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Within Viretta Park in Seattle Washington, there is Kurt's Bench. The bench serves as a de facto memorial to a true artist and music pioneer. Located next door to his former residence and place of death, Kurt Cobain was known to sit on this bench. Visitors leave scribbled messages and other various items.
Feed mixer inside of the Main Complex looking twords the main control room with the feeders in the distance. Feed lot unused since the 80's..Location not disclosed at owners request.
122 second exposure, Protomachine flashlight set to green, blue and red. led flashlight, near completely dark interior.
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Pole that at one time had a speaker for an alarm let everyone know they needed ot an their stations at this atlas E nuclear missile site. All of the atlas "E" missiles didn't have much in the ways of guidance and from what I was told, at the time of this site being active it was unclear if a missile launched from the states would actually be able to make it all the way to russia. The 'E" missile sites all had the missile sitting directly north & south so that when the missile was launched it would be travelling in the direction of the USSR (going over the top of the globe)...all it had to do was have enough fuel to get it up & over and the warhead would take care of the rest. Location not disclosed at owners request.
183 second exposure, Protomachine flashlight set to red & lime. At the time of my visit there were some pretty heavy clouds moving in.
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Night photography trip with "The Nocturnes" to Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Photographed with a Canon EOS 7d, Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art, and Canon EF-S 10-22mm. Various other equipment was utilized including a sturdy tripod and remote shutter release.
History:
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean, and made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II. During this time, there were up to 50,000 employees working at MINSY.
Randi Hubbard is the artist that created this 600 pound, 5-foot-6, hidden away sculpture, memorializing Kurt Cobain, in Aberdeen Washington. It was created in 1994. Finished three months after Kurt's death.
UPDATE: Little more than three months after I photographed the statue, the statue was moved from the muffler shop to the Aberdeen Museum of History in recognition of Kurt Cobain Day on February 20, 2014. I'm glad I was able to photograph the statue before it moved.
Pipe used for sucking (much like a vacuum) feed up into the grain elevators to be mixed and sent out to the lots. Feed lot unused since the 80's..Location not disclosed at owners request.
121 second exposure, Protomachine flashlight set to red, lime gelled flashlight & led flashlight, near completely dark interior.
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Sittner Manufacturing "cattle oiler", yep it is called a cattle oiler, I had to google it to find out what the thing was/did. The company is still in selling these things today and they really havent changed the design much in 50+ years. Feed lot unused since the 80's. Location not disclosed at owners request.
181 second exposure, Protomachine flashlight set to red, pink & a little natural LED.
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This Farmall tractor hasn't moved from this spot in quite some time, but still looks like it could.
An unusually short, 1:00 exposure with the full moon providing
plenty of ambient light.
Considering this place is less than 100 yards from busy I-45, it was actually a pretty peaceful place to photograph.
This shot represents most of what the site has to offer: abandoned convenience store, fuel pump island and canopy, gasoline storage tanks, and a restaurant/diner. I first saw this place driving to Galveston last summer.
Not much information available on this site. A previous search has me believing the restaurant was called the Red Onion Diner, but I can't find that reference any more.
A strange graffiti theme that I didn't notice on site is that someone spray-painted the phrase "Lousy Deal" in multiple places. I noticed one of them and made it the focus of one of my shots, but later processing of the shots at home revealed the phrase two more times. I wonder what it means.
4:15 exposure. Convenience store and restaurant lit with Protomachine set to green and red.
Night photography trip with "The Nocturnes" to Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Photographed with a Canon EOS 5diii and either my Canon 16-35 f4L IS or my Sigma 50mm f1.4 ART. Various other equipment was utilized including a sturdy tripod, remote shutter release, and if I light painted I used color gels / 600ex off-camera flash / flashlights.
History:
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean, and made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II. During this time, there were up to 50,000 employees working at MINSY.
Night photography trip with "The Nocturnes" to Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Photographed with a Canon EOS 7d, Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art, and Canon EF-S 10-22mm. Various other equipment was utilized including a sturdy tripod and remote shutter release.
