All of us DSLR shooters at SMBI decided to go shoot pictures the other Saturday at some picturesque PA location. Four (Hans, DJ, Lee, and Trina) of us wanted to go to Bedford about 1/2 hour away and two (Benji, Darren) wanted to go to Gettysburg about 1.5 hr away. Because of the votes, we decided to go to Bedford. That Saturday dawned cloudy and rainy. The four didn’t want to go if it was raining but the two did. So they left for Gettysburg. About an hour later, it stopped raining, so us four left for Bedford. Here are my results, most HDR:
Bedford Town Hall
Lawyer’s Row
Bedford City Hall
Church: rail, steps, and door
Church
Church
Trina and DJ shooting
Fairytale house
Old rustic barn
For Sale
Gorgeous, rustic old barn
Garage door of the ancients
That doggie in the window
Bright red barn falling down
Red tool shed
Cabin under renovation
Trina and Lee shooting
Half a barn
Morgarl Tavern
Angry silos
View from the lookout
Foreboding trees
Foreboding sky
On the way back, we stopped at the lookout. As we headed back to school from the lookout, it started snowing and blowing heavily. We took a little detour in DJ’s 4×4 down a power line path. As we were going along, we came to what looked like a puddle about a foot deep. DJ backed up and got some speed and plowed into a mudhole filled with water about three feet deep! He got stuck right in the middle of it with the water half way up the door and seeping in under the doors in little waves. He stuck it in 4WD high and got nowhere. He stuck it in 4WD low and starting inching forward. He rocked back and forth, with tons of water flying out either side. He finally managed to extricate himself much to our relief. After all, we were stuck in the midst of a muddy mini-pond with no cell phone reception, with the engine likely to flood, with it snowing so hard we couldn’t see very far, and with it freezing cold. After we got out, DJ’s feet were shaking so badly he was having trouble with the gas pedal.
