I took these images out at Harpers Ferry this evening in the pitch dark. There is not much for lighting in this small town near the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers.

I took a nice long drive west this evening in search of something new. Its really hard to find something new at night - you pretty much just drive looking for a beam of light. I wound up going all the way out to Catlett (about an hour) and then heading back. On the way I thought that it would be cool to shoot the square near a small group of shops not far from my house. I knew that there would be light there at least. :-)

This evening I took a chance and walked an older section of the battlefield that is currently under renovation. I had read a sign that pointed toward and old farm (the Brawner House), which in my mind I pictured the perfect image. Sunset, trees, fields and a nice old house or barn.

I parked on the east side of this field near the Groveton Cemetery off of Groveton road. The park service has this big project going on at the battle field to return the fields back to the state that they were in during the civil war. When this project is done, this section will be beautiful, but until then it is a kind of a waste land with many stumps and sticks and lots of mud. There is still a reasonable resemblance of a trail, which leads all the way to the other side of park and the new Brawner House.

The new building is a modernized version of a farm house. It is probably intended to be more of a visitors center then a copy of the original buildings. There are remnants of the original buildings but they are overgrown and not on display for the public. (These could be old out buildings, its hard to tell.) I had a great time exploring this new area and will definitely return in the spring (especially now that I know there is a parking area about 100 feet away on the other side of the park).

This evenings image was taken while I was scouting some new ground after a wonderful afternoon frolicking with the deer. The sun was already below the horizon and well into civil twilight. I think this will make a good location for images taken in the sweet light just before the sunset. A great background of dark puffy clouds behind the house will top this off nicely. I will be back when the time is right. There are so many amazing places out in these fields and I feel like I could just wonder around for hours and be content without making a single frame.