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Collection of old maps scanned from books and other print sources Download them all at Photoshop Roadmap.
Old country barn near Cloverdale Indiana. I tried something different on this shot I set my camera on Vivid. I won't do that again. The colors didn't come out like I thought and it took much moore time to process.
Camera: D300
Lens: Tokina 11-16
Settings: A- f/10-ISO 200-Sutter Speed 1100 to start with-Auto WB-Auto Focus
Bracketing: 9 exposures
Processed: Photomatix
Edited: Photoshop CS4-Dodge&Burn-Sharpen Mask
The statues were built by an aged visionary named John Ehn. Proud of his pioneer ancestry, he called himself "The Old Trapper" and spent the last thirty years of his life crafting his masterworks, using his family and himself as models, a classic victim of dementia concretia. He displayed the finished sculptures at his motel near Burbank Airport, which he named The Old Trapper's Lodge.
Ehn was 84 when he died in 1981. His creations were declared a California state cultural landmark four years later. Culture, however, rarely stops progress in Southern California. Bulldozers arrived to level The Old Trappers Lodge in the late 1980s. The statues were imperiled. And here's where the story gets murky.
Pioneer Family Stands Bravely.
The Trapper's Family stands bravely.
Apparently, an unknown fan of The Old Trapper made a phone call to nearby Pierce College. Somehow, he or she persuaded a decision-maker at the school to "adopt" the statues. Before anyone else knew what had happened, the Trapper's Lodge statues had a new home in Cleveland Park -- an out-of-the-way patch of land behind the Animal Sciences Building. What was said to seal the deal, and what was the fallout for the decision-maker, no one will say.
An even greater mystery surrounds the continued upkeep of the Old Trapper's creations. According to a Pierce official, "Every few years we get a letter saying that someone's coming down to repaint the statues." The folks at Pierce never bother to ask who; all they care about is that someone else pays the bill. "Last time the statues got painted, the trail around the Park needed work as well." The college couldn't afford it -- so the mysterious caretakers did it themselves. "Did a good job, too."
The brightly-colored figures are arranged near a large barbeque grill. A Mormon does battle with one Indian, while another carries away a scantily clad woman in a scene titled "Kidnap." Bizarre faces poke up from the ground. A Miner and two Gold Rush gals relax on a rough wooden bench.
Mesmerizing stare.
John Ehn would be pleased that his statues have been kept so well, though he'd be frustrated that no one comes to admire the maintenance. Most Pierce staffers don't even know that they exist. Pierce is a commuter school, so its students are even more oblivious -- the statues are ignored, and have never been draped with toilet paper or disrespectfully dressed in holiday-theme outerwear. Perhaps the young people instinctively sense the Dark Force that surrounds these scary totems, and give them a wide berth.
After The Old Trapper's Lodge statues took up residence at Pierce, the college had fallen on hard financial times. Like a parasite draining its host, John Ehn's work remained fresh-as-a-daisy while the college slowly wasted away. (As of 2008 apparently those problems have passed, and the college just completed an expansion.)
Perhaps, in the not-too-distant future, Pierce College will again falter and close its gates for good. If that happens, the Old Trapper's Lodge statues will no doubt stay as they are, forever young, lovingly maintained amid the ruin that surrounds them, by persons unknown, for reasons unknown, in complete isolation.
This old painted sign is on the side of a small building on Northern Boulevard in Long Island City. I have been seeing it for years and have been meaning to take pictures of it. I am glad I went today, since the sign will be blocked by a new building very soon.
I ventured downtown with my bestie, Cierra, so she could take some cute photos while the holiday lights are still up for their last few days, and I brought with me my new Nikon D3200 so I could start experimenting with photos and videos! Cierra is such a huge help and she is the most kind, supportive and hilarious person I know. I don't know what I would do without her.
