St John's Episcopal Church

I don't know much about the Episcopalians, but they sure do make a pretty door for their church.

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.