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Another "old" image. I'm having a "spring clean" on my computer, deleting, organising and mapping them. Kept this image as "no delete" as I quite like the moss-covered rocks and light giving a fairy tale atmosphere. - Primary forest, Sweden.
A low angle shot of the red Town & Country Shopping Center sign illuminated during a summer twilight
Falls Road Railroad's LB-1 (Lockport to Brockport) shoves fresh Tropicana loads into Lineage Logistics in Brockport, NY sporting Alco RS-32 2035 on this bitter February day.
For once I don't have a massive essay to write up on this one, save for a few key details. Of all the things you'd never expect to see in Western New York snow, Florida oranges certainly top that list. Imagine my excitement when it was announced in summer of 2024 that Lineage would be taking on a contract with Tropicana, to offload their cars up here close to home. This shot idea was months in the making from the minute the cars began showing up. The opportunity to juxtapose a warm weather commodity in the extreme opposite conditions was always the goal right from the start. Prior to this, the only other time I had seen these cars in person was on a day off during a Disney trip in 2022, as I had rented a car near the resort to go railfan the Tampa area for the day, intercepting one of the locals which brings these cars into Yeoman Yard. Outside of that, there was a classic orange 60' box car with a Tropicana logo on it which frequented the Buffalo metro area in years past. That too I have not seen since 2022.
While this contract started out rather slow, only seeing a few cars a week at first, by fall of last year it really shifted into full swing. Falls Road themselves, in a pre-emptive move, ordered two extra engines to be shipped up from the Delaware Lackawanna down in Scranton, DL 2002 and DL 1804, at the same time the contract started up. The idea as it's being executed now was to keep one or both engines in Brockport as daily switchers, as the warehouse can only fit up to five cars at a time. The expectation was to see up to 25 cars a week on the easternmost end of the railroad, warranting the extra power outside of the two engines this Genesee Valley Transportation outfit already had. (The other is high hood RS-11 DL 1802.)
This contract resulted in a major shift in operations for the Falls Road. Up till 2024, the railroad was based only out of Lockport, and the entire line was served from its interchange point with CSX. While some days two crews could be used to work the line on especially heavy work days, the once seldom practice has now become much more commonplace. A couple times a week, the Lockport and Brockport crews will meet in the middle at Knowlesville, where a siding exists along with one customer in Growmark. The crews will exchange trains, and return back their separate ways, splitting the customer work somewhat. Such was not the case on this day, with one crew running the whole line, battling through snow drifts galore. West of Knowlesville has more customers by quantity, but the Tropicana traffic is the most regular of it all at the moment, with a couple of the grain-based customers close behind. When the Brockport job does run the line, it apparently runs under the very fitting symbol OJ-1, generally sporting a small unit train of refrigerated box cars, both for Lineage and the other cold storage warehouse across a diamond from them, Nortera (formerly known as Bonduelle). On the days the jobs don't meet, they merely work isolated in their own sectors. Further expansions in the customer base are set to take place in the near future on the east end of the railroad, with Falls Road and GVT eyeing up growth at every turn. The future is bright for a line that once was in danger of abandonment under Conrail in its later years. At one time a through route all the way to Rochester, now dead ending in Brockport, rail service is just as alive as it ever was.
Innocence still exists and is worth protecting.
Wildlife outside our kitchen window.
This photo was featured in The Guardian’s “Readers’ Best Photos” August 25th, 2026:
www.theguardian.com/community/gallery/2026/aug/25/a-stari...
Cooly Rocks is an annual celebration of the 50's and 60's on the Queensland Gold Coast. I've like the dancing and wanted to capture the style. I thought a group of moves showed it best. Just wish I could dance like that.
Pymatuning State Park from Ohio shore overlooking Pennsylvania shore.
Best viewed in dim light.
I used my Bronica SQ-A 250 mm lens on my Canon.
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Shot from 2’ off the ground.
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Some photographs begin with a face.
Others begin with a pair of red heels.
A quiet road, a strong perspective and one bold splash of colour. Shot from almost ground level, the centre line leads straight through the frame while Ruby’s red heels turn a simple moment into something between portrait, fashion and visual storytelling.
Sometimes changing the point of view is all it takes.
I've been in Los Angeles now for almost 11 months and with Winter just around the corner, this will likely end up being my first year without snow (unless it starts soon in the mountains) and without an Autumn. People out here insist there is an Autumn though they also think perfect weather is hot, hazy, clear skies. If there was an Autumn, I think I missed it, or at least what I became used to on the East Coast.
