Tag: Pennsylvania

Down on the tracks

In my continuing gear test, I thought I would revisit the train tracks not too far from where I live. I know that there is a ton of detail on the old box cars that sit idle on the tracks. Things don’t change much there and I shot the same cars last year for a couple of posts, but I can always…

Yes, no, yes, no, maybe

That’s the way I feel about this shot. While on the Pitt campus the other day, my wife and I were walking past Heinz Chapel (which is a spectacular building in its own right) and there was a sign that said a wedding was taking place and not to enter. Through the open door you could see the bride and my…

A short journey

Saturday was a nice summer day and my wife and I decided to take a walk in the early evening since we had nothing better to do – well, nothing we wanted to do, like painting. But considering how lousy our neighborhood is and the questionable characters that inhabit it, I suggested we head into Pittsburgh and walk around the city.…

Missing an element?

I’ve passed this old farmhouse a few times and even managed to grab a photo of it in the past. I liked the old warmth of it and would love to get closer to take detail shots. I don’t think it’s inhabited and I don’t want to simply trespass, so I’m holding out hope that some time when I drive…

Feel like cropping

For some reason I usually don’t crop a photo different from its native format. On rare occasions, I may do a square crop but I seldom do a “freeform” crop, even though it may be the best thing for the composition of the photo. But after I processed this image and saw all of the wasted space above the bales I…

Thanks for the help…and more B&W

I want to thank everyone who helped me in deciding on images in my last post. I’m going with #’s 2, 4, 7, and 8. And I’m going to throw in #6 as a wild card. So after all of the numbers being thrown around and talk of black and white, I can’t think of a better picture to post…

Feelin’ goofy

There was a carnival in my town this weekend which, of course, I did not attend. I had other things to do and really have no need to go to a parking lot carnival, at least a local one. If I came across one in another town and had nothing better to do, I might consider it. A carnival is…

Finally, a sign……..(and another sign)

Today I drove through a town that I haven’t been to before. A small, nice looking town that looked like it had a lot of photo possibilities within it but, unfortunately, I didn’t have the time today to explore. It’s a few hours away from where I live so I may return on my own time some day. After spotting…

Scoolhouse(s) rock

I’m not even sure if these buildings were ever schoolhouses, but I came up with a catchy post title and I’m sticking with it! 🙂 These are just a couple of old rural buildings I came across during my travels and I thought they looked interesting. I basically shot them from the road so I didn’t get to put much effort…

Same subject, same day

Different camera. Just a different take on the blossoms I showed the other day in black and white. This shot was taken with a different camera but at the same place. I went with a completely different processing on this one though. I liked the brightness  of it and the muted tones. Completely different from the heavy contrast of the…