This is what is known as the Eicher Arts Center, one of the oldest buildings in Lancaster county! It is located in the local town park and serves as a wedding venue, meeting place and more. In recent years they have stepped up the beauty of the exterior gardens adding a good bit of appeal. It is not an easy building to get a good shot of but the large pots of mums helped. The one thing that puzzles me is you have this building full of history and they have a set of signs outside on the building that look completely out of sync with the building! they literally look like they found a scrap piece of wood, jig sawed letters out and slapped them on. I wish I had the ability to create something with a bit more elegance and class.

This is one of the images I captured on my 12 hour photo adventure last weekend. This lovely property was right by the road but the small pond was too low to see a reflection from the road. I inquired if I could walk down to the pond and thankfully the owner said yes! The spacing of the trees and the buildings insured there was plenty of visual interest to take in across the scene.

As we inch closer to the end of fall, I was again blessed to have the opportunity to shoot this farm which I have been told has been in the same family for multiple generations. The main home on the right is now an Air BNB with the owners living on the property in a different home. Imagine waking up far away from the stresses of the hectic world and taking a morning walk around the peaceful pond letting your worries fade away. The late day setting sun was skimming across the trees from the left lighting up the foliage. I asked the owner to turn on some lights which I feel always adds a touch of warmth! I am hoping to revisit this spot in the winter if we get a good snow or the pond freezes creating an icy reflection. there are also a few paperbark maple trees near the pond that might look nice with a fluffy coat of snow

I ruined a good pair of shoes to get this shot but it was worth the effort. This is my hometown park and the tree framing the gazebo and trees is situated in what seems like a water runoff section. The grass was green but about three steps in I realized it was a muddy saturated mess. Did I back out, of course not because I had to reach the overhanging foliage so I could share the beauty with you!

You can hardly go wrong with such a red hot scene?

This location was a dream come true to experience and shoot. The rising sun provided a luminous explosion of color as it backlight the rich leaves.

This image is one of several from this past Sunday that I was blessed to have come across in my 12 hour fall foliage adventure. I started the day with yesterdays Sunrise image at French Creek state park and upon leaving there decided just to start driving back roads I had never been on before. I spent the rest of the morning and up until sunset keeping my eyes peeled for possibilities. This shot was taken later in the day and the pond was maybe a football field set back behind houses. A lane went back to a cul-de-sac, and the pond was just behind and brimming with color. I knocked and asked if this was their pond and could I take a couple shots? The gentleman said sure, just stay on the far side of a row of pines so his dogs would leave me alone. Well as it turns out the sun was horrendous from that side so I decided to see if I could move to the good side and not become lunch at the same time! Thankfully the wife was working in the garden and gave me her blessing to find a better spot and the dogs did approach but were on their best behavior. I used to frequent New England and this pond takes me right back to some great fall memories there. My one literal downfall was seeing a stunning red maple in the back right corner you cannot see that I wanted to get too. There was an area full of poison ivy, brambles and all manner of thorny, grabby plants that actually sent me to the ground twice in my struggle so I finally admitted defeat. Whatever the plant was, it had thorns that caught your pants and trying to muscle through them is what sent me crashing down. That and poison ivy that latched onto any shred of clothing you were wearing. This was one spot that offered a view of the water and is one of my favorites from my Autumn shooting. A special thanks to generous owners!

Started my day off yesterday with this calm lake sunrise!

I spent three hours Saturday morning out shooting foliage and then headed out again at 5am this morning shooting till dark for a full twelve hour whirlwind tour. I got a good number of shots I was pleased with which will have me posting till the middle of Winter! This shot was taken at Middle Creek as the last rays of sun skim across the lake.

This is my hometown park on one of those days when a light fog greets the sunrise. Granted this is well after sunrise and I was actually ready to leave when I noticed the rays of light piercing the fog. I usually try and include the sun in shots like this and by using the foliage as a way to filter the suns intensity you get this result!

This is another angle from the fenced in pasture. I don’t know how so much beauty can be contained within this fence but this property sure was full of color from one end to the other and had me reminiscing about the times I would head to New England in the fall and sleep in my truck. I had quite a cozy cushion setup under me and nice warm blankets no matter how cold it got. On more than one occasion I woke to the entire interior covered in frozen condensation.

I came across these tall Maples in a row right beside the road. After careful consideration I decided to lay low on the ground and hide the road completely with the grass across the street.

Some nice fall foliage, a nice fountain and a carpet of fallen leaves. What more do you need?

This property caught my eye last year with its beautiful fall foliage, so this year I decided to ask if I could have permission to wander around the area inside the fence to photograph the fall color. Thankfully the owners were willing to let me see what I could capture and I hope to go one more time before daylight savings ends this weekend. The white fence borders the pasture which slopes down into a small ravine where they have a couple highland cows roaming about. When the cattle first approach you to check you out, their horns can look intimidating but these guys are as sweet as can be. This is one of several I will be sharing as I get to them.

An Amish farm has a large garden of flowers for those who like to pick their own.

A nice assortment of Autumn color on display here!

I headed out this morning at 6:00 am to shoot fall foliage at a location I got permission to explore and it was a great spot that yielded several great images. Fast forward to a couple hours ago and I found myself again heading out to see if I could get one more shot captured before evening took hold. I checked on a favorite old farm I have captured numerous times and I noticed the neighbor had a beautiful maple tree ablaze so I knocked for permission to try and use it to frame the old barn buildings. The owners were kind enough to let me shoot so I shot this image capturing their home, a garden area and the neighbors barn I went to shoot as a thank you. This garden area is 2 feet from the road, so I literally had my tripod collapsed all the way to the ground and I got the shot with my tripod sitting in the lane of travel. I think 4 cars passed till I had the shot but no one gave me a hard time. Fall is my favorite time of year with crisp days and bountiful colors.

Been a while since posting, but fall is coming on strong and I hope to share quite a few. This is a small local farm stand that brings out this old truck as part of their fall display! The mums seemed behind a good bit with full blooming ones outnumbered by quite a bit. I had to keep an eye out for cars as I was standing on the edge of a busy road to get this shot!

Shot this set of images after a summer storm came through. You usually have to scramble to capture a fleeting Rainbow and the local park was very close so I was able to get the Rainbow and twenty minutes later I shot the opposite direction to get these clouds! It was actually a double Rainbow but the second one never got as bright as the main one.

Getting on my stomach to get a shot these days is pretty rare but I always liked this local church so I went for it. This shot was taken with the Nikon 14-24 which is a great lens.

This farm is very lovely and the coneflowers across the street were an added bonus!

Pardon my delay in posting things from last month but here is the small town of Lititz, Pa getting all decked out for the 4th of July. The day I decided to take a few shots the wind was fairly strong and even better it was consistent.

This set of three photos are from the Swiss Pioneers farm days in Lancaster County and they are demonstrating using a horse on a treadmill to power machines processing hay. They also had four horses walking in a large circle that was a variant of this idea. These horses have been part of this event for several years and they seem well taken care of and they seem more powerful in their musculature.

The three boys operating this half scale steam tractor seemed to have everything under control as they maneuvered around at Big Springs farm days. The youngest of the three had it easy riding in the wagon behind the tractor. The upper photo shows the big boy tractors in the background.

This Steam Tractor caught my eye because it seemed someone took very good care of it. I heard one man explain it is rated for 25 horsepower which seems like very little till he said it was able to pull as much as 25 work horses which is rather impressive.

This huge engine is located at the Rough and Tumble site and was removed from a natural gas supply station and completely brought back to working order by the men at Rough and Tumble. I think I heard them say it will run for 6 minutes on a twenty pound tank of propane.