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There is only a short section of the old Miami and Erie Canal in Providence Metro Park, Grand Rapids, Ohio...so the mule drawn canal boat does a lot of turning around. Visitors can go for a ride if they wish...for a small fee, of course.
This time of the year is my favourite. The light is so warm and soft, and the long shadows have the potensial for really great images. Like on this winter afternoon at the beach. It was a cloudy day, but as the sun went down, a sudden crack in the clouds made a wonderful light. The beach was bumpy after several windy days, and filled with kelp washed ashore. The sudden yellow light made the lazy waves luminous, turning it into a beautiful sight that I tried to capture with my camera.
The Detroit Toledo & Ironton was still a corporate entity, but was owned and controlled by the Grand Trunk Western at the time of this photo. Here a northbound train led by geeps from both roads rolls at an unknown location north of Lima, Ohio.
The landscape may not be turning green yet, but there's one sure sign of spring here - a ballast train!
CP 6241 and CP 6306 lead two GREX conveyor train sets south over a classic truss bridge approaching Marquette, IA. This curve across the floodplain of the Yellow River and the Mississippi Backwater slough is below the bluffs Effigy Mounds National Monument, on the ridge in the background. The crew, running under the symbol BAL-05, has been battling a bit of congestion this morning around Harpers Ferry, but is finally getting to run out the last few miles for a crew change ahead at the depot. The former SOO SD60 duo sure brings a nice pop of color to the otherwise dull early April landscape. I’ve always liked this bridge but the ground view has always felt like it could use a slight bit of elevation. I don’t shoot “wide” with the drone as much anymore (I prefer the far-less-distorted 3x tele of the Air3 more often lately) but this scene and height seemed to suit.
A little more of the story for those that care:
The CKPC has started the annual warm-weather blitz of loads out of the pit at Waterloo, WI which supplies rock for many of the former ICE (nee-Milwaukee Road) lines into Iowa. And thankfully for us railfans anyway, these trains seem to be some of the last holdouts for some of the EMD SD products still getting to regularly run the mainline. So on this sunny beautiful Sunday morning, when I heard the CP 6241 get a warrant out of Bluff (La Crescent, MN) for a run down the river, I drove north to meet them.
The BAL-05 had a good run to Harpers Ferry, but then was stalled out by traffic ahead. There were at least 7 trains within about 25 miles of Marquette at one point for a couple hours: 4 trying to go south, two trying to come up from Dubuque and turn the corner towards Mason City, and one poor northbound that got hosed at Harpers Ferry for quite a while.
The CP Marquette Subdivision from Marquette to Bluff is one of the last bits of track that’s still under Track Warrant Control on this now-critical link between Davenport (Nahant) and St. Paul (there are a couple others, but CTC has been installed most of the way now), so the first trick DS was quite busy trying to keep on top of issuing and canceling warrants to keep everybody moving. It sometimes got a little messy (there was a shove move up a different leg of the wye in Marquette required at one point to make a meet work…). But trains eventually got to where they were supposed to be going! And since this BAL-05 was also following a slower train ahead, it allowed me to get 10 separate runbys over the course of the afternoon of this fine duo. A good early spring day even if it was still the "brown season!"
Woodland Park, CO - I was out camping and wanted to take advantage of the clear skies for some star trail photography. This is a combination of just under 200 photographs at 30 seconds per exposure. Everything was good for about an hour then clouds started rolling in. You can tell where the clouds were on the lower left side as the star trail lines start to break up.
Despite this, I was pretty happy with the outcome of the image.
Taken during the trip to Dallas last weekend. The weather was really bad(only on saturday and sunday!!!) and couldn't roam around. This was the only shot salvaged that I was happy with.
Griffin, Georgia
Voigtlander Bessa L camera, Voigtlander Color Skopar 21mm f/4 lens with Ilford FP4+ film.
I'm standing there, but I can't see the future.
But hope is in my mind.
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良い経験だったなぁ〜て思います。
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Dawn at low tide at Spittal a week ago - no dramatic colour...but it's the sea and waves relentlessness which fascinates me.
This light fixture at a local restaurant caught my eye. I could see the reflection of a table and chairs in the bottom of it. I flipped the photo for a better view.
Stupidly!!! I always do a three point turn on this bend from my parking spot ....... today God wished me luck!!!!!
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The combination of a subway station, an entrance on to and exit off of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, plus a police station and fire house just up the block, makes the corner of Metropolitan and Union Avenues one of the busiest intersections in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
I was so excited by the colors, the brightness, the hustle and bustle of the area that I forgot..... well, you know now it is..... to adjust the camera settings..... LOL!!!
About an hour later, after shooting the Kellogs (no apostrophe) Diner from every conceivable angle, with people, without people, with fire trucks and police cars speeding by, their lights flashing and reflecting off everything, I finally calmed down and took some terrific shots, but I just love the boo-boos.
Many of the photos were taken from the middle of the street or blocking the turning lanes....................... no one beeped me................... not even the police cars................. they all waited patiently for me to take my shot and then went on their way............. I LOVE photographer friendly New York City drivers!!!! ..... or maybe they were just obeying NYC's "no beep" law.....
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Nikon D700
17-35mm f/2.8 wide-angle telephoto lens
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Big Ice blocks are making circles in the whirlpool in the Kitkajoki River.
This black river never freezes, not even at -35ºC as on this day.
Oulanka National Park, Finland
For a splash in the water, I invite you to see it large size.
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Not quite spring along this steep north-facing slope in Eno River State Park. (The green shrubs are evergreens: Mountain Laurel and Catawba Rhododendron.)
Pentax K-1
SMC Pentax 1:1.8 55mm
Iridient Developer
Music for today : Turning of the road by American Luxury
Hi dear friends,
In the next weeks, I will show you some shots from a week-end we spent with Cyril Breton and Mr Din
We went to the french south Alps near Briançon for a 3-days week-end with hiking, mountain and photography.
Here is a fantastic view to wish you a great week-end!!
Again, I will be gone for a 2nd photo Week-end with Cyril , Mr Din, Ruben, David, Olivier and Caroline.
So, I'm sorry for not having comment your shots this week but I will do it the next week!! ;-))
Have a nice week dear friends!!
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From the same spot as yesterday, I turned the tripod around. As you can see, bedrock is close to the surface here. And as you can also see by the trees, autumn is coming on. :(
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Accadono cose che sono come domande.
Passa un minuto, oppure anni, e poi la vita risponde.
(A.Baricco)
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