SUNRISE ON THE EAST SIDE

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

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My buddy looking at Mount Williamson and the high Sierra last month.

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Downtown Arcata on a Quiet Morning

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

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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 evident on the lamp post and building roof lines.

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Sky darkened by dropping the blue lumosity.

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Fringing on lamp post.

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DONALD AND DAISY AFTER A HARD NIGHT

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

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The morning after the night before.

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NEW RENDERINGS ON OLDER IMAGES

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

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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

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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 still a prime engine for the Humboldt economy.

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KEEPING WITH THE LEGACY TRANSPORTATION THEME

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

ACV_TOWER_AND_P51-200 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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THE AVILA AT EUREKA

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

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Here is another view from the Del Norte Street dock. It looks to me that the ship’s name is Avila, and I assume that it is a tanker. I believe that the two tugs are the Thor, and the Atlas.  Part of the Louisiana Pacific complex at Samoa is in the background.

 

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SIMPSON PULP MILL SUNSET

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

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Here is another photograph c.1982 at the Del Norte Street Pier looking toward the Simpson pulp mill.

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HUMBOLDT BAY IN THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

 

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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 railroad cars are of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. In the background is the Simpson Pulp Mill.

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