Study at the station

PLAIN PEOPLE AT THE AMTRAK DEPOT, LA PLATA, MO., NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma 17-70 at 40mm
1/250 f9.5
ISO 100

The people in these and the following four photographs are either Amish or Mennonite, a later offshoot. While, I am told, it is not possible to determine for sure what denomination a Plain Person belongs to, Mennonites do use a bit more blue in their dress than the Amish normally do. These unfailingly polite people do not believe in pushing their way to the front of lines waiting to board trains, but always wait until they are the last.

Patience

PLAIN PEOPLE AT THE AMTRAK DEPOT, LA PLATA, MISSOURI, NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma 17-70 at 19mm
1/350 sec. f9.5
ISO 100

Waiting for the train

PLAIN PEOPLE AT THE AMTRAK DEPOT, LA PLATA, MISSOURI, NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma 17-70 at 58mm
1/250 sec. f9.5
ISO 100

Will that train ever come?

WAITING FOR THE MORNING TRAIN, LA PLATA, MISSOURI, NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma 17-70 at 45mm
1/250 sec. f9.5
ISO 100

Boarding the train

PLAIN PEOPLE AT THE AMTRAK DEPOT, LA PLATA, MISSOURI, NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma 17-70 at 70mm
1/15 sec. f9.5
ISO 100

Leavings

FALLEN LEAVES ON DECK GLIDER, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Pentax *ist DS
Pentax SMC-DA 18-55 at 55mm
1/90 sec. f8
ISO 400

Gathering storm

STORM FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON LAKE SUPERIOR, GREEN, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma 17-70 at 26mm
1/90 sec. f8
ISO 100

Beyond the wall

TILE SCREEN GARDEN WALL, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma APO 135-400 at 135mm
1/500 sec. f8
ISO 400

Japanese garden

JAPANESE GARDEN, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma APO 135-400 DG at 135mm
1/250 sec. f9.5
ISO 400

Unter den Linden

LINDEN TREES, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 [PHOTO BY DEBORAH ABBOTT]

Pentax *ist DS
Sigma 17-70 at 60mm
1/500 sec. f5.6
ISO 400

Mallards No. 6

BREEDING MALE MALLARD, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma APO 135-400 DG at 400mm
1/500 sec. f6.7
ISO 400

Mallards No. 5

BREEDING MALE MALLARD, CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN, GLENCOE, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Pentax K10D
Sigma APO 135-400 DG at 135mm
1/1000 sec. f6.7
ISO 400

Affairs of state

NOONTIME FRISBEE ON THE MALL, WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 22, 2008

Pentax *ist DS
SMC Pentax-DA 18-55 at 55mm
1/4000 sec. f8
ISO 3200

House on a hill

VICTORIAN MANSION, NORTHEAST WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 22, 2008

Pentax *ist DS
SMC Pentax-DA 18-55 at 50mm
1/750 sec. f8
ISO 200

Supersonic pioneer

BELL X-1, SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM, WASHINGTON, D.C., OCTOBER 22, 2008

Pentax *ist DS
SMC Pentax-DA 50-200 at 80mm
1/125 sec. f9.5
ISO 1600