In My Back Pocket - Photography
'It is not what you look at that matters. It's what you see.' – Henry David Thoreau
Category: Rail Yard
Rolling Canvas
Tattooed with graffiti, two hopper cars await loading and transport at High Level’s grain terminal, late on a Sunday afternoon, as the sun sets. Listening to – Neil Young’s ‘The Needle and the Damage Done,’ Steve Miller’s ‘Take the Money and Run,’ Aerosmith’s ‘Living… Continue Reading “Rolling Canvas”
Sundays and Trains
A Sunday – day’s end; we had enjoyed family’s camaraderie and been among cousins at our cousins farm, an hour away from our Edmonton home. On what is now known as the Queen Elizabeth II highway between Calgary and Edmonton we traveled home Dad… Continue Reading “Sundays and Trains”
Impermeable Equation
Kasia Sokulska, part of the husband and wife duo that comprises MIKSMedia Photography, presents inspired macro images on her Google + profile page, outstanding and beautiful work to view. Her work inspired me to take advantage of railroad ties, made impermeable to water yesterday… Continue Reading “Impermeable Equation”
Dusk Rescued
For a second time, a Peace River, Alberta sunset arrests my attention. This photo is an image exposed incorrectly, but one that has been shot as a RAW file; editing is able to rescue the image returning it to Life and intention – a… Continue Reading “Dusk Rescued”
Grain Elevators – St. Albert, Alberta
New Year’s Day – in Edmonton and its surrounding region the daylight hours of 2013 are sun-filled against a backdrop of blue sky. I’m out, looking around at the world with my camera, making my way from Edmonton’s west end, through its University area… Continue Reading “Grain Elevators – St. Albert, Alberta”
Wisconsin Locomotive – Part 2
I am including four other photographs of the Wisconsin locomotive engine within the High Level Canadian National rail yard. My interest in locomotive engines probably began with the matter of watching them pass by at railroad crossings, as a youngster, sitting among family in… Continue Reading “Wisconsin Locomotive – Part 2”
