Well it is hard to believe that 10 weeks have already gone by since the start of the year, time flies so to speak. This week’s image is of a stack of railroad wheels that are now scrap that were sent back for repair/service. This open air yard had hundreds of these wheel sets, most with recent dates on them. On the premises are some large buildings where they seem to work 7 days a week on these wheels. It is impressive to see how massive they are and I know I could not get one to budge, so literally there are tons of them at this location. I have no other information on what they do or how they repair them, but the wheels themselves make for interesting subjects. These are located in Mojave, Ca. This was taken with a Canon 5DmII and a Zeiss 35mm f2 lens, and processed in photomatix, lightroom and then turned to black and white using Silver Efex Pro 2. I think the border really adds to the feel of this image, and the late day light made for some long soft shadows. It is hard to get an idea of size but I am sure most of you have seen railroad cars so that might help give some scale. Hope you enjoy it.
