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The campus began in 1887 as "Ye Forest Inne," a summer vacation retreat for Washington, D.C., residents. The retreat did not succeed financially, and the property was sold and redeveloped as a finishing school, opening in 1894 with a class of 48 female students.[2] The architecture of the campus remained eclectic and whimsical. In addition to various Victorian styles, exotic designs included a Dutch windmill, a Swiss chalet, a Japanese pagoda, an Italian villa, and an English castle.[3] Many of these small homes with international designs were built from blueprints obtained by competing sororities, but all were designed by architect Emily Elizabeth Holman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[4] The campus also featured covered walkways, outdoor sculptures, and elaborately planned formal gardens. Among the administration was Assistant Dean of the College, Miss Edna Roeckel.[5] In 1936 it was renamed "National Park College" and its focus was realigned with more modern education trends; it remained one of the most prestigious women's schools in the country.
CSS GP38s pull over the hump in Michigan City, IN.
Sadly, a realignment project has begun to eventually bring street running to an end.
Original image taken at the Photo Club 'Light Festival' , Weds 2 November 2022. Edited in Picasa and Corel PSP and some other stuff!
An image taken at Cart Gap on the Norfolk Coast UK a few months ago. I wanted to capture a shot with some atmosphere ad energy so i decided to use an ND filter to record the movement in the water. This combined with a shutter trigger allowed me to try multiple shots as the waves came in and out.
A loaded coal train behind a pair of C&NW SD40-2's rolls south on Peoria & Pekin Union trackage through downtown Pekin. The power has just crossed Margaret Street and has entered a three or so block stretch of street running down 3rd Street.
In three blocks the train will enter Chicago & Illinois Midland trackage and continue a few more miles south to the power plant at Powertown to be unloaded.
The P&PU tracks have since been realigned and now run parallel to 3rd Street.
In 1882, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway constructed a three foot gauge rail line through the Jordan Narrows, 20 miles south of Salt Lake City. By 1889, that line was realigned with a standard gauge route with reduced curvature and grades. Utah Transit Authority built a commuter rail line through the narrows back in 2011. Sadly, the new route obliterated the old narrow gauge fill. With the original grade in the foreground, Utah Railway's Provo - Ogden RUT611 local glides through the Jordan Narrows on August 8, 2007.
Statesman's trip up the S&C today was headed by 47805 and 47810 running 1Z47 08:32 Uttoxetter to Appleby.
The light not quite right at Dore, looking across the realigned curve, but much better 30 minutes, and a quick drive across Sheffield later.
47805 + 47810 + 17056 3438 3188 80043 3229 3312 1211 3384 3426 3344 3348
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NOTE: This image is an HDR, or High Dynamic Range image, and is a combination of three photos.
FORT BELVOIR NORTH AREA, Va. -- An early morning interior view of the atrium in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Campus East project here, Oct. 15, 2010. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District, part of the North Atlantic Division, is managing design and construction of the $1.7 billion project. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo illustration by Marc Barnes)
The northern lights were unbelievably bright and incredibly intense on the clear and windless night of March 13, 2022. They also moved extremely quickly and were constantly appearing in new places, so that it was almost impossible to keep up with realigning the camera. At some point I also noticed that the water in the lagoon was slowly retreating and new sandbanks were constantly appearing, so I had to keep moving my camera to get a clear reflection. And last but not least, the humidity was so high that the lens kept fogging up... All in all, capturing the Northern Lights on camera was quite stressful
The plaque says, "Monterey's world-famous sardine industry depended on the courage and skill of cannery divers. Sardines were pumped ashore from floating hoppers through underwater pipes that had to be installed, repaired, replaced, realigned and maintained in order for the canneries of the old row to operate a full six month season each year. Monterey could never have become "The sardine capital of the world" without their heroic underwater exploits. Two Monterey cannery divers, their names marked with an asterisk, died in the performance of their dangerous work under the waves of Monterey Bay."
628 223 of Szeged depot leading the usual Wednesday/Sunday Kiskunfélegyháza - Baja - Kiskunfélegyháza shunting service before Bácsalmás station.
