94 responses to “Ohio Thanksgiving: The Drive”

1. Oh my. I loved the Thanksgiving drive. And, I want to thank you for your beautiful and educational photographs.

   • Welcome. I am glad to see your comments each day.

2. To me that’s the essence of a perfect trip, being able to stop anywhere and anytime and get that must have photo even if it’s a weed in the parking lot (speaking from personal experience). You have some great pics there. I love the close ups of architectural features.

   • Thanks quipstress.

3. Beautiful pictures. “Other” parts of the country are so gorgeous. I honestly don’t know how I stay here in L.A. ( Well, okay, lack of SNOW is one reason, but still)

   • Wow, you live in LA! San Diego is an hour from you and it is one of the most beautiful places! 🙂

     • Okay, you got me there. That is true.

       Funny I never think of it, since I actually spent every Summer there as a kid in San Diego, from age 5 to age 17.

       I guess it’s time to go back! 🙂

4. Great pix. I am drawn to decaying and abandoned buildings so was especially taken with those shots. Happy Thanksgiving – it’s not a holiday or celebration we have in NZ.

   • Thanks hayley. Yeah, I think only Canada and the US have Thanksgiving.

5. Hi Seth,
   Loved,and loved again this!! It is all cool; each photo has a quiet and unique beauty. I loved the old cemetery and buildings, and the calm of the country.
   You are a wise man; count each and every blessing.

   P.S. Scenes like like yours make me me nostalgis for the homeland. God bless America.

   • Thanks xpat92. I am glad I could bring a bit of the homeland to you. 🙂

6. I really love your work! The “ghost” houses really touch me! Can I ask what system you use to protect and sell your pictures?

   • I use photoshelter.com. I encrypt the photos with information including copyright. I don’t put a name or anything on the pictures. Although, sometimes I think I should. I also don’t mind if folks use the pictures for personal things like wallpaper or blogs(as long as they give credit).

     • Thanks! Do you sell a few? I really want to get in the game but have no idea about prices etc… I need to do some more research. Anyway, I love your photos!

     • No, I haven’t sold one print yet. I have sold two calendars though! 🙂

7. Really like cow love, but I like cows and also hay,hay,hay, really atmospheric. Maybe we should have thanksgiving in the UK and spend ti,me thinking about what we are grateful for!

   • Nana Cathy Thanks. You know when the pilgrims had Thanksgiving dinner with the Native Americans they were British. So, perhaps you are right. 🙂

8. Thanks for taking us with you on that lovely journey – a nice way to spend your holiday.

   • Thank you Chas. I am glad you like the photos.

9. These are just awesome. Thanks for sharing.

   • Thanks! Glad you enjoyed them.

10. Nice shots. Can’t pass up those abandoned buildings either….we have one in particular that’s very well known as its on the way to the city…the middle part is caving in…and its been like that for decades.

    • Would love to see pictures of that building. Thanks!

11. Hi Sethsnap, do you license your photographs or are they entirely free to use? They are very beautiful!

    • Thanks M. I do have the license option on the website. It all depends on what you intend to do with the photos. If you just want to download for personal use (Wallpaper) or if you want to use on your blog(give credit) then I’m not going to charge you. If you want to use it to make money (i.e. commercial) then that’s a different story. If you click on the photo you like, you can select “buy” at the top and it will give you all the options.

12. Beautiful pictures, thanks. I used to live in Ohio and I know how picturesque the rural areas are this time of year. Cheers.

    • What part of Ohio?

      • I lived and worked near Westerville (and later Cleveland) and always enjoyed driving around the state on weekends. Lots of great country to see!

13. It was, indeed gorgeous in Dayton yesterday, almost like a spring day. It was wonderful to have the windows and doors open and smell the turkey fumes even outside. That old church looks almost looks like the one near my home. It made me feel like you were driving by and saying hello! LOL. I didn’t realize we were almost neighbors.

    • You didn’t see me when I drove by? 😉 Well, Todd’s family lives about 30 mins west of Dayton, near the Indiana border. We live in Warren County so we drove through Warren, Butler and then Preble

      • LOL………..I thought I heard a horn blowing!

14. Thanks for the road that takes me to barn and cows, stacks of hay and lonely crow, and forgotten cemetery. Then, we search for you and yell too..where are you!! but no one can be seen or searched, only a silent home, forgotten church, no toll bells, yet I have to tell, the flag you see, means Eaton is near , here the pink blues and yellow are melodies of the time..you remembered me 🙂

    • Of course I remembered you! 😉 Thanks for you awesome words again.

      • thank you and most welcome 🙂

15. Gorgeous colors, great compositions, that is some drive to pack all that into one hour. I like the town named Gratis.

    • Thanks Candace. It’s a very nice drive.

16. What a lovely drive! I like your “hiding birds,” too, but I especially like the cemetery. I know, weird, but there’s something so peaceful about being among all those emotions and history.

    • Thanks. There were actually a couple of old cemeteries perched right up next to the road. I wish I had had more time to explore them.

