Planes, Trains and Automobiles. and Boats.

Nevermind. I'm done with internet message boards. Its a retarded way to spend your time.

 

Nikon D3

Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro

ISO 200, f/10 at 2s

A sunset over Over-the-Rhine, viewed from Mt. Adams:

 

^ Sweet. What other American city would have a scene that even compares to that?

Beautiful photo! Nice job capturing all the subtle details in the shadows.

>would have a scene that even compares to that?

 

Pittsburgh. 

 

That is pretty badazz shot!!!

wow

this is disgusting but i just can't stop laughing about it.  :-o  :laugh:

my spouse's friend just took it and posted it on her facebook:

 

"7/25 boston - saw this awesome guy on the T line red train

... he was a true fan with the T and the red tank top!"

 

 

Is that hair all over his back?

this is disgusting but i just can't stop laughing about it.  :-o  :laugh:

my spouse's friend just took it and posted it on her facebook:

 

"7/25 boston - saw this awesome guy on the T line red train

... he was a true fan with the T and the red tank top!"

 

 

 

He needs a good waxing and weight loss program!  Immediately!!!

It's amazing how a scrapyard can draw you in and produce some nice photos.

This is looking east towards Downtown Williamsport. 

nice. hey look in the puddle in the foreground, you can see the telephone pole reflected.

 

i love hitting neighborhoods like that with the camera. very scenic to my eye.

 

you are reminding me to do a thread in black and white sometime.

^Thanks.  I too am drawn to these types of neighborhoods.  I am starting to play around with black and white.  I am trying to find techniques other than just HDR in which to refine my skills.  I just tried some selective color tonight and I'm still unsure if I really want to keep going with that.

Cincinnati, July 13, 2009

Beautiful shot!!  I was looking at your Kentucky UrbanUp threads, and I love your wide angle shots.  The distortion on some of those photos is awesome.  What's the focal length of the wide angle lens you used in those threads?

I use a Nikon 20mm f/2.8, very little distortion for architectural shots. It's so wide on a full-frame that I go overboard with it often :)

 

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/20af.htm

 

 

I paid a pretty penny for it, but it's one of the best lenses that I've owned. I wish the thread wasn't plastic, though.

 

Owl's Head Light, Maine

 

Location: West Penobscot Bay, entrance to Rockland Harbor

 

Nearest town: Owl's Head

 

44 05 33 N

69 02 39 W

 

Station established: 1825; Present lighthouse built: 1825; Automated: 1989

 

Construction material: Brick; Height of tower: 30 feet; Height of focal plane: 100 feet

 

Optic: Fourth order Fresnel (1856), still in use

 

Characteristic: Fixed white

 

Fog signal: Two blasts every 20 seconds

I use a Nikon 20mm f/2.8, very little distortion for architectural shots. It's so wide on a full-frame that I go overboard with it often :)

Wow. I guess 20mm wouldn't crop on a full frame right?  I am a big fan of your wide shots. :-)

My 5,000th photograph on

Abandoned

Indiana Army Ammunition Plant, Propellant and Explosives Area, Power Plant Building 401-2

Cincinnati, July 13, 2009

 

I count 2 tower cranes in that photograph.

I know there has been some discussion on HDR and everyone has their own opinions about it.  My opinion is this: I like HDR when used in moderation.  I have been refining my skills and I love HDR's that are subtle. 

 

Photo from last Wednesday morning, killing time while waiting for a train.

 

I know there has been some discussion on HDR and everyone has their own opinions about it.  My opinion is this: I like HDR when used in moderation.  I have been refining my skills and I love HDR's that are subtle.

I agree. HDR can be used for creative effects when used skillfully, but its strong suit is recreating an image the way the photographer's eye sees it, which may be beyond the reach of basic technology.

 

 

Are those cosmos? My partner has quite a few blooming in the garden.

I love that photo Rob. It's like technology encroaching on nature... Or maybe the other way around.

 

And since Little League is in a couple weeks,

Carl E. Stotz Field: The Birthplace of Little League Baseball

 

Mayday, yes.

 

We have a huge garden full of 'em at my parents. She loves to raise them -- easy to grow and beautiful.

