It’s hard to tell which direction this train is going, but it’s actually heading towards the city (going backwards). This is actually the same train as the image taken posted two days ago. I like how the camera was able to catch the heat waves coming from the exhaust of the train too, as it distorts the buildings behind it.
Taken over Thanksgiving up at my parents place. Can you see all that ice? Oh wait, there is none, but regardless, it’s very dangerous. Actually, there’s a damn not more than 150 feet from where I took this picture, so even when there is ice, it’s not a good idea to go out on it. However, I still find it funny.
This is yet another image from St Petersburg. This bridge leads to a park and many marinas. Obviously the tide was low while I was photographying. With this cold weather, it sure would be nice to be back there.
How this tree stays alive, I have no idea. That was it too, it wasn’t like it was the very top or anything that’s basically the whole tree. And it’s not like it was winter time either, since this is yet another St Petersburg image. It’s actually sort of creepy as sparce as it is.
This is the view from a bridge overlooking one of the inlets to Tampa Bay. What’s funny is on the horizon you can barely see little bumps. Those are actually industrial buildings on the far side of the bay. Regardless, talk about serene and peaceful.
I should be getting some fresh pictures soon, plus in January I’ll be heading out to AZ, so that should get me some new shots. However, I have a lot of older shots that I still want to put up here. Oh well, it’s not like they’re going anywhere. I’m sure they’ll make it up some week when I’m too lazy to take pictures of anything.
This week I’m hoping to have all the pictures up early the day they should be. Hopefully I won’t be scrounging around after I wake up to upload an image. Hopefully.
Anyways, I was hoping to pull some more detail out of this one, as it’s very dark. However, I still like the composition and the “dangly things” in the background. This is definitely an image I wish I had a tripod for, to get some HDR lovin’, but alas not yet. I would definitely recommend the “dark” setting on the site for this one.
This is yet another image from St Petersburg that I really enjoy.
Hopefully today or tomorrow I’ll venture outside and get some Chicago under snow pictures. It’s the first “big” one of the year. The way people were hyping it before it hit, I basically thought we were all going to die. Needless to say, that didn’t happen, but the office was a lot quieter than normal. Babies!
This picture makes me think of the old hollywood strip for some reason, but it’s actually the road that runs along the bay in St Petersburg. I’m really sapping these older pictures aren’t I?
Oh yeah, sorry about just getting this image up now. I went down to Petterino’s last night and was only expecting to have a beer or two, but isn’t that the way it always works? Oh well, at least it’s up now.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, another palm tree. I guess living in the midwest makes me want to look at them more than normal. I can’t imagine why, maybe it has to do with not being able to feel my fingers after walking around with my camera for an hour outside today?
It took me awhile to find houses like this down in St. Petersburg. I knew they had to be around, but there weren’t any near the downtown area. It wasn’t until I walked about 5 miles north of my hotel did I find these, and wow are some of these places gorgeous. I never actually went across the inter-coastal here to go and look at these specific houses, but I’d imagine they were just like the ones on the side I was on (only there was a road right next to the water on my side).
In other news, I received my flickr moo cards yesterday. I was impressed that it only took 5 total days for me to get them, since they shipped from the UK. I guess they are a little bit smaller than I was expecting, but still very cool. It will be nice to have cards to give out to people, especially when I’m walking around taking random pictures, and their small size does make it ideal for slipping in my camera bag. Plus, I’ll probably make some into magnets with some self-adhesive magnetic tape. They would be perfect sized for that. I’ll probably purchase another box or two also. The only downside to them that I see right away is they are a little dark. The next box I get I will definitely remember to brighten them up a little before putting them on flickr.
I also need to do some self-portraits to get up on my site and use as a flickr icon too. So much to do!