Riverfront Park
Originally uploaded by Full-on_Amateur
The Peoria Flickr Group has monthly contests for its members. They provide a subject/topic and many people go out and try to capture that subject/object with their camera. It’s always neat to see how different people interpret the subject/topic in their own ways and also to see how they capture them on film.
I went hunting for July’s “Patriotic Celebration” images, and I was let to Riverfront Park and Constitution Garden, which are essentially in the same place. While I didn’t find much that screamed “Patriotic Celebration,” I did find an old train turn-about, which allowed train engines to be spun 180 (or 360, technically) degrees to be routed in a different way. It’s been out-of-commission for a LOOONG time, but the rustic look of the tracks and ties make for some neat photos.
This is just one of a few shots that I took of the turn-about, and there are more on my Flickr stream. Hopefully I’ll get to share more pictures from the weekend very soon…. I just need to find time to sort through them all… 