On Saturday night, I had the chance to attend a fundraiser for a local politician at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg, and of course I had to bring my camera!
Beer Brewing Tanks at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg PA.
Beer Brewing Tanks at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg PA.
Beer Brewing Tanks at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg PA.
Beer Brewing Tanks at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg PA.
Beer Brewing Tanks at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg PA.
Beer Brewing Tanks at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg PA.
Beer Brewing Tanks at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg PA.
Beer Brewing Tanks at Victory Brewing Company in Parkesburg PA.
This facility has been open for little over a year so it’s spotlessly clean.
It is a beautiful new facility, with some of it still under construction, and there are many plans for the future.
As many locals will tell you, the past three days have been filled with some awesome looking clouds, and finally, I got a chance to go out and shoot some…
I had to stop at home to grab my gear, and I also jumped on Google Earth to get a quick idea of areas I wanted to check-out with the clouds being as inspiring as they were!
My first stop, was just East of Shamona Creek Elementary School, which is rather close to where I live, and having just photographed a similar scene just over two weeks ago, I knew that there was a nice overview both North and South.
Cloud Hunting hdr 04 – South
The biggest thing that you notice missing, is the big bails of hay, which were one of the focus point in the previous Black and White image conversion.
From this scene, I walked across the street and up a small hill to capture the next image, and I am very happy to have been able to capture one of the birds that was out souring with the various up-drafts.
Cloud Hunting hdr 07 – North
After this shot, I got back to my car, and headed toward the other side of the school, where I set-up and took some more shoots. (Note: I have decided to wait and HDR process those images when there is real snow on the ground!)
Backing up again, I continued West down Dorlan Mill Road to Creek Road (Rt. 282).
As I drove North West on Creek Road toward Glenmoore, I looked at the Brandywine creek, making metal notes of how the water has risen some, and where I want to explore in the up coming months.
I continued through Glenmoore, and as I was driving and looking, I spotted the following cumulus thunderhead developing, and pulled over to the side as quickly as possible to capture this (7) image HDR capture:
Cloud Hunting hdr 28
I took a couple of different angles on this, and as I was, an adult heron fly from right to left in this image, and disappeared into the woods behind the cat-o-nine-tails.
Jumping back into my car, I continued toward Elverson on Creek Road, crossing Manor Road (Rt. 82), and as I started up the small hill, I noticed a group of cows, laying on the ground resting with wonderful clouds in the background.
I quickly turned around, pulled over, and grabbed my equipment.
My fear as I approached the fence, was that all the cows were going to get up and head toward me.
Cloud Hunting hdr 33 (08/16/2011)
But alas, the cows seemed content to stay were they were, and I was able to click a few frames before my camera just stopped working.
Damn!
I wanted to continue, so I headed home to grab my AA battery pack, but by the time I got there, and back out my car, the clouds had changed into pending rain, which the area needs, but is no where nearly as interesting as it had been.
I called it a day, and started the process of transferring my images from the camera on to my computer for further processing.
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Updates
After working on the second image, “Cloud Hunting hdr 07 – North”, until 3am this morning, I woke up to find that it had been selected as “Image of the Day” by Parkesburg Today!
