An evening walk around downtown Edmond

February 15, 2023 by James Pratt Leave a Comment

Kay was out-of-town tonight so after work I mounted an old 1970’s era Nikon 105mm F2.4 manual focus lens to my Nikon Z6 mirrorless camera and went for an evening walk in downtown Edmond, Oklahoma. As I sometimes do, I set my picture preview to black and white mode. Since the Z6 has an electronic viewfinder, it provides a black and white image for me to view when looking through the viewfinder. This is one of the big advantages I have found when shooting with a digital mirrorless camera. It allows me to better “see” in black and white and learn to focus more on shapes and contrast rather than colors.

The somewhat ragged American flag in front of my home.

I always like the leading lines of train tracks.

Downtown Edmond is undergoing a lot of construction. I like this photo of the worker on top of this under-construction apartment complex just west of downtown Edmond.

I thought this photo had a lot of depth and action. It has a lot going on in the scene, which I liked.

This old horse trailer was used by construction workers to store tools.

I have run one of these dirt compactors before. It will shake your brains out.

I like this railroad crossing but wish the trees were not cluttering up my background.

A simple downtown Edmond light pole against the evening sky.

While this looks like a beautiful painting, it is actually a colorful mural painted on a brick wall. If you look closely you can see a window in the lower right side of the picture, and if you zoom in you can make out the bricks under the painted mural.

Another colorful mural painted on a brick wall in downtown Edmond. Notice the fox’s ears are painted onto the metal roof flashing.

Downtown Edmond is full of beautiful wall murals. It is a bit easier to see the window and bricks in this picture.

The artist pained this mural right not the electrical panel in the back.

A diesel can on the left and gasoline can on the right. This was sitting on a trailer of a lawn mowing crew parked in downtown Edmond.

This is a more classic view of downtown Edmond. The city grew up right around statehood along the railroad tracks, and those tracks are still in regular use today.

I wandered back to the construction area and got a few more pictures of people working.

I used to work on a construction crew many years ago. I would love to spend a day or more mixing in with a construction crew, taking pictures as they work.

I liked these photos of these construction workers silhouetted against the sky.

I am in Information technology and order a lot of high-speed internet circuits for clients, so these junction boxes on the back of buildings always interest me.

With the explosion of cellular data and smart phones, telecom companies have mounted antennas to every tall structure they can rent.

It looks like the telco’s haven’t grabbed onto this grain storage bin yet.

This lock fence in downtown Edmond is somewhat interesting. I wish it didn’t have the bush right behind it that distracts from the picture.

What a great find in a back ally and probably my favorite picture from my walk. Uncle Sam holding the flag in some back ally corner in Edmond.

I am an Oklahoma based writer, commercial photographer, editorial photographer and adventurer based in Oklahoma City. I love telling stories about people. A motorcycle is my preferred means of travel, and I have over 5,000 hours piloting small airplanes. My editorial photography has been published in hundreds of magazines and my commercial photography has been used by dozens of companies worldwide.

An evening walk around downtown Edmond

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