Philly Graffiti

I went to Philadelphia this past weekend and met up with some friends. Ended up as this secluded location which has some great graffiti. First time shooting graffiti and I like the colors. The artists use bright colors including neon which is great for folks that like the saturated look. These are what the location looked like, very little processing. It ended up raining at the end and then the sun went down so needless to say the light went quickly and so did we. Enjoy!

Snowy Grand Canyon National Park - Southern Rim

I went to Arizona and Utah a couple weeks back. On the way to Monument Valley, i stopped by Grand Canyon National Park. They had snow for a good week and many places still needed plowing but I was able to get in and hike around in the snow. I thought the canyon looked especially great with the snow.



This is Navajo Point (7360 ft) on the southern rim:


View from Grandview Point (7399ft) from the southern rim:

From Mather Point (7120ft):

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Strasburg RR locomotive engine maintenance

As part of a large winter photo shoot, I was able to take a personal tour of the engine shop where Strasburg RR maintains their equipment. Below are several shots of locomotives being repaired, maintained and the equipment used to support a railroad. Did you ever wonder how they machine the driver wheels for a locomotive, which are several feet in diameter? It takes a very large lathe the chuck up those pieces of iron!

Here are two sets of drivers and the locomotive which has been stripped down and being rebuilt:


Here is the lathe used to machine the locomotive drivers: "huge!!"

Did you ever wonder if Thomas the Tank Engine was a real steam engine - you betcha! He is getting his flue cleaned out to be ready for spring:

And here is a shot of the overall machine shop, there is another shop to the left and another to the right. I takes a lot of equipment and hours to support a railroad!

Spring flowers from Mom's garden

I have most of my older photos worked on - here ar a few from Mom's garden. This is a tulip poplar tree flower, about to loose it's leaves:



A common red poppy:

A wet Japanese Red Maple:

Anna's shots from Bryce NP

I was reviewing some older photos and worked on a few of Anna's shots from Bryce National park from early Spring. For high rez versions of Bryce, see my website at www.imagesofwildlife.com For me I am heading off to bed and then getting up to work the 24" of snow we got.

Mid-Atlantic Snow storm of O-9

Nice snow shot from mid-storm - we have 12" and expect the heavy snow to come next. The yard shots do not show the depth but the table sure does - we will have to measure with a yard stick when it's all over. Turkey in the oven so we will have a lovely meal tonight!

Anna and I went out and catch these falcon, hawks and owl. These are Anna's photos - not bad for a 12 year old.

This is a female barn owl:


This is a juvenile male Harris' Hawk:

North American male Kestral:

Female Saker Falcon:

Female Red Tailed Hawk: