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A set of long exposures from Helsinki on a busy Sunday: The western entrance of Railway Station completely desolated

A set of long exposures from Helsinki on a busy Sunday: Oodi becomes quite quiet with 215-second exposure

Mextures, Tadaa and PhotoToaster on iPhone

More Cornwall, I love these old Engine houses wihich pepper the landscape there. This is atop Bodmin Moor at Minories.

Canon EOS 50E with EF 20mm f/2.8 USM.

LomoChrome Turquoise film @160 ISO.

I must confess to some disappointment with Dungeness, maybe that’s why this image has sat around on my hard disk for months, unloved and ignored.

 

Having seen many great images of abandoned shacks and tumble down structures from this locale I was surprised to find only this solitary hut, or what was left of it. Chatting to a local fisherman he said most of the old huts had fallen down during a winter storm a couple of years ago. There were a handful of old neglected boats but I struggled with compositions, and the boats themselves weren’t exactly what I had hoped for.

 

Dungeness is an interesting location, apparently classified as Britain’s only desert, and there is also a huge nuclear power station and lighthouse nearby. Should be a photographer’s dream, and If you haven’t been there is worth a visit for its uniqueness in the UK, but while it could be because of my ineptitude, I wouldn’t hold out too many hopes of finding a great composition.

 

Anyway, I thought it was high time that I posted my solitary half decent shot from this location.

Explore 10/10/09 #497

It's official ... both of my grandchildren, who have been with me since their birth, are gone from my home. My daughter Julie bought a condo and she and Andrew moved out today ... There are just no words for me right now.

 

View On Black

Here's my second installment of what will probably be a three part series exploring our quarantined times.

 

Once again I had my son Will step in front of the camera, this time wearing his camo hoodie to go with his brand new camo mask.

 

Our brave new world: designer masks!

 

Using a simple one light set up I chose a large reflector that produces a concentrated beam of light to match the strength of the light in the background scene and taped an orange gel to the front of it to match the color.

 

At least I think I did. I'll let y'all be the judge. :)

Another one in my series of headshots.

 

Backdrop – Twilight Photography Studio's Ocean

Photographer – Belmakor Pintens

Models (Left to Right) – Belmakor Pintens

Skin – Abyss – Scorpio Ra 1[B] Smooth

Shape – A.D. Studios – Belmakor Pintens Shape ( Fitted Abyss)

Eyes – FNKY – Storm Eyes Green2 #02D (medium pupil / dark veins)

Hair – Philotic Energy – Indy (Black)

  

Heading out from the Grand Canyon there are several parking areas where there is usually a tribal vendor or two and then there are some boulders or concreate blocks to stop idiots driving to the canyon edges. So after going pass the parking area I had to walk a couple hundred meters down to this gravel road to a local canyon edge. I guess they don't bodies from some fools out to earn their Darwin awards falling over the edge as I am sure the fire ants, ravens, crows and vultures will make quick work of their splattered remains.

Westfjords, Iceland - 2022.

One of our local egret neighbors searches the last remaining areas of a pond that still has water - it was generally a dry summer. However, I am still surprised of its ability to catch fish, even though looking through such murky water!

Inside the Noble County "Old Jail Museum" in downtown Albion, Indiana. Link here:

 

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~innchs/old-jail/old-jail-museu...

Tech Details:

Nikon D300

Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 @ 19mm

Exposure: 84 sec, f/16

ISO: 200

B+W ND110

CS3 Ext & Silver Efex Pro2

After hanging about this spot for a couple of hours with my workshop participants, watching the light play across the mountains, a moment of drama arrived for the shot I had in mind. Canon 5DMkII, 50mm 1.4

I've started a blog series about this latest trip. www.magichourunplugged.com/2012/11/23/there-and-back-agai...

Also check out the behind the scenes image on my personal facebook page.

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The moon rises above the peaks of the Desolation Wilderness.

Take a look around yourself

And see what I see

Imagination merged with reality

-Nektar

Fog, relic signals and end cab switchers on Halloween night. Can't think of a better combination.

 

IHB job 118 awaits a favorable signal to head back to Michigan Avenue Yard and end their day.

Guido van Helten artwork in Winton

Westfjords, Iceland - 2022.

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Canon EOS 40D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6

 

My photos on Darckr

      

Another look back to 2001, when Union Pacific saw fit to assign Rio Grande power to former Rio Grande lines for a brief period of time. A visit to Soldier Summit and Helper, UT in March yielded many chances to photograph throwback scenes such as this one. Rio Grande tunnel motors 5360 and 5410 seem right at home leading a hot eastbound intermodal train through the desolation of eastern Utah near the ghost town of Woodside. The train is Union Pacific's ZRODV which operated from Salt Lake City to Denver. It typically crossed Soldier Summit before sunrise, making the fast run between Helper and Green River in good morning light.

 

UP ZRODV:

DRGW 5360 SD40T-2

DRGW 5410 SD40T-2

NIkon D200 with Sigma 10-20mm and Hitech Grad ND filter.

Explore #36 on Thursday, January 15, 2009

 

I haven't visited this tranquill valley for quite a while & missed it somewhat. There was a forest fire around 10 years ago which looks like had made a recovery unlike the great storm in 1826 which caused its desolation.

Nature has long since repaired the devastation. In 1999 eight thousand trees were planted and interpretation introduced to illustrate the natural succession of plants and trees thought likely to have developed along the valley and on the immediate fells since the end of the last Ice Age.

 

Happy New Year to you all !

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