river – Ruth E. Hendricks Photography

The Schuylkill

On my way back to Pittsburgh from New York after a nice Thanksgiving holiday with the family.

Here’s a shot taken Monday through a train window- #43 The Pennsylvanian – as we crossed over both the river and the Schuylkill Expressway.

My parents lived in Philadelphia 12 years but I lived there for only one of those years. A flood of nostalgia as the train rolled into Philly.

There are interesting place names (how about Wissahickon?) you don’t find anywhere else in the country. The river and expressway name always was hard for me to spell correctly. It’s that extra “L” in there. Turns out it’s a Dutch word meaning “hidden or skulking creek”

November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Photography, TravelTags: AMTRAK, family, Philadelphia, Place names, river, Schulykill, schulykill river, train, transportation, travel 10 Comments

Extracting the Abstract: Gallery in Color

Yesterday I met the weekly challenge in black and white.

Converting pics to black and white helped them transform into ABSTRACT

Today I sifted through photos from nature and tried to extract the abstract.

Upside down Monongahela River reflection in Autumn
Bluebonnets and Paintbrush in a blur from the bus, Austin TX
Lemon wedge
Ed’s Lobster
Puddle reflection
Peeling Paint
Homestead Grays Bridge upside down- definititely still literal.

So I guess I think turning the image makes them abstract?

Fun to play with bits and pieces of photographs, like a jigsaw puzzle.

April 23, 2016 by Ruth Categories: Art, Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: abstract, Austin TX, autumn, bluebonnets, lemon, lobster, nature, peeling paint, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday, river, weekly photo challenge 17 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra

This week’s challenge of Extra, Extra is defined on WordPress

“A beautiful photo is one thing, but a photo with an unexpected detail has personality and pop. This week, share a photo that has a little something extra. writes Michelle W…Draw us in with a humorous detail”

Last night at the Point, where the Allegheny River and the Monongahela come together to form the Ohio, I saw this group of young people sitting at the edge.

Looking out at the Carnegie Science Center at sunset.

June 15, 2014 by Ruth Categories: Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: CArnegie Science Center, humor, people, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, river, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra Extra 11 Comments

Tugboat and Barges on the Monongahela

Saturday afternoon, after the poetry reading at the Pump House, I walked outside.

I saw the tug pushing the loaded barges up the Mon towards the Rankin Bridge.

Because the leaves are still on the trees, I had to find an open space to catch the scene before it got away. Carrie Furnace is in the background. Shot with the iPhone5.

October 5, 2013 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: autumn, barge, Homestead, Monongahela River, Pittsburgh, poetry reading, postaday, river, tugboat 16 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

This week’s challenge is reflections and to see more responses to the challenge, click here

December 2, 2012December 2, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTags: Allegheny River, mirror, Monongahela River, New York City, photography, Pittsburgh, postaday, reflections, river, travel, weekly photo challenge, wter 16 Comments

Tugboat Pushes Barges on the Mon

Shot through a chain-link fence.

I was in the passenger seat and I had my camera out. The 70-200 lens.

We were headed to the wedding reception from McKeesport to Greentree. (Lots of double ee)

Crossing the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge. A truss bridge.

And there was a tugboat pushing filled barges on the Monongahela. (Monongahela means “Falling Banks”)

Pushed the shutter and shot shot shot as fast as I could, no chance to change settings. Lucked out with the cables on the edge and the gull in flight. The chain link fence gives the photo a soft haze and fuzz to the sharpness.

I’d asked my friend to drive a little more slowly but everything whizzes by when you are moving and it was unrealistic to go slow on the bridge. Couldn’t have done it if I were driving as there was no place to pull over. It was a squeeze.

and might as well show you the failed shots, the ones with the bridge cables, the blocking the view, the actual fence.

Photography can be exasperating. You would like to get it right.

There was no time for a turnaround, rerun, do-over.

It was the one shot that worked. Lucky day. Oh yes, at least three below that didn’t.

May 1, 2012May 1, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Pittsburgh RiversTags: architecture, available light, barges, coal, McKeesport Bridge, Mckeesport Duquesne Bridge, Monongahela River, photography, Pittsburgh Photography, postaday, river, trains, transportation, truss bridge, tugboat 8 Comments

That’s What I’m Honking About

This is the second image shown first. Shot from the balcony at the Convention Center (where the garbage was for THROUGH)

And just moments earlier, this was the peaceful scene. Not sure why all the honking and general nastiness from the Canada Goose in the above image..

A grandmother and her granddaughter by the Allegheny River. (Unidentified subjects)

March 28, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Pittsburgh Photos, Pittsburgh RiversTags: Allegheny River, Canada goose, granddaughter, grandmother, photography, Pittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Photography, river, travel 10 Comments

Light Up Night Pittsburgh

From the the sidewalk by the Monongahela Incline. Not the usual view. Drove up Sycamore Street after the Madwomen in the Attic Poetry Reading/ Party at WYEP on the South Side. Easy to park as it was after 10 PM. I missed the fireworks. Walked up and down Grandview and took a series of shots of Light Up Night, wishing I had taken the tripod and cable release.

Find the Christmas tree and the American flag — Find the American flag.

November 21, 2010November 20, 2010 by Ruth Categories: Night Light in the City, Pittsburgh PhotosTags: available light, city, city at night, city scene, Lght Up Night, Monongahela River, night light in the city, night lights in the city, night photography, photoblog, Pittsburgh, river, skyline, urban scene 10 Comments

Mississippi Spillover and a Rowboat

Still a few views from the Quad Cities weekend.

Bettendorf Iowa — Sunday morning. A perfect fall day. The sun shone right on the red rowboat. No oars in sight.

October 14, 2010October 13, 2010 by Ruth Categories: photo of the day, PlacesTags: 24-70 lens, autumn scene, Bettendorf, boat, Canon 5D, Iowa, Mississippi River, photo of the day, photoblog, photography, river, rowboat 4 Comments

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