On the chilly, but sunny morning of 12th March the locomotive brought 20 empty open wagons for loading scrap iron at Baja-külső.
The section between Kiskunhalas - Bácsalmás (- Regőce) was handed over to traffic in 1903 and in most places, today's Line 154 follows the original track layout.
Between 1967 and 1970 however, a handful of sections around poorly visible level crossings and tight curves got realigned, including this part before Bácsalmás.
Real geology reimagined and realigned in the Malaspina Gallery formation on Gabriola Island in the Salish Sea of British Columbia.
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"Amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics".
Whilst a lot of flashing images have been on peoples' telescreens of late, it is clear a lot of people have become armchair generals and sitting room diplomats.
However, physical reality determines what happens in the real world. Some countries ought to be doing certain things for sure but that is a world away from what is happening.
Recent events have shown some countries are stronger or weaker than hitherto imagined. Some alliances or power blocks will no doubt get a rude awakening.
If events are as portrayed, then realignments are inevitable and
access to raw materials will become key. To have such resources, global trade needs to continue as expected, or you need to have your own primary and secondary industries and have not mothballed them or sold them off to a country that no longer likes you.
Also, it is hard to be at war with a country upon whom you are resource-dependent for the next five years (conservative estimate).
PS. Having a look at Orwell's map for 1984 power blocks map is somewhat illuminating.
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Another frame I liked from this fairly uncommonly shot location. The old telegraph pole harkens back to the days of the once mighty Lehigh Valley Railroad.
In addition to the shot of NRFF deep in the Lehigh Gorge at Penn Haven as seen here: flic.kr/p/2nEJvDV I also made a point to photograph the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway excursion while out here. Just over a mile south of M&H Junction at Penn Haven as seen in that photo is a location on the railroad known as Old Penn Haven (five miles on foot or bike from the nearest road). This was once where the Lehigh Valley Railroad mainline swung over and crossed the river to the east bank. When exactly the railroad was realigned and the new bridge was built I'm not sure, perhaps after the floods in 1911 but if anyone knows with certainty I'd be interested to learn.
Located at MP 129.7 on modern day RBMN's Lehigh Division mainline this wide spot along the right of way features a small runaround where LGSR power usually swaps ends. However this day they simply paused for a moment and then reversed directions and shoved back the 7 miles to Jim Thorpe. Here is the 3 PM excursion basking in the sun between the green hills of the surround gorge with the sharp OCS units in charge. As for these two F units, 270 (former NS 4270) and 275 (former NS 4275) are an F9A and F7B respectively acquired at auction in November 2019 when Norfolk Southern divested their executive power.
Old Penn Haven
Lehigh Township, Pennsylvania
Sunday August 14, 2022
M653, crew OD 0515, train comes into Pikeville, KY just miles from the swap point annnnnd it stops. Day breaks, nothing. The crew was on, the vans were not. The crew was 3 hours by road away in Erwin and M653 was nearing Shelby Yard in eastern Kentucky. M653 got orders to bring her into the yard from their resting place for multiple hours up by Coal Run Jct. Here they are in the early morning fog coming through the man-made river realignment in Pikeville, KY.
Coming up from the tunnel section through Cutty Sark station (which was closed for escalator work) we are about to enter Greenwich DLR Station. The SouthEastern station is around the corner to the right and had to be 'realigned' in order to fit the DLR station in. For a long time it was single line running on the Greenwich line for SouthEastern services through here while they built the DLR station.
With the Rio Grande 'Gang of Four' on the point, the LJP45 'Dirt Train' local navigates the 1945 'Farnham Line Change' east of Wellington, Utah on April 11, 2003. The track realignment required a new crossing of the Price River and bypassed a sharp curve at the east end of Wash. On the point are D&RGW SD40T-2s No. 5390, 5354, 5371 and 5349 pulling 22 cars from Columbia Junction to Helper.
NS 192 heads through Devine Junction on its way into Andrews Yard past this searchlight signal. This is one of four searchlight signals still maintained by NS in and around the Columbia area. The signals were originally Seaboard signals and were transferred to the Southern as part of a deal for allowing the Seaboard to use Southern trackage as part of a rail realignment around Columbia. The signal, like three remaining sibling signals in the Columbia area, is a fixed approach signal that always displays approach.
