Lesser-Known Signers of the Declaration of Independence: George Taylor of Pennsylvania

Through doing this series, I have learned so much! I had no idea that one of the signers actually made cannon balls! Here are two different descriptions of Taylor's life and accomplishments. George Taylor was born in 1716 in Ireland. He immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1736, where he worked as an iron worker for Samuel …

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #154: One subject, two ways

This week's theme is one that I actually think of quite often.  If I see something picturesque, I normally try to capture it more than once, from two angles, or zoomed in/out.  Most things are beautiful in multiple ways.  Take the big pine tree I captured last week along the Wenatchee River.  Standing right at …

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Lens-Artists Challenge #114-Negative Space

As I understand it, Negative Space in a photograph is the space around the subject, not the subject.  The Wide Open Spaces of Montana and North Dakota supplied some excellent subjects on our recent trip across country.They don't call Montana Big Sky Country for nothing.The white barn almost disappears in the Big Sky, under the …

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