The same but different

Once again a same place but differnt from last week. Had intentions to try some street shooting in DC, DuPont, M Street, wherever. Just find it hard to think of shooting strangers on the street in DC — not even Philly action much less Manhattan. Got a late start, traffic cross town in B'more was slow, so said the hell with it and headed closer.  To Ellicott City.

That gym stuff must be working becuase I saw a lot more of the place today, mostly the up part of it. Place is really in a gulch, no wonder it gets hammered with flash floods. Nobody on the streets to speak of so settled for the usual structural stuff. Finished up at Birroteca with a Kale Salad and some other stuff not quite so on the recommended list.

Click here or on the snap to see a bunch in a gallery over at Smugmug.  All with the A7r — travelled very light just the FE 35 and 55. Is nice. All processed with VSCO faux Kodak Gold 200.

Patapsco State Park and back

Quick drive to Patapsco Stae Park, just downstream from Ellicott City. Was super day, felt like I was a lot younger, maybe six.  Roads are very twisty, combined with the low winter sun surefire recipe for car sickness —amazingly while I was driving.  Avoided rowlf but still...  Grrrrr.  

Not sure what is up with this place, people live in or right along the edges of what I presume is the park. They all live behind clusters of keep out signs. Place is also very desolate and looks like it might flood really badly in hurricanes and Nor'easters. Feels like Tabacco Road just five miles from the B'more Stadia.  Strange.

Several abaonded houses like the one in the snap below.  After I took a few snaps in what feels like a river gorge, I skipped the Ellicot City tourist strip and headed back to town. Mostly to deal with the motion sickness. On to 95 and a stop in at the Museum of Industry parking lot on the south side of the harbor, then a different approach to a favorite venue at the Canco garage in Canton. The showable snaps in a smugmug gallery. Click here or on the snap below to check them out.

All with the A7r, most with the FE 55, the last three Canco garage and the backyard shots with the Canon 70-300L via a Metabones III adapter.

Ellicott City

Finally, despite the rain, I made it for a walk in Ellicott City.  Limited to the Fuji and 35mm becuase of tendonitis. First post being about the only decent shot of some musicans. Quick post here as the guy in the back asked if these would be on the web. So here is one, not so sure there are anymore of these guys worth posting or even one that includes the third guy out of the frame to the right. More a in a while.

Main Street musicians

8298 Main

A few more...

The typical Ellicott City snap

Stairs to the B&O

Apparently a typical Main Street stairway The elevator