Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Fishing
Oregon Inlet, North Carolina

Putting Out

Day's Catch
Fishing - Oregon Inlet, North Carolina - May 1989. One of the favorite things about a week on the Outer Banks of North Carolina was to charter a boat and spend the day catching fish out on the open ocean. No matter how much fish you caught - it was always (strictly speaking) the most expensive fish on the planet. Nikon FE2 w/35-70 Sigma

Monday, November 2, 2009

Impending Tragedy!!!
Circleville, Ohio
Impending Tragedy!!! - Circleville, Ohio - October 2007. Onlookers were transfixed as the hanging chair ride spun up to velocity nobody had ever witnessed. The disk made a turbine sound with the overriding high pitched keening sound of small children screaming.

First to exit the disk were small items like stuffed animals, handbags, glasses, shoes and socks. There was an occasional vapor trail of vomit.

The speed increased . . . until two chairs broke free. One traced a ballistic arc through the air - crashing through the windshield of a Ford Escort three blocks. The other chair and occupants impacted a building at it's third story, striking with such force that it left a Warner-Brothers Cartoon style hole in the bick wall. Two upstairs rooms were completely destroyed.

With a loud crack - the central axle failed and the disk went skittering through the Pumpkin Festival crowd leaving a path of unspeakable carnage. Twenty seven people were killed instantly, another 62 severely injured.

Nikon FE2 w/35-70 Sigma + 4X Neutral Density Filter on 50 ASA Color Negative Film

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Swainson's Hawk
Walden, Colorado
Swainson's Hawk - Walden, Colorado - May 1987. The last good shot of the day as I recall. This hawk was very obliging as I fumbled around getting the longest lens I had available on the camera. I had this enlarged to poster sized - something I ought to do that with some other images. Nikon FE2 w/300mm F:4.0 Auto Nikkor

Friday, October 30, 2009

Firebush
Stoutsville, Ohio
Firebush - Stoutsville, Ohio - 27 October 2009. As I post this - less than four days later - the bushes are bare. That's the nature of autumn in Ohio. If the light is good and you're thinking about shooting some pictures - do it - otherwise tomorrow the weather will be horrid and all the leaves will be on the ground. Leica IIIc w/15mm F:4.5 Voigtlander and 200 ASA Kodak Gold.

Smokestack
Sudbury, Ontario
Smokestack - Sudbury, Ontario - June 1976. When I took this image, I believe this was the tallest freestanding chminey in the world. You can see it for miles. Pentax SP w/24mm F:3.5 Super Takumar

Thursday, October 29, 2009

289 AC Cobra
Dayton, Ohio




AC Cobra 289 - Dayton, Ohio - Spring 1975. Looking back, I realize this is the only 289-cubic inch Cobra I have ever seen. All the others are the more hulkish 427 version. I like the moe delicate lines of this version. I undestand they were also more fun to drive than their more brutish successors. Pentax Spotmatic 35mm F:2.0 Super Takumar




Wednesday, October 28, 2009

A Vanished Place
New Burlington, Ohio
A Vanished Place - New Burlington, Ohio - July 1970. This particular place vanished beneath the rising waters of a recreational resevoir in the early 1970's. A friend of mine, Dan Patterson, did a lot of the photography for a book that described the town in its' final years.

http://www.amazon.com/New-Burlington-Death-American-Village/dp/0393320200

Zeiss Ikonta A w/Plus-X Film.