Nice Trip photos

A few nice trip images I found:

Scotland Forth Rail Bridge Ektar Large Format Wide Vertical

Image by Doha Sam
Graflex Pacemaker Crown Graphic large format 4x5 camera. Kodak Ektar 100 negative film. Scanned on my cheap crummy HP G4050 flatbed scanner.

Exposure Information
Date: 2012-07-25
Time: 15:20
Aperture: f16
Shutter: 1/15
Lens: Schneider Kreuznach Super Angulon 90mm f8
Field Notes: I was concerned about the dullness of the light.

One of the highlights for me of the trip to visit Heather in Scotland was the proximity to one of my favourite examples of bold large-scale engineerig from the height of the golden age of industry in Britain. I am refering to the Forth Railway Bridge. From the first I ever set eyes on a picture of this structure I was mesmerized by it. Something in it speaks simultaneously of such great solid strength and such great poetry of form and elegance. When Heather told me that it was possible to get near the base of the bridge I was very excited.

Since this was after all a family holiday first and foremost it was decided we would go to lunch nearby at Queensferry and I would have twenty or thirty minutes to try to take my pictures after lunch. Given the time pressure and weather conditions I am very pleased with what I managed to accomplish.

This was the second picture I was able to take and I had less time with it. I wasn't able to wait for light that I thought was good. It was taken in fairly grey conditions. As it happens the result is better than I was expecting. I would love to return to this location in more favourable conditions, though.

Mojito

Image by janthepea
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Mojito - Manhattan
The image is used in a few publications as well as on some websites:

rumconnection.com/tag/mojito/
www.examiner.com/bars-in-fort-worth/mojitos-without-makin...
justdrink.dk/drink/mojito-fizz
zeenews.india.com/entertainment/gourmet/recipe/mojito-moc...







I am delighted to let you know that this photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released third edition of the Schmap New York Guide:

Mojito
www.schmap.com/newyork/restaurants_brooklyn/p=322117/i=32...

Alice In Chains

Image by ex_magician
We took a boy's road trip down to O-town for an Alice In Chains concert; the show was terrific.

SETLIST

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1. All Secrets Known
2. It Ain't Like That
3. Again
4. Check My Brain
5. Them Bones
6. Dam That River
7. Rain When I Die
8. Your Decision
9. Got Me Wrong
10. We Die Young
11. Last of My Kind
12. Nutshell
13. Sickman
14. Grind!
15. Acid Bubble
16. No Excuses
17. Angry Chair
18. Man in the Box
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19. Love, Hate, Love
20. Would
21. Rooster

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Setlist thanks to Gloomboy
More photos from the road trip: www.flickr.com/photos/ex_magician/sets/72157623433354538/