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Shinagawa for tourists is nothing more than a transfer point for shinkansen services and maybe a cheap hotel. For railfans, it is train heaven.
Perched above the busy JR Tokaido Line and Shinkansen is Keikyu's Main Line. The green steel through truss bridge and S curve make it a decades long railway landmark in Tokyo. Train traffic is heavy, with a train crossing over the bridge every minute or two during rush hour. However, the remodeling and track realignment of Shinagawa Station to improve grade separation will mean this view will be gone in a few years, roughly 2030.
Here during a cool autumn morning, an outbound Keikyu 600 Series exits Shinagawa bound for a rolling stock depot, while an inbound Toei Subway service from Haneda International Airport approaches Shinagawa.
Keikyu Main Line
Keikyu 600 and Toei 5500 Series
Shinagawa, Tokyo Pref, Japan
The stars burn above this puddle of the Cottonwood Lakes to the great amusement of the cheering frogs. Three images stacked manually in photoshop.
Actually on this morning the Moon was 99% illuminated -- not quite full. This was shot at sunrise in Smith Rock State Park, where the upper walls of the basalt rock cliffs were bathed in warm sunlight and the light was creeping downward. This is Asterisk Pass, where the distinctive "Snoopy Head" rock at lower right would soon be fully illuminated.
M357 works up the 2% grade of Steelton Hill on the new double track alignment. At the bottom of the photo is the old single track route that curved much more than the new line.
I've explored the use of sepia treatment a number of times and never really managed to get them to work or look good. However, I think this one is not too bad.
Of interest is the fact that this is a three shot hand held bracketed HDR with minimal adjustment to alignment. Final sepia treatment followed adjustments to blue saturation. A CPL filter was also attached to the lens. The angles and composition add to the weirdness but. I'll leave it to viewers to decide if 11:15 refers to morning or night!
I would not usually bother with all this work - but it was raining and I thought I'd give it a go!
Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites around the village of Carnac, in Brittany, consisting of alignments, dolmens, tumuli and single menhirs. More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local rock and erected by the pre/proto-Celtic people of Brittany, and are the largest such collection in the world. Most of the stones are within the Breton village of Carnac, but some to the east are within La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected at some stage during the Neolithic period, probably around 3300 BC, but some may date to as old as 4500 BC.
2015 07 27 151700 France Brittany Carnac 1HDR
This evening's epic afterglow!
Technical details:
Fuji X-E1 + 10-24mm
4 seconds, f/8, ISO 100
7 shot panorama
A rare daylight NYS&W HAN-1 heads west through Franklin Lakes, NJ. The "missing link" of I-287 between Montville, NJ and Suffern, NY was still under construction in this March 1993 view. The Susquehanna main had recently been relocated to the alignment seen here due to this construction project. The original alignment roughly paralleled the far side of I-287 where the distant buildings are located and would have crossed I-287 near the head end of HAN-1. This view is not possible today due to tree growth along the right of way.
NYS&W HAN-1:
SOO 778 SD40-2
GATX 2003 SD40-2
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As 2011 winds down, I want to thank all of you who have supported me and my photography. I couldn't have done it without you!
This year saw fellow photographer Joshua Cripps and I teach many full workshops to groups of great and enthusiastic photographers. What a blast! Another sold out workshop this past Saturday was our last outing of the year, but hopefully soon, we will have some new dates and new locations for 2012.
Nikon D300
Nikkor 12-24mm @ 12mm
0.8 sec, f13, ISO 100
Lee .9 and .75 Soft GND filters
It feels weird making an Iron Man villain, especially since Iron Man himself is one of my least favourite Marvel characters ever, but I've been watching a lot of Iron Man Armoured Adventures recently, and I love the lore that they have for Mandarin, so anyway, here we go!
Alias: Mandarin
Real Name: Gene Kang
Gender: Male
Alignment: Villain
Backstory: When he was younger, Gene Kang heard stories of the Mandarin, who wielded 10 rings, that would be found in various Makluan temples around the world. He was determined that he would become this Mandarin of myth, and sought out these rings. It was on this journey where he would meet Tony Stark, and later become close friends with the man who would later become his greatest nemesis. With Tony's help, Gene would find several of the rings, each with various tests to be accomplished. As he gained access to more rings, his views grew twisted, which led to him wanting to conquer the world, seeing this as his destiny. Tony saw this, and would eventually suit up against him as Iron Man. Their first battle led to massive casualties, including the death of James Rhodes, but Iron Man would end up winning against Gene. For years, the Mandarin would plot his next move, before eventually being freed in a prison bust. It would take months before he resurfaced, now in possession of all 10 rings. This ongoing battle between Mandarin and Iron Man would go on for years, with each of them winning battles, while also losing them. They would learn of each others secret identities, which hurt both of them.. Tony has tried to talk Gene down several times, but power can be quite corrupting when it wants to.
