– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Delaplane Delaplane is a small rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia. The village came into being after the building of the Manassas Gap Railroad in 1852. Construction of the railroad began the previous year at the junction of the existing Orange and Alexandria Railroad at what became known as Manassas Junction. The railroad headed west towards Front Royal, through the Manassas Gap in the...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Erosion as Art I have been reading Rick Sammon’s book “Creative Visualization for Photographers”. This book is not a technique guide in the standard form. It is designed to help the photographer produce better images through ideas that may lead to better vision. Basically, the aim is to give you a better eye for an image and then post-processing it to elevate the result from a snapshot to a great...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Railroad Baggage Carts A couple of weeks ago we revisited the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad in Cumberland, Maryland. Whilst I was waiting for the steam locomotive to arrive I wandered around the historic depot. No matter the main attraction that takes you to something like a tourist train station, it is always worth taking some time to slowly explore the surroundings. As I was walking along...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Model A Ford 4-Door Convertible In the last post we took a look at creating a reasonable facsimile of the historic era represented by the preserved Western Maryland Scenic Railroad’s Baldwin Consolidation 2-8-0 Locomotive. In that particular image patience was required to achieve the desired result. Today we see the how pure luck can also play a key role in finding and creating a great image...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Isaiah Davenport House The Isaiah Davenport House is a historic house in Savannah, Georgia. It is located on the northwest corner of Columbia Square, one of six additional squares added to the original Oglethorpe Plan in the late 1790s. This federal-style home was built in 1820 by Isaiah Davenport for his growing household as well as a means of showing his considerable building skills. Details of...
– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Rusty Union Pacific Caboose This rusty Union Pacific Caboose at the Grapevine Vintage Railroad had seen better days. With the rust and decay showing through the original yellow paintwork, the only treatment for this image had to be just short of over-the-top urbex based enhancement of all the details. As you...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – The Modern Day Steed The cowboy riding into town on his trusty steed maybe a thing of the past but, in my mind, there is a modern day equivalent. The Harley Davidson with its bright chrome and fancy paintwork can easily be seen as a modern day steed, comparing it to the trusted companion of the old west. Here...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Grapevine Vintage Railroad – Part 2 In the last post we visited the Grapevine Vintage Railroad, looking specifically at Vinny, the 1953 GP-7 diesel locomotive. This preserved railroad also operates a 1896 steam locomotive, Puffy. The GVRR ran its iconic engine on a weekly basis before it suffered major...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Grapevine Vintage Railroad The Grapevine Vintage Railroad travels along the historic Cotton Belt Route between Grapevine and the Fort Worth Stockyards. The Railroad is serviced by two vintage locomotives – “Puffy”, a 1896 steam locomotive which was currently undergoing repairs and “Vinny”, a 1953 GP-7...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail A quick post today using information extracted from Wikipedia Dallas Area Rapid Transit Light Rail is a light rail system in Dallas, Texas more commonly known by the abbreviated DART Light Rail. With the opening of its fourth line in 2012 the system comprises 72 miles...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Thomas Law House Washington D.C.’s Southwest neighborhood is best known for it’s iconic fish market, one of the few surviving open air seafood markets on the east coast of the US. The Maine Avenue Fish Market, as it is officially known, is the oldest continuously operating fish market in the United...
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Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) is a member of the Onagraceae or Evening Primrose family. It is a single stemmed perennial which grows between 3- and 10-feet tall with numerous, crowded, alternate, lance-shaped, sessile leaves, each of which is about 6-inches long and 1.2-inches wide. The many magenta (sometimes white) tubular...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Fort Worth Stockyards Cattle Drive A few weeks ago we looked at the Pioneer Plaza Cattle Drive Bronze Statues in Dallas, Texas. For this post we will get a little closer to the real thing by visiting the Historic Stockyards in Fort Worth. Twice a day they have a cattle drive along the main street through the...
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