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Model train meets real world. Original trains station downtown, Wallingford CT
Using photoshop I merged a close up photo of an N scale (1:160) model train with an actual image of Wallingford CT’s downtown railroad station. The locomotive EMD SD P4 F and each passenger car is about 5″ long and about 1″ tall. They type 1 phase II which represents the type of engine, cars and paint scheme that rain the tracks of Amtrack in CT during the late 70’s and 80’s. The Wallingford Railroad Station, built in 1871 by the Hartford & New Haven Railroad on the Springfield Line is an historic building as still stands today. It was a daily stop along Amtrak’s New Haven, Hartford, Springfield line…
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From the “cactus” family of plants
This plant is from the cactaceae family best known for cactus’s. This is one of our house plants and it’s an all green plant. It has numerous “spikes” on it’s leaves. I rendered it B & W in photshop. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 24.3 mp DSLR and a 40mm Nikon macro lens. To ensure sharpness throughout the image I took (16) images at different focus points and “focused stacked” all the layers into one final image. ISO 100, 1/125, f8, various studio lights.
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Just a fern……
Decided to photograph a “sprout” from one of our fern plants around the house. Photogaphed with a Sony A7RII full frame mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-105 F4 lens @ 50mm. ISO 100, F11, off camera flash at -3EV.
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Jumbo Donut Shop, Uxbridge MA (with miniatures added)
I wanted to find an older looking doughnut shop so that I could “drop” my miniature vintage vehicles into the scene. While out looking for barns to photograph in Uxbridge MA I came upon this Jumbo Donut shop and thought it might work nicely for the image. Once back at my studio I photographed the motorcycle (which was about 12″ long), the police car (which was 1.5″ long) and the green vintage vehicle (which was 1.5″ long) in a studio setting. I used a Nikon D7100 using a 60 mm MACRO lens tethered to Helicon Focus and Helicon Focus Stacking software. I had a three light set up and an…
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Iconic Olympia Diner, Berlin Turnpike, Newington CT
Olympia Diner 3413 Berlin Turnpike Newington CT 06111 PH: (860) 666-9948 Having lived in central CT all my life I’ve driven past this diner, on the Rt.15 (the Berlin Turnpike), thousands and thousands of times. I’ve also eaten there on numerous occasions and always ordered a “breakfast” meal regardless of the time of day. I found the diner to be clean, the wait staff friendly, and the food delicious. The individual stereo units at each booth are a nice touch and bring you back to another era. I photographed this diner at night because I wanted the glow of the big neon lights to be very prominent in my image.…
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Elm Spring Farm, Rimmon Rd., Beacon Falls CT
This is my idea of a cow barn! Long enough to hold a fair amount of milkers and tall enough to load up mountains of hay and alphafa to keep them fed all under a beautiful gambrel roof. As you leave Seymour, travelling north, you’ll cross the town line into Beacon Falls and immediately come upon this awesome looking old time farm on Rimmon Hill Rd. I don’t usually like white barns but this one is an exception. I think the color befits it beautifully and it’s bold lettering accross the front just rings out with the pride these farmers felt as they served day in and day out providing…
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Motif # 1, Rockport MA
We had arrived! I was finally here and boy was I excited. Rockport MA and beautiful Rockport Harbor, home of what is purpoted to be the most painted building in the world – MOTIF # 1. This beautiful fishing shack was originally built in 1884 but was destroyed by the hurricane of 1978 (which I vividly remember being a New England resident myself). It was quickly rebuilt and is currently owned by the Town of Rockport. Year after year it graces magazine covers, a postage stamp, and appears in movies and t.v. ads. This moniker “Motif # 1” is said to have been coined by an art instructor back in…
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A pumpkin welcomes visitor to this rust Kent CT barn.
With fall in the air, and Halloween around the corner, Cheryl was excited not only to see Old Glory adorn the entrance of this rustic barn but a bright beautiful pumpkin sitting at the stoop as well. Golden leaves adorned the landscape, and a colorful sky shown through, this barn made quite an impact on us in the lovely town of Kent CT. The homeowners house, (out of sight to the right), had a sign that said 1835. I don’t know when the barn was actually constructed. Photographed with a Sony A7RII, 42.4 mb, mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-120 zoom lens at 39mm. Aperture Priority, F8, 1/320th, ISO 1000.…
