I really wanted to be able to send the drone up on a foggy morning to see what it was like…and was pretty amazed! Of course, you have to be careful and not fly it away from where you took off or you might never … Continue readingFog on the Pine…
A pair of GSMR locomotives cross the Tuckasegee River near Ela, NC. The Smoky Mountains live up to their name as wildfires burn in the distance. Posted by Jan Kohl Photography on Friday, November 11, 2016
Taken by the drone…the man is the mayor (if I remember correctly) of Oak Island, helping to repair the lighthouse after Hurricane Matthew.
A 511th Tactical Fighter Squadron A-10 rolls out of the chocks for a mission from Base aérienne 126 in east Corsica, May 1987. In the background is the Tyrrhenian Sea. Posted by Jan Kohl Photography on Friday, November 11, 2016
The Mountains of Western NC were on fire this fall from the lack of rainfall. Normally the fall is usually pretty good for having some raining days…but not this year. It just stayed dry for most of the early autumn, and if it hadn’t been … Continue readingWildfires in the West…
Recent visit to Oak Island, and did some aerial photography of the lighthouse at dusk. Turned out great, and I always enjoy the great tunes that Kevin spins out at incompetech.com. This one fit the mood perfectly. As well, you can see some of the … Continue readingLast Light….
I’ve been doing a lot of videography lately, and a lot of drone work. Here is a fun example of both, using the drone to film combines harvesting wheat ahead of an approaching storm. The clouds caused it to get dark early, but the camera … Continue readingHarvest
After the trip through the Carolinas, the N&W #611 ran some of the old routes that it had back in the day. One was the original route for the Powhatan Arrow, the other was an original route for the Pelican. Here is video footage from … Continue readingThe Powhatan Arrow
The N&W #611 took a excursion trip to Asheville, NC from Spencer, NC. The weather was excellent…very chilly starting out, which makes for some great smoke from the locomotive, but sunny and clear most of the day. Unfortunately, a front came in over the mountains … Continue readingNorfolk & Western #611 heads for the mountains…
I made another trip to the Indian Creek trestle near Crouse, NC, and caught another freight heading south into Charlotte at dusk. Again, these are all images you can’t get from the ground…way too much brush.