Amtrak train 63, the Maple Leaf, speeds by one of many closed grade crossings at Oneida NY, bound for Toronto on 6 February 1994. Appropriately the power is GP40TC No. 199, an ex-GO Transit unit and Canadian expatriate. In the early 1960s the NYC bypassed many community centers with realignments to eliminate grade crossing congestion and accidents. The original main line through downtown Oneida has now been converted into the Oneida Rail Trail.
CN SD70M-2 #8837 winds loaded ethanol cans through the jaw-dropping realignment at the Pikeville Cut amdist a winter Wonderland. The railroad, along-side the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River, and the newly upgraded US23 were diverted around the flood-prone village of Pikeville, in what would become the largest earth moving project in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd only the Panama Canal. Over 180 million cubic meters of rock would be removed over the 14-year project, completed in 1987 at an adjusted cost of $200M . The railroad has existed on its present day course since 1979. For its part, the C&O shaved 2 miles off its route and diverted its trains full of black diamond coal dust away from the river town.
Pikeville, KY
January 20th, 2024
Taken along the 'Gentle Annie' road - 136km's of winding and steep back country road that runs between Taihape and Napier. The route is fully sealed and passes along many large farming stations.
In 1922, Sydney Mair of the Rangitikei County Council drew up plans and William Salt of Wanganui was contracted to build the bridge. Construction started in early 1923 and the bridge opened in April 1925.
The bridge’s span is 61 m and its reinforced concrete towers are 7 m tall.
It was known as Erewhon Birdge and later as Springvale Bridge after the nearby sheep station.
Despite the rough and winding nature of the road, it got a lot of use and after 45 years of service the bridge was no longer considered safe for heavy traffic.
In 1970 the road was realigned and the new bridge built alongside the old one.
The bridge spans the Rangitikei River, on the Taihape-Napier Road. It is 41 km north-east of Taihape and and 111 km west of Napier.
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In a hybrid eclipse there is a transition from annular to total and in that transition the Moon barely occults the Sun allowing the chromosphere to shine through around the entire circumference of the Moon. Further from the transition point the apparent size of the Moon increases diminishing the hybrid effect. In this image the Moon has been realigned with Photoshop merging several captured images to show it is slightly too large in diameter to allow for the chromosphere to shine through but that the prominences that rise from the Sun's surface are exposed around the entire circumference of the occulting Moon's diameter. So at my position on Ah Chong island in the Montebellos the Moon was close to a perfect fit to completely cover the chromosphere but still small enough in apparent diameter to allow prominences to be visualized around the Moon's circumference.
This is quite close to what I saw in Kenya at Lake Turkana during the last hybrid eclipse when we had to observe from a light plane as a bailout from a sandstorm, so we observed the 11 sec from 10,000 feet. I didn't get good photos that time due to circumstances but I did see it.
Many railfans have stood on this highway bridge to take this shot of trains leaving the U.S. Steel Minntac plant. Gone are the days of Missabe maroon coming around the corner having been replaced by the red nose of CN. About the only thing the same in the scene over the course of years is the steaming pellets. The track has been realigned taking out the extra curve, the pine tree growing on the curve is gone, the tree overhanging the tracks near where the lead unit is has been removed, the signal is gone, the switch has been moved from under the bridge to its current location, new rail to the yard, new ballast, and a new switch with shack. Suppose another change was the air. It was forty degrees at 0800 for this shot.
Westbound intermodal on 13 August 2005 with Conrail leader and foreign power mix hits the 258 signals at Portage, where the realignment rejoins the original mainline.
Back in 2020, a Provo to Denver BNSF trackage rights train rolls thru the siding at Tabernash around an empty UP coal train holding the main. The train has just left the confines of Fraser Canyon behind. For some reason the siding swings way away from the mainline here, something that once looked like a track realignment project that ended up running the new mainline outside of town.
Measuring a length of 1,141 feet and 101 feet at its highest, the bridge is the 2nd longest of the Valley viaducts spanning the floor of the Shenandoah. The current structure #631 replaced its predecessor at the same location in 1918. US Route 340 parallels the structure and in 2012 was realigned closer to the bridge eliminating a very scenic open field location.
