Posts made in July, 2008

Sisters II (Photo)

Sisters II (Photo)

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My daughters taking a nap together in my living room chair.

I intentionally opened up the shutter one stop from the meter (for the overexposed look) then pushed up the ISO another three stops so I handheld at 3 seconds for the out-of-focus “dream” look.

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Used Walkway (Photo)

Used Walkway (Photo)

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A pedestrian sign severed from its base lies in a walkway lined with cleanup dumpsters in downtown Cedar Rapids.

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Reality Television (Photo)

Reality Television (Photo)

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A large screen television washed up and buried in a sidewalk construction site that collapsed from the flood waters in downtown Cedar Rapids.

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Railroad Bridge (Photo)

Railroad Bridge (Photo)

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Remains of the CRANDIC railroad bridge in downtown Cedar Rapids. The rail bridge was loaded with boxcars full of rocks in a futile attempt to save it from collapsing in the river’s wake.

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Fighting The Current (Photo)

Fighting The Current (Photo)

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A single piece of rail from the collapsed CRANDIC railroad bridge in downtown Cedar Rapids struggles to stay above water in the current of the Cedar River. It would eventually succumb and be swept under.

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