More of Historic Griggstown, NJ

I pass this spot everyday on my way home so I decided to take some photos for 20 mins on my way home.

I featured this area of Historic Griggstown, NJ back at the beginning of March in this blog entry and this time I decided to bracketed shots for HDR processing.

Below are my favorites of the day:


I love this one!!


I'm on the fence about these two. A LOT OF GREEN HERE!





While I was photographing one of the windows I snapped my reflection just to be silly:


To be even more strange I snapped a photo of my new hot pink shoes with the camera looking down my tripod. I love the shoes so I figured why not snap a shot? *LOL*

This is especially for *Bri* since I promised to show her them!



There are a number of others but this is all that I actually liked the results of. Sometimes HDR is hit or miss depending upon the lighting conditions.

Historic Griggstown, NJ - Windows and Doors to the Past

Griggstown, New Jersey is an unincorporated area and a historic district within Franklin Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey first settled around 1733.

It is a small, picturesque village that lies on the Delaware and Raritan Canal. This canal criss-crosses the state of New Jersey and in the 1800’s was a major means of transporting goods between Philadelphia and New York.

Canal Barges bearing goods have now been replaced by canoes and kayaks. One can still find remnants of “canal life” along the towpath and roads that traverse the village. This window belongs to a building that probably housed mill workers at one time. When it was modernized, asbestos was used in its restoration. Now this building is gutted and closed to the public.

I applied a few different Totally Rad Actions to these photos below and tweaked the layers to apply my own spin to them:











While I was reasearching Griggstown I found this interesting article about the local legend of the Griggstown Cow that I thought was interesting...especially since the place he wandered was where I was taking the photos.

It's All A Memory Now...

Woke up this morning...snow was all gone...just a faded memory! At least it was captured in photographs. I've completed the snow series with the photos below:











Tonemapped a Single RAW file:







I can't decide between the next two. I like them each for different reasons:





More of my landscapes can be seen here: http://jenweaverphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2750159_YCXzV/1/253549723_ykAPD

More of my Waterscapes can be seen here: http://jenweaverphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2850079_jQ4Yo/1/253528256_VjgbD


More of my HDR/Tonemapped photos can be seen here: http://jenweaverphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/3868580_st8qe/1/253548530_ssLn4

The Snow Fell and I Ran Out The Door to Catch It

I was sitting in my office chair editing some photos from 2007 when I looked out the window and saw snow flying around in the wind like crazy. I was so excited for some reason...could it be that I actually wanted snow? Ummmmmmmm, I think YES!

Normally snow is a nuisance but today I was thrilled that the snow was falling and I wanted to be right there with the snow in the middle if a field somewhere photographing it!

Call me crazy but I guess you can tell I'm addicted to photography and the addiction really kicked in last January (2007). I got some snowy scenes back then...but that was with a point & shoot so I didn't have the range I wanted. I didn't have the D80 until May of 2007 so today was my first chance to capture my 4th season with the DSLR...Ahhhhh, WINTER!

I've been waiting for it to snow on a weekend so I could have my chance. I imagined places I'd quickly drive to and what kind of photos I'd like to get when it finally would snow. When I saw the snow falling I was out the door in my coat, hat, gloves, snowboots, with my camera and tripod in less than 7 minutes!

I drove a place less than 1 minute from me. It's "preserved open space" (yay!!) by the township. A slew of various birds are known to "hang" here but today I was focused on the trees and the field covered lightly in snow...as well as this path to no where.





I also fixated on a little tree in the middle of the field that seems so lonely. :(



I headed down the road a bit and tried to capture the snow in motion with a photo of barn from my car window (need to stay as warm as possible!)





I made it further down the road to the Griggstown section of the D&R canal but by the time I got there the snow was no longer coming down (boo hoo) but I still got some photos that I liked alot. One in particular that I loved was this lone tree in the middle of the field that I pass everyday on the way home from work. I've been wanting it to snow so I could capture it exactly like this (I have a thing for lone trees in a field...wonder what that means if you analyze me!?! LOL!):



I have more to edit from this trip that I'll share soon.

I ended the day with frozen fingers, feet that just wouldn't warm up for hours, and muddy, muddy shoes (smart me decided to walk in a field that looked solid but turned out to be ALL MUD...my poor new boots! All for the love of photography)!