Train in Harrold and Beautiful Texas Weather...

Infrared false color of the Bolton's Grain engine.

This past Sunday I drove to Harrold, TX in search for a photographic opportunity. I was turned on to a location by a customer of mine where a very colorful train was found. The Ol' Bolton's grain Train (as I've decided to name it) was sitting just behind the grain elevators. I managed to get some good captures of the train and I even tried some infrared (thereafter I broke my infrared filter). The day didn't end there, though. It was a beautiful day in northern Texas and I captured some really nice local landscape work. The only problem was the wind! Needless to say my camera did sustain some damage and I ended spending most of the evening picking dust/dirt out of my teeth, but it was well worth it.

Enjoy!

-Ben

I wasn't quite sure what this building was for, but it certainly was colorful. I assume it was some sort of break room. It had a basketball hoop bolted to the back.

I always enjoy infrared photography. I especially enjoy it in black and white.

A little sepia tint to this one.

Black and whte

False color. Since most of the train was red when I swapped the red and blue channel the red turned blue and the blue turned red. 

Here it is in color. It was a very vibrant train.

I had to pull a lot of shadow detail out for this one. I couldn't get a great angle for this side because the grain elevators were in the way.

Afterwards I went down to Middle Lake to see what was new there. Normally I have to stay on the east side of the lake because the dirt roads are impassible when it rains. We haven't had rain in a while, I was able to drive to the other side.

Our lack of rain is very evident in this photograph. These "trees" are usually under water...

Waving at the camera.

This was where I swallowed all the dirt and dust. The wind was a constant 25mph with gust  reaching as high as 48mph! I was also positioned directly in the path of the blowing dirt/sand. The wind was a strong S/SW wind.

Closer to the sunset now I moved to the south side of the lake to photograph  some of the "golden hour " light.

Also some pre-sunset/landscapes shots.

This was actually at the same time as the other pre-sunset shots were taken.. This is using my new  graduated  wine filter. It turns almost any sky into beautiful sunset light!