PoTd - Leftovers

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Left over parts at a former boat storage & repair facility.
I rarely do Black & White but, every now & then I find something that seems like a good fit.

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It's Back ! I wish I could say "Back by popular demand", but it's back.  Mostly because I haven't been posting enough and PoTd is a little more stream lined than some other types of posts.

Starting with a photo & adding a description & maybe a bit of background is usually more straight forward than looking around the world and coming up with something to write about, then writing, then editing, & then making a photo or graphic to go with the writing.

That being said I do hope to do some posts that are more focused on the writing than the images . I might even get around to some posts About writing or at least what I'm writing.   I'm hoping to get back to work on a script I was working on as a writing exercise/practice. If that happens I also hope to put some progress updates and possibly samples here on the blog. 

A Shot of the Scow itself from the the 2018 event Commemorating the stranding of the Old Scow above Niagara Falls & unveiling of new plaques telling it's story.

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PoTd - September 16 | Old Bridge

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Pic-of-The-day - "Old Bridge"

Machinery on an old railway bridge across an old Welland Canal.  I'm not sure what the machinery was used for,  it doesn't look like a lift bridge, there are some on the current canal, maybe it was a swing bridge that rotated around a center I was more interested in shapes and colours while I was shooting and didn't give much thought to the mechanics until later.

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PoTd - September 12

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Pic-of-The-day - "501".

A 'crows nest' at the top of a railway bridge across one of the old Welland Canals.
I'm fascinated by the machinery at the center of the bridge.  I'm speculating that it was a swing bridge when there was active shipping in this version of the canal.

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PoTd - September 11

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Pic-of-The-day - "Tube".

This looks like a pipe, but due to the I think it may contains machinery connected to a railway bridge (over a street) on the approach to a larger bridge over an old Welland Canal.

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PoTd - September 6

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Pic-of-The-day - "Yet another obsession".

Along with my other obsessions & favourite things to photograph, I'm obsessed with wiht railway tracks. There's so many reason to love them, aside from the visual appeal, which is enough all by itself.

So many are seldom-used or completely unused. They are stoutly constructed entities from the past that still work as well today as they ever did.

They are industrial, historical & officially off limits. A railway brings so many things to mind, travel,  & adventure, there's also nostalgia & a bit of loneliness or at least isolation that's mixed in with the entropy of an old railway.






With all that sub-text, how can I resist?

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PoTd - September 3

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Pic-of-The-day - "Vintage Train Bridge".

There's so many reason to love Railways, aside from the visual appeal.

They are stoutly constructed entities from the past that still work as well today as when they started.

A railway brings so many things to mind. Adventure, industry, travel, & much more.  There's also nostalgia & a bit of loneliness or maybe isolation, that's mixed in with the entropy of an old railway.

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PoTd - August 5

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Pic-of-The-day - "Vintage".
From a hundred year old high school in Niagara Falls. Parts of the building are being used for private businesses. I believe there are parts of the build that see little use aside from routine inspections etc.

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PoTd - July 28

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Pic-of-The-day - "Old School". More bits from a 100+ year old school in my neighbourhood.

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PoTd - July 14

Pic-of-The-day - "Secure".

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PoTd - May 30

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Pic-of-The-day - "Texture".

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PoTd - May 11

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Pic-of-The-day - "Tall & Rusty".

An old unused (I think)  water tower in Niagara Falls

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PoTd - May 10

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Pic-of-The-day - "Section B & Rusty Cow". 

 
They sound like old school mixed drinks.

I think a section B should be minty. Some thing like 30ml vodka, 10ml creme de menthe & maybe 10 ml blue curacao?  all  shaken with ice and strained into a highball glass.
A Rusty cow obviously needs baileys for the cow part & I 'm thinking brandy for the the rusty bit. 
That's just off the top of my head so who knows
Maybe some day we'll try them out. 

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PoTd - May 8

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Pic-of-The-day - "A Nice Rust Texture".

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PoTd - April 29

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Pic-of-The-day - "Paint & Rust".

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PoTd - April 18

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Pic-of-The-day - "DOF".

In the photography world 'DOF' is stands for 'Depth Of Field'.  DOF describes how much of the photo is in focus at one time. DOF is usually used in connection to shallow depth of field where only a small part of the image is in foucs. This can be a very striking technique.  Deep DOF (with most of the frame in focus) is often overlooked but, can also be useful & interesting.

I actually find Deep Dof to be a bit more difficult. It's not difficult to achieve, but it's difficult to direct the eye of the viewer to the intended spot. It's easy to direct the eye when theres' only a small area in focus, so easy it sometimes feels like cheating.

Sometimes I need to remind myself to practice deep DOF & use other ways of directing the eye, like colour, leading lines, choice of subject etc.  I really set myself a challenge this morning and I 'm not sure I really achieved what I was trying too, but as they say 'practice makes perfect'.

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PoTd - April 17

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Pic-of-The-day - "I Love Bridges".

What else can I say?

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