As the sun was setting Tuesday evening, the clouds began to spread across the sky in thin wisps radiating from the horizon so I threw my gear in the car and headed for the water to capture some long exposures. All of the way to the spot I had in mind I watched the skies hoping that the wind patterns would hold until I could get setup. Sadly, the wind died almost completely and the cloud formations changed dramatically before I made it. All was...

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Today I thought I’d throw in a little HDR to top off a week of long exposure images. Along the shores of a lake, you’ll typically find all kinds of tree litter and this location was no different. This tree trunk fell quite some time ago and it looks as if more than one person has used its branches for firewood. The bark has been literally ‘washed’ away from being submerged just below the shoreline for several months. I...

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As promised today’s photo is of the passenger side of the burned out converted ambulance we first saw in yesterday’s post. This side has managed to retain some brilliant red color in the stripes along the ‘box’ portion of the vehicle that really stands out. It looks as if the fire that destroyed this truck may have actually started in the engine compartment on this side since it seems to have sustained the most...

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Sitting beside yesterday’s dump truck was an ambulance that had been converted into a mobile garage service vehicle. At sometime in it’s life it apparently caught fire and was a complete loss. When I saw this vehicle and the state that it was in I honestly had shivers imagining all of the textures that could be coaxed from it battered surface. Of course the thought that someone could have been hurt or killed in the fire did cross my...

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After a very long week without an opportunity to get out and shoot I was finally able to get out this weekend and get some brackets. The first of this weekend’s bounty was found in a local junk yard (well more of a ‘junk lot’) that I very nearly missed. I’ve lived in this town for nearly 40 years and I had never been through the section where I found this treasure trove of HDR goodness. I actually caught the vehicles in...

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