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7-28-16 The MS Rotterdam passing landscape while traveling through Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
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SSC - Reflections on Water
The River Colne flows through Halstead, my home town, a lot of the time little more than a trickle. Over the last few years it became very overgrown with trees and shrubs really clogging it up, but, in the last year it has been cleaned up, to a degree, with a natural looking flow through (this section has been built up at the sides and when completely clear looks more like a canal). My original plan was to photograph some gnarled roots entering the water, as I was walking away I spotted this scene and took a speculative shot, after converting it to B&W decided it was a better image.
Two C44AC's (GE Model AC4400CW), 7263 and 6532, along with a C45ACCTE (GE Model ES44AC), 7877, lead an eastbound Union Pacific container train through the rural township of Rock Springs. Two SD70M's (EMD), 5206 and 5217, provided mid train distributed power.
Rock Springs, WY.
Thursday, 24 October 2024.
27/30. I've been wanting to do a double-exposure type photo for a long time and finally got around to it today. Both of these photos were taken the same night
This is a 2 minute exposure that helps visualize the passing storm clouds. Post-processing in LR CC, PS CC, Topaz Clarity, Topaz Adjust.
Inspired by this wonderful picture by Don Gatehouse, I always wanted to record a class ABDe 8/8 railcar passing the Planchamp crossing. It took me several years to finally come across a single «4000» series railcar working some local services above Montreux. Unfortunately, time has been running fast since the above mentioned picture from 2013: The wonderful old bulding to the left has been refurbished and lost the beautiful old stone walls while ABDe 8/8 4003 «Bern» is already set to be withdrawn. Although this picture cannot keep up with Don's original, the old wooden shed, the well and the vintage street lamp to the left add up to a nice little scenery together with the railcar. The blooming bush gives a first impression of spring while the vaudoise alps in the background are still covered in snow.
For most of its 700km route from Zouarat to Nouadhibou, the iron ore railway crosses the Sahara through a landscape devoid of any interest.
One exception to this is around the 400km post, where the line passes close to various rock outcrops including this one, the iconic monolith of Ben Amera, rising to just over 2000 feet from the desert plains and said to be the second largest in the world after Australia’s Uluru.
Sadly, days of windy conditions stirred up the sand, and the resulting haziness muted the rich colours normally associated with this scene.
Here, an empty train passes Ben Amera at midday, heading for the mines at Zouarat.
I know, I know, never compose the picture with the horizon in the middle of the photo - well, tough.
Mauritania March 2022. © David Hill