Along the River's Edge

A line of rail cars along the break wall of Lake Erie near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River. Behind the cars are piles of sand. The setting sun makes the cars glisten.

Canon 20D
Canon 70-300mm DO Lens @ 70mm
Exposure 1/160 @ f7.1
ISO 200

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Erie, PA

We drove through Erie, PA. It's a nice town typical of many of the industrial places in the Midwest. To my delight, I spotted this amazing deserted building along Rt. 5.


Here is a full-length image. The vines are amazing.

Captured using a Canon G9.

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Boats of the Cuyahoga River

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I took a ride up the Cuyahoga River this summer on my friend's speedboat. It was near dusk and the light was failing fast. So these aren't the greatest pictures (you try shooting on a moving boat with a telephoto lens at dusk!). Consider this more of a documentation of the types of boats you'll find.


Let's start with the Wm. Mather, a massive ore boat that was converted to a maritime museum. It's a pretty cool museum if you're into marine and local history. The rest of the boats support water/harbor tasks and maintenance. The last one is a City of Cleveland fire boat (in case the river catches on fire again. Ohmygod, I just told a Cleveland joke. Yikes!). Enjoy.

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Sea Gull in Flight

I took this from the rear of the Goodtime I on our way to Kelley's Island.

Canon 5D
70-300mm IS DO
ISO 250
1/250 @ f7.1
Converted to B&W via Lightroom 1.1

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Perry's Monument

Perry's Monument on Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, Ohio.

Canon 5D
70-300mm IS DO
ISO 100
1/200 @ f8.0
Converted to B&W via Lightroom 1.1

As requested, a rule of thirds version.

As suggested, a 16:9 version isn't possible because of the height of the tower.

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