Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 120mm — 1/180 sec, f/10, ISO 400 — map & image data — nearby photos
Enjoying the Trains
As I mentioned the other day, my sister Marci is visiting my folks' with her 17-month-old son, Josh, for the last week that Anthony and I are here, and for another week after to help ease my parents' empty-nest feeling.
Yesterday we made the half-hour drive to a particularly bleak part of the world called the Alliance Amtrak Station. The station itself was like a run-down bus stop in the most desolate area of town, but it had one great thing going for it: trains.
The “station” (if you could call it that — it's just a slab of asphalt with a little sun-shade waiting area) is at the junction of two train lines that are well trafficked by freight trains. So, we went to see some trains.
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1/250 sec, f/5, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
The “station” is in the background. Can you say “bleak?”
At one point, to the horror of my Mom (or any sane adult), I let four-year-old Anthony use my D200 with a big Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 on a monopod, and he took a few nice shots...
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/2500 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data
Photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/800 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data
Photo by Anthony Friedl
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 70mm — 1/500 sec, f/5, ISO 400 — map & image data
Photo by Anthony Friedl
And now with the camera back in my own hands....
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 140mm — 1/400 sec, f/5, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1/160 sec, f/5, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1/160 sec, f/5, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1/800 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
I've got to say that I'm very proud with how Anthony is playing the “big cousin” role. He tries to be helpful and patient, and succeeds more than I would have expected.
Nikon D200 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm — 1/1600 sec, f/2.8, ISO 200 — map & image data — nearby photos
GREAT PICS. BURNING ? WHAT IS THAT WHITE OBJECT MARCI HAS ON HER CAMERA?-PAUL
It’s been so long that I’m not sure, but I think she used to keep a semi-transparent baggy over her pop-up flash, as a poor-man’s diffuser. —Jeffrey