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Messed Up Train

Messed Up Train Car

Time to change from B&W images to some wow color.  Today’s image was made on some abandoned trains not to far from where I live.   I have been shooting these for several years now.  They are parked on a siding off the road and pretty well hidden and they deteriorate further on every trip I make there.  Actually pretty creepy.  You are missing the smell that goes along with these images.  To shoot this properly I had to shoot three exposures and HDR them together.  Then I took them into iPad and used Snapseeed and PhotoForge to make the final image.  Kind of surreal, which it is.

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Iceland Iceberg Beach

Icebergs On The Beach - Iceland

In honor of some of my friends who are now touring in Iceland I present one of my Iceland shots – icebergs on the beach.  This beach is truly an amazing place.  Icebergs wash out to sea from  Jokulsarlon Lagoon and then when the tide switches around they wash up on the beach where the crashing waves begin to erode them to these beautiful diamond like Icebergs.  The beach is littered with them for a very long distance.  Quite the site to see and photograph.  It’s different every day.  So to Harry, Teri, Einir and others – have a great time there.

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Chicago Dawn

Chicago Skyline at dawn

Good morning!  On PODAS workshops you can count on rising early to shoot the special light of dawn.  This shot was done a little over a week ago while we waited for a sunrise to illuminate the Chicago skyline.  It’s a pretty nice shot in color but I thought BW added some drama to it.  This was shot from the Shed aquarium area.   Good place to catch to city skyline.

 

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Stairs

Circular Stairway, HIlton - Reykjavik, Iceland

I love circular staircases.  The perspective and how they fade away and repeat patterns has always intrigued me.  Today’s shot was made at the Hilton in Iceland.  I was sitting in the bar and there was this giant staircase that was more or less a circular one.  I played with a number of shots and settled on this one. Enhanced it a bit on my iPad.

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Organ Grinder

Organ Grinder, Cologne, Germany

In my travels I love to wander the streets and see what can be found.  This is called street photography.  This shot was taken in Cologne Germany of a man in a public square grinding an organ.  I couldn’t resist.  Originally shot on a Leica M8 and then on my iPad I played with it a bit.  Hope you are staying cool.  It is so hot out that it is hard to breathe.  If this breaks there will be some major storms.  Might be some good photography too.

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Another Hot Day In Indy – Cool Day In The Forrest

Waterfall - Olympic National Park, Washington

I am trying to think of the right adjective to describe just how hot it is in Indy, so insert your own.  It’s XXXXXXX HOT!.  I don’t do good in heat above 80 degrees.  Maybe why I like colder climates like Antarctica and the mountains so much.  It looks like we are in for record-breaking hots days for the for the next week.  Air conditioners can’t even keep up.  So, I thought we should venture into the woods and view some cool waterfalls for today.  This image was shot in Olympic National Park and it just feels cool.  I feel better when I look at it, hope you do too.

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Back To Rust

Rust - Antarctica

Here is a real simple shot made in Antarctica.  I haven’t posted any rust shots for a while and thought today would be a good day to bring you rust.  This was a cover of a tank hatch at a whaling station in Antarctica.  I took some creative liberties with in on Snapseed  on the iPad.  I like it!

I am home now and major catch up mode after weeks on the road.  Adventures took me form Ireland to China and then to Chicago.  Great stuff, great PODAS workshops, super nice new friends.  But, it is always good to be home.  I have a few small trips in the next few weeks before heading to the Palouse for a major PODAS workshop there.  Also, we launched a new workshop yesterday in the UK with Miss Anelia and Drew Gardner.  Check it out!

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Alaska Dawn

Alaska Dawn - Fishing Boat

I will give you a break for a day or so from Chicago images as I need some time to edit and work on the finals.  So, today we travel to Alaska.  This was shot at dawn and there was a forrest fire somewhere not to far that just filled the air with a haze.  The haze made everything glow and provided interesting light for this shot.  I’ll share a few more Alaska pictures in the coming weeks.

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Self Portrait In Chicago

Self Portrait At The Bean

I have been to Chicago many times and have enjoyed it tremendously for all the photo opportunities it offers.  Never though have I come back with so many real keepers of Chicago.  The last several days as I have been leading a PODAS Architectural workshop in Chicago has been fantastic.  First, the people participating in the workshop were exceptional.  The instructors were great and the weather was just right.  It was pretty magical.  You will see a lot of photos over the coming days from this trip.  Today’s image was a self portrait made inside the Bean.  Kind of sur-real but pretty cool too. You can see more of the fun we had at this workshop at the PODAS BLOG – Click Here.

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Chicago Sky On Fire

Chicago at sunset

I am in Chicago until Tuesday hosting a photography workshop on Architecture Photography.  We have been having a blast shooting some beautiful sights and buildings.  You can follow our adventures at THE PODAS BLOG.  This was shot done two nights ago.  We had a magic twenty minutes where everything just lit up and the sun did wild things.  This was made with the iphone and then finished off in the iPad.  Didn’t do much except add a frame.  It was just one of those magical moments.  I have so many good images from this trip.  We did some dawn and sunset shots of the Chicago skyline as well as a number of very cool images.  I’ll post more as I can over the coming weeks.