Hi everybody--

Today's image is one of my recent favorites. It wasn't shot recently however. I have decided to revisit some of my older files and see what I can come up with. This image was shot in October of 2005 just prior to sunrise.

I called it The Legend of Schwabacher's Landing for a couple of reasons. First is it has a Legend of Sleepy Hollow feel to it. When I say that I am referring to the movie staring Johhny Depp (who incidentally is one of my favorite actors).

The movie has fantastic cinematography and has a spooky cold gloomy feel to it. I love it. I enjoyed the movie but I enjoyed the treatment of the film even more.

The second reason I selected this name is due to the lack of history I could dig up on the name Schwabacher's Landing. I am assuming the name may have come from a land owner back in the day but I could find nothing to corroborate that thought. As a matter of fact I found nothing at all.

So the legend of Schwabacher's Landing can be what ever you imagine it to be. In many photographs it might be a magical place where beauty and nature abound. In this image it may be the edge of a dark and treacherous woods that lead to a magical land beyond...