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Millers Pond State Park, Durham CT
Cheryl and I took a hike around Millers Pond in Durham CT. What a quiet little spot in the middle of the woods. One end has a very small sandy area that I guess they call a beach. Then around the park there are two or three “boulders”, for lack of a better word, that are located on the water’s edge lending themselves to sunbathing and fishing. All in all, however, there was almost no one there on the Sunday afternoon that we went. The attached photo’s show the pond itself and various points along the path we took for our hike. We caught the coolest day all summer and…
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Unique house in Cheshire CT
As I drove by this house it struck me as unusual and rather special sitting in the woods. Almost fiary tale like. So I turned around and went back and took a couple of photographs. Photographed with Sony Nex 7, 24.3 MP, mirrorless camera with a Sony E18-55, 3.5-5.6 OSS lens at 48mm (35mm: 72). 1/80th, F11, ISO 400, Aperture Priority.
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Scoville Reservoice – Wolcott CT
Woodtick “Scoville” Reservoir Scoville Road Wolcott CT On June 9th of 2022 Cheryl and I decided to head over to the Woodtick Reservoir, known to locals as the “Scoville” Reservoicr. I had seen images of the reservoir area on the internet and saw some photo opp’s that I wanted to take advantage of. It was a beautiful sunny Summers day, approx. 85 degrees with limited humidity. The reservoice is approx. 120 acres large and is surrounded by tall, well established trees, that have been there forever. The town, many years, back, must have made a trail that follows the lake around its circumference. This path was plenty wide enough to…
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Crystal Ball Photography – Pink Flowering Tree, Cheshire CT
In an effort to keep experimenting and trying new photography techniques I purchased a 90 mm crystal ball and took my first “crystal ball” photograph. Photographed with the glass ball on a suction mounted tripod. The camera was also tripod mounted. Shot with a Sony A7RII, 42.3 MP, mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-105 F 4.0 lens using manual focus. 1/200th, F8, Aperture Prioity, ISO 50
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Model train meets real world. Train crossing Middlefield CT.
An Atlas model railroad N-Scale, 1:160th, Conrail GP-40 locomotive from the 1970’s with freight cars was photographed in my studio using a Nikon D7100, Nikon 105mm F2.8 lens. The train consisted of 62 images all at various focus points and merged into one final photograph using Helicon Focus Stacking Software. I also photographed the railroad crossing and old building at the Middlefield CT train crossing on West St. Using Photoshop CC 2022 I merged the miniature train image into the real life image of the Middlefield train crossing to create this image.
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Elm Spring Farm, Rimmon Rd., Beacon Falls CT
This is my idea of a cow barn! Long enough to hold a fair amount of milkers and tall enough to load up mountains of hay and alphafa to keep them fed all under a beautiful gambrel roof. As you leave Seymour, travelling north, you’ll cross the town line into Beacon Falls and immediately come upon this awesome looking old time farm on Rimmon Hill Rd. I don’t usually like white barns but this one is an exception. I think the color befits it beautifully and it’s bold lettering accross the front just rings out with the pride these farmers felt as they served day in and day out providing…
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A pumpkin welcomes visitor to this rust Kent CT barn.
With fall in the air, and Halloween around the corner, Cheryl was excited not only to see Old Glory adorn the entrance of this rustic barn but a bright beautiful pumpkin sitting at the stoop as well. Golden leaves adorned the landscape, and a colorful sky shown through, this barn made quite an impact on us in the lovely town of Kent CT. The homeowners house, (out of sight to the right), had a sign that said 1835. I don’t know when the barn was actually constructed. Photographed with a Sony A7RII, 42.4 mb, mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-120 zoom lens at 39mm. Aperture Priority, F8, 1/320th, ISO 1000.…
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Beautiful Kent CT Barn in the Fall
Cheryl and I went to scenic Kent CT this fall for the purposes of capturing some beautiful barn images. You’d never guess it but this was photographed on the edge of a downtown parking lot. Just behind me about 50 – 100 yards were hundreds of people taking advantage of the fall weather going in and out of small quaint shops and restaurants. However, everything pointing west, in the direction of my camera, was just scenic countryside. Kent is situated in the northwest region of CT bordering New York State about a 45 minute drive north from the City of Danbury. There is a special charm to Kent and worth…
