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Anchors Away

Anchors Away, Saugatuck, MI
Anchors Away, Saugatuck, MI

This ship is no longer in Saugatuck where the image was taken. It was a landmark there for a long time. A year ago the ship was moved to a new loaction where it will be restored and opened as a museum. I have always had fun shooting this boat and have a lot of good images of it. This one I like because of the symmetry and the way the light plays on the hull.

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Rickets Glen Falls

Rickets Glen, Pennsylvania
Rickets Glen, Pennsylvania

I have posted other images here of waterfalls. Seems I shoot a lots of them. I have also posted images from Rickets Glen here. This place is in Pennsylvania. Great place. There are around 27 falls along two different trails. So, it is a 2 or three day trip to get the images and do it right. This is one of the falls there. I may be tempted to drive back there again this year.

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Jerry

Jerry Ficklin, Vintage Motorcycle Suppky, Sheridan, IN
Jerry Ficklin, Vintage Motorcycle Suppky, Sheridan, IN

On my Sunday drive we stumbled upon Sheridan, IN. Very interesting town in so many ways. A photographers dream too as I made a series of good images there. We found the Vintage Motorcycle Supply store and it was open. The Owner Jerry Ficklin was a real nice guy with a lot of stories to tell. Debra and I photographed in the store for well over an hour listening to Jerry’s tales and just having fun. I’ll definitely visit Jerry again. Count on seeing more images from his store too. Shot was made with the Nikon D800e and wide angle lens.

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Rusty Shit

Rusty This, Frankfort Train Yard, Indiana
Rusty This, Frankfort Train Yard, Indiana

From the same train yard as yesterdays image was made comes a pile of rusty shit. I love rust and decay. This pile of old rusty things was art in itself. I popped the image in post processing and I love depth and gritty feel it gives.

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Sunday Drive Franfort, IN

Old Train Yard, Frankfort, IN
Old Train Yard, Frankfort, IN

Every now and then my friend Debra and I get in the car on a Sunday morning and decide if we are going to go North, South East or West. Once decided we head off to that direction with the ipad for mapping and we target backroads and small towns. We are looking for the unusual, the abandoned, the rusty and the interesting people that present themselves alone the way. There is a lot of “did you see that?”, or “stop”, “turn around”. Last Sunday was a gold mine for us as we visited a few towns within driving distance of home. This image was made a gigantic train yard that has seen its better days in Franfort, IN. This old abandoned train round house. I like this image as it kind of shows loneliness and the clouds and BW treatment add to the drama.  More images will be coming form this train yard.

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Nuclear Chicago

Nuclear Chicago
Nuclear Chicago

I love to play with images. This image was made with a Phase One IQ180 of the Chicago Skyline. It was a great shot and so sharp you could zoom into a window in the buildings and make out objects. Anyway, I was trying new effects out and I ended up with this one. It looked kind of cool and different, kind of like something nuclear.

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Arches

Skyline Arch
Skyline Arch

Outside of Moab are two excellent National Parks. One of these is Arches National Park. This is an amazing park with a road that winds through some incredible sites. Dawn and dusk are the best times to shoot here and if the wether is good you will come away with some terrific images.  This location is known as Skyline arch. The tree in the image is no longer there . It worked so beautifully in this image as a foreground. There are a lot of ways this particular arch can be photographed.