July 13, 201113 yr That makes me miss going to the Adirondacks. Hopefully I'm going out next month. Ever been to the Adirondack Museum, at Blue Mountain Lake?
July 13, 201113 yr I haven't been, but my parents have gone a few times. Blue Mountain Lake is north of where my parents' house is. They're on the southern edge of the state park.
July 16, 201113 yr a fun one i stumbled into after work the other day -- bastille day in tribeca and an art-ier one i liked
July 16, 201113 yr Hoot, I didn't know you were the Fire Island type! :wink2: Nice pic. ha -- only some of the little fire island beach towns are gay, not all of them!
July 17, 201113 yr There is something to be said for hiking in before sunrise into the largest collection of abandonments in the United States. The photograph below is from Power Plant, Building 401-1 at the Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, which was the largest smokeless powder plant in the Industrial Operations Command. INAAP, as it was referred to, consisted of Indiana Ordnance Works 1, Indiana Ordnance Works 2 and Hoosier Ordnance Plant. The buildings are scheduled for demolition, and work has progressed on some of the outer structures in the Propellant and Explosives Area. INAAP history and photographs: http://www.abandonedonline.net/industry/indiana-ammunitions-depot/
July 17, 201113 yr Here's my first experiment with HDR. I’ve had a few projects on the back burner that I thought would work better with HDR processing, but didn’t get around to trying it until last night. Built in 1929, Beverly Shores (west of Michigan City) is the last working survivor of the Spanish-styled stations built in the 1920s along the Samuel Insull-owned electric interurban lines. When built, it incorporated a ticket office, waiting room, and residence for the station manager. It was in severe disrepair and pending demolition when restoration was undertaken in 1998. Beverly Shores is now a flag stop for both eastbound and westbound South Shore electric commuter trains. I’ve tried in the past to get a good photo of the neon sign atop the station and always had problems because of the contrast between bright lighting and surrounding shadows. On May 12 of this year I went there at dusk and shot five bracketed exposures and saved them in Camera RAW. I hoped to capture the details of tall grass and shrubbery surrounding the station without overexposing the neon and blowing out the colors and detail. I wanted to catch a little of the sky, too, because a storm was brewing. A couple of minutes after I shot the photos, a brief splatter of large raindrops arrived accompanied by a blast of cold wind. That was followed after a short pause by a lake squall with leaf-ripping winds and torrential rain. My camera and I safely made it to shelter reasonably dry. This is awesome Rob!
July 17, 201113 yr Thanks. I have a few more locations in mind that will be good for nighttime HDR shots. With the heat we've been experiencing and that's in the forecast for the near future, night is the only time that's fit to be out. We hit 95 before noon today, and at 7pm my digital thermometer said 98. Next Tuesday's forecast calls for 100, and for the past several days the actual has exceeded the forecast. I went out yesterday to take photos of Three Rivers Festival, our biggest annual whoop-dee-doo, and had to give it up after a short time. As it was, the shots I got were crap because hardly anybody was out and I was so miserable.
August 11, 201113 yr I've been taking a lot of sunrises and sunsets for my workplace to use in some promotional materials, so I've been out in this particular city a lot lately...
August 16, 201113 yr Where OLD meets NEW (University Circle, Cleveland): Western Reserve University's College for Woman was established in 1888. Seidman Cancer Center was recently completed in 2011.
September 19, 201113 yr ^ wow that is hypnotic! *** as they do periodically, tats cru repainted the big pun mural in the south bronx recently :mrgreen:
September 28, 201113 yr Rob - you'd probably like this link: http://www.lightstalking.com/machinery It's a little heavy on HDR for my liking, but there are some good shots.
October 10, 201113 yr Photo I took from the new Ping Tom Park extension near Chinatown. The bridge with the large concrete counterweights is the St. Charles Air Line Bridge. Despite its age, these bridges were designed to last forever and from the fully lowered, to completely lifted position, it takes just slightly over 1 minute. Best time to view this bridge operating is around noontime Sept-November this year on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Rail traffic passes over sometimes almost daily. View of the approaches. Obviously the track on the left is unused. According to historic aerials, it appears the viaduct was demoed around 2006, leaving it cut off.
October 10, 201113 yr Good shots. Chicago's railroad infrastructure is imposing, and the view from trains sometimes shows that once there was even more of it -- a lot more! There's evidence of old right of way and torn up or abandoned interchange track all over the place, especially in outlying areas.
October 12, 201113 yr Thanks rob. While some of these large bridges are out of operation, they are excellent artifacts to keep around. Some of them are city landmarks. It's possible one day though the Kinzie Rail bridge may go back into service for the light rail to provide improved accessibility between major train stations and North Michigan Ave. Just imagine getting of Amtrak at Union station, and getting on light rail that would take you to River North, Michigan Ave, and Navy Pier. That would be incredible, and to think the ROW is already been constructed in the basements of the building.
October 12, 201113 yr Here's a Now and Then. Courtesy of Forgotten Chicago. 2400 W. Madison Street. And my photo of it today With condo craze going on nearby, this building went residential as well. There's a few stores on the ground level. Unfortunately across the street are some suburban-esque buildings.