17. Just lovely! It’s hard to choose a favorite, but the colors in “Start Time” are delicious!

    • Thanks! We have lots of little curvy roads like that around here.

18. All great, but I especially love the torn down and forgotten houses… but all are nice.. gravestones are always fabulous too. 😀

    • Thanks Keli.

19. Hi Seth! I’ve been following your blog for awhile now and I thoroughly enjoy seeing your pictures. I thought I would introduce myself, I’m one of Todd’s many second cousins and yesterday had Thanksgiving right down the road from you 😉 I share your interest in photography and have been on a mission to photograph the beauty that is in our very back yard, thanks for sharing yours with the world and inspiring me to keep it up. Happy Photographing!

    • Welcome Karen. I am glad you follow me. We had a great time yesterday. I just posted some Eaton shots and will have more as the days go by. There are so many interesting buildings in that small town.

20. captivating pics 🙂 Happy thanks giving Seth 🙂

    • Yes you too Tanveer!

21. What a amazing weather you had during the drive …. Not a cloud on the sky.
    My favorite is the one with the tree .. and 3 cows or whatever it’s – just love the details in that photo and the softness in the colors .. looks like it’s a slight mist. Wonderful shot.

    • Thanks viveka. I am glad you like them and yes we had wonderful weather yesterday.

22. Very nice. Reminds me of a drive I often make, but your scenary is greener.

    • Thanks icastel!

23. Thanks for letting us travel vicariously through your blog!

    • Welcome. Thanks for coming along for the ride. 🙂

24. A nice drive. It’s great to have a driver who takes “direction” from the passenger. 🙂

    • Yes ,but he did grumble a few times 😉 He is a very patient person.

25. Beautiful photography. And thanks for coming by my blog!

    • You are welcome and thanks. 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

26. You take beautiful pictures. Thanks for reading my eurocrisis rants.

    • Welcome. Glad you like the drive.

27. Very nice, Seth, and do you have Neptune prominent in your chart? Neptune rules photography :))

    • I don’t know. I’ve never had a chart done.

28. Gorgeous photos, Seth! I especially love the forgotten home. Thank you for sharing!

    • Glad you like josephine!

29. I love all of these pics! The old homes are my favorites though! Kewl and mysterious!

    • Thanks Lisa.

30. The first photo looks like a painting! Gorgeous.

    • Thanks arbohl.

31. I love your adventures, I want to tag along! I was SO annoyed yesterday I didn’t have time to check WP before work ( I had to be in at 6am meaning I have to leave at 445 to make sure i caught the 5am bus). And i barely have time now before work again. Argh. I miss WP lol. But I have a day off coming up and I can look forward to properly revisiting all your posts. So look forward for my comments, even if they are late 🙂

    • I was wondering if you had eaten too much turkey and was in a slumber. 5:00 am bus-sounds horrible. Of course, I’d have my camera taking pictures of people, annoying them! 🙂

32. The old homes are so sad – I wish someone would love them again – though you are with your lovely pictutres

    • Thanks Tim!

33. Wow your photos brighten up a wet weekend in UK. Flooding is around again and no blue skies for us!

    • Flooding? Sorry to hear that. I’ll send sunshine wishes to you.

34. awesome to see my home state ohio during thanksgiving time!! thanks for sharing the beautiful pics! 🙂

35. thanks for sharing the pics of ohio! i grew up there and do miss the fall transition of weather and scenery. great pics!

    • Thanks. It has some beautiful areas.

36. The pictures are amazing. Wow.. seriously, I just became a fan of ‘Cow love’.

    • Thanks lonely horse.

37. Amazing photography!

    • Thank you!! 🙂

38. Your “like” of my blog brought me here, for which I thank you, but your amazing photographs kept me here browsing thru your site. I particularly like your Nature shots of all sorts. And I really like this Thankfullness post. I feel the same way – like I’ve been blessed with love my whole life. From parents who loved me and encouraged me to be myself to my loving partner who gives me hope for the future. I wouldn’t be the same person without it. Thanks for speaking it so well.
    Steve

    • You are welcome Steve. I am glad you decided to visit my blog. 🙂 Hopefully, I’ll see you again.

39. The photos are amazing! Hello from Romania!

    • Hello! Glad you stopped by. Would love to visit Romania sometime.

      • I recommended my country, Had many manners , landscapes and charming mans

40. I sure enjoyed that drive with you! Thanks for taking me along! You picked some nice places to stop. Especially that river! And the cemetery. We visit a lot of cemeteries. They’re pretty interesting.

    • Thanks! Glad you had a fun ride!

41. I,ve worked my way backwards on your posts on Preble County. I have enjoyed your images, creations of a new found Americana. Your work is lovely 🙂

    • You are welcome Allyson. There is one more post that I just posted on Preble County.

42. I love the colours on these photos – they are beautiful! 🙂

    • Thank you Nicolak

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44. these are stunning! i can see why you have taken so many shots- please post more- 🙂 Loved the barn and old house shots!

    • Thanks! I’ll do.

45. I’m crazy about the post-treatment of “start time” trully amazing!

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