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Road Trip

Rusted Train Car and Plant

I am on a holiday road trip to Florida to visit with family. Always good to get together for the holiday. After being cooped up on airplanes so much the last few weeks (a round trip to Australia can pretty much guarantee you’ll want a break from planes), I decided to drive. I also decided that I will make a photo essay during the trip on Waffle Houses, the famous road side restaurant at almost every interchange. I have visited four Waffle Houses so far. I’ll assemble a small essay when I get home. Quite a slice of America.

Today’s images is a fun one. I like photographing rust and decay and how nature seems to re-claim it. This image was taken of the side of a rusted out train car (box car) and in the rust this plant had started to grow. I shot this with a Phase One P65+ and it was in one of my albums on the iPhone. I then used Picture Show and did a mirror effect of the image and the above image is what I got. I like symmetry and you’ll see more images like this over time.

 

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Everybody Does Flowers

Tulip Close Up, Holland Michigan

As photographers we are all attracted to flowers.  And, why not?  They are colorful, beautiful and smell good.  Part of the attraction for many shooters I believe is the challenge of doing a close up and then seeing the detail in the images.  As time goes on you’ll see some more flower photos here.  Today though I present a tulip photographed in Holland, Michigan.  Every spring Holland opens up the town for the annual tulip festival.  There are fields of tulips blooming and hundreds of varieties.  This shot was made with a Canon 5dII and a macro lens.  I then took it into my iPhone and messed with it using an app called Picture Show.  I exported it did a bit more work in PhotoShop and here you have it.  Simple and nice.

For some really great images of flowers and nature embodying the human form please visit my friends website Barbara Ventura.  Her work is gorgeous.

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Pan Head Billy

Pan Head Billy

This photo is one of those photos that just happens.  I was shooting around Artists Palette in Death Valley and there was this guy leaning against his motorcycle admiring the light on the mountain.  I took a shot and the original photo was of his back.  Well, I decided to go up and talk to this guy.  He was a fascinating guy and had been on the road for 17 years.  His nick name was “Pan Head Billy”.  As the light started to diminish and turn golden I asked if he would mind posing.  So he took this pose and I took the shot.  The detail on this image shows all his belongings he carries with him, his ruggedness and confidence.  I put the image in my gallery and one day was messing with it on some of the apps I had and ended up with this.  Hope you enjoy it.