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NJ Transit's 40th Anniversary Express rolls to an unexpected stop on the six-track section of the Northeast Corridor in Linden. A mechanical issue caused only a brief delay but allowed gathered photographers to take as many photos as they wanted. The next stop will be South Amboy where the historic "engine change" from electric traction to diesel occurred in years past. NJT's remaining active pair of F40PHs would take over from there to Bay Head. The train is led by two NJT heritage units, one PRR and the other represents a scheme applied to NJ Transit E60s and ALP-44s in the 1980s-90s.
NJT 401:
NJTR 4636 ALP-46A
NJTR 4640 ALP-46A
With perfect timing sunshine, A66 in its classic 1980s V/line paintjob awaits T356 to clear the points at Murchison East. It was here when T356 swapped with the A to lead back to Melbourne.
January 17th, 2026
autumn has finally come bringing colors and pumpkins and lots of fun
soon it will be a time for joyful celebrations across all the nations
the great divides of oceans and lands
made smaller by people reaching hands
bring the small up with the tall
make the tall stoop low to help us all.
fairy tales of santa and elves
can hopefully empty the shelves
of toys for girls and boys
one thing for sure with Covid near
the fear
the pushy
the demanding pleas
will be silenced for a while
the trial
of Truth always wins
it's about Love above all
not the small
human men
but the heavenly amen
of angels on high.
Toothed belts /timing belts are available in different sizes even in loops (which sometimes can be of corrrect length for tinkering).
This morning we have 60 knts nortwest wind. Heavy swell and waves like this, jumping over the Mouro Island, covering its lighthouse.
Another session of water drop shots, this time experimenting with 3 drops, which I found to be very tricky. Getting the timing just right so that the third drop hits short enough after the second AND before the whole thing collapses is, well...yeah, I think you get the idea. By using my phone to record in 240 fps I managed to get a rough idea of the timing but still, the tolerances are miniscule, so getting it right is not easy. I managed to get a few shots where you can actually see the third drop creating an effect, but not exactly what I was aiming/hoping for. Drop size, timing between them and the delay before the camera fires are all factor that influence the result and I still haven't quite understood the relationship between them. I use the Mirror Up function in the camera to avoid having to deal with shutter lag as well.
I used milk for opacity control and I went crazy and added many different food colours to the mix as well as yellow colour in the drop. No thickening yet; I still don't have the strength for that!
I used 2 Godox speedlights off-camera on 1/32 power. One had a red gel mounted and illuminated the background and another, with a softbox mounted, illuminated the drop. The background was simply semi-transparent plastic binders in front of a white background. ISO 100, 1/200 or 1/250 shutter speed and varying f-stops.
Focus was achieved by standing a pen attached to a bunch of Blu Tac in the bowl so it was completely stable. With the camera switched off I fired the MIOPS Splash to see where the drop landed and then positioned the pen accordingly, with the drop landing slightly off-center towards the side facing the camera. Then I focused on the pen using autofocus to get perfect focus. I use back button focus so the camera doesn't try to focus with each shot :)
"Disclaimer": I totally forgot to clean the filter (good thing that was on so it didn't get to the lens) and background regularly so there might be some slight spots here and there. Sorry about that! :D
Again, please get in contact with me if you have any advise and/or experience you'd like to share. I am aiming for shots with 3 drops, crisp sharpness overall and even a soap bubble bursting. Maybe even the liquid going through the top of that from the bowl below. Perhaps in a year or so? Heh!
In the next drop-session I might use some opaque liquid in the bowl below and hopefully get a "plastic'y"/CGI look. I might also vary the camera angle and lighting to get some reflections and/or shadows as well BUT! Next photo shoot will NOT be drop related. ---> Need. To. Do. Something. Else. Next! <---
NS G70/72 times a C102 on Old Main 3 as they prepare to cut away from part of their Industry Yard inbound cut at East Point, Georgia. NS GP38-2 5230 does the honors on the southbound move. January 2023
Good time at the fundraiser at Lagunitas Brewery. Cool place, but you can only take so much of the soundtrack from Willy Wonka before you say "peace out". Thanks to Holly - dear friend and she never has a problem when I say "I need to get a picture!"
A rural country light that caught my eye because of the contrasting colours... this is straight from the camera!
Jackie and Carlos came together by good timing. Carlos is a Grand Canyon hiking community rescue in the canyon favorite. Maybe these 2. Models came in separately but I just had to get them ttogether.
Apps used
Sketchbook-my go to app to assemble, work or paint things, also has 16 blending effects, a very good scanner, and other enhancers.
PhotoWizard: Interesting to use effects (and such a delicate plaster effect) the background line work utilizes this. First the clouds were softened both color and texture with Seaweed/Formulas. Photowizard used to have an HD iPad version but they chose not to upgrade it. For the man in the far back I used Graffiti Me, always fun to add a noir look.