History:
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean, and made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II. During this time, there were up to 50,000 employees working at MINSY.
Side entrance outside of the main complex, piles of barbed wire blocking the side door. Feed lot unused since the 80's..Location not disclosed at owners request.
181 second exposure, Protomachine flashlight set to red and green. led flashlight.
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On the east side of Trent Texas, where the town meets I-20, sits a row of abandoned buildings that are clearly visible from the highway. This building once was a service station. Although I saw no signs of gas pumps, there are remains of a car lift just to the left of the building, near the two rest rooms. Reflections of traffic passing by on I-20 can be seen in the broken panes of glass.
3:30 exposure with some lighting help from the near-full moon and the protomachine LED flashlight.
I can definitely picture myself enjoying a cold one in front of the fireplace at this Roaring 20's speakeasy. Except for the fedora; I can't picture myself wearing a fedora.
And when the Untouchables show up to bust the place? A quick exit out the back door....
2 1/2 minute exposure. Foreground lit by the nearly full moon with the area outside lit with red and green colored LED flashlight.
Water tank in the central holding pen. Feed lot unused since the 80's..Location not disclosed at owners request. second exposure,
Protomachine flashlight set to green and shot of yellow on the front.
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Ever wonder why or how that shopping cart got 2 blocks or more from where the store where it came from? This cart is in a field over 30 miles from it began.
181 second exposure, protomachine set to natural & red.
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Still not liking this location...
(4 minute exposure + full color LED flashlight)
Fireplace from what used to be someones home. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Winter Solstice and just a general Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Night, near full moon, 120 second exposure, protomachines flashlight set to red, green and white.
Desk in the scalehouse, calendar on the floor is from April 1968, logo on the pepsi can appears to be from early 90's. Feed lot unused since the 80's..Location not disclosed at owners request.
60 second exposure, Totally dark interior, Protomachine flashlight set to green, led flashlight for a little fill light.
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Night photography trip with "The Nocturnes" to Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Photographed with a Canon EOS 7d, Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art, and Canon EF-S 10-22mm. Various other equipment was utilized including a sturdy tripod and remote shutter release.
History:
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean, and made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II. During this time, there were up to 50,000 employees working at MINSY.
Night photography trip with "The Nocturnes" to Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Photographed with a Canon EOS 5diii and either my Canon 16-35 f4L IS or my Sigma 50mm f1.4 ART. Various other equipment was utilized including a sturdy tripod, remote shutter release, and if I light painted I used color gels / 600ex off-camera flash / flashlights.
History:
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean, and made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II. During this time, there were up to 50,000 employees working at MINSY.
Another view of Battery Croghan on the east end of Galveston Island. My long weekend plans on Galveston were cut short when I turned my ankle hiking out of this location.
Very light-polluted collection of weirdness. A little red and blue light added from the protomachine
An old Murray bike, found missing a few parts, with some flat tires, while waiting for the sun to set as another day passes by. Added orange light from LED2.
Decided to try out a new location. Needs more cowbell...
(4 minute exposure + LED1 photography light)
The southeast corner of the former Perrin Air Force Base outside of Sherman Texas still has three standing abandoned buildings. When I was spotlighted by security (I always get visited by the police when shooting at night), the officer couldn't explain for what this building was once used. We chatted for a few minutes before we each went about our business.
I got photobombed by a small aircraft passing through the upper left corner of this photo.
2 1/2 minute exposure with red and green flashes from within the building.
Atop the hill at Pioneer Plaza in downtown Dallas sits this cowboy sculpture, one of many sculptures in the cattle drive commemorated here. The Bank of America building shines in the background.
Sculpture lit with protomachine set to green. Purple highlights provided by the Omni hotel from the left.
Found this gem, southwest of Culver Oregon. Light painted the house with cyan, the grass with green, and the tractor with red.