Cold steel, glass, and heavy clouds.
Warm hearts and quiet clarity — a moment to realign with what matters.
Inspired by this week's SSC subject , patterns , someone indoors produced this Sanntangle for me to photograph .
What is a Sanntangle ??
" There are times when life gets too much and one just needs to stop for a moment and realign , a sort of living the moment kind of thing .
Tangling ( that is creating simple patterns to form an interesting abstract design ) can do just that .
It relaxes and helps to restore a positive mindset ensuring that one can be free to be more creative and then to continue with everyday life .
That said , the time spent can be productive resulting in something to look back on and admire the beautiful result and even be used for a card or framed to see whenever one wishes "
( adapted text from the Sandra Rushton starter booklet on Senntangling ) .
For my chosen shot for the challenge , you will have to wait until Saturday , it was a bit of a tussle trying to choose which shot to use for the challenge .
Green Park is one of several stations on the London Underground with a distinctive look and feel, and this particular tunnel, which connects the Piccadilly Line and Jubilee Lines, was a location I'd been looking forward to visiting for a while. I was fascinated by its space-age tones and the intricate detail of the tiles along its walls, which gradually transition in colour as the tunnel leads from one underground line to the other, fading from blue and silver towards grey and white.
As with most of the city's underground stations, particularly those so close to the city centre, the main challenge was finding an opportunity to capture it empty. This was my second early-morning visit, both of them a few minutes after the station had opened. On the first occasion I was shooting multiple exposures at a high ISO and with a wide aperture, with the camera resting on the blue railing at the centre of the tunnel. Although the shots were workable, I knew I would later be aiming for a clean, high-key finish and would place most of the emphasis on the longer and brighter exposures. For this reason, I revisited the station a few weeks later and reshot the same spot with a tripod, which allowed me to step back and reframe the image to include more of the railing and ensure steadier exposures.
The other significant challenge was the lighting along the tunnel, as the roof panel slopes very slightly on the left. Realigning this at the editing stage was straightforward enough, but the asymmetrical angle -- coupled with the fact that several of the strip lights along the tunnel had blown out -- meant the light from the roof was hitting the two sides of the tunnel at different heights and with different intensity. This was more difficult to correct, and required a number of Curves and Levels adjustments in Photoshop to carefully rebalance the overall exposure along the tunnel.
With these challenges out of the way, the rest of the process was fairly straightforward. I blended multiple exposures, preserving the highlights along the tunnel while placing most of the emphasis on the midtones and shadow detail in the brighter exposures. I then isolated several portions of the tunnel with the Pen Tool, creating selections for the railing, the walls, the roof and the ground. After this, I colour-graded the image, shifting most of the balance towards cooler tones, but leaving a hint of warmth along the ground and in the lights overhead as I felt this complemented the various shades of blue and helped draw attention to the lines leading into the distance.
The stage I spent the most time working on was the tunnel walls, as it was important to me to find the right level of contrast and colour to bring out the detail in the tiles. To achieve this, I used a combination of low-opacity Colour Lookups set to Soft Light, which helped to clearly distinguish the contrast between the blue and silver tiles from the white tiles, and then a Gradient Map targeted to the walls, which allowed me to inject a gentle amount of blue back into the shadows of the white tiles so the tones in the wall would match the tones across the rest of the image.
The final stage was some minor vignetting, which was largely achieved using Curves adjustments and radial Gradient Masks. This last stage was again intended to guide the viewer's eye to the light at the end of the tunnel, but I felt this also brought out the drama in the station's unique design and architecture, which can be so easy to miss but which can sometimes help to turn a tedious London commute into an inspiring one.
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So confirms the sign at the temporary realigned at-grade crossing of Route 5 in Sennett NY, where railfans and casual observers alike take in the passage of a CNY Chapter NRHS excursion run, powered by the Chapter's two E8A passenger diesels in DL&W colors, on a somber late-season 21 November 1998.
A macro world. Some fantasy. And the journey starts with a Z. The journey of a moon kissing a frog, pure cells of light creating a vortex.
