Category Archives: fine art photography

Downtown Arcata on a Quiet Morning

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

I took this with the 17mm tilt-shift lens on a July morning in 2016. I reprocessed this using a graduated filter instead of dropping the blue luminance to darken the sky. By doing so, I eliminated the fringing that was … Continue reading →

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DONALD AND DAISY AFTER A HARD NIGHT

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

The morning after the night before.

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NEW RENDERINGS ON OLDER IMAGES

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

I am reworking some images of the past few years using new to me, techniques. I hope they speak to you.

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THE AVILA PHOTOGRAPHED FROM THE DEL NORTE DOCK

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Thomas Bethune
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRAIN AT DEL NORTE STREET

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

There were a couple of tracks at Del Norte Street (the dock is behind me and to the right). I assume that this was an inbound freight. The railroad was still active in the nineteen-eighties as the timber industry was … Continue reading →

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KEEPING WITH THE LEGACY TRANSPORTATION THEME

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

 This privately owned P51 Mustang was parked near the abandoned tower at ACV.  It was a common visitor for many months.   c.1995

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HUMBOLDT BAY IN THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

  This image is a scanned 35mm color slide from about nineteen-eighty. I used to ride my bicycle to the Del Norte dock to watch and photograph the harbor activity. I took this photograph from the bluff above Broadway. The … Continue reading →

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HUMBOLDT BAY SHIPPING

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

I am compiling more of my legacy images for consideration for an exhibit.

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HERE IS THE CHURCH, HERE IS THE STEEPLE…

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

FORMER FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, EUREKA, CALIFORNIA This image got an award at the New Year’s show at the Redwood Art Association in Eureka.

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ANOTHER OLDIE THAT I AM WORKING

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

I am printing this image right now. I think I will do an exhibit of this and some more images of the Arcata/Eureka Airport.

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