September Mornings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Landscape and Nature Photographs

I'm a big fan of September mornings in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  Temperatures are beginning to cool down and trees show the first hints of autumn.  Morning mist gives landscapes a delicately ethereal quality.  All of the images below are in Bucks County, during the first two weeks of September, 2015.

If you are interested in expanding your photography skills, I will be running a "Bucks County in Autumn" photography workshop (in the field) on Sunday, November 1st.  This should coincide with the peak of fall foliage, and we'll see Bucks County's beautiful rustic landscapes, iconic covered bridges, rolling hills, and more.  Details will be coming soon.  To learn more, follow me on FACEBOOK, or email me at: Joshfriedmanphoto@gmail.com.  To see more of my photographs, visit my WEBSITE or my ETSY SHOP.

Morning view from Calhoun Street Bridge
Morrisville, Pennsylvania.

New Hope-Lambertville Bridge in Morning Mist
View from New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Wildflowers at Sunrise,
Cafferty Road, Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania.

Window and Flower Box
Black Bass Hotel, Lumberville, Pennsylvania

Morning Fishermen on the Delaware River
Seen From Lumberville-Raven Rock Foot Bridge,
Lumberville, Pennsylvania.

Delaware River and Reflection
Delaware Canal State Park,
Virginia Forrest Recreation Area, Solebury, PA.

High Rocks Vista in Morning Mist,
Ralph Stover State Park,
Pipersville, Pennsylvania.

Frankenfield Covered Bridge,
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania.

Rowers in Morning Mist on the Delaware River
Near the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge
View from New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Sweet Dumpling Squash at Styer Orchard,
Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Morning Light at Delaware Canal State Park,
Virginia Forrest Recreation Area, Solebury, PA

Tohickon Creek,
Pipersville, Pennsylvania.

Autumn in Bucks County, Pennsylvania: New Landscape Images and Great Locations for Photographers

In  Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the temperatures are cooling off, and the autumn  foliage is warming up.  Trees that were predominantly green a few weeks ago are now a combination of gold, orange, green and rust.  Its truly a wonderful time for photographers in southeast Pennsylvania to capture the turning leaves, the rolling hills, the historic covered bridges, and the rustic landscapes.  Between late September and mid-October, I returned to photograph a few of my favorite Upper Bucks County areas. What follows are some of my new images in four beautiful areas.  If you have questions about these or other great photography locations in Bucks County, email me at:  Joshfriedmanphoto@gmail.com.  To see more of my images, or to purchase a print, visit my ETSY SHOP.

1) HIGH ROCKS VISTA SECTION OF RALPH STOVER

STATE PARK AND TORY ROAD

PIPERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

Tory Road in late September
Pipersville, Pennsylvania

Sunrise through the forest.
High Rocks Vista
Ralph Stover State ParkPipersville, Pennsylvania

Tory Road in mid-October,
Pipersville, Pennsylvania

High Rocks Vista, Ralph Stover State Park, 
Pipersville, Pennsylvania

High Rocks Vista (with morning mist),
Ralph Stover State ParkPipersville, Pennsylvania

2) FRANKENFIELD COVERED BRIDGE AND TINICUM CREEK,

TINICUM, PENNSYLVANIA

Frankenfield Covered Bridge
Tinicum, Pennsylvania

Tinicum Creek, seen from
under the Frankenfield Covered Bridge
Tinicum, Pennsylvania

Frankenfield Covered Bridge
Tinicum, Pennsylvania

3) LUMBERVILLE-RAVEN ROCK PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
LUMBERVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

Sunrise on the Delaware River, seen from the
Lumberville-Raven Rock Pedestrian Bridge
Lumberville, Pennsylvania

Morning Fisherman on the Delaware River, seen from
Lumberville-Raven Rock Pedestrian Bridge
Lumberville, Pennsylvania

Lumberville-Raven Rock Pedestrian Bridge
Lumberville, Pennsylvania

Morning mist and rolling hills, seen from
Lumberville-Raven Rock Pedestrian Bridge
Lumberville, Pennsylvania

4) CABIN RUN COVERED BRIDGE AND CABIN RUN

POINT PLEASANT, PENNSYLVANIA

Cabin Run Covered Bridge
Point Pleasant, Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania

1940's "International" truck,
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania

1940's "International" truck,
Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania

Cabin Run
Point Pleasant, Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania

 Cabin Run
Point Pleasant, Plumstead Township, Pennsylvania

Autumn Woods: HDR Photographs in Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Well, at least the federal government cannot shut down state parks!  Its a good thing, as Bucks County, Pennsylvania has many beautiful areas which really come to life in autumn.  To bring out the full range of colors and tones, I shot all of the following images in HDR (High Dynamic Range).  While people sometimes equate HDR photography with a "grunge" look, I use it to more fully capture landscapes and nature in a manner which replicates the way that our eyes see.  HDR can help make the images "pop."  If you'd like to learn a little about the process of making an HDR image, see the bottom of this post.

Except where indicated otherwise, I took all of these images during the first 2 weeks of October, 2013.  To see more of my photographs at my online ETSY shop, click HERE.

Autumn Woods and Wall
near Cabin Run Covered Bridge

High Rocks Vista, Ralph Stover State Park

High Rocks Vista, Ralph Stover State Park 

High Rocks Vista (taken in late October, 2010)

Delaware River Reflection (taken late November, 2010)

Autumn Reflections
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve

Morning Forest
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve

Fern
Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve

When we look at a scene which has contrasting dark and light sections, our eyes can quickly take in the various elements - those that are fully lit, those in shadows, etc.  Cameras are not as sophisticated as our eyes.  For a camera, the "correct" exposure (the amount of time that the shutter stays open) for a bright section of the scene will be very different from the "correct" exposure for a shaded part of the same scene.  So, if you base the exposure on the lighter sections, the dark areas will be way too dark.  Similarly, if you base your exposure on the darker areas, the light sections will be completely overexposed.

How do you avoid these problems and make an image in which each area appears "natural?"  To create an HDR image, the camera is usually placed on a tripod.  You then take a series of exposures (holding constant the "aperture" - the size of the opening of the shutter), and changing the exposure speed in regular increments.  You then have a number of separate images (I have created HDR images using upto ten exposures).  Using special computer software (I use "Photomatix") you merge the different exposures into one image.  This final image has the correct exposure for each part of the picture.