I just couldn't stop at green and had to ruin it with the gratuitous red and blue...
(1 minute exposure + full color LED light)
This abandoned service station sits partially hidden as nature reclaims the grounds around it. It sits off exit 156 on southbound I-45 in Madisonville, Texas across the highway from another, equally run down, service station.
TX-75 was a fairly busy highway this evening, as evidenced by the auto headlight trails in the background. 4:00 exposure with the underside of the canopy lit with the protomachine set to red.
The former Perrin Air Force Base (1941 - 1971) still operates as the North Texas Regional Airport. The southeast corner of the base once had a dozen or so buildings. Two buildings that were visible in a 1955 aerial shot remained until 2012, but they have since also been torn down.
The two shacks pictured here were likely built post-1971, but have also since been abandoned.
3-minute exposure with red and green flashlights illuminating the interiors.
“At the night there was a storm, there at the beach where she was born.
And Idun felt a feeling wrong, and so she walked there in the dawn.
And on her flute the magic horn, a tunes so passionate and strong.
She played for them orca song, to ask them where they all have gone.”
Brunn Idun stands on the shoreline playing her flute to the Orca’s to ask them why they have all left the Puget Sound. Her flute was made by artist, John Halliday aka Coyote from the Muckleshoot Tribe. On August 25th, the Mayor of Seattle, Bruce Harrel, declared it "Brunn Idun Day". This celebrates Bruun Idun's and the Trolls' contributions to our collective stewardship, environmental management, water protection, repairing habitat restoration, preservation and conservation. Every August 25th is Bruun Idun Day.
Artist: Thomas Dambo
Title: Bruun Idun (troll), John Halliday aka Coyote (flute)
Project: Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King
Created: 2023
Commissioned: City of Seattle and Scan Design Foundation
Find all the trolls- around the world- created by Thomas Dambo.
“At the night there was a storm, there at the beach where she was born.
And Idun felt a feeling wrong, and so she walked there in the dawn.
And on her flute the magic horn, a tunes so passionate and strong.
She played for them orca song, to ask them where they all have gone.”
Brunn Idun stands on the shoreline playing her flute to the Orca’s to ask them why they have all left the Puget Sound. Her flute was made by artist, John Halliday aka Coyote from the Muckleshoot Tribe. On August 25th, the Mayor of Seattle, Bruce Harrel, declared it "Brunn Idun Day". This celebrates Bruun Idun's and the Trolls' contributions to our collective stewardship, environmental management, water protection, repairing habitat restoration, preservation and conservation. Every August 25th is Bruun Idun Day.
Artist: Thomas Dambo
Title: Bruun Idun (troll), John Halliday aka Coyote (flute)
Project: Northwest Trolls: Way of the Bird King
Created: 2023
Commissioned: City of Seattle and Scan Design Foundation
Find all the trolls- around the world- created by Thomas Dambo.
Light-painted with protomachines, warm yellow and cyan colour cast from both camera left and right. A unique abandoned yellow house that stands on its own.
My grandfather had a WPA outhouse that he used everyday pretty much up til the day he died that looked a lot like this. He always referred to it as "going to the library". Mr. Klein's house is still standing as well as his "library", most of the rest of his property has been sold off and is being divided up into small million dollar lots. So far the library has survived.
180 second exposure, protomachines flashlight set to green and purple, large street light to camera left.
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This unique scene is captured at Perlis Rainbow House, the whole paddy field will give way to development soon and all will be gone. This scene is light painted using newly acquired protomachines light, really love the one hand operation of this equipment.
Night photography trip with "The Nocturnes" to Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Photographed with a Canon EOS 7d, Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art, and Canon EF-S 10-22mm. Various other equipment was utilized including a sturdy tripod and remote shutter release.
History:
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean, and made a name for itself as the premier US West Coast submarine port as well as serving as the controlling force in San Francisco Bay Area shipbuilding efforts during World War II. During this time, there were up to 50,000 employees working at MINSY.