This is my shot for the day! It is one of my favorite sights in all the world, decending to land and looking down at that runway! I couldn’t have made this shot without the kindness of my Doctor and good friend, Paul Pedersen! Paul is wonderful pilot and he knows how much I have been missing getting into the air! So he and his wife Anne flew down to the Williamsburg airport today to pick me up. Anne got out and worked on charts, she is a physical therapist, and let Paul and I play around in the sky for a while! What a wonderful flight we had! We flew down to Norris Lake in Tennessee and around and then back to Williamsburg. Wow, I really enjoyed getting back in the air, thanks again Paul for great flight! I love his plane, a Gruman American Trainer, it is solid and he flys it well! Can’t thank you enough!
Flying over Norris Lake.
Paul landing at Williamsburg to pick me up.
Grown men being little boys in the sky!
Thank you again Paul and Anne for a great afternoon!
Photography Post-Mortem: All images withy iPhone, no room for a big camera in the tight cockpit! Reminds you of just how capable these new smart phones are!
Blessings,
the pilgrim
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This entry was posted on Saturday, February 18th, 2023 at 11:35 pm
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I live in a subdivision off the Cumberland Falls Highway (US 25 West) named Tattersall Trails Estates. Each of the streets is named for a Kentucky Derby Winner with a small bugle below denoting the sounding of the starting of a race. I live on Whirlaway Trail, the is the sign at the end of our street!
Photography Post-Mortem: iPhone 12 Pro Max set on Portrait Mode!
Blessings,
the pilgrim
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This entry was posted on Friday, February 17th, 2023 at 10:21 pm
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It was a rainy overcast day so I went to the downtown area and photographed the Southern Railway’s old passenger car, “The French Broad River”. I love how the Acros film simulation makes fine are looking monochromes. I deliberately cropped the SOUTHERN to keep it from being, essentially, a pan shot and knowing that with that many letters the viewer would figure it out!
Photography Post-Mortem: X-T5 with the XF 90mm f 2 R L WR lens shot at 1/900th of a second at f 5.6 ISO 1600.
Stay dry and blessings,
the pilgrim
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This entry was posted on Thursday, February 16th, 2023 at 11:15 pm
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Aging wood is amazing! The effects of exposure to water and light make all the difference in how it shows it’s aging process. An old part barn building along the Cumberland Falls Highway is home to the Falls Road Custom Lumber Company. I found a couple of images of the aging wood and and old truck that all seemed made to be shot together.
Photography Post-Mortem: Both wood shots X-T5 with the XF 80mm f 2.8 R IS Macro lens set at F8 shot at 1/100th of a second @ISO 800. Truck shot same lens at 1/320th of a second and f 5.6 @ ISO 800.
In case you were wondering if I have forgotten the one frame a day thing, I just always post that frame first and then if I have supporting images I think you might enjoy I add them, but I’m still only doing one main image. I’m fortunate to live in the sticks, where old trucks, cars, and old barns are plentiful!
Blessings,
the pilgrim
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023 at 5:16 pm
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