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Shot at the Båstnäs car cemetary close to the Norwegian border of Värmland, Sweden.
Taken with Canon AE-1 analog camera. Kodak BW400CN (b/w film processed as C-41). 13 years expired.
Negative scanned with Epson Perfection V500 Photo, cropped and downsized for the web.
Attended my first closed circuit cycling event yesterday.....the Pepper Place Criterium here in Birmingham. Fantastic stuff. Best part is that most of the races took place between 4 and 8PM. Great light for photography. This is one of the only shots I have ever posted directly from the camera...no PP at all. The light was that good. This may be a little underexposed. I think this photo is a good example of why sports shots can turn out well at 2.8. Really allows you to isolate a subject. Anyway, cheers. Hope everyone had a good weekend.
The weight of the snow on two of this pine tree's branches makes it appear that the tree is leaning on the fence for support. View On Black LARGE
1-31-2008
A section of the fence is falling in to disrepair. It looks like a work horse has used it once to often to scratch their side. The horses are well taken care of and are actually used for work during the warm months, the owner just isn't into appearances as far as his fences.
EXPLORE #111, 26 April 2012
Listen and watch....
Taken on a beautiful day in the Peak District with Tony (Guy@Fawkes) back in late July last year. We did NOT climb up that hill! :o)
Came across this amazing house last weekend....I think the bank has quite the "lean" on it (hahaha).
Must have been quite the house in it's day...would love to know the history on it.
Wanted to show a little love to the local area tonight. These fieles will be all dry and chopped here in a week or so. They sure to look good while they last though. Cheers.
I've always wanted to try something like this since I first saw this image by Brooke Shaden and I finally got the chance when I worked with Hans!
an apple a day, right? ;)
muse: Hans Iverson
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We all need some one to lean on at some time in our life's, and it looks like its this old VW's time Thank god for a friendly wall.
You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem that you'll understand,
We all need somebody to lean on.
Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on
I haven't posted in black and white for a while; so when I awoke and saw the fog I knew there was a chance to re-address this.
No surprise to the state's gardeners, Massachusetts has just released a report saying this is the driest Summer on record...and the hottest. But even short-lived thunder storms provide enough rain to give things a little boost - so we're not completely without flowers. This is a gorgeous dahlia that somehow managed not only to bloom in the dry heat, but to thrive.
Yesterday I went skiing to Lake Mulkkujärvi. The main purpose was to supplement the bird feeding box there. I hoped to get some photos, too. It was nearly too cold for photographing. My fingers were near to freeze. Perhaps I'm getting old.
Bahia Honda Rail Bridge ~ last used 50 years ago
109 Year-Old Decaying Bridge to Nowhere
The Florida Keys U.S.A. ~ December 6th, 2020
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - 50 years of decay]
*[stands alone - 5055 feet long - 24 feet deep @ center]
*[it seems to be 'leaning to the left' - 'bent' by hurricane winds]
Bear with me. I felt compelled to do a series of shots of my favorite bridge in the world, with her magnificent colors of water and sky. I visit only once a year (for 46 straight years), and every time there is nobody here, leaving her and her ruins lonely and forgotten. I will never forget her beauty, or Henry Flagler. Thanks for looking.
The Bahia Honda Rail Bridge is a disused bridge in the lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key. Originally part of the Overseas Railway, the State of Florida purchased it after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and converted it to provide automobile use as part of the Overseas Highway in 1938. After a replacement Bahia Honda Bridge was opened in 1972, two spans of the bridge were removed (in the 80's) to accommodate boat traffic and make the majority of the bridge inaccessible to pedestrian traffic, but the rest remain standing. Red bridge-rust.
It was originally built by Henry Flagler as part of the Overseas Railroad which was completed in 1912. Flagler funded the construction of the bridge, along with the rest of the railway himself. It was purchased by the state of Florida and converted for highway use in 1938 after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. Rather than completely rebuilding the bridge after the hurricane, the existing structure was repaired and the deck for the Overseas Highway was added on top, as the existing deck inside the truss was too narrow for vehicular traffic. The bridge served as the primary mode of transport to the islands of the lower Keys, and as a primary evacuation route.
