
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Conshohocken Ruins

Monday, May 29, 2006
Memorial Day


The top image is from Centralia (probably one of the last ones from that day that I'll post in for a while). This flag is located at a Veteran's memorial right off the main road in town.
The bottom image is from Riverview Cemetery in Trenton - which could be described as that city's version of Laurel Hill in Philadelphia. It's a 19th century cemetery overlooking the Delaware River on the southeast side of town. This monument to a fallen serviceman seemed an appropriate companion to Old Glory for today.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Centralia, continued...


Back to some Centralia pics - this time showing the darker side of this unfortunate town.
Top: This is the top of the landfill on the South end of town, with many a steaming crack and vent. It was near this vantage point that I took the shot of the Orthodox Church with blue domes.
That's fellow photoblogger John you see stooping by Vent #12 - possibly lining up this shot.
Bottom: an old utility pole along the abandoned portion of Rt. 61. Being downslope of the road bed, I got a good view of the crossarm and insulators.
[note of explanation - I do electrical infrastructure design for a living, so things like utility poles, transmission towers and the like readily catch my eye.]
For more pix from Centralia, see my Flickr page.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
A do-over

Having them up for all the world to see has made me take a harder look at the pictures to see if they could be improved at all. Or maybe that's just Jorj's voice in the back of my head ;)
So, I took a stab at this one, cropping the shot dramatically to try to get a more interesting composition.
What do ya think?
6/3/06 - I'm enterring this photo in this weeks Photo Scavenger hunt, as it meets the criteria for the bouns points, and it's actually a decent photo.
One thing I didn't mention when I first posted the original, was the luck involved in getting this shot. These little bluebirds were flitting all around. I still had the telephoto on from shooting the Orthodox Church with blue domes., and I needed it to shoot this little guy - the moment I would get close he'd fly away. I was lucky enough to get this one (hell, lucky enough just to hold the camera still enough!) before he took off again for good!
For more pix from Centralia, see my Flickr page.
Centralia Signs of Life in Blue - Part II


For more pix from Centralia, see my Flickr page.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Centralia Signs of Life in Blue - Part I


I'll post some man-made blue next.
For more pix from Centralia, see my Flickr page.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Empty Lager Bottles

Fumes

For more pix from Centralia, see my Flickr page.
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
"TAKES," plus Two

More Centralia pics to follow
Images from Centralia

Time to start posting some Centralia photos!
I was lucky enough to accompany the Philadelphia Photobloggers on their excursion to the former mining town a couple of weekends ago. It was a great day, which also included a tour of the Yuengling Brewery in Pottsville (photos from that coming soon as well).
This was taken along the abandoned portion of State Hwy. 61. Just a pretty branch that caught my eye.
I told you to expect more of this "zoom/selective focus" stuff.
For more pix from Centralia, see my Flickr page.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
Siete De Mayo
Saturday, May 06, 2006
A Little Birdhouse in your Soul

This is one of my first shots with the new camera (the H1 - more about this later). It arrived on a rainy Saturday, so I had to grab a couple of shots from the shelter of our front porch or from inside the house!
This particular birdhouse is in one of our neighbor's trees. The new camera allows me to really zoom and selectively focus for the first time, so look for a lot of that in the near future! ;)
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