RAILS IN THE WEST TEXAS DESERT, JANUARY 26, 2010
Pentax K20D
Sigma 17-70 DC at 26mm
1/3000 sec. f5.6
ISO 400
This shot was taken from the rear sleeping car vestibule of Amtrak's westbound Texas Eagle/Sunset Limited on the old Southern Pacific (now Union Pacific) main line through the Chihuahuan Desert somewhere between Alpine and El Paso. It reminds me of these lines of T.S. Eliot from "The Dry Salvages":
Fare forward, travellers! not escaping from the past
Into different lives, or into any future;
You are not the same people who left that station
Or who will arrive at any terminus,
While the narrowing rails slide together behind you.
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4 comments:
Hello,
my name is Elena and I just found your picture and thaught it would be perfect for a CD cover that I would like to do. I would do some editing and cut the picture but I wanted to ask for your permission. If you are not okay with it I wont do anything with it I promise. Have a nice day !
Elena, there are conditions, especially if you intend to use the photograph commercially, but I have no way to reach you to discuss them. Please send a private email to author@henrykisor.com and I'lll get in touch.
Thank you, I will do so.
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