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Old fading white barn, Wallingford CT
This beautiful fading old white barn sits in the hills of Wallingford CT on Dayton Hill Rd. The Christmas wreath has been placed on the front of the barn in anticipation of the coming holiday season. Nikon D7100, Nikon 18-55 @ 24mm 1/200th, f11, ISO 200
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Horse barn Rt. 6, Andover CT
Barn on Rt. 6 in Andover CT Rt. 6 is a busy, high speed road and the only way to get this shot, (without trespassing), is to stand on the edge of Rt. 6 while vehicles rush past you just feet away around 50 mph. TIP: If I’m shooting on the road, any road, I wear a brightly colored reflective safety vest. I also purchased, for merely $8.00, an orange collapsible safety cone which I put on the roadway about 30 ‘ before my vehicle to alert oncoming cars. Keep your four way flashers going as well. In this particular shot I parked the car up the street, off the…
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Hop River State Park Trail Bridge, Andover CT
In 2012 this beautiful foot bridge was installed to complete a major gap in the rails to trails walkway which runs from Manchester to Willimantic through Hop River State Park spanning Rt. 316 below. Before the bridge was in place most folks were forced to stop and turn around as there was no easy way to get to the other side. Not any more. PLEASE NOTE: This image was digitally altered in the area the ground under the bridge for artistic quality. Photographed with Nikon D7100 and 18-55 zoom lens.
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Old barn nestled amongst the pines, Andover CT
Asleep amongst the pines is the old barn and shed in the tranquility of the sunset. Photographed by Nikon D7100 and a Nikon 18-55 mm @ 45 mm. 1/160th, f9, ISO 800
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Heritage Farm, Bolton CT
Beautiful Heritage Farm Barn with it’s majestic silo sits hi atop the hillside in scenic Bolton CT. I was quite a considerable distance away for this shot as they owned a lot of acreage around the barn and I’m limited to shooting from the roadside. I called on my Nikon 80-400 mm lens to get the reach I needed. Remember one of the advantages of a cropped sensor, (compared to full frame sensor’s), is that you get the advantage of a multiplier. This Nikon camera extends every lens by a multiplier of 1.5. So basically instead of 400 mm I had a reach of 600 mm. This allowed me to…
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Barn on the hill in Andover CT
This old barn sits atop a hill in the remote countryside of Andover CT. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 and Nikon 18-55mm @ 35 mm. 1/400, f11, ISO 800
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Hillside Barn at Fish Family Farm, Bolton CT
Fish Family Farm Creamery 20 Dimock Ln Bolton, Connecticut This barn is located at the entrance road of the Fish Family Farm. I found it to be quite beautiful in its uniqueness. Not only is it built into the hillside but it has a unique entrance. Surrounded by beautiful tree’s on a winding road gives it added ambiance. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 and Nikon 18-55 mm @ 29 mm. 1/200th, f8, ISO 1600
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Painted Rock Snake, Andover CT area
I didn’t record the street I was on but it was not a main road. I believe it was a back road in Andover or the Andover CT area. Anyways I stumbled upon this hand painted rock. Nikon D7100, Nikon 18-55 @ 55mm 1/50th, F11, ISO 1250
