Ventures In Photos: water

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Playing in the Water

What genre of photography are you drawn to?

While I find inspiration in them all,

I tend to lean toward Macro & Close-ups.

They may be separate categories

but with today's photo editing

they tend to 'crop' up together.

A few of my still lifes using the element of water.

Cropped for Close-up

Joining

Water World Wednesday

Wednesday Waters

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Spring-like Fall Blooms

Daisy 'Mums

Joining

Outdoor Wednesday

and

Wednesday Waters

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Sunrise at the Mill

How about a sunrise excursion to McConnell's Mill?, says the RG.

I've been a little camera fatigued this week but I said o.k., let's go.

As soon as we arrived and the beauty of nature took over,

my ennui evaporated into the morning mist.

Upstream

Downstream

Near the Mill is this natural hillside spring

and man made pool.

The fountain was constructed in the 1950s

in memory of Charles F Chubb

Conservationist

Dedicated to Preservation

of Natural Beauty

1877-1960

Joining

Outdoor Wednesday

and Water World Wednesday

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Quiet Neighborhood

Recently while indulging my other hobby of family research,

I took a moment to cross the country road
and look down at this creek.

It was a calm and relaxing moment out of the heat.

Joining Water World Wednesday w/Kim

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Over and Over and Over

Enjoyed watching this training exercise from afar.

Joining Water World Wednesday

Mother Nature Never Ceases to Amaze

McConnells Mill State Park

McConnells Mill State Park is a 2,546 acres Pennsylvania state park in the United States. The park features a deep scenic gorge accessible by a roadway that winds between large, room-sized boulders on the hillside. McConnells Mill State Park is along the Slippery Rock Creek.

McConnells Mill State Park was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".

Flowing north or south?

Depends on whether you were here in the Ice Age or Today.

Hemlock Trees (the PA state tree) abound in this area.

Geology

The geology of the park was also heavily influenced by the glacial effects of the ice age: a large glacial lake (water that was held in place by a glacier), broke about 140,000 years ago. This break in the glacial dam caused a dramatic change in the flow of the water. The lake that had previously drained in a northward direction was now draining to the south. The drastic change in direction and very high volume of water flow created Slippery Rock Creek Gorge.

The bedrock was formed over 300,000,000 years ago as layers of peat, mud and sand were compressed. This part of Pennsylvania was a coastal area at the time.

The layers of bedrock were built into mountains as the continental plates shifted. The layers of bedrock had different strengths. Some of the layers eroded quickly and others eroded at a much slower pace. The various erosion rates account for the variety of geologic features at McConnells Mill State Park

Environment

McConnells Mill State Park lies within the Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests ecoregion.

Joining

Trees and Bushes

and

Outdoor Wednesday

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Last One In's a Rotten Egg - 29 June 2016

Children often say this to get their friends to join in something, especially to jump into a swimming pool (pond, lake, ocean, etc.) When one says it, all of the others run as quickly as possible to get into the swimming pool and not be the last one in.