{"id":3964,"date":"2015-08-06T13:53:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T17:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nanosphoto.com\/blog\/?p=3964"},"modified":"2015-08-06T13:53:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T17:53:49","slug":"its-been-6-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/its-been-6-months\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been 6 months?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.nanosphoto.com\/Railroads\/Photo-Charters\/2015-Trolley-NightShoot\/i-2RPHVx4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos.nanosphoto.com\/Railroads\/Photo-Charters\/2015-Trolley-NightShoot\/i-2RPHVx4\/1\/Th\/20150425-420204365-_MG_8732-Th.jpg?w=150\" alt=\" A pair of trolleys meet at a passing siding.\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While looking\u00a0at things here on the website, I realized that it&#8217;s been 6 months to the day since my last blog post. \u00a0My how time flies&#8230; \u00a0Lots has been going on around here &#8211; from the usual things like family and work commitments, to the more unusual, most notably\u00a0the passing of my father in late February &#8211; which really hit\u00a0me pretty hard. \u00a0But life goes on, and in this case, so does the blog. \u00a0I figured to get things going again, I&#8217;d post a few photos up here from the past half year. \u00a0Nothing profound, but a little eye candy to sit back and, hopefully, enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First up a couple from my impromptu trip to Florida to visit with my father, sadly for the last time. \u00a0Dad was the whole reason why I got into photography in the early 1980s, and his words, advice and criticism pushed me to constantly better myself &#8211; lessons I will never forget. \u00a0He passed away on the morning of February 26th, and things just went sideways for me. \u00a0Anyways, here&#8217;s a few quick photos I took while in Deerfield Beach, Florida &#8211; the first one taken soon after we moved Dad\u00a0to hospice care the evening before he\u00a0passed, and the other two in the days after the funeral before we headed back home to Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Over Palmetto Park Rd.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nanosphoto\/16657102786\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8680\/16657102786_93dd25d9ea.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Over Palmetto Park Rd.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <a title=\"Speeding Hoppers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nanosphoto\/16522145827\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8587\/16522145827_e3b841f79b.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Speeding Hoppers\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a title=\"Local Under Dixie\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nanosphoto\/16526495107\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8583\/16526495107_7e213e87b9.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Local Under Dixie\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>In March, I got out only a couple times to catch passing Green Mountain Gateway ethanol trains &#8211; and here&#8217;s one set of empties coming into Willimantic as they make their way back to the midwest.<br \/>\n <a title=\"Ethanol Extra arriving at Willimantic\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nanosphoto\/16780046616\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8670\/16780046616_3f25cafc33.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethanol Extra arriving at Willimantic\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But honestly, despite having some pretty regular runs in my usual haunts, trains and photography in general were really far back in my mind, and I had no real desire to go out and shoot. Until later in April when the Connecticut Trolley Museum at Warehouse Point held their first night shoot. I thought it would be good to get out and shoot a bit &#8211; especially at an organized shoot where I didn&#8217;t have to run things. So I spent the evening with a whole group of other photographers &#8211; some I knew (like Steve Barry, Editor of Railfan &amp; Railroad Magazine), and\u00a0quite a few I had never met before. I do have to say I truly enjoyed myself! \u00a0Click on the photo below to go to the complete set of photos from the night.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photos.nanosphoto.com\/Railroads\/Photo-Charters\/2015-Trolley-NightShoot\/i-Zkm4DFq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/photos.nanosphoto.com\/Railroads\/Photo-Charters\/2015-Trolley-NightShoot\/i-Zkm4DFq\/1\/S\/20150425-420204365-_MG_8786-S.jpg?w=400\" alt=\" The last shot at the Connecticut Trolley Museum\"  \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The last shot at the Connecticut Trolley Museum&#8217;s first night photo shoot &#8211; a lineup of three trolleys at the Kelly Barn before they were put away for the evening. Lighting by Steve Barry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>May ended up being a better month, photographically speaking &#8211; but I&#8217;ll save that for the next post&#8230; \u00a0I promise it won&#8217;t take 6 months to get the next one out&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for looking!<br \/>\nTom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While looking\u00a0at things here on the website, I realized that it&#8217;s been 6 months to the day since my last blog post. \u00a0My how time flies&#8230; \u00a0Lots has been going on around here &#8211; from the usual things like family and work commitments, to the more unusual, most notably\u00a0the passing of my father in late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[14,561,35,36,7,111,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-3964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-photography","7":"category-rail_photography","8":"tag-connecticut","9":"tag-connecticut-trolley-museum","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-east-coast-railway","12":"tag-new-england-central","13":"tag-night","14":"tag-providence-worcester","15":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanosphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}