A vortex leading to a galaxy enclosed in an instant, every actors frozen in time to be observed and analyzed, every trajectories to be realigned, any differences to be cherished and any beauty to be shared. In a frozen time where all eyes show gratitude.
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I do hope that some of you today take the time to explore some of this fascinating natural history of the rocks of Tasmania. I must admit the crash course I have taken to prepare these notes is still making my brain ache. Just when you think you have a handle of what is going on, Nature throws a "curve ball".
Preliminaries and then the bombshell. I've chosen this photo last because (as my title suggests) it fits the story at both a macro and micro level. In this rock itself we can see where molten lava has solidified. But the flow of this molten rock is very obvious. It is well worn now, because it is very old. On the broader scale, this rock was once part of a process that saw a complete realignment and reshaping of all the continents.
After all, continents are large rock bases that were sitting on a molten interior of the planet. Forces unimaginable allowed these large continents to break up and drift apart, being reshaped for at least 1.5 billion years. So the form our world map takes today is a temporary one - of course we are talking huge stretches of time. We can't even imagine what one million years is like. Try 4 billion years since the earth first began to be formed from the debris left over from the creation of our solar system. The earth is a dynamic system, always in flux. It's why it amuses me when people talk about a changing climate. Well, hello, the climate has always been changing and has changed far more dramatically in the past than it is now. Far more!
So here's the bombshell. Geologists in Tasmania have discovered that our island was once linked to the North American continent and only later came to be attached to mainland Australia. Tasmania moved with Antarctica (and Antarctica kept moving to the southern polar region - we know this because petrified forests have been discovered in Antarctica as it was once a balmy climate that was habitat for dinosaurs).
Here's a short TV discussion of these findings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f_Hcyfv5rU
So the geological origins of Tasmania are far more complex than we could ever imagine. No wonder I was confused trying to identify some of these rocks.
Here is a useful information sheet: dpipwe.tas.gov.au/Documents/FormationTas.pdf
www.themercury.com.au/lifestyle/university-of-tasmania-re...
The morning Zephyr is actually running a few minutes early as it makes its way around the open hoppers serving as a wind break on Big Ten Curve. These hoppers have been here for over fifty years, and will likely remaining for decades...if not centuries...to come.
Incidentally, the Zephyr departed Denver Union Station on time, but did not have to realign any switches on the way out of town. That allowed them to get out of the city and to the foothills very quickly.
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July 18, 2018 - Kearney / Gibbon / Heartwell Nebraska US
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This Majestically Beautiful Supercell was loosing steam.. She wouldn't be downgraded until she went south of Nebraska I-80 Corridor between Kearney & Gibbon.
I didn't have time to stop in Kearney long enough, due to I was racing the sunset and still trying to stay in front of the storm. Incredible CC & CG Lighting filled the sky every few seconds as I could hear the Civil Defense (Tornado Sirens) firing off in the City of Kearney & Gibbon Nebraska.
I would eventually realign myself in front of the storm after sunset to get some good lightning firing off. It wasn't the end that days chase. We had another Thunderstorm, severe warned right behind this one... This was to good to be true....Oh what a night!!!
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Thanks for the times that you've given me
The memories are all in my mind
And now that we've come to the end of our rainbow
There's something I must say out loud
You're once, twice, three times a lady
And I love you...
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At one point during its heyday, Whiting Bros had over 100 service stations, some with cafes and motels...today, only one still exists on Route 66 in Moriarty, New Mexico...In 1952 Rt 66 was realigned, and this stretch of I-40 in Yucca, Az. saved vehicles from the windy road up to Oatman...
Welshpool before the road and rail realignment. The crowded Summer Saturday 0735 London Euston - Aberystwyth on 21st July 1984 stands in the platform, headed by Class 25 No. 25037 & 25048. Some passengers seem to be taking advantage of this pathing stop to enjoy the morning sunshine, as the train is due to cross with an eastbound working. Since , the Cambrian Main Line has been moved to the right of the platform, as the A483 trunk road now occupies the track alignment shown here. The station buildings have, it is good to report, survived. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
Setting my political views aside for just a moment. It is after all, part of the American landscape and crazy times. Personally, I see it as the balance to the turtles in the grand scheme of things...
