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Godfrey Hall at Clemson University, Clemson, SC

It's Easter and if there's a kid around, that often means some colorful eggs.

My wife with her P100, a Nikon fan too. I didn't take this actually - my kid took the snap tonight with my D5100 as we were dying Easter eggs.

Just messing around with the D5100. I lack a telephoto lens beyond 200mm, so must visit the moon from afar like this:

Took a day off from work and had good fortune finding trains. It was a lovely spring day in the Carolinas. First was the elusive morning southbound on NS that I'd been hoping to capture for over a year on this bridge. The lighting is perfect at this spot for several hours in the morning, then...

Taken today, Norfolk Southern makes an early spring appearance with a northbound.

A few shots from today's car show. A beautifully restored interior on a Ford sedan and a happy air intake on a hot rod.

Went out yesterday and caught NS Train 338 and a ballast train at Simpson, SC. This is a north <=> south railroad, so the sun is always in the wrong place for northbounds like these. As usual, I missed the often-elusive morning southbound. I wish they'd have parked that yellow grader...

Should I stop?

I noticed this country crossing composition long ago, but never got around to setting up for a shot until today.

I think Mini Coopers are the cat's pajamas -- just so neat. Thanks for your appraisal of the GTI's DSG Automatic. I've driven nothing but sticks for 35+ Years and my knees are fine ..... for now. Knowing that the DSG is a good gearbox will help me equip the car with an eye to the future when...

Nice shot Chuck! I hope to own a GTI someday, but as a Dad of a teenage driver handy with a 6 Speed stick, there's no way I'm parking one in our driveway at this time. Up another notch is this SpecR I found the other day:

Agreed. Locomotive headlights are extremely bright. Add in the two alternating "ditch lights" (as seen low on the locomotive frame) and it's a very difficult composition to control. I try to not set up this sort of scene; there's just no time to experiment with settings as the train is upon...

From the wife's album, here's our cozy Lehigh Valley caboose which provided lodging for two nights in Strasburg, PA:

From this afternoon, CSX Train Q463:

Spent an hour yesterday just north of Spartanburg, SC at Beaumont. The train appeared out of nowhere -- no noise, no horn, no nothing. I had to run like heck to get the second photo, so didn't have time to compose it as I'd have liked.

See train, drive for miles on paralleling highway to get ahead of train, turn, park, hear horn, run to get atop highway bridge ..... and miss the shot by 30 Seconds. :(

Two shots from today. Same train at two different locations.

A shot from this afternoon in an attempt to capture more old Seaboard signals before they're replaced. It's really hard to catch the color in the old signals.

CSX on a lovely day several weeks ago.