Vanishing Point

Nothing But Net • Mar 15, 2006 9:35 pm

US 90 East, West of Marfa Texas, 28 Feb 2006:

Color:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/VanishColor.jpg">

Black and White:

<img src="http://www.myrefrigerator.com/images/vanishbw.jpg">

Kagen4o4 • Mar 15, 2006 10:08 pm

very nice photo. perfect shadows too.

wolf • Mar 15, 2006 10:12 pm

I take it that's the before shot.

(for those not following today's news ... Miss Deaf Texas was macked by a freight train while she was text messaging her family while stupidly standing on the tracks. I strongly suspect that the death will ultimately be ruled a suicide once someone realizes that deaf people can still FEEL a freight train coming.)

NBN, excellent shot. The false black and white seems less ... I dunno, warm? than film B&W.

xoxoxoBruce • Mar 15, 2006 10:23 pm

Excellent......as usual.
Any fires down your way?:worried:

The B&W looks like moonlight.

Kagen4o4 • Mar 15, 2006 11:18 pm

theres something about that photo that makes me think "this train ride is soooo boring"

dar512 • Mar 16, 2006 10:37 am

Links to larger versions? I'd like either one as a wallpaper.

barefoot serpent • Mar 16, 2006 10:45 am

Very nice. I particulalrly like the late PM shadows.

Undertoad • Mar 16, 2006 11:47 am

doubled. can't look at this too long or your eyes cross involuntarily.

xoxoxoBruce • Mar 16, 2006 4:33 pm

Cool.:thumb2:

Happy Monkey • Mar 16, 2006 4:46 pm

Claustrophobic...

Kagen4o4 • Mar 16, 2006 6:18 pm

now THATS an interesting train ride

xoxoxoBruce • Mar 16, 2006 6:37 pm

What a fun picture to play with, thanks NBN.:D

slang • Mar 16, 2006 7:02 pm

Great image NBN.

What camera did you use to capture that?

richlevy • Mar 16, 2006 8:16 pm

wolf wrote:
I take it that's the before shot.

(for those not following today's news ... Miss Deaf Texas was macked by a freight train while she was text messaging her family while stupidly standing on the tracks. I strongly suspect that the death will ultimately be ruled a suicide once someone realizes that deaf people can still FEEL a freight train coming.)

NBN, excellent shot. The false black and white seems less ... I dunno, warm? than film B&W.

"As the train approached, they sounded the horn and got no response," Austin police Detective David Fugitt told the Austin American-Statesman. "They activated the emergency brakes but were unable to stop in time."
Fugitt said he is not sure whether McAvoy would have felt vibrations from the train.
The train was hauling a fleet of cars from Mexico to St. Louis.

I'm not sure if vibrations would transmit through a gravel train bed and be noticable over the shifting of the gravel beneath her feet.

As for the pictures, they are very nice. It reminds me of the stuff I used to see in Life magazine.

Billy • Mar 17, 2006 8:29 am

wow, I just like the first and second.

Elspode • Mar 17, 2006 10:34 am

Hey, Billy! When do we get some more pictures of cool places in China? And how's the schooling going?

LabRat • Mar 17, 2006 11:35 am

WELCOME BACK!--both of you. I haven't read much of you'se lately. Excellent photograph, NBN. The rendition Bruce did in #12 would make beautiful tile.

Nothing But Net • Mar 17, 2006 5:05 pm

Thanks for the compliments, y'all.

Camera is a Nikon Coolpix 8800, slang.

Soon I will post a little photoessay of my trip to West Texas which I hope you will enjoy.

xoxoxoBruce • Mar 17, 2006 8:31 pm

Can't wait.:corn:

Hi Billy, good to hear from you.

slang • Mar 19, 2006 2:58 am

Nothing But Net wrote:
........... Nikon Coolpix 8800..........

8MP with a 10X lens....outstanding. Awesome colors and clarity.

Dpreview.com - NBN's camera