Brooks' Photos

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Got off work today and got back to Abingdon and found this flying around while I was filling up with gas.8) It's here for the Nascar Race this weekend.

 

[GrauGeist]

Awesome shots, my fav pick goes to the Trestle!

Cool shot of the airship, too!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thanks Dave. I really need to go further up the Creeper Trail where I haven't been yet. I really wish I had this camera 60 years ago so I could get the steam crossing it.

 

[Shinpachi]

A nice shot, Aaron.
I can feel your straightforward impression toward the flying object.

A few weeks ago, I also witnessed half a dozen of vapor trails flying from the west to east.
Another half a dozen were flying from the east to west.

I thought the Chinese bombers came at last and our fighters were intercepting them.
It was a grand spectacle, so I took some photos as my last memory of life.
But, my digital camera of 10x taught me they were passenger jets!

Yet, it was a grand spectacle I had never seen.
May I post a couple of photos here?

Thanks!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice one Aaron.

 

[ontos]

WOW! Great shots again Aaron, I think you should sell calendars with your barns in it, that would be fantastic. You sure have a talent for getting that fungus to look photogenic. 8)

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Photogenic fungus just does not sound rite. I did go out and get a few more today Merv. Oh, and Lucky I will post some shots of the White Top train station on the Train pics thread to.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I took this Panaramic while out shooting the last set. Please let me know what you think. The shot looks out over a little valley known as Green Cove. The buildings against the hills in the center of the shot are part of the old rail station in Green Cove.

 

[evangilder]

Nicely done, Aaron! You are working the angles, and it's working well. I would be curious to see what the 4th shot looks like with the farmhouse done in black and white, with some sepia.

The pano shots is great too. Nice job!

 

[mudpuppy]

I'm partial to the 4th shot in the last set, too. You can just make out the red of the hardwoods as they are starting to bud out. It would be cool to see a comparison shot in a month or two after everything greens up. They look great.
Derek

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Brilliant stuff Aaron, lovely country.

 

[Wayne Little]

Real nice Aaron!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shot!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thanks guys. I had gotten tired of waiting for the sun so I went out and got some shots without it. I'm really liking the Panaramic setting in Photoshop Elements to. Eric, here is the photo in black and white with seppia like you asked.....I hope. I could not locate the aging tool and I'm not sure I got the seppia exactly like it should be but I think it's pretty close.

 

[evangilder]

Looks good, Aaron, although it looks a little red for sepia, but it could be my monitor here at work.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

It looked more yellow until I posted here and then it turned red. I'll see what I can do. Well, the second one was suppose to be gone but now we have a comparison.

 

[ontos]

Great shots Aaron, the panorama is fantastic.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Ok, I think I got it this time Eric. It's a little dark but I actually like it.

 

[evangilder]

Yeah, that looks good like that. While it is a little dark, the house in the middle adds some nice contrast.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

After running the errands for my dad and stopping at the train station and getting some decent shots there I had to stop at the herb shop for myself and it's next door the the Harley Davidson dealership and they had a bikerun going on so I got a few shots of some of what I thought were sharp.