Read F8 - The My Final Photo Newsletter
Sucking State Street
A work crew vacuums debris from a hole cut into State Street near Walnut Street where a pressure cutter cuts away the road to expose a gas line that needs repair. My Final Photo for Oct. 8, 2021.
Sharp Farm Gazebo
Weeds, leaves, and farm debris litter the floor of the abandoned gazebo on the Sharp Farm property as developers plan for homes, apartments, and businesses on the land around the historic house that once was a station on the Underground Railroad. My Final Photo for Oct. 7, 2021.
Plein Air At Red Bank
An array of Plein Air artists study their subjects and their results during a painting session at Red Bank Park on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Oct. 5, 2021.
Foggy Morning At Yarnell’s
The morning fog obscures the corn nearing harvest on the field behind the Yarnell's Farm barn on Africa Road. My Final Photo for Oct. 5, 2021.
Sharrows Sealed
Workers use propane torches to heat and seal plasticized paint strips road markers for motorists on West Main Street marking the roadway is to be shared with bicyclists. My Final Photo for Oct. 4, 2021.
Alone On the Bank
A lone woman fishes in a small inlet near one of the docks on Alum Creek State Park on Sunday afternoon. My Final Photo for Oct. 3, 2021.
Pumpkin Patch Picture Perfect Pause
Otterbein students pause to record their pumpkin purchase from the Boy Scout Troop Pumpkin Patch in front of the Masonic Hall on South State Street in Westerville. My Final Photo for Oct. 2, 2021.
The Final Cut
Duane Yarnell pulls his hay baler and a wagon across the field on County Line Road making his last hay harvest for the season. My Final Photo for Oct. 1, 2021.
Hay Field Morning Sun
The morning sun casts shadows across the small pond, hayfield, and round bales on a section of the Sharp Farm on Africa Road. My Final Photo for Sept. 30, 2021.
Raking At The End Of The Day
Duane Yarnell rakes hay on the lower section of the small field behind his barn and across the creek from a field of corn. My Final Photo for Sept. 29, 2021.
Mason’s Mortar Mess
A brick mason replaces old brick and tuck-points the mortar joints between others to refresh the exterior of a section of the Graeter's Ice Cream store in Uptown Westerville. My Final Photo for Sept. 28, 2021.
Blue-Gloved Baiter
A woman wears plastic gloves to keep from touching the worms she's using for bait while fishing at Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for Sept. 27, 2021.
Smaller Smooth Sailing
An electric-powered model sailboat travels past its larger cousins as it navigates the waters near the shoreline and docks at Hoover Sailing Club on Hoover Reservoir. My Final Photo for September 3, 2023.
In Memoriam
Solar-powered lights illuminate a memorial erected for Jorge Bryan Padilla at the base of a maple tree at the edge of Hoover Reservoir at Red Bank Park. My Final Photo for September 2, 2023.
Suspicious Package Tests
A Columbus Fire Department bomb squad officer carries tools he used to test a suspicious package placed on the sidewalk in the parking lot of the CVS pharmacy at Cleveland Ave. and Schrock Road. My Final Photo for September 1, 2023.
Top Level Work
A carpenter carries plywood sheathing across the top floor ceiling of a three-story building on West College is being built. My Final Photo for August 31, 2023.
Wetlands Artist
A young artist sitting on the rocks makes pencil and pastel drawings of the lily pads covering a small section of the Highlands Wetlands on a crisp late August afternoon. My Final Photo for August 30, 2023.
Piper’s Practice Perfection
A bagpiper from the Capital City Pipes and Drums Corp gets his instrument tuned during rehearsal at Alum Creek Park North for an upcoming competition and performing during the Andre Rieu concert at the Schottenstein Center. My Final Photo for August 29, 2023.
Floating finish
A contractor signals as a bull float levels a large section of concrete sidewalk poured at Towers Hall on the Otterbein University campus where repairs to old and damaged high-pressure steam pipes was recently completed. My Final Photo for August 28, 2023.