The first two images are a successful recreation of a photo I took a few years ago with a point-and-shoot camera. Now I happily got an almost identical version of it with the digital SLR now...Below is the original photo I was trying to recreate. Unfortunately, because of the daylight savings time change, the lights on the bridge were not turned on at this time.
The second shot started off as simply using the car roof to provide a steady perch for the camera but when I looked through the viewfinder and saw that reflection, I had to take the shot like this...
The blue and rust on this came out really cool. This staircase is located on the remains of a blast furnace at the old Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, PA.
An old shop building from the old Bethlehem Steel plant in Bethlehem, PA with the remains of Blast Furnaces in the background.
The reason for using one's left hand in the first image is so that of the switch flashes over the operator's body is not directly in front of the switch as it would be if using their right hand and rather off to the side by using the left hand.
This provides an interesting contrast between the broken wall with different methods of masonry construction with the industrial steel behind them.
A shot of the moon rising over the remains of the Bethlehem Steel Plant in Bethlehem, PA. Notice the random little butterfly in the center of the frame.
The outdoor sodium vapor lamps really add to the orange color of these leaves against the midnight blue night sky.
A circular polarizer helps bring out the blue and the contrast in the sky against all the green and yellow in the foreground.
The reds and yellows of the vine growing up this tree provide a nice contrast to the green leaves of all the trees in the background.
The contrast was so high in the sky that it was almost B&W anyway. Removing the blue channel really brought out the red color in the tree and provided the ominous contrast in the clouds.
This piece of driftwood was left uncovered at a low water level spot on the the Susquehanna River a few miles downstream of Harrisburg, PA. Normally this section would have been under a few feet of water.
These geese (at least I think they are geese) were standing at a stop sign at the side of the road and started looking at us. If we had stopped any longer I think they would have tried to come into the car. These geese are residents of Middletown, PA.
These images were taken on various places along the Susquehanna River in and around Middletown, PA.
