This past weekend turned out to be a perfect time for a spring hike in the middle of winter. I went to the Bethlehem Tow Path, which provides for great views of the blast furnaces of the former Betlehem Steel plant.
Posts Tagged ‘Winter
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Feb
12
Bethlehem Tow Path
31
Jan
12
Trexler Park
This past weekend Bo and I visited Trexler Park in Allentown, PA. My dad use to take me here as a kid & I haven’t been here since that time. The park was originally developed by industrialist and civil leader Harry Clay Trexler as a sanctuary for birds and other wildlife. The historic Spring House structure is located here which was built in 1741. The log cabin served as the summer home of the Trexler family.
23
Jan
12
2012’s First Snow
02
Jan
12
Hunter’s Cabin & Bogert’s Bridge
A great day to photograph some history. The cabin was built in circa 1739-1741 and the bridge as seen was built around 1841. Happy New Year.
30
Dec
11
Lehigh Valley Dairy
Earlier this week we were looking for some structures near the proposed hockey arena in downtown Allentown to photograph. Our thinking was we should try to capture some images before the demolition starts. Well it looks like we might have been about a week or two to late. Many of the areas have already been fenced off. So we decided to leave and started heading up (north) on 7th Street. As we were heading towards Route 22 we noticed some construction equipment at the former Lehigh Valley Dairy. I didn’t want to also be to late for this location. So the decision was made to stop and capture some images. This building was the old processing headquarters for the dairy. This place brings back memories when my dad would take my brother and me for ice cream (if we promised we would not fight with each other in the car on the way over). The facade is made up of some beautiful art deco tiles.
20
Dec
11
Winter’s Beginnings
Some images to say good bye to fall and hello to winter.
22
Mar
11
Rocky Mountain High
I was in Colorado skiing for a few days last week and of course I had a camera with me. As a matter of fact, I had the new Olympus XZ-1. It is an amazing camera for a “pocket camera”. A couple of features that were important me is the fact that you can shoot in RAW format and it has a f 1.8 lens (it has a built in flash but w/the f 1.8 lens, I probably won’t use it much). Here are a few examples.
19
Mar
11
Middle Creek
In the March time frame every year there is a huge waterfowl migration that takes place in Pennsylvania. One of the stopping points is Middle Creek. It is located on a 5,000 acre state habitat on the Lebanon/Lancaster border. The big attractions are the Snow Geese and the Tundra Swans. Counts can be as high as 100K Snow Geese and 10K Swans. I had the opportunity to photograph them a couple of weeks ago and a couple of years ago. The beauty of these creatures in such abundance is absolutely amazing.
20
Feb
11
St. Michael’s Cemetery
St. Michael’s Cemetery was first made popular by Walker Evans. The following photograph is his image with, Bethlehem Steel in the background, taken in 1935:
The following is my attempt at the same location. Unfortunately, the headstone in his image no longer exists.
30
Jan
11
Another Winter Hike
My trusty companion (Bo) and I took off for another winter hike. However, I’m starting to long for spring.
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