Posts in Category: Detroit
Photos of and around Detroit, Michigan, USA, Earth.
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).
Sunrise on Belle Isle
This is on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan (the largest city park that is an island in the United States). I’m pretty sure this is the casino (which I’ve never seen open for anything ever) but I’m confused as to what direction I’m actually facing versus where water is (compared to where I’d expect the colors in the sky). I’ve looked at satellite photos and the few other photos I took at the same time and I’m not really sure (being dark in the photo doesn’t help). I have some slightly brighter colored versions but I like how deep the colors in this one turned out with the texture of the clouds.
(Actually, it’s a state park now, but it was a city park when I took the photo!)
Ambassador Bridge from Michigan Central Station
This was taken from Michigan Central Station (Roosevelt Park) just off of Michigan Avenue in Detroit. You can see the Ambassador bridge in the distance. This is a slightly brightened version of something I think I’d done a little HDR tweaking to. Actually, the filename revealed that I “enfused” it, which is something along the lines of HDR, in that it looks at several different photos (some light, some dark) to make portions of the picture clearer.
Belle Isle Bridge early in the morning
The bridge is actually called the McArthur Bridge. This was an early morning photo shoot at Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. We were there for sunrise and this photo was taken just before sunrise. This photo is taken from the park at the entrance to the park, you’re looking across the Detroit River to Belle Isle itself. The sun is way to the left and out of the shot.
This was shot at ISO 100, f/14 and set for a 1 second exposure, the long expose is part of why the water looks so smooth (see the difference in this cropped ⅓ second exposure photo I took just seconds before. I shot this in RAW with no editing after. I normally don’t shoot in raw (the images are too huge) but I plan to explore more with some post production but didn’t with this photo.
A Detroit alley at sundown
I’m somewhere between the river walk (to my left) and Jefferson Ave. (to my right), probably heading to Belle Isle. I don’t think I’m all the way down by where the river walk ends, I think I spotted the water tower (I’m always taking water tower photos) and headed over there. I wish I’d had another camera with me (this was my iPhone 4), I think I’d have gotten a little more definition on those clouds.
Hart Plaza Reflected
This is a photo that I took from in front of the Underground Railroad monument (the Detroit River is behind me). The reflection is from the marble on the top of the monument.
I shot this with my iPhone 4 standing as tall as I could (while in front of the monument).
Downtown Detroit Christmas Trees
Some pictures of the Christmas trees in downtown Detroit. I believe I’m standing where the old Hudson’s building used to be located.
This was a 13 second exposure at f/14 with my 18-55mm lens at 18mm.
The Sunset from Belle Isle at Sunset Park
The sunset from tip of Sunset Park on Belle Isle. I posted a similar photo (but much closer) photo last October (maybe from the same day) you can see the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit to Canada. I was just there in the evening a few weeks ago and the sun goes no where near the Renaissance Center when it sets.
Under the Ambassador Bridge
This was taken on the Diamond Jack boat tour of the Detroit River. I think this was the tour from Wyandotte, it goes just a little north of the Ambassador Bridge and then turns back around.
Diamond Jack has great boat trips on the Detroit River. I think they run from Memorial Day to Labor Day on Thursdays to Sunday. The ones from downtown Detroit start at Rivard Plaza right by the carousel and the ones from Wyandotte start at the Bishop park. I think they do two a day at each location; the Detroit ones are the same, the Wyandotte has a north tour and a south tour.
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