To me, Autumn is when the leaves start to change colors and then fall, when damp, crisp overcast days become something you wake up to and the air just feels cleaner. I think it's the best season of the year and while I've seen some more interesting skies and a slight dip in temperatures lately, that's about it. All I see around me and the locations I visit are palm trees and other vegetation that require little to no water. I'm still waiting on some rain without the accompanying winds of last winter but so far it's been dry.
This time last year, I had just decided to pack up and head to California but still was a month or so away from actually leaving. During the end of October through the beginning of December, I spent nearly all my days driving around the countryside with Scotch, searching for streams and waterfalls to shoot. The first place I became very obsessed with and returned to quite often was a waterfall just over the Maryland border in Cumberland Township near Barlow, Pennsylvania. In fact the day I found this place by accident (hoping that Natural Dam Road on my GPS would lead to water), it was just after a storm and the colorful autumn leaves were filling the trees and beginning to fall into the creek below.
While I can't discount how great it was to discover this place initially and the feeling that I had this perfect spot to practice long exposure all to myself, I got bolder and better with each trip back. I got closer and closer to the water with every return and eventually began setting up almost at water level on a little piece of land that jutted out from the shore. Most of the time, I parked my car in a ditch up the embankment to the road and Scotch would hang out in the car while I shot. I was never out of his sight and since it was already getting cold, he didn't mind at all. He was still happy just to go anywhere I'd take him and I generally didn't stay long when he was with me. On the trips I came here alone, I spent a considerable amount of time standing in a few inches of water and taking hundreds of shots as the light faded away. This place also became my main shooting location when the sky was clear since I didn't expect a nice sunset anyway.
For this shot, I was only a foot or so above the water and despite a storm mostly washing away all the colorful autumn leaves, a few stuck around on that giant rock. I guess I didn't get an Autumn this year but that's really one of only a few things I miss about the Washington, DC area. It's been amazing out here so far and I can skip a season, even if it is my favorite one. I spent a few years living in the snow belt in Western Pennsylvania and anytime I feel the need to complain about the sunny, clear, warm days in Southern California, I should think back to the most depressing weather I've ever experienced and be even more fortunate for where I am now :)
WHEN & WHERE
Cumberland Township
Barlow, Pennsylvania
November 1st, 2015
SETTINGS
Canon T4i
EF-S 18-135mm IS STM
@81mm
ISO 100
f/19
13 second
ND6 + CPL
There we were on the beach at Horsey in Norfolk to try and get some reasonable images of the Seals, when as an added bonus, a whole bunch of these little fella's trotted past right in front of my lens.
Test shots with a 16mm lens
A view of Via Giannantonio Manci in Trento, looking towards Palazzo Trentini
La tour du 900 Saint-Jacques, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Conçue par Chevalier Morales Architectes, cette tour de 63 étages est un chef-d’œuvre moderne qui réinterprète le patrimoine architectural historique de Montréal à travers un prisme contemporain. Saisissante, son enveloppe minérale est composée de panneaux de béton préfabriqués sculptés, agencés selon un motif de trame complexe s'apparentant à du textile. L'élément unique visible au sommet de ma photo est sa couronne à ossature ouverte, qui abrite un espace vert en toiture doté de vastes ouvertures de fenêtres structurelles plutôt que de murs pleins typiques. Elle a reçu un prestigieux Prix d'excellence de Canadian Architect pour sa maîtrise structurelle et sa conception novatrices.
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Designed by Chevalier Morales Architectes, this 63-storey tower is a modern masterpiece that reinterprets Montréal's historic architectural heritage through a contemporary lens. Its striking mineral envelope is composed of sculpted precast concrete panels arranged in a complex, textile-like grid pattern. The unique feature seen at the top of my photo is its open-framed crown, which encloses a rooftop green space with massive structural window openings instead of typical solid walls. It received a prestigious Canadian Architect Award of Excellence for its innovative structural mastery and design.
There are several cool places in Chicago to get these repeating elements, line and light kind of shots.
This one is the south side of the Boeing building - which is interesting architecturally too for its structural system that uses steel trusses to suspend the corner above the Amtrak and Metra railroad tracks below this walkway.
I started the morning on Hailuoto island shooting hawks during their early hunt and managed to get some amazing shots. While scanning the surroundings for more action, I suddenly noticed a curious Stoat (Mustela erminea) watching me from a gravel road.
I quickly lowered myself down to the road level to get onto its eye line. Instead of running away, the fast little predator started sprinting directly toward me, occasionally pausing at the edge of the ditch before getting incredibly close. It was an unforgettable experience to witness this elusive creature from just a few feet away!
he stands. the light comes from behind, it burns his shirt white. he holds the machine. the saw. dust rises, caught in the light. like smoke. or steam. he is cutting the stone. the ground is broken. it is just work. a simple, hard fact.