Friday, February 6, 2009

Winter at McConnell's Mill

McConnell's Mill State Park in Lawrence County has always been one of my favorite places to photograph. I've been going there as long as I can remember and when I got my first camera it was natural that I'd try it out at McConnell's Mill.

The park can be crazy busy in the summer time, but you can still manage to find a quiet place to commune with nature. Winter is no where near as busy and it offers a beauty all it's own.

I went there on Thursday after an assignment in Slippery Rock on Thursday afternoon.

Here are some photos from that trip:















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1 comment:

Vanessa and Warren said...

These are really cool Joe. I can't believe you got to photograph the Steelers too! Love Polamalu...
you can see our blog with one of your pics at the top at http://veeandw.blogspot.com/ :)

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