*** February 2025 Image and Video Thread ***

[Pete_W]

Looks like a ghost town, no people, no driver

Yes, it does look like a ghost town! The driver is at the other end.

This was early evening and on the terminal platforms (1-10) used for regional trains so a lot less activity. The suburban platforms (11-27) are crowded. I should take a photo sometime in peak hour.

 

[Oíche]

Yes, it does look like a ghost town! The driver is at the other end.

This was early evening and on the terminal platforms (1-10) used for regional trains so a lot less activity. The suburban platforms (11-27) are crowded. I should take a photo sometime in peak hour.

I liked it with nobody about, a bit like my 3am street photography in the Canary Islands. It's the best AI Eraser of people I employ

 

[pdk42]

S1R with 24-105:



Barges on the Canal by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

 

[Pete_W]

S1R with 24-105:
Barges on the Canal by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

This is really atmospheric Paul!

Do you know what the number '55' plaque designates on the bridge?

 

[Travis Butler]

S1R with 24-105:



Barges on the Canal by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

Heh. My dad's watched a number of YouTube pieces on canal barges; I think there's a channel by a couple that runs one.

The tarps remind me of the first time I read about canal barges, in one of the Hornblower books where he has to help the boatman take the barge to London when the assistant is knocked out, and they have to cover up with tarps to go through one of the tunnels.

Every picture has to have a bit of mud, doesn't it? ^^;;

This is really atmospheric Paul!

Do you know what the number '55' plaque designates on the bridge?

At a guess, the number of the underpass along the canal? "We've just passed underpass 55, we've got another mile before the next bridge."

 

[Travis Butler]

Conditions were sure changing this day... all of these were taken within a half-hour period.


20231012-SDIM7496 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Minolta MD 24-50/4


20231012-SDIM7506 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Minolta MD 35-70/3.5 Macro


20231012-SDIM7522 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

One of the few weak points of the Minolta 35-70... some flare resistance, but not enough to capture that sun.

 

[Nomad Nate]

My parents have some property that has practically turned into a cat sanctuary. Testing out the animal eye AF

 

[xaviergut]

S1R with 24-105:



Barges on the Canal by Paul Kaye, on Flickr

Excellent picture, Paul. I like the framing a lot. And the mood, the reflexions, the frame itself is very interesting and the dark tonality. Congrats!!

 

[xaviergut]

Same picture in color and BW. S5 + 26mm f/8. You're going to think I'm crazy, but cemeteries seem to me to be very metaphysical places.

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• LUMIX S 26/F8
• 26.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/400 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• LUMIX S 26/F8
• 26.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/400 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• ISO 100

 

[sergun80]

A little ph ) (s9 + 24/3.5I)

 

[Travis Butler]

In the middle of the Kansas prairie...

20210906-P1105051 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Lumix S5, Minolta MD 35-105/3.5-4.5 Macro

Past the oil wells and farms...

20210906-P1105059 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

...there's a landmark on the old Butterfield Overland Despatch trail, called Castle Rock.

20210906-P1105061 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

And there... you can find the Bones of the Earth.

20210906-P1105217 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Minolta MD 24-50/4


Bones of the Earth by Travis Butler, on Flickr
MD 35-105


20210906-P1104957 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
MD 24-50


20210906-P1105012 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
MD 35-105

Full album on Flickr: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjC2Wrz - 22 pics is too much to post here!

This was kind of a frustrating shoot for me; I got there at a very bad time for lighting, most of them took a lot of tweaking in PP to be usable, and the prior afternoon's lighting at nearby Monument Rocks had been near-perfect. So the pics have just sat for years, until the Flickr challenge finally motivated me to dig in. I took over 600 pics on that trip, so there was a lot to dig into.

