Going Back

23Mar13

A few weeks ago I took a second trip back to the Lonaconing Silk Mill in Western Maryland. When ‘time was up’ there last summer they practically had to drag me out. I knew there were many more subjects left to photograph and I wasn’t done! Having shot a lot of the machinery and wider […]

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Tags: abandoned, B&W, black & white, factory, fine art photography, grunge, HDR, high dynamic range, Klotz Throwing Company, lonaconing Silk Mill, maryland, MD, mill, old, photo blog, photography, silk mill, textile, web log

Crying Out For B&W

01Mar13

Some images just cry out for black & white conversion as did the images below. There was actually very little difference between the color versions and the final images. Hearing that the forecast called for morning fog one weekend not too long ago, I ventured into the pines on both Saturday and Sunday. Having captured […]

Filed under: Landscape, Landscape Photography, New Jersey, Photography   |  12 Comments
Tags: B&W, black & white, fine art, fog, horizontal, landscape, landscape photography, monochrome, photography, pine barrens, reservoir, trees, vertical

Try, Try & Try Again

26Sep12

Back in 2009 I learned about a broken pier somewhere at the Jersey Shore. Not knowing exactly where it was I went searching for it and finally found it by looking at a satellite map online. It is located at Corson’s Inlet, at the southern end of Ocean City and is now a very popular […]

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Tags: Atlantic Ocean, B&W, black & white, broken pier, corson's inlet, ocean, ocean city, old pier, photography, pier, sunrise

Something Different

23Sep11

On a late summer outing to Eastern State Penitentiary with some lady friends from the camera club, I was determined to come away with something different from before … something different from the many images I have seen of this very popular location. This was my third time there. Each time it was hotter and […]

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Tags: B&W, black & white, Eastern State Penitentiary, ghost, philadelphia, photography, prison