October 12, 201113 yr ^ nice to see the kevin walsh inspiration, he's a firstrate urban-o-phile and 'forgotten' is 100% addictive!
October 13, 201113 yr Thanks, unfortunately good now and thens showing the same building are difficult to come by. Chicago tends to demolish a tremendous amount of buildings and historic preservation is pretty weak here.
October 13, 201113 yr I've been taking a lot of sunrises and sunsets for my workplace to use in some promotional materials, so I've been out in this particular city a lot lately... Nice work as usual Sherman! Beautiful picture,
October 13, 201113 yr Thanks, unfortunately good now and thens showing the same building are difficult to come by. Chicago tends to demolish a tremendous amount of buildings and historic preservation is pretty weak here. Does it have anything to do with the unstable soil?
October 13, 201113 yr Thanks, unfortunately good now and thens showing the same building are difficult to come by. Chicago tends to demolish a tremendous amount of buildings and historic preservation is pretty weak here. Does it have anything to do with the unstable soil? No, gentrification. Beautiful old architecture knocked down and replaced with crappy 4 story condos.
October 16, 201113 yr this was a mixed bag, as upsetting to see as it was a happy sight due to the preservation. :| its jane's carousel, which recently re-opened on the brooklyn east river waterfront at the foot of the brooklyn bridge. jane walentas and her husband own most of the prime waterfront dumbo neighborhood in brooklyn. it was originally the carousel at idora park, youngstown (1899-1984): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idora_Park,_Youngstown http://janescarousel.com/
October 16, 201113 yr "Hey buddy! Take my picture!" I used to ignore the guys who yelled that, but any more, I accomodate them. Maybe it'll make an interesting collection someday.
October 16, 201113 yr haha yeah i bet we all get those one of those hey buddy take my picture's once in awhile -- ok, ok buddy git'r done!
October 17, 201113 yr ^^Little did he know that one fleeting statement would turn into immortality on the internet. Hey, buddy, that's why your mommy always said to wash your hands before going out in public.
October 18, 201113 yr ^^Little did he know that one fleeting statement would turn into immortality on the internet. Hey, buddy, that's why your mommy always said to wash your hands before going out in public. I'm guessing he'd think it was a hoot. Most of the guys who do that, in my experience, are good-natured. I came to feel like I was being something of a snob when I tried to ignore them. I'm sure they'd be more fun to be around than some suit in a black Benz or Beemer with the dark-tinted windows rolled up.
November 4, 201113 yr Known for its live music venues and its eccentric collection of festivals and events, Austin, Texas is a booming city on the eastern fringe of the Hill Country. For one week, I visited Austin to experience the city by foot, bike, kayak, bus, taxi and car and can say that the city of over 700,000 – with its gleaming new condominiums and office towers, downtown grocery stores, ramshackle but oh-so-yummy food trucks and music venues that line every major street and on every corner, is one to be envied. Unfortunately, my flight was delayed from Austin and I had a taxi break down two times at Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, so my arrival home was much delayed. I haven’t even begun to look through the photographs – but I chose one out of random, and so until I can find some time to go through this batch (and that of my trip to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula), I’ll post up some teasers!
November 7, 201113 yr ^Great shot, Sherman. I've never been to Austin, but the sheer amount of new development looks downright shocking. To put it in perspective, in 1950, this city had 130,000 people (smaller than Youngstown at the time). Now it has 700,000 people. That's just ridiculous. Obviously, there is a lot of momentum in the region since the urbanized area and MSA tracked a similar population rise. The great weather, nightlife, and economy probably make this a very nice place to live.
November 7, 201113 yr yeah great shot of the new skyline stuff, but i am bummed out on austin. i used to go every year up until a couple yrs ago. now its overrun and it sucks. i miss my slacker-era sleepy hippy austin! not for me anymore. thats ok there is of course plenty to do in texas. el paso is and was always my fav city down there anyway. i think im gonna do some ne bayou country texas next time.
November 7, 201113 yr ^I've always wondered about El Paso. It's a fairly big urban area you don't hear much about. It has been on the map for a while too, probably one of the first cities in Texas to break 100,000 people. It had some growth in the early 20th century, so there could be some halfway decent urban stock left (unless they leveled the downtown like in Houston).
November 7, 201113 yr mrnyc, that's why I stuck to the east side a lot :) lots of hippies and hipsters, with dive bars, bikes, gorgeous gals, and cupcakes!
November 18, 201113 yr ^ ha i know! i know! well i am glad you are enjoying it. even still, i must say austin is a great jumping off point to see the rest of eastern texas from. and that boom city growth is phenominal. c-dawg i have been to el paso a few times and it is very interesting place. the sw housing isnt so great, but it has plenty of older urban stock downtown, although nothing like san antonio. it has a quirky layout due to the geography and lots of local flavor, which is why i like it. also, its de facto satellite city relationship with the juarez megalopolis is unusual to say the least -- that sure aint no detroit-windsor.
November 22, 201113 yr Three really cute WVU females converse in a natural setting at West Virginia University's downtown campus on an overcast October afternoon.
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