It's a very pretty area; like a couple of other badlands I've been in, no end of interesting shots and angles. You can walk three meters, make a half-turn, and get a completely different, interesting, and mostly-unrecognizable view. I want to go back there when the lighting's better - but I'm not really sure when that'd be, as this was late morning and I've also been there in late afternoon. Early morning... would give better shadows, but half the good views are from the top of the bluffs looking east, which would have me shooting straight into the sun. It's a 5 hour/325 mile drive one-way, so I can't exactly do it on a whim.

 

[PJD]

The other day when I mentioned I was taking photos of creek erosion for a project, I wasn't kidding. Exciting stuff (not). Although, I did have fun learning new-to-me techniques in Pixelmator Pro. If the weather clears later this week I hope to get out and take photos which are more interesting.

• Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
• LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
• 20.0 mm
• ƒ/6.30000019074
• 1/60 sec
• Center-Weighted Average
• Manual exposure
• ISO 100

 

[Travis Butler]

The other day when I mentioned I was taking photos of creek erosion for a project, I wasn't kidding. Exciting stuff (not). Although, I did have fun learning new-to-me techniques in Pixelmator Pro. If the weather clears later this week I hope to get out and take photos which are more interesting.

Ouch. ^^;; Yeah, I know what you mean; there’s an old abandoned bridge/causeway on the road to Wichita, and I found it fascinating to see how the road had deteriorated, but trying to capture the erosion in a good-looking picture was beyond me.

 

[Travis Butler]

Since we were talking about 35mm’s on a couple of threads, thought I’d post one with my current go-to 35mm prime (at least when I’m not using the wide end of my favorite MD 35-70):


20230201-SDIM3376 by Travis Butler, on Flickr

Not razor-sharp at 100%, but I like the rendering and love the tonality.

 

[PJD]

This long-abandoned house is located a few blocks from my home. Given the shortage of housing in our area I've wondered why this one isn't occupied. And, I worry it may get purchased & demolished by the mega-church behind it. In the 65:24 extreme wide-shot below, the house is at the far right. The 65:24 image is a crop of a Hi-Res 96MP capture. I haven't looked for moire aliasing in this HR image yet.

• Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
• LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
• 20.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/400 sec
• Center-Weighted Average
• Manual exposure
• ISO 400

• Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
• LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
• 20.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/640 sec
• Center-Weighted Average
• Manual exposure
• ISO 400

 

[CharlesH]

Given the shortage of housing in our area I've wondered why this one isn't occupied.

It is pretty clear it is haunted.

 

[Travis Butler]

It is pretty clear it is haunted.

<cue ToccataAndFugueInDMinor.mp3>

 

[Pete_W]

This long-abandoned house is located a few blocks from my home. Given the shortage of housing in our area I've wondered why this one isn't occupied. And, I worry it may get purchased & demolished by the mega-church behind it. In the 65:24 extreme wide-shot below, the house is at the far right. The 65:24 image is a crop of a Hi-Res 96MP capture. I haven't looked for moire aliasing in this HR image yet.

Thanks Peter, interesting looking area. Housing density looks quite spaced out there?

 

[PJD]

Thanks Peter, interesting looking area. Housing density looks quite spaced out there?

The abandoned house address is: 2119 SW Nevada Ct., Portland, OR 97219 US. Check it out using your favorite online map software & street/satellite view. Look for ghosts.

The house is surrounded on 3 sides by the mega-church’s large property, so that side of the street looks almost rural. But across the street, and in most of the adjoining neighborhoods, the houses are about 100 feet apart. Mostly single family homes and a few apartment complexes and parks.

 

[Pete_W]

The abandoned house address is: 2119 SW Nevada Ct., Portland, OR 97219 US. Check it out using your favorite online map software & street/satellite view. Look for ghosts.

The house is surrounded on 3 sides by the mega-church’s large property, so that side of the street looks almost rural. But across the street, and in most of the adjoining neighborhoods, the houses are about 100 feet apart. Mostly single family homes and a few apartment complexes and parks.

Thanks Peter. I just had a look around. It sure is a big church complex!