This is another take on the same Cuban Lily that I posted a few weeks back. Taken at Longwood Gardens with the Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS Lens.
On May 27, 1987, the eastbound California Zephyr rolls near the site of Thistle, Utah. Just ahead, the train will enter a tunnel through the terrain created by a huge mudslide and resultant flood that wiped out the town in April 1983. The railroad and highway were closed a few days before the main slide occurred, after months of record rain and snow. This overview from the shoulder of US Route 6 shows the Zephyr on the post -1983 alignment, the original Route 6, and across the Spanish Fork, the original Rio Grande roadbed. It’s sobering to think that I rode the Rio Grande Zephyr through Thistle just a few weeks before the disaster.
Corbin, KY
I love these old "Bear" signs -- they're cute and fun. The typo on the one sign ("alinement") does irk me. I worked for years as an editor so it's just natural that typos bug the heck out of me lol
UPDATE: So "alinement" is an alternative spelling. Perhaps it's regional, as I've never seen it spelled that way here in Canada.
More than 10 years in Ghent and the city still keeps surprising us… As some of you may know Ghent used to have its own zoo. Regrettably, the zoo had to make way for the fast-growing city and was replaced by working class housing in the 19th century. The architect Charles Van Rysselberghe built the houses around an elliptical inner courtyard that became the playground of at least three generations of working-class children. Unfortunately, not much was invested in the site and after 100 years it was completely dilapidated. In 2001 this architectural gem was saved from destruction and the site was completely renovated in 2006 and converted into the Zebrastraat project: a place to be for events and meetings, in a vibrant setting of cultural activities, contemporary living surrounded by an impressive art collection – Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium.
Never been before have I been awake long enough for (or able to wake up for) a full lunar eclipse. I shot this series from my living room, with the window open, as every extremity froze......'twas worth it. Even if all I got out of it was this cheesy photoshopped presentation. ;)
Processing some images from last year
There are just a few images - but wanted to see what I can get out of them
---Photo details----
Stacks RGB: 31x2min
Darks : 100
Flats: 100
Exposure Time : 1h2min
Stack program : PixInsight
---Photo scope---
Camera : ZWO ASI2600MC PRO
CCD Temperature : -10C
Filter(s) used: Optolong L-Pro
Tube : Takahashi FSQ-106 EDX4
Field flattener / Reducer : -
Effective focal length : 530 mm
Effective aperture : F/5
---Guide scope---
Camera : ASI Mini guider
Guide exposure : 2 sec
---Mount and other stuff---
Mount : Skywatcher AZ-EQ-6 GT
---Processing details----
NINA for acquisition, controlling the following:
- ASTAP (plate solving)
- PHD2 (guiding)
- Stellarium
PixInsight : stacking, alignment, background extraction, histogram manipulation
Lightroom for final touchups
Topaz Denoise for a last processing step
The gallery was created with Craiyon and scenes in the tinyplanets were all generated by text prompts in Skybox AI.
SD40-3 6926 an ex CN unit has stopped almost in alignment. They were spotting the passenger train and had run the 2 locomotive around to lead back to Candor. Only needed a couple feet to align the bridge logo with the locomotive logo.
Longdendale Trail, Peak District, Derbyshire
Longdendale Trail is an English long-distance trail which follows
the alignment of the former Woodhead railway line which used to run between
Manchester and Sheffield (and closed east of Hadfield in 1981). It has
shallow gradients and a smooth surface that makes it popular with families
and cyclists.
The Longdendale Trail, which opened in May 1992, forms part of the longer
Trans Pennine Trail, NCR 62, that runs from coast to coast across the UK
(Liverpool to Hull).
There are 300 kilometers of rivers and streams in the Peak District
National Park. According to locals, ghosts of Roman soldiers have been seen
wandering the area – marching straight through hillsides – and there are
regular sightings of flashing lights streaking up the valley.