Cucumber Falls
Cucumber Run
Ohiopyle State Park
Pennsylvania

After an epic weekend last week of shooting snow surrounded waterfalls in the Blackwater Falls/Dolly Sods area of West Virginia's Potomac Highlands with my good friends The Static Brothers, I decided to make a two hour out of the way trip on the way home and head north through Maryland and Pennsylvania to Ohiopyle State Park. I had intentions of shooting Ohiopyle, Cucumber, Jonathan Run and Sugar Run Waterfalls, but unbeknownst to me a deluge of water had fallen overnight. So, when I stopped by the park Visitor Center it was pretty evident when I looked at the centerpiece of the park that I was only going to shoot Cucumber Falls because the other falls were just going to be great big water blobs. Sure enough, I was right. When made the short hike down to the waterfall it was gushing, in fact, I'd not seen many photos with this much water on it. I took some side shots and then began to make my way downstream, it quickly became apparent that I wasn't going to get any close shots of the falls as the entire mini-gorge was swirling with spray. I ended up setting about 20 ft from the Youghiogheny River and capturing a long shot of the waterfall, originally as a documentary image, but when I got it home I really found I liked the photograph.

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Located across the street from The Edgar Allan Poe Historical Site in Philadelphia, Pa was this large painted wall portrait of the famous writer. The historical site whose address is 530 N. 7th Street is the only remaining residence out of several that Poe had lived during the six years he lived in the city.

Interesting note! The 200th anniversary of Poe's birth was on January 19th, 2009.

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Taken in Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary. Al Capone was incarcerated here for 8 months in 1929-1930. Compared to other inmates Capone's stay in the prison was one of luxury. He had a radio, oriental rugs and other amenities.

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This is a photo of the lower section of the Soldiers National Monument in Gettysburg, PA. Dedicated on July 4, 1869, the soldier on the left represents war and the woman on the right represents Peace. The Battle of Gettysburg, taking place on the dates on the monument, had pro-slavery Americans fighting anti-slavery Americans. Between 46,000 and 51,000 Americans died battling each other here.

For those of you who live in the Cincinnati Area...Randolph Rogers who created this monument also created the statue of the Union infantryman that stands in Spring Grove Cemetery. Installed in 1865 the statue is called "The Sentinel."

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Eastern State Penitentiary
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Opening on October 23rd, 1829 Eastern State Penitentiary was designed to create genuine penitence and regret in a criminal's heart. Believing that crime was the result of environment, the 7 cell block prison was entirely made up of prisoners in solitary confinement. In 1971 badly in need of expensive repairs and upgrades the prison was closed. Today the prison offers tours of several restored cellblocks, but unfortunately this one is off limits.

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