Tag: photos

Veteran’s Day Parade

Posted by Eric – November 8, 2008

The Veteran’s Day Parade was today in Hopkinsville. Readers should know that I was standing on Virginia street but the majority of the crowd was on ninth street around the corner. Just in case you wonder why the streets seem to be so deserted. Enjoy.

: Vet Parade Begins

: Fort Campbell High school

: Participating veterans

: More Veterans

: Float for veterans

: Wind section

: JROTC marching

: HMS marching band

: Hummer marching

: CCHS Marching Band

: Air Force JROTC

: HPD police cruiser

Category: hopkinsville
Tags: military, photos
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Trigg County Country Ham Festival

Posted by Eric – October 11, 2008

The Trigg County HamFest is almost over, last day will be tomorrow. I paid a visit and took pictures while I was there. WKDZ Radio was there in a big way. Broadcasting live remotes from inside the festival.

: Black painted pig

: HamFest pig statue

: The Crowd at HamFest

: Pumpkins

: HamFest booth

: Jewelry booth at HamFest

: WKDZ booth

: Food? Can’t leave without eating!

: John McCain on the campaign trail

Category: hopkinsville
Tags: ham festival, photos, trigg county, wkdz
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Old First City Bank Open House

Posted by Eric – September 18, 2008

Renovations on the old First City Bank are now complete. The building was made open to the public before the building became occupied. Seeing that this was going to be a unique opportunity I brought my camera. The first floor will be occupied by Probation and Parole. While the second floor was converted into apartments.

To hear more about the renovations you can listen online to a interview by WKDZ. The Prairie Bluestem blog has a few pictures from earlier this year. Among the things, that stood out for me was the view of the streets below and the bank vault. Enjoy!

: View outside first floor

: bank vault right side

: door mechanism

: Bank vault interior

: inside the vault

: timing device

: Left side vault door

: hallway with a line offices

: Facade from street level

: Stairway to Heaven

: Apartment side hallway

: View of Ninth and Main St.

: Apartment kitchen

: Founder’s Square

Category: hopkinsville
Tags: downtown renovations, first city bank, photos
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Gimp Magic

Posted by Eric – May 8, 2008

This is the original color image. The camera is a Canon Powershot A300.

This variation shows what can be done with layer masks in the GIMP. To create this effect, I copied the original image into a separate layer and removed the red panic button using a layer mask. Then it was simple enough to invert the mask in yet another layer to isolate the panic button from everything else. I desaturated the layer excluding the panic button and increased the saturation in the layer that isolated the panic button.