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If you've ever driven along US64 where it parallels the Ocoee River, you might look across the river on the other side of the bluff and see a wooden trough way up high. Constructed in 1912, the main part of the flume carries water from Ocoee Dam #2 to the Powerhouse about five miles away. Atop the flume are tracks to help get the TVA employees from one side to the other, but it was also useful for carrying when sections of the flume had to be rebuilt. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Ocoee structure is the only flume line in the United States used to produce power. This photo was taken from the dam near where Ocoee rafters get on the water.
For the story: www.knoxnews.com/business/flume-repairs-under-way
For some video: youtu.be/PjZkDJRA05g
Polk State v Southeastern. Bing Tyus Yard. Winter Haven, Winter Haven, Fla. (Photo by Tom Hagerty, Polk State)
If you want to use this image, ask permission PRIOR to use. Don't be a thief - under most circumstances, I'm quite reasonable.
Copyright 2011 - Alan B.
From mediocre iPhone photo to (hopefully less mediocre) faux 4-color print. You can see the 1-hour process in 60 seconds here: youtu.be/QldqYqWeiek
The electric car demonstration held Dec. 5 gave people a chance to test drive a battery operated vehicle. This participant choose to take an e-ride out for spin. Published in Environmental Update, Spring 2009. Photo credit: Angie Thorne, Fort Polk Guardian staff writer.
The new Fort Polk store has nine regular checkouts, four self-checkouts, an international delicatessen and bakery, sushi-to-go services and a stock assortment of 17,000 items to serve a patron base of nearly 32,000 authorized shoppers. With its energy efficient and environmentally friendly features, the expansive new facility is designed to make shopping pleasant, according to Ed Koerner, the store director.
This are my babys i got this at the age of 15 years old.polk audio have a new tweeter for it. It is a upgrade
Kelly Polk
As I'm sure many of you know by now, Kelly has been my best friend for many years. This shot is from a shoot we did together back in January. Hair & make-up is by Nancy Rodriguez.
Kelly recently launched her new website, check it out!!!: www.kellypolk.net
She also just finished up her actress-reel, which you can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lADfh0pq05E
Model: Kelly Polk (www.kellypolk.net)
Hair/make-up: Nancy Rodriguez (thanks!!!)
Photo: me!
So, I guess I'm kind of weird (you guys know that though, right?). Whenever I shoot with my 12-24mm lens I always, without fail, imagine myself as if I were shooting in outer space. Like shooting on the moon or Mars or something. I think the extreme wide angle makes me feel like I'm encapsulating planet Earth in my camera. Point is, I think this set of Kelly has that feel too; IMO there's something very space-like about it (even more so in the next shot I plan on posting).
Anyway, you'd think after how long Kelly & I have been friends that we'd have at least collaborated on some sort of studio shoot before, but alas, this was our first! & it was all done right in my bedroom! We're both really happy with how these turned out, so I'll definitely be posting some more soon.
Here's a photo of Kelly & me that I posted a few weeks back: www.flickr.com/photos/hazyskyline/4098254029/
Lake Wales Mardi Gras Committee Representative badge.
Marc McClernan - Lake Wales Mardi Gras Archive.
On the outer edge of the Tenderloin... I think I've taken a photo or two of this intersection before. I'll have to take a look as that mural seems to have faded a bit since I've lived here. The name of it is Rotten Apples and was painted by Spanish artist Aryz. It's also known as Farm Girl and Girl With Apples.
As I was taking this photograph (series of photographs, actually), a police action was going down behind me to my right. Just to my right, a squad car was blocking access to Eddy Street. Once I finished with these photos, I went to check out what was going on. There were four or five police vehicles and ten or twelve cops surrounding a vehicle that appeared to have been in some kind of collision. As I got to the rear of that vehicle, I saw that a Black woman in a red, white, and blue outfit. had her hands behind her back and was resting up against another vehicle.
I hung around for a little bit to see what might transpire, but it mostly was a lot of standing around by all involved. One of the officers reached through the window of the car that was the center of the activity, but I don't recall seeing any of the officers enter the car as if searching it. The woman being held wasn't saying anything. The cops weren't really interacting with her, only standing watch.
I decided to walk for a bit more then come back. After making a short trip around a couple of blocks, I returned and found a SFPD tow truck had arrived and a number of the cops had gone. All was calm. I assumed a possible hit-and-run incident if the damage to the car was any indication.
While I don't know what the circumstances were for this police action, it seems to be typical police practice to swarm. I witnessed something a couple of weeks ago in which twelve or more cops were all over what appeared to be a situation that involved a person or persons I guessed to be living on the streets. At least two cop cars came speeding onto the scene, sirens a-screaming, and a motorcycle cop soon showed up as well. A total of about twelve cops were there (two of them without face masks, by the way), blocking traffic (and doing nothing to help in that regard), and mostly standing around the street corner. I didn't see anyone get arrested. I didn't see any brutality. But it kind of gave the appearance of the biggest crime of the last half-century the way the cops swarmed onto the scene.