A new four-lane bridge was built in 1980, a few hundred yards north of the old bridge, replacing the old route of U.S. 1. Today, the former bridge provides a scenic overview of the area for tourists. Two of the truss spans have been removed in order to facilitate boat traffic, as the new bridge has an increased span height. The original bridge has fallen into a state of disrepair and signs have been posted on the bridge warning boat traffic to watch for falling debris, but all of the sections have remained standing (not counting the two that were removed). The easternmost section remains open to pedestrian traffic and is maintained by Bahia Honda State Park. Bahia Honda Rail Bridge ~ Spanish Harbor Key ~ Lower Keys
www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia_H...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_East_Coast_Railway#History
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Railroad
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Highway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
Modern Marvels video - (long, but very, very interesting!)
Bahia Honda Bridge history - Keys History & Information
I wasn't expecting this when I went down into the 96th Street subway station this afternoon, on my way downtown to take some "Streets of New York" photographs in the SoHo district of Manhattan ...
And there wasn't much to it: no band, no keyboard, no guitar, no fancy electronics. Indeed, it didn't even look like this guy was even soliciting donations.
Just singing ... and keeping the rhythm and beat to himself.
Still, it was a nice way to pass the few minutes before the express train arrived ...
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This is part of a set of "subway music" or "street music" that I encountered on various subway platforms and trains in 2015, and which I video-recorded on the spur of the moment, typically with my Canon G7X digital camera or (in this case) my iPhone6+ cameraphone.
As such, it's a continuation of a series of subway photos that I began in the spring of 2009, and which you can find here. I created another Flickr set here in 2010, with photos from IRT subway stations at 96th Street, 42nd Street (Times Square), and Christopher Street/Sheridan Square (in Greenwich Village).
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Over the years, I've seen various photos of the NYC subway "scene," usually in a relatively grim, dark, black-and-white format. But during a spring 2009 class on street photography at the NYC International Center of Photography (ICP), I saw lots and lots of terrific subway shots taken by my fellow classmates ... so I was inspired to start taking some myself.
One of the reasons I rarely, if ever, took subway photos before 2009 is that virtually every such photo I ever saw was in black-and-white. I know that some people are fanatics about B/W photography as a medium; and I respect their choice. And I took quite a lot of B/W photographs of my own in the late 60s and early 70s, especially when I had my own little makeshift darkroom for printing my own photos.
But for most of the past 40 years, I've focused mostly on color photography. As for photos of subways, I don't feel any need to make the scene look darker and grimier than it already is, by restricting it to B/W. Indeed, one of the things I find quite intriguing is that there is a lot of color in this environment, and it's not too hard to give some warmth and liveliness to the scene...
To avoid disruption, and to avoid drawing attention to myself, I'm not using flash shots; but because of the relatively low level of lighting, I'm generally using an ISO setting of 3200 or 6400, depending on which camera I'm using. As a result, some of the shots are a little grainy - but it's a compromise that I'm willing to make.
I occasionally use a small, compact "pocket" camera like the Canon G-12, but most of my photos have been taken with my somewhat large, bulky Nikon D300 and D700 DSLRs. If I'm photographing people on the other side of the tracks in a subway station, there's no problem holding up the camera, composing the shot, and taking it in full view of everyone. But if I'm taking photos inside a subway car, I normally set the camera lens to a wide angle (18mm or 24mm) setting, point it in the general direction of the subject(s), and shoot without framing or composing.
What I find most interesting about the scenes photographed here is how isolated most people seem to be. Of course, there are sometimes couples, or families, or groups of school-children; but by far the most common scene is an individual standing alone, waiting for a train to arrive. He or she may be reading a book, or listening to music, or (occasionally) talking to someone on a cellphone; but often they just stare into space, lost in their own thoughts. Some look happy, some look sad; but the most common expression is a blank face and a vacant stare. It's almost as if people go into a state of suspended animation when they descend underground into the subway -- and they don't resume their normal expression, behavior, and mannerisms until they emerge back above-ground at the end of their ride.
Anyway, this is what it looks like down underground ... or at least, this is what it's like in the stations I've visited and photographed so far. If I feel energetic enough in 2011, maybe I'll try to photograph people in every subway station. It would be interesting to see what kind of variety can be seen...
Lean On Me at a distance. After four years walking through these woodlands, I never noticed I could see the Lean On Me tree from across the lake. Using the 70-200, this scene has very nice isolation amidst the snowy forest. This was taken on Christmas Eve 2024.
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