Max Mihalik

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Photography

AnalogArchitectureAT&TAviationDreamcoreIndustrial HistoryLandscapesLiminalMacroMinesNight VibesRadioRailroadingReading Blue Mountain and NorthernScranton Lace FactoryState CollegeStreetWildlifeWinter
The Scranton Long Lines tower silhouetted in the sunset. These towers carried long distance telephone calls before copper and fiber covered the country. This was shot with a super-telephoto lens from the top of an adjacent mountain.
Looking down the telescoping walkway of Penn State's Benkovic building. Pentax ME Super + 50mm f/2 SMC.
An explorer looks up into the light while surrounded by ice. This cave is actually a train tunnel that has been abandoned for at least 100 years. The far north portal protrudes from the mountain and has collapsed.
Norfolk Southern train 11Z heading through an icy cut on a blistering winter day. Shot on Kentmere PAN 400, developed with Rodinal 1+50.
The pleasant pattern of the ceiling lights in Penn State's new ECORE building. The fire alarm was going off when I took this, but it was so cold outside that nobody would leave the ground floor.
The common bullfrog. Shot manual focus with the Tokina 100mm macro.
Bellefonte Historical Rail Society No. 9167 departing Lemont on an early fall passenger excursion.
The State Theatre in State College, early on a rainy morning.
The entrance to the Kunkle Lounge and the 1957 portion of Sackett; shortly before Sackett went dark for partial demolition.
11Z Southbound at Glenburn Station, milepost 662. 11Z was quite short today, lacking any DPU's or a trailing unit.