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York Minster Sky (rescan), York, North Yorkshire, England(UK), 2003

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:41:01 +0000

As the title indicates, this is a rescan of a much older photo from when I lived in York, with the sky burnt in slightly. This view is a favorite with some of the locals, who lie on the steps looking up at the carvings.

Flying Scotsman Cab (rescan), Doncaster, England(UK), 2003

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:41:01 +0000

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This was my one and only time in the cab of ex-LNER 4472 "Flying Scotsman," when they were letting people up into it at the Doncaster 150 Celebrations. I did have to wait on line for a good long while, though, and the photo I had somebody take of me in it didn't come out, unfortunately. This latest upload is a rescan of an older shot.

Edinburgh Castle, original "retro" colors, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2003

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:41:01 +0000

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This is my 2003 Edinburgh Castle photo again, this one left untouched in its original yellowed "retro" form. I figured I should post both to see what people think. :-)

Edinburgh Castle, colors adjusted, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2003

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:41:01 +0000

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This is one of many photos that I have of Edinburgh Castle, this one being taken in 2003. The original came out really yellow, though, giving it a retro feel, and so this one was adjusted in Photoshop LE.

Clifford's Tower (rescan), York, England, 2002

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:41:01 +0000

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This was an old photo that I recently decided to rescan, with decent results, I think. Clifford's Tower was the site of a Pogrom in 1190 A.D., but otherwise it's history is no more hideous than any other Norman military building. That means there was a bloodbath of one sort or another every few years, but it was no big deal, really. :-) It was originally built in 1068, and survived less than a year before being burned down by rebels, as it was originally built out of wood. The Normans didn't learn their lesson, though, and rebuilt it out of wood, instead brutalizing the population of York in retaliation, and we all know from recent events how well that works at quelling an uprising. The castle came under attack so often that it was finally rebuilt in stone in the latter part of the 13th Century, after having been burned down again in the Pogrom. It got its current name in 1322, when one Roger Clifford was hanged there, and in the 1660s (I'm not clear on the exact date) the wooden interior of the castle burned out, leaving little left inside that wasn't within the stone structure of the walls. It's nevertheless open to the public, even though it doesn't look it.

ex-LNER #4472 "Flying Scotsman," and ex-BR #60009 "Union of South Africa" at Doncaster 150 (rescan), Doncaster, England, 2003

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:40:01 +0000

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This is a rescan of an earlier shot that I posted on my own website, as well as Flickr, if I'm not mistaken. I took the original while I was at the Doncaster 150 Celebration, celebrating 150 years of Doncaster Locomotive Works.

York Minster--Sky, York, North Yorkshire, UK, 2003

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:34:01 +0000

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I took this lying on the steps of York Minster, in a position popular with local teenagers, as it's one of the most impressive ways to admire the intricate carvings that cover this world-class church. It bothers me, in a way, that I didn't have a medium format camera when I took this. I rotated the photo 180 degrees, though, as the "U" shape created by the church against the sky simply looks better this way, in my opinion. I apologize for the poor quality of the scan, though, as you can see scanner lines in the sky. The original, of course, doesn't have this problem. :-)

Keighley & Worth Valley #45596, "Bahamas," Haworth, North Yorkshire, UK, 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:34:01 +0000

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This is one of my favorite rail photographs of all time. I love the way the light outlines the boiler, as well as the crisp detail of the illuminated areas, and the contrast is also near-perfect, even if the ground detail is somewhat limited. On many of my prints of this shot, I've burned the ground in, of course, and it looks like I did the same with this one.

Nederlandse Spoorwegen Class 1700 Electric Locomotive, Pantograph, Amsterdam Centraal, Holland (The Netherlands), 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:32:01 +0000

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This one was taken in Amsterdam Centraal in 1998 (in spite of the copyright date), and because of its relative abstraction I've posted it here. I shot it with either Kodak Tri-X or Ilford Delta 400 (I don't remember which), and then I cranked up the contrast after scanning it. In the original prints, I eventually did the same with filters, but the print I scanned was kind of soupy.

CD Class 130s, Hradec Kralove, Kralovsky Kraj, CZ, 2005

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:32:01 +0000

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I took this one in Hradec Kralove, a city in the far east of Bohemia, just on the border with Moravia. These are all Class 130 electrics from the 1970s, built by Skoda, and they're not particularly fast or impressive, although it should be noted that they still are important in Kralovsky Kraj, the region in question, working locals and freights, out of line with the norm of EMUs handling local services. Notice the water spout between the units on the right!!!! Ceskoslovenske Drahy (the old pre-1993 operator) didn't get rid of steam until 1982, and many of their steamers are still in mainline excursion service, so a lot of the steam infrastructure is still in place, up to and including roundhouses and steam shops!!!