I was originally just trying to take a photo of just the telephone booth, but then these kids ran in and "ruined" the shot. But then again... they made it even more perfect. To one person, something may seem a mess, or old, or old fashioned. But to someone else, that same thing can be seen as something beautiful, fascinating and unique :)
Still furtteling about in the corners of the hard drive, and I found these of an old croft house in Glenelg. Thoroughly kicked, pushed, pulled and generally tweaked within an inch of their pixels lives in Lightroom, Photoshop and Silver Efex...
Just crossed the St. Johns bridge waiting at the light, then I saw it parked in St. Johns & the owner was getting in I asked him what year is it & he said 1953, on the front the destination said Fargo. I forgot to ask what make & I didn't recognize any familiar emblems on it.
Jan 19, 2010
Retouch : Yuna's
Đây là old hair r >"<, mìh mới cut hair, nhìn ngu lắm :((
Biết ảnh này mặt ngu mà nên chém nhẹ tay xí nhé!
What can you do on an empty subway train?
1) take a picture, it's a rare moment
2) ... [complete the dots with your wish]
Advert for Old Glamis fabrics as seen in a 1969 programme for the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Although we couldn't stretch to such a posh brand, our lounge was this colour for a while; what were we thinking?!
After watching some Old Republic game play, and trailers I was inspired to make some figs. Good figs will be posted soon as well. :)
I hope you enjoyed it.
JJ
I have had an incredible time last week! Because we were having a schoolbreak in my country, we went to Dubai. I can tell you, it's such a beautiful culture! It was a cool experience to walk between all of the famous skyscrapers, ride camels in the desert and meet the locals of Dubai. And ofcourse I couldn't forget my camera. I tried to capture all of my favourite moments as best as possible so all of you can experience these moments with me!
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This truck really puzzled me.
I've never seen anything like it here. At first i thought it was an Acco with the 'Butterbox' cabs like the ones in Australia, but the headlight arrangement is different. The shape of the roof reminds me of the old CMP trucks, but this one have a flat nose instead of a sloped one.
The truck is a 4x2 and it have what I think is drum brakes on the front wheel. Overall, the truck needs some important components such as a pair of tires, drive shaft, seats, radiator, etc., but the steering wheel and engine is still there. The steering wheel is a thin perfect circle with 4 spokes and black in color.
This truck is located at the very back of the truck yard. Just beside it are some very small shacks which explain why it is being used to hang clothes.
Does anyone have any idea what truck this is?
Old Swedes Church, in Wilmington, Delaware, is the oldest church in the United States standing as originally built and still in use as a house of worship.
The church is considered part of First State National Historical Park.
It was erected in 1698–1699 by descendents of the Swedish colonists who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Kalmar Nyckel in 1638.
The smith Mattias de Foss wrought dozens of letters for inscriptions on every outside wall, but only on the east wall are a few still in their original places, forming a fragment of “LUX-L.I. TENEBR. ORIENSEX ALTO” (“Light from on high shines in the darkness”).
Old Boston, c. 1909, looking south from Charlestown, approximately 100' above where my office building is currently located.
Very few of the buildings seen in this old photo still exist. One of the few that does is the one just above the center span of the bridge crossing the Charles River. It has recently been gutted and is being rehabbed as an office for Converse.
The Charlestown Bridge is still here, over 100 years after it was built, though the elevated train line down the center was removed in the late 1930s. The rail line that splits to the right across the river existed as the elevated Green Line on the MBTA until it was torn down in 2005. The left split was the old Atlantic Avenue Elevated, and was town down for scrap metal in 1942 for WWII.
The large round tank at the very left of the photo was a storage tank holding several million gallons of molasses for the Purity Distilling Company. About 10 years after this photo was taken, the tank burst and flooded the surrounding neighborhood with molasses, killing approximately 21 people.
Photos taken from the Library of Congress site.
So... I haven't done this for a while. Looking to get back on the horse so will be editing some of the old material I shot a couple of years ago to get back into the swing of things...
An old Istrian house I found while walking in a small medieval village called Gračišće. The light was good so I snapped a few shots but wasn't expecting much of it. I started to like it later, when I previewed it on a big screen.
I don't know why but I love to capture images of old doors and windows. It always makes you wonder what is behind them.
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