2025-12-29T10:32:25.354322-05:00 urn:uuid:90f24948-921f-338a-a9c8-90f1f05ba77c Kelsey Wellons urn:uuid:7565ced1-fa0b-3608-90af-c7621b578f722017-10-30T13:20:52Z<p>Patapsco Swinging Bridge at Patapsco Valley State Park - Avalon/Orange Grove. The Patapsco Valley has a history of "swinging" bridges built for pedestrian travel from one side of the river to the other. The Orange Grove Flour Mill was one such popular crossing and is where the current bridge now stands. The current bridge was rebuilt and opened in 2006.</p> <p>Lens - AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR @ 10mm on Nikon D5500</p> urn:uuid:cdfd90a1-bca1-3ec8-b679-ad0b286441ac2017-10-30T13:01:52Z<p>Patapsco River in Patapsco Valley State Park - Avalon/Orange Grove. Fall foliage came out slowly this year in Maryland. Many of the leaves have fallen before we got a nice set of colors.</p> <p>Lens - AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-200mm f/4-5.6G VR II @ 55mm on Nikon D5500</p> urn:uuid:b1c549de-bf2a-360f-aebc-3732bd1c9b302017-10-02T22:19:52Z<p>Found along Patapsco River at Patapsco Valley State Park - Avalon. We attempted to search for what type of quartz would be local to the Patapsco watershed but were not able to find much information.</p> <p>Lens - AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR II @ 36mm on Nikon D5500</p> urn:uuid:5b68a3b1-051b-3d8e-8b3c-da5a3ac159f12017-09-27T17:40:33Z<p>A smaller waterfall north of Cascade Falls along the Cascade Falls trail in Patapsco Valley State Park - Avalon. I was enjoying using different exposure times on the other smaller waterfalls. It is not as dramatic as an effect as some of the other waterfall pictures taken.</p> <p>Lens - AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II @ 29mm on Nikon D5500</p> urn:uuid:42769e5f-b808-38e7-b885-46cd8119b2ea2017-09-27T17:26:42Z<p>Patapsco Valley State Park - Avalon along the Cascade Falls trail. This is the unique stop along the trail where many people tend to cluster to take pictures of this waterfall. I had about a 45 second to a minute window where no one was posing on top of the falls. First foray into blurring water with a longer exposure time.</p> <p>Lens - AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G II VR @ 24mm on Nikon D5500</p> urn:uuid:5f1dc469-049e-3cfa-aef6-e492d0ea52f42017-09-27T17:19:19Z<p>Patapsco Valley State Park - Avalon along Patapsco River just north of the Swinging Bridge. While wandering along the river, I saw our shadows stretch out far and thought this would make for a unique couples picture.</p> <p>Lens - AF-P DX NIKKOR 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR @ 17mm on Nikon D5500</p>