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windsor, april 09
Kiev 88, Arsat 80mm f2.8, Neopan 400
Just had a load of films developed dating back to march, so working my way through it pretty much chronologically.
epic thanks to Tom for the loan of his scanner.
Up and under shots are difficult with compact cameras in underwater housings but not impossible as many internet sites state. True, there is a high failure rate but it is fun trying and occasionally it will work. Best results though often come about when standing in the shallows. This one I like for the summer colours but it is a pity there are no fish in view,
There are though fewer fish in the lagoon than in the past. Though certain types of illegal fishing seem to have disappeared ( like fishing with dynamite) spear fishing and fishing with "epervier nets" are very common; but it is perhaps understandable as salaries are low and unemployment is high; many amateur fishermen and women are just trying to find a "ti cari" ( translation from kreol - small curry)
UP 1943 the 'Spirit of the Union Pacific' leads an intermodal train along the UP Kansas Sub in the muted midday sun from all the smoke, haze and humidity that has plagued our air for weeks now.
I guess I should have went west of Perry to catch the UP 1943 meeting the UP 4014. I knew where the 1943 was parked and I knew that I had plenty of time to get out there, but I also had to be on a 1300 ZOOM call for work. So this had to do.
i'm so sorry for the delay I've had technical problems with my computer... Thank you for your patience !
This young Barn Swallow allowed me to approach really close in the car so I was able to get a couple of shots off before a cyclist came along the track and made it fly off
We had been hiking through the city for hours now. It was starting to get late and my legs were killing me. The sun was starting to set behind the city. We were about to go into a opened area down the street before Cristy stopped at a building to our right. She looked it over before turning back to me.
Cristy - “Alright, we’ll set up for the night in here.”
Phin - “Whatever you say.”
She started through the doorway; which was lacking doors to begin with. I followed behind as she checked her corners. It was hard to tell what the place used to be, a clothing store maybe? Probably nothing worth checking though, since it’d probably be either burnt to ashes or covered in them. Some of the walls were green with mold while others were coated in dust. Cloths racks were either which-wayed or flipped over. A checkout counter was against the far wall. Cristy walked over to the other side of the room and found a doorway.
Cristy - “Higher ground will be better.”
She went up through the doorway as I continued to follow behind.
UP 5204 & Rio Grande heritage unit UP 1989 continues north towards Valmeyer, Illinois on UP train ZMQG4 06 in some nice fall color on Union Pacific's Chester Sub.
November 7, 2013
UP 4884 being moved into the other shop by the track mobile. The boys a making sure it gets into the right place.
UP 5425 leads a intermodal east under the big signal bridge in Nelson, IL. This 12 headed searchlight bridge is certainly unique, but sadly just like every other remaining searchlights on a class one its on borrowed time.
Here is a close up view of the monster tree. One can also see Sir Pumpkin's scientist in this picture. The scientist was brought into Sir Pumpkin's time, from the future, by a powerful wizard. The scientist's appearance was then changed by the wizard's magic to its present condition. The scientist can be seen feeding the baby pumpkins with a special mixture of liquids designed to make them grow much faster.
Roll-Up Doors. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A pair of roll-up doors on a San Jose industrial building.
Collecting quotations about photography is an occasional hobby of mine. (Making them up is, too!) One of my favorites comes from Minor White: “One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.” (There are several slightly different versions of this remark, so I suspect it is something that he referred to a lot.) This is a powerful and loaded observation, it has quite a few implications, and it points an appropriately wagging finger at those folks who seem to think that photography is nothing more than a way to “capture” things in some form imagined to be “objective.”
This is, perhaps obviously, one of those photographs of “what it is” and “what else it is.” The objective reality of this subject is pretty mundane — a pair of metal roll-up doors on a light-industrial building. I photographed it in bright, harsh sunlight, and the original includes colors not present in the monochromatic presentation I chose here. So, a couple fo doors, a bit of wall, and some dark concrete. Yet, that’s not what I really “see” when I look at this photograph — for me that “what else it is” is the main focus, to the point that I have to almost remind myself of the original subject.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
A wb ballast extra sails across the Militia Dr Road Crossing at MP 119 near Jefferson City MO. cell phone shot
A UP SD70M leads a NS Train thru the curve and past the Ma & Pa Kettle Estate on right at Fostoria,OH on the old NKP line and past the new Railroad Park.
British artist Alex Chinneck has worked with the carmaker before, yet this time his project is something out of this world. Dubbed “Pick yourself up and pull yourself together”, the collaboration with Vauxhall Motors turns a parking space on its head, peeling back 15 meters of arching tarmac to turn a one ton car upside-down as the vehicle grips the curling road with no visible support.
Very clean 6151 leads a double stack train around the big curve at Lenape on a great almost spring day.
Why can't they all be this clean? Heck, I consider the second unit clean by UP's standards.
These Poppys may possibly be the cutest Poppys ever... I adore them both! They are modelling jewelry sets by me.
RT buses lined up on the Embankment. Last night of Routemasters in London
The Palace of Westminster is in the background.