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Our Daily Challenge: February 6: Leaning
52 weeks/ 52 words week 7: glass
weekly alphabet series: week 7: G = Glasses
52/2012 - Give us your best shot: week 7
I think I have resolved my lighting issues. At least for some things. I found the answer in the bathroom. :) My white bathtub is surrounded by white tiles. I put a towel over the window to stop stray light from that source, taped a white piece of poster board behind the glasses on the tile wall in the tub, used my flash from below the set up to bounce off the white and I think it works. I did have to clone out a couple of light bits from the bathroom light on 2 of the glasses but otherwise no stray light and reflections to speak of. Until I get where I can set up another studio of sorts, this will do.
I know this has been done to death really. I've done this shot a few times in the past myself. But I haven't done it with this many glasses and it does fit the challenge so nicely so overdone or not, here it is again. :)
I found these great glasses at a thrift shop a while ago for a few cents each. They are really shot glasses only holding a couple of ounces each, but I suspect I'll get a fair bit of use out of them. It is doubtful however, that they will be used for their intended purpose so much. This is their third appearance already. I also used them in my heart project for my first and seventh shot. :)
There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.
Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.
None may teach it anything,
'Tis the seal, despair,-
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air.
When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath;
When it goes, 't is like the distance
On the look of death.
--Emily Dickinson
( EXPLORED!!!! ) When they removed the marble "Packard 1907" arches around the entrances last year I said to myself, "there's no reason to go and shoot there anymore, it's lost it's charm". Boy was I wrong.
Construction began in 1903 and after only 90 days Packard started producing vehicles here. The plant would take another 4 years to be completed, officially opening in 1907. It primarily closed in 1957. This is the abandoned Packard Plant in Detroit, once the state of the art manufacturing facility in the entire world. The latest pictures I've taken there, I'm hoping, reveal the sheer size of this complex and help one understand the amount of damage it has received over time, as well as the ability to picture what it was like 60 years ago when 12,000 people worked here and it was a beehive of activity. Much like the heavily damaged Train Station, there is a compelling quality to this place, a beauty that still shines through despite it's years of neglect, that hopefully I've in some way captured and conveyed to you.
The Slanted Closet House
Abandoned Gothic Revival Cottage Farmhouse That is 170 Years Old!!
Don't forget to watch the video!!
Here are some photos from the upstairs of this abandoned house, as well as the floating staircase!
Today we have an abandoned farmhouse that is part of a registered heritage property list on a large piece of land. Built in the Gothic Revival Cottage style and it has been standing since 1850.
The property was identified as a possible site for a large new Amazon facility but the company ultimately decided to build somewhere else.
What do you guys think of this one?
©James Hackland
Atlantic Coast Line E3 501 and CB&Q E5 9911A pose. These two probably rubbed shoulders in Chicago Union Station.