New Meetup: Druid Ridge Pond in Pikesville, MD

From: Steve Rosenbach
Sent on: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:05 PM
Announcing a new Meetup for Shutterbug Excursions!

What: Druid Ridge Pond in Pikesville, MD

When: August 30, 2009 9:15 AM

Where:
Druid Ridge Cemetery (Duck Pond)
Old Court Road & Park Heights Avenue
Pikesville, MD 21208

Daffy ducks, goofy gesse, and a handsome heron - all this and more at the duck pond at Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville, MD.

If the morning is clear, there is fantastic light at 9AM on the pond and its denizens.

With a little encouragement (day-old-bread or stale donuts are great,) geese and ducks will come up out of the water and you can get good shots of them fairly close-up if you have even a moderate telephoto - the "kit zooms" on your DSLR will do fine.

We may or may not see the heron - but if we do, he'll likely be on the opposite shore of the pond - a long telephoto, 200mm equivalent or more, will help here.

Besides the duck pond, there is the cemetery itself. There are a number of statues and mausoleums that are photographically interesting - you can use a car to get around the grounds of the large cemetary to find photogenic spots.

We'll shoot until 10:30 AM or so, and then adjourn for the most important part of the meetup ;-) - breakfast/brunch/coffee at New Town Diner in Ownings Mills, only about 10 minutes away from the cemetery. http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=New+Towne+Diner+owings+mills&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&cid=6727639219249064489&li=lmd&ll=39.438016,-76.802502&spn=0.009479,0.016587&z=16&iwloc=A

Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/shutterbugexcursions/calendar/11186340/

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