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Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, 2020.

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Telegraph poles like these, with multiple "code lines", were once a common feature along American railroads. They are distinguishable from ordinary power or telephone lines by their multitude of cables, often occupying several crossarms. They typically carried a power bus plus individual lines for the signals along the route, with more efficient encodings used as technology improved.

They've been mostly supplanted by more modern SCADA systems that don't require so many individual wires.

Captured with a DSLR and 24mm shifting lens (vertically shifted just a bit) on a hot day in the Mojave desert.

This is a simple composition, characteristic of the early 20th century Precisionist school. There's little in the frame that isn't essential. The pylons, wires, and tracks all converge at a vanishing point at the edge of the frame, suggesting, but not showing, a more expansive network of wires, tracks, and, for better or worse, human dominance over nature.

Code Lines, Union Pacific Railroad, Harvard, CA, 2010.

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"Bowl for Health", Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA, 2007.

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It's been difficult to separate the new World Trade Center building from that terrible day in 2001, but we now have the benefit of just enough time that we can begin to discuss the tower as a piece of architecture and as part of the skyline, on its own terms.

This photo was made shortly after the new building was completed.

It's generally simpler to capture tall skyscrapers like this from a distant vantage point; the classic photos of WTC are usually shot from Brooklyn or New Jersey. But here I wanted to show it as it's seen in the neighborhood. The foreground buildings look taller in the frame, but the (much taller) One WTC tower still stands out, given its uncrowded position in the skyline, as if its neighbors maintain a respectful distance.

This was captured with the Rodenstock 70mm/5.6 HR Digaron-W lens. A large image circle allows room for considerable movements, used here to swing to selectively focus on the WTC tower. A polarizer darkened the clear sky a bit, as well as taming some of the highlights reflected off the glass wall of the tower.

The shape of the new One WTC makes the light catch it differently throughout the day and in different weather. I made several exposures at different times before settling on this one.

One World Trade Center (and Neighbors), NYC, 2019.

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@happykhan My apologies if the image hosting platform I use isn’t cool enough for you.

@Bromind They really don't make them like that any more. And the original Michelin Man was *terrifying*.

I wish I had had more time to photograph this delightfully weird building, but I only had an hour or so before I had to leave for the airport that day. The hard morning light only illuminated this one angle reasonably acceptably.

Captured with the Rodenstock 40mm/4.0 HR Digaron-W lens (@ f/5.6), Phase One IQ4-150 digital back (@ ISO 50), Cambo 1200 camera (shifted vertically -8mm).

Opened as the London headquarters for the Michelin Tyre Co in 1911, and now a mixed commercial building, the Art Nouveau Michelin House features whimsical tire-themed ornaments and stained glass windows with the original Michelin Man "Bibendum" character in various, generally terrifying, poses.

81 Fulham Road ("Michelin House"), London, UK, 2024.

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The good news is that my windows are evidently well installed.

Looks like DCA is flowing again, so this is probably done.

And that's 4 now (in the other direction now, for the sake of variety, I guess).

Meanwhile, nothing's taking off or landing at DCA.

Looks like it's coming around for a 3rd pass.

I've not been able to get outside to get a look at the specific aircraft, but according to ADSB traffic, it's done two passes down 16th st and directly over the WH at ~1000 ft.

Perhaps a bombing run to finish off the East Wing?

That flyover was, um, loud.