Dutch Colonial Hip Roof Barn

This is the old Humphry's barn in Meadowview Va. I expected to find this barn on a farm but it's located right behind a car wash. The other side of the barn is starting to fall in, which is pulling the ends of barn in toward the center. This is causing the 'chicken coop' to tilt backwards and twist, it might not last through the winter.

The roof style is typically seen on a house not on a barn, it's part dutch colonial, part hip roof. And the tin is definitely not typical for barn in southwest Va. I really like the texture and the color of the roof.

It was a bit blustery, so when I arrived onsite the clouds were beginning to dissipate, and by the time I had circled the barn to scope out the best picture spot the clouds had already moved so much that I lost my cloudy background sky. Cloudless sky causes the halo around the barn - the bane of HDR processing.

Oh HDR Christmas Tree

Our Christmas tree this year, 3-exposure HDR, cranked to 9 ... 'cause 10 was a bit too much ;-)

Christmas Card Practice

One of the 'throw-aways' taken while we were trying to get a picture for the family Christmas card. I love Emmy's laugh in this picture.

Brethren Church Road Church

This picture was taken a couple of weeks ago, when the big maple behind the church still had leaves. The color wasn't at peak, but the rain and wind that blew through later that afternoon took most of them down.

Three shot bracket, HDR.

D.C Trip #3

This picture is of the Wall of Honor at the Air & Space Museum - Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The Wall is a permanent memorial to the thousands of people who have contributed to our aviation and space exploration heritage.

A hand-held, three-shot bracket, HDR. It was raining when this was take so the sky is pretty stinky, but the wet surfaces made for some nice coloration, so it's not all bad.

D.C. Trip #2

A fine tobacco shoppe in Old Town Alexandria. I spent several minutes parked on that bench enjoying the with an insanely good aromas wafting out the door.

Another hand-held, three-shot bracket, from the recent trip to D.C., all HDR'd up. 

D.C. Trip

This picture or an SR-71 Blackbird was taken at the Air & Space Museum, Steven -Udvar-Hazy Center. This HDR picture is from a 3-shot, hand-held set of brackets.