to improve the appearance of (an area of land, a highway, etc.), as by planting trees, shrubs, or grass, or altering the contours of the ground.
I was out in the Dwarf Pine Plains with the PPA scouting photographic sites and was able to watch a controlled burn. I’ll add more link to more images that are geotagged later. Lots smoke and fire raging out of control, well with 40 mph gust of wind what would you except?
Even the Jersey devil couldn’t put this fire out.
I find myself once again photographing the sunset in Friendship, the heart of a 3,000-acre abandoned cranberry farm.
Any day is a good day for a hike at Whites Bog. Wordless Wednesday
A powerful and inspiring landscape, Grand Canyon overwhelms our senses through its immense size.
I took a trip to Harrisville New Jersey to check out the Harrisville pond for photo opportunities and caught some amazing afternoon sun light complete with spell binding reflections in the cedar colored water.This area of New Jersey was a major industrial area about 175 years ago: there were iron furnaces, This area of New Jersey was a major industrial area about 175 years ago: there were iron furnaces, glass works, paper mills, etc. Harrisville was a major paper mill town (due to the abundant water), and was a thriving community as late as the 1880s. Ownership disputes and changes in the processes of making paper produced financial problems; the factory closed, and was sold in the 1890s;
I started the day wanted to get outside in the fall weather. It was a beautiful day and the trees were calling near. I wanted color and it’s had to fine in the Pine Lands, with all the Pines.
I have had many friends recommend this hike over the years but haven’t had the chance to get there. I finally did this summer and they were right! It was beautiful with all the falls. The hike was intense, huge incline, very strenuous but the whole hike was great. I wanted to keep going but I was running out of sun light and had no headlamp so, I will go back another day and camp out.
I did four of falls so I missed the rest, but there is always tomorrow.
It was totally worth the hike and the photographic views. I went on late afternoon so I had some great light.
I arrived at ruins of the abandoned town of Friendship which has a big open vista which a great location to capture a sunrise. The air was clean and free from bugs which can be a distraction. The blue hour was right on time as you can see in my blue hour photograph.
Fine Art Photographer who specializes in landscape photography of the New Jersey Pine Lands.
