Todays post is two photos from a set of smoke stacks from an old factory in Homestead, Pa. The Pittsburgh region was once a major area for steel mills and other factories, thus the nick name the “Steel City”. Today many of the factories are gone, some have survived and there are a few remaining remnants of what once was. The stacks in these pictures are in the parking lot of a movie theater.
Tonights post takes us back to the warmth of summer, flowers, and butterflies. I’m including two photos from a trip this past summer to Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, Pa. Every summer they have a butterfly garden with many different types of butterflies. If your in the area be sure and stop by the butterfly garden.
Hope you enjoy.
Tonights post is photo from the Phipps Conservatory miniature railroad display. In this scene you can see a bee keeper tending his bees as a Pennsylvania Railroad car speeds by in the background. I really enjoy photographing miniatures and Phipps always puts together a nice show.
Keeping with the “think warmer” theme I going to post a couple of photos from a few years ago when I was a track photographer at a local race track. These were shot with a Nikon D100 and the cars were traveling approximately 120 miles per hour. As the track photographer I had access to the infield and was able to get very close to the action. Although some would say to close, I was never worried. I was standing a mere 15 feet away from these cars for most of the photos I did that summer.
Now I’m really thinking about summer and the fun I had at the race tracks over the years. If you ever have a chance to go to a dirt race I highly recommend going.
As I watched the snow fall and the wind blow today I thought back to the warm summer days, as I’m sure many do when faced with the bitter cold of winter. So today I’m posting some photographs from a spot in Ohiopyle State Park along the Youghiogheny River. The river runs through the heart of the park and people come from all over to kayak the section know as the lower Yough. I spent one summer on the river working as a photographer taking photos of the rafters and kayakers. And from time to time I’ll venture back to the old spot and take a few shots and enjoy a peaceful day in the park.
Hope this warms your bones if your in the dead of winter.
Tonight I’m revisiting the previous topic of reflections. I find myself in Pittsburgh daily and there are so many great buildings in this city. Some of them are entirely glass on the outside and that makes for some great reflections.
Keep looking at what you don’t see and eventually you will see the unseen.
Todays post might take some of you back in time to the days of the caped crusaders fighting evil in Gotham City. If you remember back to the the TV show and the cartoon blips with “BANG!!”, and “POW!!!” in them you will definitely remember the first of the three generations. The second came many years later and the third is from the last two movies.
To the Batcave Robin
Tonights post is about that amazing machine called the bicycle. Not only is the bicycle a great means of transportation, recreation, relaxation, and fun, it is a great subject for photography. In the city there are plenty of opportunities to photograph bicycles that are conveniently placed just about anywhere there is a parking meter or pole for the owner to lock their bike. When the sun is out they make excellent shadows on the ground. How many of you have looked at the ground for the shadows a bicycle makes? Next time you see a bicycle chained to a pole stop and take a look at the shadow that the bike cast.
Hope you enjoy.
Tonights post is a simple one. Just a single picture of the car that my dad loved. For those of you that know me, you know that I love cars. And you may have deduced that from some of my post on here. Well take that to the Nth degree when it came to my dad. He loved cars with a passion and the 1955 Chevy was one of his favorites. He had several over the years and he always told me that he would love to have one again. Well that day never came for him, but maybe someday I’ll be in a position to own one of the cars my dad loved so much.
Tonights post is a prelude to my day off tomorrow. The World of Wheels car show is in Pittsburgh this weekend and tomorrow you will find me meandering through the cars with camera in hand. I’ve posted before about my love of the automobile and the ties that I have to it and my father. Tomorrow will be no exception, although he is gone now I know that he would have truly loved this show. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as he would have.
Here are a few cars from past shows. Tomorrow I will post some from this years show.
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