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Hidden away from civilization is a beautiful example of how Florida used to look all over... Cypress ponds like this one dominated the Florida landscape. They still do if you know where to look, but countless scenes like this have given way to 50 pump gas stations, Publix, and neighborhood developments for an exploding population. The small sliver of old Florida left is one worth exploring, and I hope to keep knocking it off piece by piece.
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This eagle is perched on a dead tree on Woodcrest Dr., Naples, FL, in a conservation area just north of Tree Farm Dr. I'm told that the eagle was 1/2 of a pair whose young have fledged and then the parents destroyed the nest.
Tower Bridge (and the Tower of London) seen from The Garden at 120 on Fenchurch Street in the City of London.
After just over 6 years I have decided to retire my Nikon D500 and upgrade to the full-frame mirrorless Nikon Z6II. My D500 has been a real workhorse for me but I've been thinking about replacing it for a while and the Z6II seemed like the natural choice. It's early days but so far I've been impressed with it and I'm looking forward to putting it through its paces.
NS U48 is soaring above the valley near Saint Paul, Virginia, as they cross the massive Big Lawson Trestle, in Lawson Hollow, Virginia. The train is forwarding empty cars to E Dillon Company in Swords Creek just up the road. This is the former Norfolk and Western Railroad's Clinch Valley District that serves the many coal mines between Bluefield, West Virginia, and Norton, Virginia. Today Norfolk Southern utilizes it for the same purposes. Big Lawson trestle is one in a series of high bridges that the N&W constructed as they crossed Bull Mountain just west of Saint Paul. Behind me to the east are Little Lawson, Kennedy, and Holbrook trestles. Taken in Fall 2021.
Caney Creek Falls in Alabama's Bankhead National Forest is one of the most serene places you can visit in the state. While a well-known destination it is not highly trafficked due to its rural location, and somewhat daunting access. After losing road access a kind local allows you to park in his yard, amongst his livestock, and hike in via his property. Upon arrival you would never even remotely guess that a place like this exists a mere half mile into the woods here, but it does, and it is stunning.
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What a treat it is to live here....
Florida Gulf and Atlantic railroads Pensacola shuttle is seen here entering Pensacola this morning. 77 degrees and no humidity is a great time to be alive out on the beach... Engineer Jason Holley pinches down the train to a crawl to say hello as they take their decently long train down around the corner into Pensacola for interchange with CSX...
Pensacola, Florida. September 2021.
Battling some hazy/high clouds is the fully loaded KCS business train. The governor of Louisiana, CP CEO Keith Creel, KCS CEO Pat Ottensmeyer, Amtrak president Steven Gardner, and the head of the FRA, Amit Bose, were all onboard this Amtrak inspection trip. The hazy atmospheric conditions led me to underexpose the image significantly in the field in order to save some of the highlights from the sky. I think it worked well as the business train made its way across at a sultry 10mph. No doubt the putrid shape of the KCS bridge over the spillway was a topic of engineering discussion by those onboard. A "successful" trip? Only time will tell as we have yet to see if the STB will approve the CP/KCS merger, and the Amtrak expansion. No matter what reason, however, it is always nice to see the vintage business train out rolling down the KCS.
An RAF C130J Hercules as it flies low level down the River Mersey over the Radio City Tower Liverpool.
I I I I find the stage and the players always come.
— Robert Doisneau
This image is from my most recent trip to Cuba.
Whenever I looked at Robert Doisneau’s work the action of the subject was always absolutely spontaneous and the framing of the background, the angles, leading lines the geometry was absolutely flawless for such an amazingly “spontaneous” moment. Every time I would look at his work all I could thin of mine is considering a new line of endevour, perhaps one in which I would be saying “would you like fries with that?”
One year for my birthday I was given book of his greatest images. I did something men don’t normally do. I read the instructions. I.e. the introduction. The first line was something to the effect “The great secret to my work….” (GO ON) “is I find the stage and the players always come.”
Doisneau would set up his camera frame the image so it was perfect, the stage, and wait for the “players” to come. They always come. Since they are walking into your world instead of you walking in to their world they are spontaneous and unaware you exist with a camera.
These are greatest lessons I have learned always carry a camera, be taken by the picture don’t take the picture, if you want to take more investing picture stand in front of more interesting stuff and lastly find the stage and the players will always come.
I shot this with the 28-400 f4-8 Nikkor lens. 1/250 of a second ISO 180. Image raw processed in NX Studio and Photoshop CC with the NiK collection by DxO.
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CSX loaded coal train N247-23 has a good roll on it as they pass through the small town of Atmore, Alabama, as the leftovers of a dramatic day after Christmas sunset decorate the eastern sky. The loaded coal originated west of Birmingham on the mineral subdivision at Warrior Met Coal's Blue Creek Mine Number 4; and is bound for the docks at Mobile where the coal will be exported to South America for use in their steel industry. The Mobile coal trains are a virtual conveyor belt of black diamonds headed south to the port and are a bright spot in the coal market. 14 million short tons of coal rolled out over CSX to Mobile in 2019 and Mobile ranks as the third-largest export market in the United States for export coal. They have been one of the most steadily running coal markets of this decade. Even as this is typed there are two more loads making their way south and an equal number of empties readying to head back to the mines for more coal.