New England trains and barns

Finally getting back to some post-processing after significant projects around the house. I promise to get back into the swing posting. Here is a live RR line with a nice work shed, rails and dark clouds.

On the same trip I was able to find several old farm buildings that had nice reflections, work red paint and event plants growing inside. My grandmother would have made sure the plants stayed outside!

Sunrise on Smith Island

I went with a small group last weekend to Smith Island. It was a very interesting place, limited, but very nice. You do need to keep a watch on your friends as the bugs will carry them off if left unattended. Here is a harbor shot - nice sunrise shot.




The sunrise reflection and soft light was great which leads to this shot.

Alternate Fuel - Steam and Electric

Alternate fuels for automobiles has been around for quite sometime and is not a recent idea. Stanley Steamers used a gas fired boiler that created steam that ran their cars. A very quite car that many people did not like as the car could sneak up on you and your team of horses. Here is a phot of the side light of one of these open cars.


Another form of fuel is electricity. Although a relatively newer concept just because battery technology has gotten better, (there were earlier cars but the batteries took up a significant amount of room), here is a 1978 CitiCar Sebring Vanguard which sold 2,600 unites between 1974-1976. The car had a range of 50 miles (interestingly similar to quotes of today) with a top range of 28mph.

Fall foliage in New Hampshire

Where has January gone?? It was just 2010 and now a whole month has gone by. Well, for me I have been able to get caught up on some processing so I am good to start the new year off right. This will be the last of the Fall foliage shot from New Hampshire for now. Here is an old barn, can't remember seeing many (if any) new barns in New Hampshire, with a nice rich red color hues, great reflection in the windows and nice subject inside the windows.





Went by this one pond and caught some great reflections. These two pumpkin head fisherman kept bugging us until we took their photo:

And lastly, at the end of a long drizzly storm, we caught some nasty clouds looking down a gorge:

Watery New Hampshire Fall Shots

Working on some older shots from this past fall from my trip to New Hampshire. The fall colors were at peak and it was a wonderful trip with some nasty clouds thrown in for extra effect - great time. Here is part of a series of cascades and small water falls - really nice place to visit:





Went back a second time and caught some really nice shot with strong sun light - something we try to stay away from but this really work. Here is a typical NH red leaf and it's shadow in a pool:

And finally, here is a painterly photo of a small stream of water catching the colors of the trees above. This is processed as an actual photo - the painterly is because it is reflection in the water:

New Hampshire Fall Color

Went to New Hampshire this past fall at the peak of the color as you can see. The reds, oranges and yellows were screaming - what a beautiful site to see! Here is a shot from on of the valleys with two peaks stacked behind each other.



We recieved permission for the caretaker of this property that used to be a motel probably from the 60s and earlier. Each room was a seperate little cabin with a fireplace. Could not see the inside, some had fallen down, others taken apart and the rest were leaning so much we expected to see some fall over while we were there! Here is one end with the pine tree shutters still holding on.

Here is one of the cabin leaning and holding on. I am sure no one has stayed here fir quite some time. When a stone motor fireplace leans, you know you do not have structural integrity any more - believe me, this is not lens distortion!

1956 Chevrolet 210 Station Wagon

Something a little different for the new Year - a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Station Wagon headlamp deatil. This model had power window lifts and a Powerglide automatic transmission that were found in the higher priced models like the Bel Air and the Nomad. This model sold originally for $2,130 with a 283 cubic inch V8.