuals), and I do feel sorry for the farmers. Here in upstate New York the dairy farmers are suffering something awful and it's a wonder that they haven't all been put out of business already, with milk prices currently at 1970s prices! They really could use a bailout right about now...

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Laurie:

Makes me smile. Better to be able to laugh than cry.

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Dan Creighton:

Great statement by the farmer but hey he got more then me! LOL. Glad you posted this as it's a nice twist of humor.

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
David Tinnon:

the last hay-rah

funniest op ed
ever I saw
leads one to wonder
is that the last straw?

another thought
not so funny
who'll ever know
where went the money?

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Marcene:

That's pretty funny!

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Markus Spring:

Your image is the proof that the U.S. of A. still are the country of unlimited possibilities - everybody can have his/her bailout, and I guess the banks will accept this as willingly as they accepted missing collaterals not so long ago!

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Mirko Herzner:

Some funny folks around there in your area :-) Beautiful capture as well with those brilliant colors.

 
October 11, 2009: Bale Out
Donna:

How clever! How sad!

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
faisal:

noice! love the composition... !

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
Mário Martins:

Nice work, like it!

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
Gregor:

Great shot - the contrast and size ratio between the white sales and the dramatic sky is really effective! Nice one :)

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
Laurie:

I love how crisp those white sails are. The white really pops.

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
Angela Smith Photography:

What a great shot. I love the "storm on the horizon" feel this gets

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
yyzwatt:

Definitely, get the shot or shots first. Then play around with the settings for other shots. Keep up the good work.

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
Wendy:

This photo reminds me of a contemporary watercolor painting. I like sky and water photos - nice one.

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
Erinn:

Wonderful. I like how small the boats look against the landscape.

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
victoria:


David my boy, we hardly knew you!

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
v8torq:

This photo just has a great "feel" to it.

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
Tero:

Very nice.

 
October 05, 2009: Sailboats on Lake Nockamixon
david tinnon:

When the sky turnes cold and gray
When the coast is draped in black
Cast off no line, and set no sail
Lest this day you don't come back

Yet sail they do as sail they must
though the weather has gone to the devil
For them what tacks o're Lake Nockamixon
shall always sail on the level

And yet doth Kathleen oft protest
to Photoshop is like onto sin
the sails that dot
this Lake Nockamixon shot
look as if she "cut n pasted" them in :)

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Barbara Thorbjörnsson:

I love the Delaware River and I love mist. it goes without saying, I love this shot.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
unmallya:

Excellent shot!!!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Laurie:

Such a beautifully placid scene. Beautiful mist.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Erinn:

Gorgeous.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
david tinnon:

Yo, what's JPH impling,
"for better or worse?"
Could he be insinufying
I can't handle some verse?

I got tons o'cool poemletts
piled high in stack,
and there'll be plenty more
a'fore JPH can get back!

So Kathleen go outside
and shoot something quick,
and to the image you post,
a poem will soon stick.

Bring on the photo,
I'm in it whole-hearted.
(It's how "Willie Da Shake"
probably got himself started.)

(Now let's see,.....what rhymes with "Humongo Version"......?)

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
JPH:

It's off on vacation for two weeks of rest
Walking miles on the beach and no schedules are the best.
Stuff packed in the car and a note for the house sitter.
Did I leave enough information and ample kitty litter?
Things still get done even when I'm not at work.
KC will post more pictures (maybe) of what around the next corner does lurk.
So I won't be around to write any verse.
I'll leave that to David Tinnon, for better or for worse.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Technobabe:

Awesome photo. You must have amazing photography equipment!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
David Tinnon:

JPH, you're sounding like a transcendentalist*....guess with enough fog, we can't tell the Delaware from the Walden.

*Not a person who bleaches teeth on the weekend.

Victoria, I hear the perks are better on Letterman:)

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Stacie:

Photographs of mist and still water are always magical to me. Yours is very nice - I love the mood it suggests.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Tony:

I don't agree that this image has poor composition. This comment misses the point. The emotional response evoked by travel (where to? why? etc) mist, and the river is powerful.

Kind Regards
Tony

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Wolfgang:

Great landscape and a good atmosphere, caused by the fog ...

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Victoria:

JPH, I love that poem. I could not agree with you more.
David Tinnon: You should be working on the Jay Leno show. He needs you badly.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
JPH:

This Sunday morning we decided to skip the usual church.
Instead, a boat on the river is our lowly perch.
Enjoying the beauty of God's creation, it loudly calls
Us to worship in this sanctuary without walls.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Marco Correa:

Love the atmosphere in there!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
minimodi:

great morning mood in this shot, the fog does the trick!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Markus Spring:

Gorgeous light and harmonic colors. I like the composition with that small point of interest against the abundant nature - noise wise it was probably different.

And special thanks for offering that humongous version - it is a great pleasure to see such excellent images in really large size.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Wayne Woodruff:

Another spectacular shot!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Ed:

Poor composition!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Grosse Pointer:

Wow!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Kobena:

Absolutely gorgeous. On viewing the humongo version, I could almost swear I saw the mist rising.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
ALG:

Oh my, this photo is very special indeed. I LOVE the mist you have, it's very rare to get it in the foreground? The boat is a very good addition to the photograph as well. Thank you for sharing this.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Noreen:

Fabulous! The humongo version is awesome.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Otto K.:

this is so lovely.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
David Tinnon:

Two guys on the way to work......so? (Maybe they are the only two guys who still have jobs?) Besides, I clicked on the "Humongo Version" and now my monitor has a puddle under it :)

You are back in your best elements! Yeah Kathleen!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Marcene:

It's so peaceful. What a lovely landscape.

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
yz:

beautiful, spectacular landscape shot!

 
September 29, 2009: Boat on the Delaware River, 8:53 a.m.
Tero:

Excellent capture of misty lake. The boat adds the sense of scale and green trees are taking sunbath.