Ransom notes

I thought, should I ever need to pen a ransom note, I would need some letters and for sure some numbers. The B&O Museum parking lot seemed a good place to get some. Turned out it is.

After a strong and welcome KHH recommendation, I watched "The Heat" last night via Apple TV.  It was a cop movie with both the FBI and local PD, figured I would certainly need the letter that would most come in handy when dealing with those folks — according the movie.  Got a few versions cause I would will need a lot of them. Hah! Click on the letter snap below or here to see the rest. There are also some abstracts at the end.

A7r — first loop thru the lot with the FE 55. On the rebound the Canon 100L via the Metabones. All processed with VSCO's faux Ektar 100.

 F is the bomb

In the middle

like the middle child or Goldilock's porridge, not so far not so close — just somewhere in the middle.

Once again all with the x100 @ f/5.6, I think, three shot and pretty aggressive HDR.  The yellow ones the side of a caboose the green from a box car.  All from the B&O Museum parking lot.

Rolling stock

Some shots that are less abstract than the close-ups. Once again three shot brackets either f/2.0 or f/8.0, exposure comp to taste, ND filter used with the f/2.0 snaps.  All HDR, all with HDR Efex Pro and Color Efex Pro.

Always gotta start with the pedestrian one — including the blown flag...

Peeling paint...

a snap target favorite of mine, perhaps the most favored of all.  All from the B&O Museum parking lot, all with the X100, all three shot brackets, some at f/2.0 some at f/8.0, all processed with HDR Efex Pro and Color Efex Pro.  And, yes the ND filter was in play for the f/2.0 shots.

Floating logo

It appears to me that the logo is floating in space above the metal panels.  Nice illusion.

X100, three shots bracketed around 1/180, f/2.0.  HDR Efex Pro.

Onward...

first HDR shot with the X100.  Image reflects a modern technique and a new instrument and the need to always, no matter what, look forward.  No rear view mirrors, just windshields and headlights.  Pierce the darkness, overcome the hurdles and the hurdle makers.  Onward.

A Berkshire (2-8-4) in the B&O Museum Parking Lot, taken today en-route from Boston via BWI to home. X100, three shots bracketed around 1/120, f/2.0.  HDR and Silver Efex Pro.

More B&O

B&O Streamlined Hudson.  Sole surviver of four Chesapeake & Ohio streamlined Hudsons (4-6-4). Painted yellow ergo called "Yellowbellies".  Snapped in North Car Shop in December '09.  5D Mark II, 85mm f/1.2L II @ f/1.2, ISO 800, 1/400.

Roar Rory Roar

Almost post time for the Masters on TV — last post for the day on the blog.  No particular reason other than I like the snaps.

The Capitol Limited, B&O Museum, December '09.  5D Mk II, 85mm f/1.2L II @ f/4.0, ISO 1250, 1/125 (upper) and 1/800 (lower). Single images with HDR Efex.