I love that photo Rob.  It's like technology encroaching on nature... Or maybe the other way around.

 

I think it shows how electric railroads and environmental beauty can coexist. :-)

Couple of nights ago

 

Nice!

Yeah I agree with Rob.  I love these photos!!

Couple of nights ago

 

 

Woah that's quite impressive.

Hello Chicago!  My new home for many years to come.  I'll be moving to my new apartment sometime next week.

 

 

Here's the view from what will soon be my office, though I'll probably be about 10 feet back fro the windows

 

 

 

Great pics... I used to live a few blocks away from where the first pic was taken, and I used to work in the building at far right in the second pic.

 

There's many reasons I like NYC better than Chicago, but Chicago has hands-down the most spectacular skyline in the Western Hemisphere, and possibly anywhere.

what nabe are you moving into?

The South Charleston Interstate 64 eastbound span will longest continuous segmental span in the United States at 2,975 feet with a main span of 760 feet.

 

 

 

Traverse forms help the concrete cure for six days. Crews pour one 15-foot segment at a time, and there are a total of 168 segments in the bridge. A segment can be as tall as a two-story house.

 

More on this later...

No cell service and the only town within a 30 mile radius.  Just enjoying myself in the mountains of Sullivan County. 

Hillsgrove, PA:

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Cincinnati Bridge

^ Heavy metal! :banger:

I like!!! I wish my area had CSX. I love their color schemes.

I still prefer the Chessie color scheme, or the sleeping kitty of the C&O!

 

Last night, before the disastrous Labor Day fireworks in ...

Wow, great composition. You could make that into a postcard.

 

Nice to see they adjusted the floodlights on the Carew Tower... Somebody posted a photo a few weeks ago, and the lights on the west side were all focused on one spot on the building... It looked like they were about to burn a hole through the office tower!

Up late. Listening to Saosin. And my head is filled with a thousand thoughts at once.

So I decided to post a photo. I have recently been drawn to where objects meet the sky.  I'm thinking about making a project out of this.

Horizon:

Up late. Listening to Saosin. And my head is filled with a thousand thoughts at once.

So I decided to post a photo. I have recently been drawn to where objects meet the sky. I'm thinking about making a project out of this.

 

Great contrasts- colors, textures, and a good balance between highlight and shadow. Nice work!

Thanks Rob!  I really liked this.  It's one of my favorites.

That's a good one - doesn't matter if it's three stories or three hundred feet, you can't go wrong with a building shot paired with a sky like that.

Or "Picture Of The Night"

 

Chicago - January 1984, shot from a hotel balcony in the wee hours, temperature -8F

Or "Picture Of The Night"

 

Chicago - January 1984, shot from a hotel balcony in the wee hours, temperature -8F

 

Sweetie, what hotel was that?  Where is this?  I dont recognize that area.

There is a junction with Interstate 290.

 

Here it is! Totally gentrified now.

Or "Picture Of The Night"

 

Chicago - January 1984, shot from a hotel balcony in the wee hours, temperature -8F

 

Sweetie, what hotel was that?  Where is this?  I dont recognize that area.

 

Then it was a Holiday Inn. I don't know what it might be now, or even if it still exists. My train from San Francisco was delayed by blizzard conditions across much of the West/Midwest and I missed my connection out of Chicago to Fort Wayne. Amtrak put me in a hotel overnight and gave me vouchers for meals and cab fare. Might have been near Greektown; one of the parking lots in the photo has a sign for the Greek Isles restaurant. The single-storey building on the far side of the Hart, Schaffner & Marx building has "Jackson Blvd" painted on the side.

 

I can't recall the technical details of the photo, but I set my camera on a tripod on the balcony and used a cable release to lock the shutter open, and then stepped back inside to get out of the cold wind. I had much of the next day to roam around the loop, and the temperature never did get up to zero F.

 

The negative is T-Max 100, 120 roll film scanned on a Nikon 9000ED film scanner. I don't know if the apparent noise in the upper left sky area is a result of the poor gamut/dynamic range of the monitor or if it's in the digital file from the scan. I'm going to print it and see how it turns out.