Yeah there is a town in New Jersey called Bivalve. On Delaware Bay with an aroma that aligns well with its name. More to come from Bivalve, these two may stay or not. From July of 2006.
July 4th 2006
After the storm, Leadville, CO. Altitude, two miles high. Attitude, well that is another story. Geographically, 40 miles from Vail, 60 miles from Aspen, nevertheless nowhere close to either.
Canon 5D, 24-70mm f/2.8L, f/8.0, 45mm, ISO 400, 1/160.
This one from before the storm. Canon 5D, 24-70mm f/2.8L, f/20.0, 54mm, ISO 100, 1/40. Diffraction, what diffraction. Who knows why it was f/20.0. Obviously on the Gitzo.
More Nebraska
Just west of Mullen (known for two great golf courses) in the Nebraska Sand Hills. BNSF coal train heading empty to the Powder Ridge Basin in Wyoming. Not the same route but inspiration by John McPhee's Coal Train, in Uncommon Carriers. Canon 5D, 17-40mm f/4L, ISO 320, f/8.0, 1/400, 40mm.
And just a little further west on NE Route 2. Still the 5D and the 17-40. This time at 36mm, ISO 50, f/22, with a shutter speed of 1/3 of a second. There may have been a polarizer mounted to help get the effect. These days it would have been the Singh-Ray Vari-ND, to reduce the light, slow the shutter speed and get the blades smoothed out.
Rehoboth, DE
Seems like you can't hail from DC, MD, VA without having a shot of this groin on your web site or blog. Here is mine. Taken at the end of March 2009, just prior to the 5D Mk II arrival. 24-70 2.8L at f/8.0, ISO 800, 64mm at 1/3200. Guess I wanted to make sure to stop the action.
Kimmerly emulation
So, there is a link on Tony Sweet's blog that points to John Barclay's blog, where a another link points to Chuck Kimmerly's web site. Wow! Plains, prairie and the stuff that sits on them. All in black and white. Off in another direction, again. My most lauded shot, here redone with an easier hand.
Storm over Wyoming
July 1st, 2006. On route to Colorado and the Vail Shootout via Crawford, NE. Topaz Adjust 4 and Silver Efex Pro II. Odd settings but it was late in a long day, probably was supposed to be f/8.0. Canon 5D, 70-200 2.8 IS @ 70mm, ISO 400 f/10.0, 1/400.
Mirrored, textured, framed
Trying some new techniques, shot from Dumbarton Oaks, March, 2006. Mirrored in CS5, multiple Flypaper textures, frame with Silver Efex Pro 2.
More redux
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philly, August 2006. With the Canon 5D, five shot HDR, HDR Efex Pro, Silver Efex Pro 2.
Throwback
somewhat reminiscent of the 2006 Nebraska snap that got a runner up in a AAA contest. Both happenstance, this on the way to Great Sand Dunes National Park the Nebraska one en route to the Ogalalla National Grasslands. I guess I get better stuff by accident on the way to to places that only sometimes work for me.
Off CO 17 on LN6N north of Alamosa. 5D Mk II, 17-40mm f/4L @40mm, ISO 100, f/8.0, three shot HDR, handheld, out the Hertz SUV window.
Off NE 2, West of Hemingford, NE, ZCBJ Lodge #298, 5D with 17-40mm f/4L @ 40mm, ISO 100, f/16, on the Gitzo, July '06.
Simulated Picture
Because I am off to Colorado for the week, a Colorado snap. Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs via a really, really early start to be there for sunrise in March of '06. Cropped 16:9 like HD TV because this shot (well... actually someone else's like it) was used for a couple years ('08 - '09 or so) by Samsung as the "Simulated Picture" in their HD TV ads. Oughta know — all of the TVs, here atop Butcher's Hill (there are several of them) are Samsung's of that vintage.
Unforntuately, I buy Apple stuff instead of Apple stock and I buy Samsung TVs instead of selling them snaps, oh well... so much for monetization.
24-70mm f/2.8L on the 5D, @ f/22, 1/4, ISO 320 on the Gitzo. Weird settings but it was early.
Two mile high wheels
Leadville, CO, Elevation 10,152. Heading to Colorado on Sunday, not likely to break a mile high though. Denver bound again, unfortunately likely Denver tied.
Falcon: 24-70mm f/2.8L mounted on 5D, f/8.0, ISO 400, 55mm, on the Gitzo. Two shot HDR sandwich.
Beatle: 24-70mm f/2.8L mounted on 5D, f/11.0, ISO 400, 51mm, on the Gitzo. Two shot HDR sandwich.
Umpire State Building
At least it was until I was maybe eleven or twelve. As a kid growing up nearby occasional viewing lanes to Manhattan, probably should have caught on faster. Seen here from the CNJRR ferry slips in Jersey City. Snapped in August '06, early in the day that included the trip to Bethlehem, PA.
Three shot bracket with the 70-200mm f/2.8L mounted on the 5D at 80mm, f/16 and ISO 100. HDR Efex.
The Netherlands
Just something different and because I followed a link to these great images of a Greenport, NY shipyard. October '08.
Hoorn: 5D, 70-200 f/2.8L @ f/2.8, 180mm, ISO 500, 1/250
Leiden: 5D, 85mm f/1.2L II, @ f/2.8 ISO 400, 1/200
Blast Furnace Row
Pearl Harbor had Battleship Row — Bethlehem Steel, Blast Furnace Row. Snapped in late August '06, some of the plant is now a Sands Casino. Might be worth a return trip, sight-lines have to be better with some access to the plant roads.
Posting motivated by seeing Sean O'Boyle's Bethlehem Steel Gallery. Motivated enough to buy his book Modern Ruins Portraits of Place in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
5D with 17-40 f4.0L and 70-200 f2.8L, all likely handheld.
The Last Picture Show
Not really just my McMurtry OCD, really, Anselmo, Nebraska. Late June 2006. Maybe a couple years too new as well.
5D with 17-40 @ 35mm, not that it makes much difference after this amount of post processing.
French Sole or Groton...
Depends on ones history, I guess. Warm, cool and before.
Through the fence, December '05 at the National Zoo with the then new, original 5D. Lotsa layers, TopazLab's Remask, Nik's Silver Efex 2, and many Color Efex 3 passes. Canon 5D, 70-200 + 1.4 Extender 225mm @ f4.0.
