I spent the morning in the old port town of Port Royal, SC. I hope to post more photos of the area around Port Royal and Beaufort in the next few months. One of the first places I visited today was the shrimp boat dock.
Port Royal, SC, Shrimp Boats
This building was designed by Richard Neutra, one of America’s leading architects. The building was built in the early 1960s and was closed by the National Park Service shortly after this photo was taken. The building was than to be demolished, but is still standing and I have and will continue to post photos of it.
This set of stairs and shadows were a lot of fun as I walked through downtown Savannah one morning. Are you a going up person or one going down?
Stairs in Savannah, GA
Robert the Author
As I wrote in the previous post, I have revisited Mount Union to take photos of what is left of the East Broad Top Railroad yard. The last time I was there, it was overcast and I used my infrared digital camera to take a series of photos. Many of the coal cars are still there, many of them in what is now a new growth woods. The buildings however have disappeared except for the engine house.
East Broad Top Railroad, Mount Union, PA, No. 1
This photo was taken in 1969 or 1970 and shows the abandoned yard of the East Broad Top Railroad in Mount Union, PA. I will at some time in the future rescan this negative and attempt to get more depth. I visited the site again twice in the past two years, 2010 and 2011. The buildings are all gone except the engine house, but most of the rails and cars are still there among what is now new growth woods. I will post a few photos of this, maybe one tomorrow. I also posted an interesting photo from the other end of the line recently.
I don’t believe I ever posted a photo of Red on any of my sites. Red is one of my shrimp boat friends on Stock Island in the Florida Keys. When this photo was taken, he was captaining one of the boats of this ever shrinking fleet.
Red from Stock Island
Here is a couple other unusual panoramic photos. These are from a small Sony camera I have that has a panoramic setting. Sometimes I just play with this interesting feature.
Footprints - A Panoramic Photo
The above photo I took as I walked down a trail in the woods with the camera set on the panoramic mode. Below, it is fun to take photo of movement as you pan, in this case one of the horses creates a second head as he moves side to side.
Two Headed Horse Panoramic
This little camera I think will be a lot of fun and wanted to share a couple of the first photos I took with it.
Beach Spinner No. 1
You have to work a little on technique, watch you hand, your hat and make sure you get it to go all the way around.
Brunswick, GA Shrimp Boats No. 1
This photo of Shrimp Boats in Brunswick, Ga shows actually a little over 360 degrees. Still have to work on composition…
I took this photo in Baltimore Harbor in the late 1960s.
Chesapeake Bay Steamer