The church hosts also a marking in the form of a meridian line inlaid in the paving of the left aisle in 1655; it was calculated and designed by the astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who was teaching astronomy at the University. A meridian line does not indicate the time: instead, with its length of 66.8 metres (219 ft) it is one of the largest astronomical instruments in the world, allowing measurements that were for the time uniquely precise. The sun light, entering through a 27.07 mm (1.066 in) hole placed at a 27.07 m (88.8 ft) height in the church wall, projects an elliptical image of the sun, which at local noon falls exactly on the meridian line and every day is different as to position and size. The position of the projected image along the line allows to determine accurately the daily altitude of the sun at noon, from which Cassini was able to calculate with unprecedented precision astronomical parameters such as the obliquity of the ecliptic, the duration of the tropical year and the timing of equinoxes and solstices. On the other hand, the size of the projected sun's image, and in particular its rate of variation during the year, allowed Cassini the first experimental verification of Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
Cassini and Domenico Guglielmini published an illustrated account of how the meridian line was accomplished in 1695.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Petronio,_Bologna
La iglesia también alberga una marca en forma de lÃnea meridiana incrustada en el pavimento de la nave izquierda en 1655; fue calculada y diseñada por el astrónomo Giovanni Domenico Cassini, que enseñaba astronomÃa en la Universidad. Una lÃnea meridiana no indica la hora: en cambio, con su longitud de 66,8 metros (219 pies), es uno de los instrumentos astronómicos más grandes del mundo, lo que permite mediciones que para la época eran excepcionalmente precisas. La luz del sol, que entra a través de un orificio de 27,07 mm (1,066 pulgadas) colocado a 27,07 m (88,8 pies) de altura en el muro de la iglesia, proyecta una imagen elÃptica del sol, que al mediodÃa local cae exactamente sobre la lÃnea meridiana y cada dÃa es diferente en cuanto a posición y tamaño. La posición de la imagen proyectada a lo largo de la lÃnea permite determinar con precisión la altitud diaria del sol al mediodÃa, a partir de la cual Cassini pudo calcular con una precisión sin precedentes parámetros astronómicos como la oblicuidad de la eclÃptica, la duración del año trópico y la sincronización de los equinoccios y solsticios. Por otra parte, el tamaño de la imagen proyectada del sol, y en particular su tasa de variación a lo largo del año, permitieron a Cassini la primera verificación experimental de las leyes de Kepler sobre el movimiento planetario.
Cassini y Domenico Guglielmini publicaron un relato ilustrado de cómo se logró la lÃnea del meridiano en 1695.
Salt print on Hahnemühle Platinum Rag 8x10".
Salted with 0,8% gelatin, 1,8% sodium citrate and 2,0% sodium chloride.
Sensitized with 10 % silver nitrate.
Digital negative with Easy Digital Negatives (Peter Mrhar) gradient map, exposed for 9,5 min in UV-box.
Cleared in citric acid/seasalt, fixed in hypo and rinsed in HCA.
If alternative/historic photographic processes need patience, so does water drop photography...
Better than before calibrating with HPR, but still haven't found that "oomph" contrast with salt prints. To be continued. :-)
The timing for this was almost perfect, but these two actually crossed about a minute apart on the evening of Monday 31st March. GBRf's 66733 'Cambridge PSB' plods along the branch from MoD Kineton with 4C01, 19:21 Kineton - Carlisle Yard. By the time DB's 66148 'Maritime Intermodal Seven' flashed across the gap with 4E68 Southampton - Wakefield, the final wagons of the military train were disappearing around the corner into Fenny Compton.
The slow branch speed and long vista means a 'real' shot of 2 trains crossing like this isn't impossible. I'll keep trying, and hopefully won't have to rely on Photoshop next time!
Cootes RL302,C503 are about to enter Spencer Junction yard at Port Augusta with a loaded sleeper train from Whyalla bound for Bookaloo after the locos run around.
In the background are Pacific Nationals NR36,AN11 departing Spencer Junction yard on 1MP2 on 6-10-08
I surprised myself with this one! I was trying to sneak up on a Bald Eagle through the crunchy snow. No easy task. He heard me coming and leapt from his perch. I followed him through the trees and snapped quick when I saw an opening. I really thought I missed the shot but lo and behold I got it! LOL! Pretty fast for an old guy!
We were headed home when we noticed this WBD U-NSDTND4-19A got the signal at Western Avenue as we passed by the land of the Burlingtons on the tollway. A short wait later and we lens him framed between bare trees just east of Western Springs, IL. Gotta love the "Conrail Heritage" that was riding second out!
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On Wednesday 23/6/2021, 1471s (empty 1rail grain to Snowtown) is seen approaching Angle Vale road (Virginia, SA) with CLF6-alf22 in charge.
In der Fotografie spielt Technik eine Rolle. Die heutigen Kameras sind ja voll davon. Bald benötigt man einen Waffenschein dafür…. Trotzdem spielt sie für mich eine untergeordnete Rolle, bezogen auf die Landschaftsfotografie. Da ist es entscheidend den richtigen Moment zu erwischen. An diesem Abend sollten mehr als drei Lilien blühen umgeben mit einer schönen Lichtstimmung und schleichenden Dunst aus dem Moor. Würde sagen, das passte ganz gut.
Das alles ist nicht immer einfach unterzukriegen, nebst Job und Familie. Besonders, wenn der Anfahrtsweg noch sehr lange ist. Doch mit solchen Belohnungen nehme ich das gerne auf mich. Ich geniesse den ganzen Prozess, mit Planung, den Moment vor Ort und zufrieden wieder heim gehen, sehr.
Fast alle meine Fotoprojekte bleiben mir in guter Erinnerung - ja, manchmal auch nur in Erinnerung 😉 ich lasse sie gerne Revue passieren, oft in Form dieser wenigen Zeilen, die ich alle mit meiner eigenen Intelligenz schreibe
Das alles wollen und können nicht alle, soweit so gut. Für mich ist das bewusste Fotografieren wichtig und meine Art kreativ zu sein.
Camera: Panasonic LUMIX DC S5m2
Lens: LUMIX S 24 - 70mm F2.8 & Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 DG DN Art 019