Drove home from Florida the other day and just happened to go through the little town of Boones Mill, Virginia. The drive is a long one from Florida to New Jersey and I passed up a few shots that I would have liked to photograph but didn't, I was not going to pass this one up.
If you google this place you'll find more on it, the town and the owner. Currently the owner is trying to change the name of the town to "Trump Town".
Pano image from 8 vertical frames stitched in Lightroom and processing in PS. 15,598 x 8244 pixels. I was surprised how well the stitch came together given how close I was to the subject matter. Sometimes lines don't stitch correctly and require fixing in post processing. I found one line that needs some realignment but left in, if you view large you may find it. If you find any other stitching artifact let me know and I'll be happy to fix it. If you view large and feel like puking no worries, I understand. :)
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CN 2006 leads a loaded ore train from Minntac to Two Harbors just west of Biwabik. The S curve here was a realignment, and provides a nice view of the train.
No cars at the Farmers Cooperative means an open shot of this southbound train exiting Hanley Falls after realigning the switch for the Madison Subdivision. The train is back underway making its way down the Marshall Subdivision.
Running elephant style, a Rio Grande SD50 and two SD40T-2’s lead an eastbound freight onto the post-1983 alignment of the main line near Thistle, Utah. A huge mudslide and subsequent flooding wiped out the small town, forcing a closure of the Rio Grande main line for several months. The train is diverging from the former alignment of U.S. Route 6, while the new Route 6 is on the embankment on the right. The pre-1983 Rio Grande alignment is across the Spanish Fork.
Another one from last spring of some fun local freight under wire action.
Previously relegated to working overnight under the cover of darkness, thanks to pandemic reduced train frequencies on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor NS local H04 has been working on days starting at 0900 at Baltimore's Bayview Yard. Normally they seem to work to the big Clorox plant in Perryman daily and as far north as Havre de Grace at least once a week.
Here they are seen having just finished working Plastipak Industries and starting back south. The old line is a 1 3/4 mile long stub of the old main line through town that lead to the original 1866 bridge. After the mainline was realigned slightly on the approach to the new and higher 1906 structure still in service the old line into town was retained and more than a century later it still has three rail served customers located on it. They are doing the Grace shuffle as they call it to get from main 2 to main 4 (the side they need to be on going south to access the Channel Lumber spur up to Clorox). Due to the track layout to accomplish this they pull south off the old line at OAK Interlocking down Main 2. Then they reverse north as seen here passing beneath the signal bridge with the color position lights. They will back out of sight around the curve 1.5 miles north clear of GRACE interlocking then reverse south and cross from 2 to 3 at GRACE and 3 to 4 back here at OAK.
NS 5620 is a GP38-2 that was rebuilt with a chopped nose in 2005 from a Southern high hood GP38AC oroginally blt. Aug. 1971 as CNOTP 2871.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Friday April 2, 2021
7/52
"Your eyes can be so cruel, just as I can be so cruel. Oh, I do believe in you. Yes, I do. Live without the sunlight... Love without your heartbeat... I...I can't live within you."
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[For all of its cheesiness and worn-out puns regarding Bowie, Labyrinth has been and will always be my favorite movie, and Bowie will always be my favorite man on the planet. That said, this song is incredibly precious to me, and it resonates so strongly with how I've been feeling.
I've had an exceptionally difficult past year, with no shortage of mental battles, depression, more changes than I ever thought I could handle, and external struggles. So, today, on a whim, while I was feeling particularly down, I decided to take Ziggy and I out to a field a ways away from my house, knowing that there would be mist in the mountains and the mood I needed. Standing out there with nobody but myself and my dog and the pouring rain, I shot hundreds of images, completely drenching myself in the process. I came out feeling empowered and cleansed, and though of course it didn't fix everything, sometimes it takes doing something just exactly like that to realign my focus and force myself back into the proper mental space.]
