29. April 2012 by David.

We’ve all seen it, man made objects being reclaimed by mother nature.

This rusting hulk was providing the perfect spot for these plants to grow. A bit of soil, morning sun, and enough retained rain water for a comfy home. The lechin is doing okay as well.

Keep clicking

Dave

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19. April 2012 by Friedhelm.

This is one of my earlier images of Sans Souci, the private castle of the Prussian King Frederick the Great. Sans Souci means “without worries” and this is what the King had in mind when he had the building constructed. You can read about the history at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanssouci.

Enjoy and keep on creating great images!

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6. April 2012 by Friedhelm.

The Balclutha is on of the historic ships at the San Francisco Maritime Historical Park. If you are in San Francisco it is definitely worth a visit. I shot this image right after a rain storm when the light was still beautifully soft.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

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29. January 2012 by David.

As usual I was concentrating on a shot looking the other way when I turned around and this caught my eye.

I like how the tree horizontal layers are interrupted by the wheel and how the wheel ties all three layers together.

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Dave

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28. January 2012 by David.

Last week I posted a photo of a structural post a Railtown 1897

For me Railtown 1897 was a treasure trove of photographic opportunities. I thought about converting this image to black and white but I like the subtle colors of the wood. Once again this state park is going to close this year. If you want to go, go soon. Better yet join the California State Parks Foundation and help the fight to keep these (our) treasures open. There are 70 yes 70 state parks set for closure.

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Dave

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14. January 2012 by David.

Steam engines are marvels of engineering.

For them to work properly tremendous pressure must be produced. Whats holding that pressure back. These little bolts. So you have to have a lot of them.

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Davd

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8. January 2012 by David.

Meanwhile at the back end of the coach I posted yesterday.

I really like the subtlety and softness caused by light streaming through dirty windows. It gives the  photograph a gloomy feel.  This is of course the back end of the coach, the round wheel is the shadow of the hand break.

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Dave

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6. January 2012 by Friedhelm.

I had the opportunity to photograph at the Aerospace Museum in Sacramento, CA. The rifling inside the barrel caught my attention. It looks like a 20mm barrel of a Gatling Gun mounted on a Thunderbolt II aircraft. Camera setting: 180mm macro lens, f5.6, 1/320 sec., ISO 800.

By the way: Gatling, the inventor of the gun wrote “that he created it to reduce the size of armies and to reduce the number of death by combat or disease, and to show how futile war is.” I found this sentence in the Wikipidia article about the Gatling Gun. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_gun.

Happy photographing

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5. January 2012 by Friedhelm.

Our tour guide at the Jamestown railroad Museum granted us plenty of time to photograph these beautiful locomotives. Standing very close to the wheels I used a wide angle lens to create this image. Camera setting: 17mm, f18, 10sec., ISO 100, tripod mounted.

Enjoy and happy photographing!

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2. January 2012 by Friedhelm.

This is the railroad Station in Old Town Sacramento. It is a great place to photograph especially right after sunset.

Have a great 2012 and keep on photographing! David and I enjoying photographing for our photoblog and we thank you all for looking at our images. We experienced a tremendous growth over the years and we feel very encouraged to continue.

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