Another photo of the fallen Wagon Wheel Bridge:
Probably just a couple more of these up my sleeve.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO:125
FOCAL LENGTH: Unrecorded
APERTURE: Unrecorded
EXPOSURE: 1/320
DATE: 03/11/2016 – 14:22
LATITUDE: 42.06273°
LONGITUDE: -93.97021°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Carla Stensland
On Nate and I’s jaunt from Wichita back to Manhattan we made a stop in Strong City so I could photograph a surprisingly photogenic town.
Here is a photo of some rusty goodness:
You can take it to the bank, there is more Strong City coming your way!
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 35mm
APERTURE: f/8
EXPOSURE: 1/125
DATE: 04/03/2016 – 10:39
LATITUDE: 36.9505°
LONGITUDE: -96.53696°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Nate Miller
Here is a collection of pictures that didn’t make the cut for RUINS in the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.
One of the reasons these photos ended up on the loser pile is because I had already used an abandoned train bridge (on the same abandoned right-of-way) in my WATER picture. While it is a different bridge, I didn’t want to draw water from too similar of a well.
I strangely came upon this on a work misadventure.
For one day, my work environment was a lot more interesting.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 320
FOCAL LENGTH: UNRECORDED
APERTURE: UNRECORDED
EXPOSURE: 1/40
DATE TAKEN: 04/13/16 – 13:36
LATITUDE: 42.03722°
LONGITUDE: -93.68136°
Time for another look at the fallen Wagon Wheel Bridge.
Probably have quite a few more of these sad images in the hopper.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 24mm
APERTURE: f/8
EXPOSURE: 1/320
DATE: 03/11/2016 – 14:07
LATITUDE: 42.06252
LONGITUDE: -93.96999
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Carla Stensland
This image is the result of an experiment in post-processing. When I have a good solid wedge of free time, I will explain in further detail with a ton of examples. Or I might not. Magician and his tricks… you know.
For now, just enjoy this image of the fallen Wagon Wheel Bridge.
Of course, there will be many more pictures of the mangled remains of the Wagon Wheel Bridge in our future.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 18mm
APERTURE: f/8
EXPOSURE: 1/250
DATE: 03/11/16 – 14:06
LATITUDE: 42.06255°
LONGITUDE: -93.97008°
PHOTO ASSISTANT: Carla Stensland
As many of you may know, the historic Wagon Wheel Bridge recently collapsed after being damaged by ice dams.
Carla and I went out there to take a looksie. Here is one of the photos from that trip:
Some of you may be wondering why I’m not wishing you guys a Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Listen, I’m for just about any holiday. Even one that is designed to mock the Irish for having the genetic predisposition for alcoholism. Mock away, I say.
But today, the Iowa State Cyclones battle the Gaels of Iona in the NCAA tournament.
I wish for nothing but sadness for anything that is remotely Gaelic.
I will mock (celebrate) the Irish tomorrow. By eating a Reuben. Which was invented by a Lithuanian in Nebraska, but is somehow now considered Irish food. Whatever.
GO CYCLONES!!!
No particulars today. I’m lazy.
I would hazard to guess that these buses are among the most photographed subjects in Boone County (adjusted for teenage-girl-selfie-inflation).
Right up there with the Kate Shelley High Bridge, the High Trestle Trail Bridge, the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad, and Ledges State Park.
I have a plan for photographing them, this photo is the result of a scouting trip.
You’ll be seeing these buses again.
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CAMERA: SONLY SLT-A65V
LENS: DT 18-70mm f3.5-5.6
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 70mm (105mm – 35mm)
APERTURE: f/7.1
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 12-27-2015 14:23
LATITUDE: 42.00823°
LONGITUDE: -93.89162
ALTITUDE: 319.2 me3ters above Sea Level
A picture of something broken down and old. From my Aunt Linda’s farm.
As you all know E’s here to rule… No wait that isn’t right.
As you all know, I love rusted out old stuff. I will need to photograph this farm more thoroughly at some point.
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CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (35mm equivalency – 90mm)
ISO: 500
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/100
DATE: 11/20/15 – 14:44
NO GPS DATA
This is a look back at the photos from the calendar I gave as Christmas gifts in 2012. You’ll see many of the same images from the flower calendar. I have no doubts.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
I’ve never done what one would call market research, but I did make a change to the 2015 calendar and then made a change back in the 2016 calendar. That is this. The 2015 calendar has big numbers for the dates. I found this to be aesthetically pleasing. However, some feedback I got was that this made it more difficult to write on the calendar. Therefore, I changed back to small numbers for the 2016 calendar.
I’ve also been asked why I don’t include birthdays or “different holidays” any longer. The reason for that is because of the diverse audience that the Photography 139 Calendar now reaches, I don’t know how many of those people need to know the date my nephew Brandon’s birthday (December 4). However, I could probably add International Talk Like A Pirate Day back to the calendar.
I’ve already stated that I’m going to go back to diversifying the subject matter of the 2017 calendar. I have this glorious plan of taking each photo for the 2017 calendar during the corresponding month of 2016. This means that my plan of going back to my plan of lining up certain subjects with certain months will probably go to the wayside. Sorry anybody that was getting jacked up for a frog in February of 2017. I’ll try to get a frog somewhere else… like April.
Any way, please leave any thoughts, suggestions, or ideas in the comments section. I might not act on them, but you don’t know until you try.
