Category: Photo Locations

Signs of Summer

On By Mark DoddIn Baltimore County, General Blog Post, Hampstead, MarylandLeave a comment

I haven’t been out on a photography only trip in awhile, so even when I just go out for other reasons I try to take my camera with me now.

So on a recent trip to a relatives house, on the way back I decided to take a new route home and was finally able to get some round bales in the field. Why I say finally is the farmers around here are just to quick for me. They have been baling their hay and picking it up as they go.

Bales of Hay
Round Bales in the Field

Other news

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Mount Taranaki (aka Mount Egmont), New Zealand

On By Mark DoddIn New ZealandLeave a comment

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As I have mentioned before I have been going through my catalog and looking at some of my older images. This time around I took at look at an older one that I have edited and seeing if it could be improved with the latest software.

Recently Topaz upgraded their DeNoise AI program to version 2.4 and it includes an improved Low Light model. Better detail preservation through improved AI architecture and more training time.

So I thought I would give it a try on a favorite Film Days scan of an image I had.

And I think it did a great job.

I particularly wanted to bring out the bridge and mountain in the background.

Below is a comparison of the before and after of that part of the image. Notice the sharpness and detail that are now shown in the red bridge. You can see all the cross bars.

And here is the final full image. I now it is hard to tell on this small image, but I’m loving the detail in the bridge, the trees on the left and even the right. And Mount Taranaki.

Mount Taranaki, West Coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Going through older images

On By Mark DoddIn Baltimore, Fells Point, General Blog Post, Inner Harbor, MarylandLeave a comment

Taking sometime this holiday weekend to take a look at some older images that I marked to edit but never got around to.

It is worth your time to go through your older images from time to time. As technology changes in photography software some of those images that you didn’t think would work may now be one of your better images. You never know.

Anyway, here is one of the images I worked on this weekend from a 2016 trip down to Fells Point in Baltimore with a photographer friend of mine. One of the early morning trips that I have taken. I’m not a morning person, so this took some dedication.

Two Baltimore Tug boats on the pier in Fells Point.

The home by the stream

On By Mark DoddIn Carroll County, Fall, General Blog PostLeave a comment

Last Art Show of the season

It’s that time of year again, that it is the end of my Art Show Season this weekend. If you are in the Carroll County, Md area, but sure to stop by the Carroll Farmers Market in Westminster at the Ag Center this Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm.

Since it is the last show of the year, it is also a customer appreciation day, and I will be giving up to 25% of my prints. So if there was something that you liked during the year, but didn’t get it, this weekend will be your best deal of the year.

The home by the stream

Abandoned A-Frame home and broken footbridge

Not totally sure that no one lives in this home anymore, but I’ve always loved the look of it by the stream. Even though the footbridge is no longer usable, I think it still ads character to the scene

FujiFilm Printlife

2019 Fujifilm Printlife Photo Exhibition

On By Mark DoddIn General Blog Post, Harford County, MarylandLeave a comment

Fujifilm recently had the 2019 Fujifilm Printlife Photo Exhibition & Sweepstakes contest of which I entered one of my prints.

I was honored to receive the following email from them.

Hi Mark, 

On behalf of the entire Fujifilm Printlife team, we would like to thank you for submitting into the 2019 Fujifilm Printlife Photo Exhibition & Sweepstakes. 

We are pleased to announce that you have a submission that has been sent to be printed and put on display at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal!*

You will be a part of this year’s incredible exhibit, showcasing 13,640 photos!*

We hope that you will join us October 16th through the 20th in Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall to see all of the amazing photos on display this year. 

 Check out the dates and times here:

Event Details

We are looking forward to seeing and meeting you at the event!

Thank You,

The Fujifilm Printlife Team

So if you are in the New York area from October 16th through the 20th and have a chance to stop by the Grand Central Terminal. Keep a look out for my image being displayed as part of this exhibit.

Here is my image to keep an eye out for. Note: in the exhibit, this image was cropped to fit the square format, the below image is the full image as taken

Blue Barns
Blue Barns

Sunset Wheat and Capture One Express

On By Mark DoddIn Baltimore County, Free Stuff, General Blog Post, Maryland, SummerLeave a comment

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Image for Today

While out taking a few images for a long term project which will take me at least nine months I decided to see what different kind of compositions I could get.

Below is one of my favorites of the evening‘s experiments in different compositions. I may post some others later on

A field of wheat with the great backdrop of an awesome sunset.

Wheat Field at Sunset
Sunset Wheat

#CaputureOne #fuji #sony #affiliate #freephotoeditor

Older Structures

On By Mark DoddIn Carroll County, General Blog PostLeave a comment

On the way to a camera club meeting this week I passed an old mill that I drive by all the time and I’ve been meaning to get a picture of. As I passed, I realized I was going to be early so I turned around and parked the car and set out to get my picture of this old mill.

I mention this as further down the road was an older home that again, I have driven by for years and always thought to myself, I need to stop and get a picture of that. I have no idea when this house was built, but it obviously was one of the earlier homes built in the area. It had a large overhanging roof porch that looked like it went all the way around the sides and front of the house. It would have made a great picture.

I say would as when I drove by after getting my pictures of the old mill I was sad to see that it had been knocked down and removed from the property.

It just reminded me, if there are older structures you have been wanting to get a picture of, get it now, don’t wait and say I’ll get that someday as when that someday comes, it might not be there.

Here is one of the photos of the mill that I was able to get that evening.

Carrollton Roller Mill

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The Dome during the Holidays

On By Mark DoddIn Johns HopkinsLeave a comment

I know I’m late on getting this one posted as the holiday season has passed us, but better late than never.

The Statue in the Dome

Every Holiday Season they add poinsettias around the base of the Jesus statue inside the Dome building of Johns Hopkins Hospital

#Hopkins #dome #jesus #holidays #christmas #johnshopkinshospital #baltimore, #md

Mill Creek Falls

On By Mark DoddIn York CountyLeave a comment

A Day long photo trip

A few Sunday’s ago I decided I was going to drag myself out of bed at the early hour of 5 AM so I could get a Sunrise Photo over the Chesapeake Bay. This turned out to be just the beginning of my day. After I sunrise was done I decided to see what else was around this neck of the woods. As I had driven over an hour to get to my sunrise location I figured, why not get other things while I’m this far from home in the surrounding area.

I’ve got more to come, but will start off with the last location of the day

The Falls of Mill Creek

These are near the Holtwood dam on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania

Waterfall in southern PA on a warm January Day

#Waterfall #PA #YorkCounty

Thinking of My First Home

On By Mark DoddIn Cathedral Cove, Coromandel, Fall, General Blog PostLeave a comment

Recent passing of an Aunt

With the recent passing of an Aunt that was the last of my fathers immediate family, I been thinking a lot of New Zealand, my first home. Even though I left New Zealand as a young child, I still consider it home and still have many family members there. I do occasionally get to go back and visit but not as often as I like.

For the photographers out there and anyone who likes outdoors, New Zealand is a beautiful county and I think is one of the places where you can experience every kind of environment from the Snowy Alps in the south to Desserts in the central highlands, and of course everything in between like the tropics or at least subtropics.

The photo below is one of those places that I just had to visit my last time back home.

Cathedral Cove

Cathedral Cove on the Northeast side of the Coromandel Peninsula of the North Island. There is a little hiking involved to get down to this beach and some area’s are very steep, but the track was well maintained when we were there.

Cathedral Cove New Zealand
Cathedral Cove Beach on the New Zealand North Island East Coast

#NewZealand #CathedralCove #Beach