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In North Dakota right now, just taking a 30 minute break. Took this picture an hour or so ago in Minnesota around mile marker 90 off I-94 westbound. Heading to Portland Oregon for a Monday delivery. About 8 degrees F, but probably gonna get colder before it gets warmer as I get further West.
This black-and-white photograph captures a wide, scenic view of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, skyline positioned along the edge of the Cedar River. A prominent bridge structure spans across the water in the foreground, leading toward a cluster of high-rise buildings and corporate offices in the downtown area.
Developed with Darktable 4.8.0.
Conversion: Color calibration= B&W Ilford HP5+ (preset)
This Midwestern salmonfly naiad is an amazing aquatic insect. It lives under rocks or leaf litter in pristine streams with sluggish water flow for two to three years before transforming into an adult during early summer. Even though this immature salmonfly looks ferocious, it only eats detritus such as decaying leaves. Winged adults that can fly around only live for two weeks or so in the summer and do not even feed.
BNSF's Tulsa-to-Madison Yard (TRRA) freight takes the Terminal's High Line in front of St. Louis, MO.
After I moved from Wisconsin to Colorado in 1997, this is the first train I photographed! An eastbound Union Pacific freight drops downgrade encircling the mouth of Coal Creek canyon while crossing Blue Mountain Drive grade crossing just west of Clay, Colorado, on August 29, 1997. It seems that I could not shake my Midwestern roots with Chicago & North Western SD50 No. 7033 leading the train, that also included three Wisconsin Central SD45s as power. To keep it more “on line,” the power consist also included a Rio Grande GP40, a Southern Pacific AC4400CW, and a Rio Grande Tunnel Motor. Not an Armour yellow unit anywhere, although it is only a year after the merger.
Ohio Central 4092 leads a short Cambridge Turn into New Concord in perfect early morning light. With these Super-7s rumored to be leaving the roster by the end of the year, I was thrilled to catch one wearing the classic OC colors.
Two large windmills flank sign reading "CAMP GROUND CUZN EDDYZ - 'A Midwest Resort'" in rural landscape setting.
A duo of BNSF Dash 9s in the H2 scheme lead a westbound windmill blade train into Alpha, IL mere moments before sundown.
John F. Bjorklund Photo • Doug Harrop Collection • May 17, 1978
A Chicago & North Western RSD-5 pulls a train of 40 ft. box cars for grain loading (no kidding!) through Northville, South Dakota.
A trio of classic EMD's bring an empty unit train west through Edon, Ohio on a beautiful March afternoon. 3/3/2024
A field, a storm, and BNSF. A line of severe storms chases down BNSF L CHI104 as it rolls east into Princeville, IL.
The second day of Winter delivered the first snowfall of the season, bringing with it the promise of a White Christmas here in the heartland. Wishing all of my Flickr friends a very Merry Christmas and Holiday Season. Many thanks to those of you who visit, comment, fave, and/or award my modest efforts . . .
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Century Saturday surprise: Toledo Peoria & Western C-424 No. 800 sits at the Morristown & Erie shop in Morristown NJ on 10 July 1984. The 1964 vintage Alco, one of two Centuries on the Tip-Up, came east to work on the M&E for many years before retirement, and has since been acquired by the Illinois Rail Museum for preservation.
A dramatic sky for a while today over mostly empty farm land. Although there is some early tilling and fertilizer application taking place, the real busy planting season is still a few weeks away.
This image was captured while I was out and about in the ole Jeep, weaving through cornfields, on a trip to the town of Mt. Orab, OH.
I drive this route often, and for reasons I can't explain, this small section of Ohio farmland continually yields truly beautiful skyscapes and wonderful cloud formations that the firmament just a few miles away never seems to match. I can't figure it, so I just enjoy it and try to always have the camera with me when traveling through this area.
Captured at 590nm
One of the most Midwestern photo's I can say I've taken; a pair of former BN greens lead BNSF's 815 job thru Essex, IA and passed the grain elevator and Casey's here.
Just missing an old, clapped out truck, really.
"We named this particular young Bull Elk 'Bucky'. His unusual flat antlers, are equivalent to buckteeth."
Elk of Benezette
Elk, also known as Wapiti or Red Deer, enjoy large populations in North America, primarily in western parts of the United States and Canada. These large relatives of deer are also found in smaller populations in other parts of the world, in protected native groups or introduced populations. Their preference for open woodlands and a range of elevations make many states habitable for elk, though their current range is much smaller than their historical range.
Elk in the United States
The western U.S. and Rocky Mountain regions make up the bulk of the elk range in the United States, though some populations exist farther east. Significant populations are found in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, such as in Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming National Elk Refuge. Smaller pockets of elk can be found in various Midwestern states, such as South Dakota and Minnesota, and small populations have been established in eastern states including Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
For more info: animals.mom.me/states-elk-4273.html
“Midwestern Corn Belt”
Last week I was in Iowa visiting family. It was amazing seeing all the beautiful yellow fields of corn. I photographed this 100+ year old barn (partially engulfed with vines) between two corn fields as Orion’s Belt rose over it at about midnight. The bright yellow star directly above the middle of the barn is Betelgeuse. Rigel is the bright blue star to the far right, and Bellatrix is at the top.
I used my new Rokinon 50mm f/1.4 (low coma and super sharp) @ f/2.0, exposing for 4 seconds at ISO 4000. I also used a Tiffen Double Fog 3 filter during half* of the exposure to accentuate the glow of the brightest stars. (You can achieve a similar effect in post with a PS plug-in, called StarSpikes Pro 3, but the Tiffen filter is more accurate, because the glows are the true color of the stars. More information about the filter and the plug-in are on my blog.
As we get closer to Winter, the bright core of the Milky Way sinks further below the horizon for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. At the same time, we are now being blessed with earlier evening views of Orion and Sirius.
*Full disclosure: Rather than holding the filter in front of the lens during one-half of the exposure, I now shoot two exposures —one with the filter and one without. If the glow is too much for my tastes, I blend the two sky exposure together in PS Layers (aligning the stars), and adjust the opacity of the filtered layer until it looks natural to me. By "natural," I mean the natural star glow that comes from thin clouds or atmospheric humidity.
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Norfolk Southern's Central of New Jersey heritage unit rolls west through Catlin, IL on train 21T. With great lighting and a CN nabbing the diamond at Tolono, this train was a fun chase between Catlin and Cerro Gordo.
Midwestern folks know about the great north woods. I found these on an abandoned logging trail in Iron County, Wisconsin, USA. Helios KMZ 44.2 58m 2.8 adapted for Nikon F by Retro Foto House.