Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Blue Truck Graveyard - Henderson


Interesting interior view of an old Henderson Truck from the 1950s. It is rather plain compaired to today's technical truck cabs.




Interesting place for a turn signal. When was the last time you saw a Henderson?




Turning New Hampshire Fall Color

I found this nice heart shaped puddle with a nice view of the falls in the background. Nice place to sit and relax.




Close by this large stream had some early fall color.



Green Palouse, Washington

\Found this older farm house in the Palouse. Looked to see if I could find someone to see why they let the grass grow this long. Couldn't find anyone.



Near the same house found this old bottom plow waiting for a trip over the fields.


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

West Virginia Waterfalls



Nice pre-fall color shot of a gret waterfall and down stream flow - this is a nice falls as you have a lot of leading water before you get to the falls. This is a favorite of mine.




Swirly, swirly, nice shot showing the slow swirl of the water. Another favorite place to go.













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!


Thursday, July 28, 2011

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.


Sunday, February 6, 2011

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.