Small Town Scenes, Brunswick, Maryland

I took my new Mamiya Universal Press (MUP) camera out for some shooting in the small town of Brunswick, Maryland. Perfect location for some black and white imaging, Brunswick is located on the Potomac River, and is a historic transportation hub for goods moving from the inland farms to the more populated coastal cities like Baltimore and Washington, DC.

 

Two competing forms of transportation intersected at Brunswick - the C&O Canal, which runs along the river from Cumberland, Maryland into Georgetown in DC, and the railroad. The canal has long been out of service; the railroad continues to live on. I shot these three images from the highway bridge that runs over the river and the tracks. In the third image, if you look close, you can see a person climbing the steps on the front of the locomotive on the right.

 

I used the graduated filter in Lightroom to bring out the detail in the clouds.

 

 

 

Brunswick Railroad Scenes, by Reed A. George

Mamiya Universal Press Camera, Kodak Tmax 100 Film

The shot below is of a historic building above the tracks, and below the modern bridge. I shot this one with the Mamiya Sekor 65mm f6.3 wide angle lens.

Historic Brunswick, by Reed A. George

Mamiya Universal Press Camera, Kodak Tmax 100 Film

As I've said before, I am thoroughly enjoying the MUP. I shot a total of about eight images (a full roll of 120 film at 6x9 format) in an hour. That's pretty fast for the MUP. It felt pretty fast for such a quiet day in Brunswick as well.

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Night Photography in Frederick Maryland - I Need to Get Up There Again.

I live pretty close to Frederick, Maryland. I went there a while back to hear some live music, and was impressed with the nightlife - lots of people on the street, etc.

 

I just read a nice post by "Slothead" on mu-43.com, who did some night photography of his own there with an Olympus OM-D.

 

(Click Here) to read Slothead's post and see his images.

 

Here are a couple of mine, shot with the Leica M8 and Canon 50mm f1.4 LTM lens.

 

 

Frederick at Night, by Reed A. George

Leica M8, Canon LTM 50mm f1.4

 

 

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New Olympus OM Blog

 

Image Source: http://omexperience.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/ren-fest-part-duex/

 
Today I found a new blog. Being a Micro 4/3 fan, I'm always looking for others using Micro 4/3 cameras and posting lots of pictures. Today I found the OM Experience, an Olympus OM-D focused blog, by Matthew, who lives in the Baltmore, Maryland area.
 
(Click Here) to see Matthew's blog.
 
Matthew is posting a lot of pictures - key to a great photography blog. He posted a nice set of images from the Maryland Renaissance Fair, which runs through late October. I guess I've missed it again this year. I have been planning to go for quite some time.
 
Anyway, for my friends out there that use the Olympus OM-D, this will be a great blog to follow. He also uses Panasonic lenses, including the Pana-Leica Summilux 25mm f1.4. So, you Lumix fans won't be left out.
 
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Fossil Hunting in Maryland with the Lumix DMC-TS3

Erosion Forces, by Reed A. George

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

 
Last Sunday morning, I got up early and headed to a place on the Potomac River known as Liverpool Point, to do some fossil hunting. The video above shows the important parts of the scene - cliffs to the right, literally full of fossil material, the waves coming in from the left, day by day eroding into them. In the middle, beach, and awesome opportunities to find fossils that have washed out of the cliffs.
 
I packed up a Lumix DMC-G3, 14-140mm and 100-300mm zooms, and carried them in a waterproof bag on my back. I never took them out. The TS3 covered everything I needed to shoot. In fact, the TS3 did far better in closeups than I could have done with the G3 and the zooms I had. Of course, if I'd brought along the Macro-Elmarit 45mm f2.8, that would have been a different story. As it was, I just used the TS3, and never worried about getting it wet, etc.
 
Here's a cross-section of the cliff, showing just how dense the fossils are in places.
 

Cliff Cross-Section, by Reed A. George

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

 
This area is known for fossilized sand tiger shark teeth. Here's one sticking out of the cliff matrix.
 
 

Sand Tiger Shark Tooth, by Reed A. George

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

 
I also found a fossilized crocodile tooth - much less common. It's amazing to think that enormous crocodiles and sand tiger sharks once prowled the waters that are now the Potomac River. These ones were from the late Paleocene, approximately 55 million years ago.
 

Liverpool Point, by Reed A. George

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS3

 
It is great to be able to get out and hike the shore at sunrise, collect fossils from animals that lived there 55 million years ago, and be home in time for lunch (or nearly so).
 
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