Yearly Archives: 2015
Missing walls at the Packard Plant
This was one morning when we were out exploring the Packard Plant in Detroit. This is a huge automotive plant that closed over fifty years ago. Some portions were used after that by other companies but I dot think this building had been used for a while. There’s graffiti everywhere around there and it’s just falling apart everywhere. There are railroad tracks not far back that run parallel to that back wall (with all the windows), the tracks were actually where I was heading to get some photos when I took this shot.
Feta Sleeze from the Detroit Derby Girls is kicking butt!
The is Feta Sleeze from one of the Detroit Derby Girls roller derby teams, she’s my hero! If you’ve never gone to the derby you need to go sometime. They play on a flat track at Masonic Temple in Detroit. I love the sense of motion and action in this image.
I have to admit this isn’t actually a photo, it’s a screen capture from a video, but I posted it online and every time I see it in the photostream it catches my eye so I decided to post it here. It took me a few minutes to find it since I forgot it’s not actually a photo. Here’s a link to a short video I made on YouTube.
This was taken with my Canon SX260 which is a great pocket camera (great zoom, great video, and built-in GPS).
Pelican taking off near Merritt Island
I was rollerblading along the bridge/overpass/park connecting Florida to Merritt Island (they’ve kinda got a park/fishing pier along the bottom edge of part of the bridge) and saw this Pelican. I caught him a few times, but I think this was one of the better shots. I’ve got a nice one of him(?) standing still, but it’s boring compared to this one.
That’s at 1/400th of a second, but we can still see the motion at the tips of his wings.