All Things Photography - REDUX

[dougport]

Aug 16, 2020 15:49:06 GMT -5 knucklehead said:

I told you I shoot trains!

Here's a shot I took of a BNSF double stack climbing up from the Columbia River level of about 500' where it will top out at 1200' or so. Doesn't seem like a big grade but it is about 3% in this area. For every 100' forward 3' up. BNSF has a set speed limit of 30mph so the locomotives don't tear up the track too badly. The sound is incredible. Taken with a Nikon D7500 and 18-200mm lens. Resized from over 10mb to 1.6mb.

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1% is the max grade on the Columbia River subdivisions. I assume this was taken just west of Trinidad.

[knucklehead]

Aug 16, 2020 18:42:38 GMT -5 dougport said:

Aug 16, 2020 15:49:06 GMT -5 knucklehead said:

I told you I shoot trains!

Here's a shot I took of a BNSF double stack climbing up from the Columbia River level of about 500' where it will top out at 1200' or so. Doesn't seem like a big grade but it is about 3% in this area. For every 100' forward 3' up. BNSF has a set speed limit of 30mph so the locomotives don't tear up the track too badly. The sound is incredible. Taken with a Nikon D7500 and 18-200mm lens. Resized from over 10mb to 1.6mb.

1% is the max grade on the Columbia River subdivisions. I assume this was taken just west of Trinidad.

So that guy that I was talking to the other day doesn't know what he was talking about. I got that number from him, and it sure looks like a 2% or more grade, especially at the apex of the horseshoe. I'm no expert when it comes to railroads so I have to trust those who know, or think they know. Looks pretty steep to me.

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The deer in our backyard love the few Fuji apples Noriko puts out for them.  Here
Bambi has a tongue out one side of the mouth and the apple out the other side.


Nikon 7000, 18-200
full zoom, hand held,
slight crop and editing,
sorry can't find settings.

[AudioHTIT]

California fires reeking havoc and filling the skies with smoke ...

[knucklehead]

I managed to get out at dark last night and get a shot of the very young moon. Taken with my Nikon D7500 coupled to my 4" refractor telescope. The air was turbulent and there was haze and smoke that affected the shot but it came out decent enough. It's hard to find steady air in the summertime around here. And the wildfires seem to crop up more often these days.

[knucklehead]

I caught some recent train action near me. Since I can't post videos other than youtube and not having an account I took some shots from VLC Media Player.

This one is a manifest as it's approaching Quincy Wa, climbing the last of the grade up from Crescent Bar. I was about 10' from the track, always amazed by the raw power of these big machines. Even at just notch 3-4 (about half throttle) those engines make for great sounds. 

Here's the DPU of this first train:

Here you see the train on the right that was waiting for this first train to clear the main line so he could proceed.

And the second train gets the go ahead. He still has about half the cars to pull uphill. Sound was wonderful.

This was shot near Marlin Wa. About 30 miles east of where I live. It's a manifest train with four engines. The engineer had the throttle at about 5, pretty noisy, I love hearing those big motors pulling hard.

I may start posting videos on youtube some day. I'm getting quite a collection of train videos. I've been taking days off from the golf course to go train hunting. Having an electric car makes it much more economical to do this on a retiree's budget.

[vcautokid]

Caught me a real fast Squirrel on my walk around my place. No time to zoom. Just shoot.

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Recently I spotted a single baby bobcat in our backyard adjacent to our 50 acre greenbelt. Later my neighbor saw the same baby and its sibling. They were playing/wrestling in the grass and up a nearby tree, while mama bobcat stood watch.





Nikon D7000, Nikkor 18-200 lens
1/200-1/250, F5.6, ISO 560-800,
200mm, handheld, cropped.

[IronPigsDigs]

Aug 31, 2020 13:53:08 GMT -5 @tllfkacn said:

Recently I spotted a single baby bobcat in our backyard adjacent to our 50 acre greenbelt. Later my neighbor saw the same baby and its sibling. They were playing/wrestling in the grass and up a nearby tree, while mama bobcat stood watch.





Nikon D7000, Nikkor 18-200 lens
1/200-1/250, F5.6, ISO 560-800,
200mm, handheld, cropped.

That is so cool!

[AudioHTIT]

Not a good day to be out, but Linus doesn’t care ... “take me to the lake!!!”

[knucklehead]

Aug 31, 2020 13:53:08 GMT -5 @tllfkacn said:

Recently I spotted a single baby bobcat in our backyard adjacent to our 50 acre greenbelt. Later my neighbor saw the same baby and its sibling. They were playing/wrestling in the grass and up a nearby tree, while mama bobcat stood watch.

Nikon D7000, Nikkor 18-200 lens
1/200-1/250, F5.6, ISO 560-800,
200mm, handheld, cropped.

Wow! Nice catch. I've seen a few bobcats here in eastern Washington, but for as long as I lived in western Washington, and all the hunting I've done over the years there, never did run into a bobcat. And that thing is just beautiful.

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Thanks knucklehead Ken.  We are very lucky as we have a large 50 acre greenbelt behind us and across the road maybe 125 yds from Lake Sammamish.  Our sliding door and two windows face out back with a great view from our living room.  It is very quiet and the wildlife are usually not aware we are viewing them and ready with a camera.  From time to time we have black bear (rarely), deer (almost daily) plus fawns, bobcats, lynx, cougars, raccoons, coyotes, quail, squirrels, chipmunks, eagles, hawks, ospreys, peregrine falcons (Noriko knows them as Hayabusa), rabbits, and many birds.  Just like having our own private zoo.     

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One of my mother's favorite day trips was east of Seattle across Snoqualmie Pass almost to Cle Elum and then north thru the city of Roslyn (TV show Twin Peaks) and up the Cle Elum lake and river. At the end of the road was the Salmon La Sac campground and trail heads. Noriko and Chuck took a nice trip there yesterday.  A doe and her two fawns were one of the highlights along with the very cute city of Roslyn.

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Roslyn Cafe and Church

[bobcel]

Found a new local winery with some mighty tasty reds.Not to mention the scenery is a big plus

[knucklehead]

Sept 6, 2020 4:02:19 GMT -5 @tllfkacn said:

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Roslyn Cafe and Church

I remember visiting a great aunt and uncle that lived in Roslyn back in the mid 50's, my grandmother's older sister and her husband. Their house was one large room, and one small bedroom walled off from the main room. An old coal cookstove heated the house in winter, and made it nearly intolerable in summer. There were a lot of these old houses, more like cabins actually. Most if not all of them are gone now, replaced by much more modern homes. I don't recall much since I was probably 6-7yo at the time. The houses had no paint on them, no sidewalks in the area, and dirt/mud for roads. The downtown area did have pavement of some type.

I can still recall where my grandparents (mother's side) lived when I was 4-5yo. Back then it was a long trip, coming from Everett to their house. It was an old Grange Hall near Sumner Wa. that had an addition off to one side of the main house that my granddad converted into a carport with room for 2 cars. I think he used the lumber for another project. They didn't need the extra rooms once the kids had grown and gone. In the main living space there was room for 20 or more people to gather round, and those that played music would get out their instruments and play for 5-6 hours in the evenings. We would sit on old apple boxes, or on the floor, wherever there was room. There were a couple of guitars, a dobro, a fiddle, a harmonica (my dad played that) and everyone would sing. It was a magical time in my life.

[DavidR]

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Mama and fawn this Sunday morning at 9:30 am.  This pair plus another doe and her two fawns are frequent visitors in our backyard.

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Sunset over Seattle, 9-11-2020.  Thick smoke/haze due to forest/brush fires in CA, OR and WA.