Railroad building

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Originally uploaded by Brian Kuhl

Twice a week, I go in to work at 1:00 p.m. Instead of just driving around or wasting time at the Office Max by Panera, I’ve decided to go around photographing stuff. I even have a list of stuff that I want to get in pictures. This building is one of the things I can cross off the list.

I’ve always wondered what this building is. It’s by a railroad track and even connects to it. Is it a repair facility? Is it for storage? I suppose I could ask someone. I believe it’s a Florida East Coast track, but I think they were recently acquired by someone else.

I have a shot of just the building, but I thought this shot was more interesting with just the one car. I was taking several shots to get the building by itself, which I did eventually do. This is along Biscayne Boulevard, which is what Miami-Dade County calls part of US-1 that falls within the county limits. As you can imagine, it’s a busy street. The fact that this is by a traffic light doesn’t help.

I know it’s at an odd angle. I was parked in the parking lot of a justice center and had no real reason to be parked there other than to take the shot, so I didn’t want to stay too long. I also didn’t want people seeing the camera and getting any ideas. I may go back on a weekend so I can get a better parking spot.

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Originally uploaded by Brian Kuhl

I’ve always wanted to take a picture off of a bridge. I finally got my chance the other day. I had been taking pictures off of a rooftop earlier in the day and had my camera with me during work. After work, I went to the other side of the parking lot, where I wouldn’t be too far from a bridge. I think of all the ones I took, this one came out the best.

Yes, it was late in the day. No, I didn’t use a flash. I didn’t want to because those are places of residence in the picture. I didn’t want anyone looking out their window wondering what was going on. It also creates a nice effect and I’m not sure I would have been able to illuminate everything anyway. It’s not the best area and I didn’t want to stick around too long with a lot of equipment, especially if I was drawing attention to myself.

I’ve seen people take some really amazing skies. I have to figure out exactly when sunset is one day so I can attempt that. This one came out ok, especially considering it was at 10mm, but I think I could have done better with it.