Barge in a Lock

thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
edited July 9, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
My girlfriend and I visited Clarksville, MO, a small river town, yesterday evening. While there we had the chance to watch a large barge travel through a lock in the Mississippi. Enjoy!

1)
This particular barge is about 1200' long and 105' wide. The lock itself is 110' wide leaving only 2.5' on either side of the barge. The worker (center) is beginning to disassemble the front set of barges from the rest. Since the lock is only 600' long, they'll have to pass through in two halves.
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2)
This section of the barge is waiting to enter the lock while the front section is being pushed through.
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3)
As the water level in the lock was on the rise, this lady took the opportunity to load her baggage for her work shift.
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4)
These lock workers were back and forth across 2000' of lock half a dozen times during the barge's trip through. Now wonder they ride these things!
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Travis

Comments

  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2009
    Very nice conversions here thoth. B&W works very well on these images I particularly like the last three and feel the first could use a bit more contrast. thumb.gifthumb

    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2009
    I jacked up the contrast alot in PS. I'll pop em' back in and jack it up a little more and see what happens, though. Thanks for the suggestion!
    Travis
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2009
    thoth wrote:
    I jacked up the contrast alot in PS. I'll pop em' back in and jack it up a little more and see what happens, though. Thanks for the suggestion!

    I think actually if you just decrease the overall brightness a tad that would do it. Notice how much richer the darks are in the 2nd and 4th image. I think that's what you should be looking for.

    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2009
    Ah, yeah, good idea. I've been sitting here messing with the contrast but to no avail. You may be onto something there. Thanks for the tip!
    Travis
  • thoththoth Registered Users Posts: 1,085 Major grins
    edited July 8, 2009
    I think that might have done the trick. What do you think?

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    Travis
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited July 9, 2009
    thoth wrote:
    I think that might have done the trick. What do you think?

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    Perfect clap.gifclap

    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
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