Tynsky Chram (Church Of Our Lady Before Tyn), Prague, CZ, 2005

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:29:01 +0000

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The Church of Our Lady Before Tyn, or Tynsky Chram, is right on Staromestske Namesti, the old town square of Prague. Many photographers like to photograph just the belltowers, omitting the row of unrelated buildings that face the square, as the church is crammed into back streets and is itself hard to find the entrance for. It was constructed with funding from German merchants in 1385-1511, and although it was eventually taken over by Catholic Jesuits, it is just as much associated with the Hussite movement. It is also known for being the burial place of the Danish astronomer Tycho de Brahe, who died in Prague in 1601.

MA&N #2453 Cab, Thendara, NY, USA, 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:28:01 +0000

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This was taken at the 1998 National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) National Convention, although not in Syracuse, where the convention was based. Rather, I took this in Thendara, NY, at that time the northern end of the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, after having worked (as a Trainman) on the first public passenger train (at least to NRHS members from around the country) to run from Utica to Thendara since 1981. The locomotive (this one, as well as ex-NYC #8223) had been run around, and I took this picture of the cab before reboarding for the trip back to Utica.

Strasburg #90, Picture 3, Strasburg, PA, USA, 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:28:01 +0000

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This is a photo that I took of Strasburg #90, a Baldwin Standard Decapod 2-10-0, during the summer of 1997. It was one of a series that I still regard among my best black and white photos ever taken of a steam locomotive. This is my favorite one because it shows off the details the best of the series, in my opinion, and it is a little bit more abstract than the others, even if it's still clearly a steam locomotive smokebox. I used a Nikon N6006 with a Nikkor 35-50 zoom and Kodak Tri-X 400 film. I had just learned to shoot proper black and white in the semester or two before I shot this, and this was my first real success with black and white rail photography, so that also adds to the significance of this. Hopefully sometime in the future I'll get around to posting the others.

Strasburg #90, Picture 8, Strasburg, PA, USA, 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:27:01 +0000

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This is part of the same series as Strasburg #90, Picture 3 (go figure :-)). This one, though, may have the most well-rounded artistic merit of the series, as it has abstraction, the best contrast, the best detail, and so on.

Amtrak Train #70 Arriving In Plattsburgh, NY, USA, 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:25:01 +0000

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When I took this, Amtrak ran a seperate Sunday schedule for trains #68 and 69, the "Adirondack" service from NYP-Montreal, with the Sunday Adirondack getting numbers 70 and 71. I've always liked this shot, even if many "serious" photographers haven't. It is a bit abstract, as you can't see the features of the train, so it's more an emotional than a "tech" shot. I hope you like it. :-)

1998 NRHS Convention Special On The ADCX, Picture 5, Utica, NY, USA, 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:23:01 +0000

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This was when we finally got back to Utica, as the sun was setting. ADCX trains no longer come into Utica Union Station this way, as these are the MA&N freight tracks. There is now a dedicated track into the station platforms accessible by a new pedestrian bridge.

River Sazava, Bohemia(CZ), 2005

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:18:01 +0000

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I recently had a Photo CD made of one of my black and white rolls, and regretted it, as the scans were horrible. This one was an exception, though, even if I'm not particularly fond of black and white landscapes. Even if I'm not Ansel Adams, I actually like it. It's of the River Sazava (if I'm not mistaken), although quite a few kilometers south of Prague. I took this from a steam excursion train on Linka (mainline) 210 from Praha Branik-Cercany(or Dobris). Of course, if this is really the Vltava, somebody please correct me, but I'm pretty sure it's the Sazava.

Amtrak #301, Plattsburgh, NY, USA, 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:16:01 +0000

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I've always liked this photo, even if many serious photographers haven't. They say it's "boring," but most of them aren't railfans! From the technical point of view, the contrast is a bit low, but since it was a gloomy Plattsburgh winter day, if I were to up the contrast on this, the detail and the grit of the scene would be lost. For the railfans, though, it's a nice shot of an F40PH in the last years of F40 haulage on Train #68, the "Adirondack."

Amsterdam Centraal, Picture 1, Amsterdam, Holland (The Netherlands), 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:15:01 +0000

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Here's another one of my black and whites of Amsterdam Centraal. I loved that trainshed, and I figured I had to shoot it in black and white. In spite of the copyright date, I shot this in December 1998.

Amsterdam Centraal, Picture 2, Amsterdam, Holland (The Netherlands), 1998

nobody@ipernity.com (Jon Searles) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 23:15:01 +0000

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Here's yet another shot of Amsterdam Centraal. I loved that trainshed, and I figured I had to shoot it in black and white. This is a closer view than Picture 1. In spite of the copyright date, I shot this in December 1998.