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Read more →Daytime Long Exposure Photography A long exposure is not determined by time, but by effect. To me in photography a long exposure is any shutter speed that creates motion by blurring in the photo. Many daytime exposures can be taken without any special equipment, but for most in bright light
Read more →Windflowers January 2024 Free Wallpaper Ok, these are windmills, the effect is created by taking multiple exposures and combining them in Photoshop. I placed my camera on a tripod so that it would not move and then used an intervalometer to take a photo every second and shot from 20-50
Read more →West Quoddy Head Lighthouse West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows. The current tower, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was constructed in
Read more →Beavertail Lighthouse Beavertail Lighthouse was built in 1856 and is the premier lighthouse in Rhode Island, marking the entrance to Narragansett Bay. The 64-foot lighthouse lies on the southernmost point of Conanicut Island in the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island in Beavertail State Park, on a site where beacons have
Read more →Thurmond Historic District Thurmond, West Virginia, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is in the heart of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. The Thurmond Depot now operates as a summer visitor center. The Thurmond Historic District comprises the entire town and a small portion
Read more →Knox Covered Bridge A History of the Knox Covered Bridge Originally built in 1851 at a cost of $843, its span was 50 feet. The bridge was made of white pine, light in weight and resistant to worms and weather. Like other covered bridges, it was covered for protection
Read more →Niagara Falls State Park Niagara Falls State Park is located in the City of Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York, United States. The park, recognized as the oldest state park in the United States, contains the American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls, and a portion of the Horseshoe
Read more →On a recent trip to western Kansas I photographed this field of white flowers and I am having trouble identifying them, they do not appear to be in any of my guide books. Ok, these are windmills, the effect is created by taking multiple exposures and combining them in Photoshop.
Read more →Ryus Kansas Abandoned Carbon Black Plant Ryus is an unincorporated community in Grant County Kansas. The town has never had a post office and consists of only a few scattered farm houses and grain elevators with the Cimarron Valley Railroad is based in Satanta, Kansas running through it. United Carbon
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