Photos of Valdosta, Georgia
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This page contains photos of Valdosta, Georgia, USA. All photos taken by me. I have been living in Valdosta since 10 June 2003. Most of the photos were taken with a Pentax Spotmatic II or other 35mm SLR which uses M42 lenses. A few were taken with a Bessa L. Two photos were taken with a Zorki-4, which is a Russian-made 35mm rangefinder. |
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This page released on Geocities 5 December 2003 |
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27 August 2003 -- 11:41am -- 28mm lens on Pentax Spotmatic II
CSX train going east to west just south of downtown Valdosta.
The yellow building, about one-third of the frame from the left,
is called "Southern Salvage". It appears in several of my photos.
The train is crossing Ashley Street. We are just east of the US41 overpass.
Looking north.
If you check the CSX Locomotive Roster (which you can find on the internet) you
learn that CSX locomotives numbered from 5783 to 5925 are model B36-7. These are
3600-horsepower locomotives made by General Electric.
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 17 July 2003 -- 12:28pm -- 35mm lens on Zenit EM |
Looking north on Ashley Street toward downtown Valdosta.
The yellow building on the right also appears in the first train photo. The tall building on the left, which is now senior citizen housing, was formerly the Daniel Ashley Hotel. |
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When you first hear "Valdosta, Georgia" you probably think it's in the former Soviet Union.
Wrong ! It's in the USA, just outside Florida.
Valdosta has a population of about 43.7k and is the seat of Lowndes County. Interstate 75 runs along the west side of Valdosta. Valdosta has an airport with passenger service. It only flies to Hartsfield in Atlanta. Valdosta is also served by Greyhound. There is no passenger train service to Valdosta. |
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This is taken from the same general area as the train photo. Looking north toward
the downtown area. This is with a 135mm telephoto lens on Spotmatic II.
Full-size photo 150k 900x579 |
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This is the yellow building at the south end of the downtown area seen through a
fisheye lens.
I had just bought the fisheye lens and I was trying it out. Fisheye lenses are useful when you are surrounded by, or inside-of, the subject you are photographing. They are not appropriate for wildlife. Taken 24 Dec 2005 3:20pm. 8mm Peleng lens on Spotmatic II. Sensia film. Full-size is 190k 860x806. |
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This is taken at corner of Hill and Ashley looking north along Ashley. 35mm Jupiter-12 lens on Bessa L.
Big Version 62k 900x444 |
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Downtown Valdosta
This is Ashley Street in the middle of the block between Hill and Central. About a block north of that yellow building "Southern Salvage". The clock is broken. The photo was taken at 11:00am. (Clock has been fixed and was working in summer of 2004.) Building in the center is a theatre. |
27 Sept 2003 --- 11:00am --- 28mm lens
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Downtown Valdosta. Corner of Hill and Ashley. Looking NW. Photo taken 6 Feb 2005 at 10:26am. Sensia film; Zorki-4 camera with 35mm lens. |
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Lowndes County Courthouse Photo taken on 21 April 2005 at 2:54pm. The street corner is Patterson and Central. (The van in the photo is going west on Central). Film is Kodak Gold 200. Camera is a Zorki-4 with 35mm lens. |
17 July 2003 -- 11:15am -- 35mm lens on Zenit EM
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Valdosta State University
More than a mile north of downtown. |
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This is a locomotive of the Valdosta Railroad.
31 Dec 2004 12:23pm. 20mm lens, Sensia film. Myddleton Road. Looking north. |
fullsize = 86k 900 x 524
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Norfolk Southern locomotive going East to West under the US41 viaduct.
The Norfolk Southern line runs parallel and to the south of the CSX line as it passes downtown Valdosta. 12 Feb 2005 11:31am. 35mm lens. Sensia film. |
fullsize = 114k 982 x 605
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View looking north at the US41 viaduct.
12 Feb 2005 11:50am. 150mm lens. Sensia film. |
fullsize = 173k 1185 x 620
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| Everyone should be taking photos of their home towns and pasting them up on the internet. I think it's fun to look at photos of towns. |
Links to other web sites
FLICKR FLICKR is a website, owned by YAHOO, which allows everyone to upload, organize, and share photos. Photos are organized into "groups". Anyone can create a new group. The following group contains photos taken in Valdosta, Georgia. (I have not yet joined this group.) If you have photos of Valdosta, you might want to join FLICKR, join the group, and upload your photos. Valdosta FLICKR Group My FLICKR photos of Valdosta These are photos of Valdosta which I have placed onto FLICKR My FLICKR photos of Valdosta Here is a commercial site which has lots of photos of Valdosta: The above website says that Valdosta is named after a district in Italy (which is spelled "Val d' Aosta"). Here is another site with photos of Valdosta: More photos of Valdosta by somebody else Here are some sites with photos of other places:
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