Constructed in 1907, Singer station took its name from the huge Singer sewing machine factory that it was built to serve. The station is located on a section of track that was realigned to make space for the factory. In addition to this station (still in use today), the original station, which was titled Singer Works, and previously called Kilbowie Road (Old), once boasted six bay platforms for the many workers' trains that ran there. Regular works trains ended in 1963 and the bay platforms, and indeed the factory, have long since gone. Quoted from Wikipedia
This year's summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery, located inside Kensington Gardens, was designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels. The paraboloid enclosure has been described by the architect as an unzipped wall, and has the look and feel of a linear structure that's been stretched and prized open. The beauty of the design is that despite its sculptural elegance it's essentially a stack of 1800 rectangular fibreglass blocks.
The pavilion is quirky, innovative and interesting enough on the outside, but it wasn't until I was standing inside the structure that I realised how much I was going to enjoy photographing and editing it. This image was captured at the centre of the pavilion, looking directly upwards towards the blocks as they converge overhead, taking in a design that somehow manages to convey opacity and translucence at the same time, creating an atmosphere that's both cavernous and cathedralesque.
I visited on a couple of occasions after the pavilion opened to the public and shot from several vantage points and in different weather conditions, but found that an overcast day produced the right level of soft, even light streaming between the blocks. As several of the design's blocks are scattered throughout the pavilion's interior and being used as seats, I used one of these to steady the camera so that I could capture multiple exposures and later blend them together in Photoshop.
I shot using a higher ISO than I would usually resort to without a tripod, but knew I would weight the postprocessing towards the brighter exposures and would need a very sharp finish for these. My aim was to produce an image that reflected some of Ingels' previous architectural work, which includes creative interpretations of snowfalkes and mountains, and there was an amazing glacial feel to this design which I wanted to emphasise by leaning towards a clean, crystalline, high-key finish.
Once the exposures had been manually realigned and blended via luminosity masks, I gently added portions of the brighter exposures using a combination of radial and reflective gradient masks and setting these to Luminosity and Screen blend modes, brightening the centre of the image while taking care not to clip the highlights. I then inverted these layer masks and applied them to the darker exposures around the outside of the frame, effectively adding a natural vignette to the image using the RAW files. With this phase of editing complete, I applied selective contrast adjustments using Silver Efex Pro, increasing the Soft Light contrast but also lowering the midtone brightness and shadow structure to emphasise a dreamy finish. At the same time, I applied a very sparing amount of Colour Efex Pro's Detail Extractor to bring out the grainy texture inside the fibreglass boxes along the outside of the frame, which I felt was part of what gave the image its tone and character.
I did my best to retain a minimum level of dignity while shooting this image, despite crawling along the ground as I aimed the camera upwards and experimented with different compositions. Apparently failing to blend into the crowd, I was spotted by a delightful lady who seemed to be glowing with excitement. She told me she wasn't supposed to say anything, but that if I was interested in the pavilion's architecture I should speak to its designer, who was standing a few feet away and talking to a colleague, and whom she proudly identified as her son. I wasn't surprised to see Ingels visiting the pavilion so shortly after it opened and given that he's currently developing Google's London headquarters at King's Cross, but there was something quite touching about the fact that he brought his mother to see his latest project. I politely acknowledged how proud she must be, and said I hoped her son was aware of how popular the pavilion had already become with the London photo community. This seemed to thrill her even more, and she began animatedly describing the challenges her son had overcome at the design and construction stages before the project was signed off. At this point Ingels was making his way out of the pavilion, and wishing not to be left behind, she bid me good day. I thanked her for sharing the secret she was clearly struggling to keep to herself, and couldn't help wondering how much of her son's passion for architecture had been inherited by the bubbly and exuberant lady I'd just met.
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The Mersey Gateway Bridge.
The Mersey Gateway Bridge is a toll bridge between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire, England, which spans the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal.
The crossing, which opened in October 2017, has three traffic lanes in each direction and is approximately 1.5 km (1 mile) east (upstream) of the older Silver Jubilee Bridge.
It has a span of 998 m (3,274 ft) and a total length of 2.3 km (1.4 miles) including its approach roads. It formed part of a wider project to upgrade the infrastructure around the Mersey crossings that included major civil engineering work to realign the road network, refurbish and add tolling to the Silver Jubilee Bridge, and build new interchanges.
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