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To understand the magical circumstances behind meeting Wayne a few weeks ago, I have to go back to March.
I was returning from Canada to our home in California, one of the rare times I did not have our two dogs with me. It was too perfect an opportunity to pass up, so I added an extra day to my drive in order to explore the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex without worrying about the pups behaving.
The Sacramento NWR Complex is made up of five refuges located at the northern end of California’s Sacramento Valley and right on one of the United States’ main migratory flyways.
I spent the afternoon of my arrival doing the auto route at the main refuge and headquarters, driving by two more further down the valley before checking into my motel. The following day, I arrived at a fourth, Colusa NWR, before dawn. I still get goosebumps thinking about the enchantment of that morning!
Each time I finished the auto route circuit, I thought I’d head home, but the magic of the place held me and I would drive the circuit once more.
I was on my fourth and last trip around, when I stopped at one of the viewing platforms where I had a huge surprise – someone calling my name. It was one of my neighbors! We joked that we never see each other on the street where we live, yet bump into each other at a nearly deserted refuge 2-1/2 hours from home in the middle of a winter morning. They were staying with family in the area, had just arrived, and were leaving in a few minutes so, beyond this 15 minute window, we would have missed each other. Coincidence?
Two months later, my husband and I were visiting Bosque del Apache NWR in New Mexico. On one of our loops around the auto route, we ran into another bird photography couple and were chatting when we were passed by a gentleman in a white van with an official logo on the side. He stopped to ask us what birds we had seen. The following day, we ran into him at one of Bosque’s viewing platforms, had a short talk about the presence of mountain lions and moved on.
Jump forward five months. My husband, who had yet to visit the Sacramento complex, and I decided, although far, we could make it there and back as a day trip, leaving the dogs safely at home. We did the auto route at Sacramento HQ first, hitting Colusa second.
Stopping at the same viewing platform where I had met our neighbor back in March, I went off to take some photos of turtles sunning themselves. When I turned around, Don was walking back down from the deck talking with Wayne, the volunteer from Bosque del Apache! Now… I had seen a man get out of his truck by the platform when we were still a distance away and thought it too much of a coincidence, but he sure looked like the guy from New Mexico… and there he was! We have always thought these refuges were magical, but this location must have some special power to reunite people who initially have met, not hundreds, but over a thousand miles apart, giving them another opportunity to have a more meaningful interaction.
Despite having to (again!!) deal with high-noon sun and no shade to speak of, I saw this as the universe giving me a second (or third, depending on how you look at it) chance to ask Wayne about himself and to participate in my Strangers/Human Family project.
Wayne is a volunteer at Bosque del Apache the rest of the year and a walking bird encyclopedia. He also has the eyes of a hawk, spotting tiny birds in the shadows of tree branches, pointing them out as we talked. He has family in Northern California and, while visiting, is volunteering some time at the complex. His plan is to work there on weekends, returning to Bosque when the spring migration starts. This is another remarkable happenstance as we were meeting on a week day and he was switching to weekends the following Saturday.
We plan on keeping in touch and, hopefully, will meet up with him at a refuge again.
Moral of the story… If you listen carefully, coincidences are just the universe giving you another chance to wake up to possibilities.
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See my growing, Human Family/100 Strangers album
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
To view more street portraits and stories from The Human Family, visit The Human Family Flickr Group.
The JM-100 Nimbus was the first version of the Nimbus line, and the 200 was the fourth. Versions 2-3 were lost to time but I may still have some old pictures floating around. The JM-100 was built in the 1990s, and the 200 was built recently. The engine flare on the back of the 100 was a recent addition as it originally had no visible propulsion system.
I recently bought a roll of Fomapan 100 to try out in my Pentax 645 11n. I only bought the one roll because I've been caught out before buying too much of a "bargain" film only to discover that I didn't like it. For processing, I used Ag Photolab whom I'd not used before because although my usual lab is good for colour film I tend to find the B&W results too contrasty. I set the ISO at 80 rather than 100 because print films usually scan better if they are slightly overexposed. Here are the results. I'm pretty pleased with them. I didn't need to do too much to them to get the look I like and the negatives themselves looked really good to my eye. In the days when I used to do my own printing I would have been confident of being able to produce good prints from these negs.
This is Victoria Lodge at the north end of Talla Reservoir which supplies Edinburgh with water. The lodge was built as the Headquarters of the Edinburgh Water Company and is now a listed building. In the foreground you can see the spillway from the dam but in the current dry conditions there is nothing going down it.
#6/100 Strangers - Todd
This was my strangest stranger meeting to date. I was shooting these bullrush lights (blog post coming soon) with another local photographer when we were approached by Todd. He had a beer in his hand and was asking us 50 questions about the lights. The next thing I knew he had taken his pants off and was into the water in his underwear to investigate. Now he grabs a light and starts yelling at me to take his picture and send it to the local tv station.
I was unsure about posting this shot because even though I did get his permission to post it. I at no point condoned or asked him to go into the water and remove any lights that were on display. several friends have urged me to post it as part of my project so here it is.
This picture is #006 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Explore #412 Aug 12 2012
thank you friends
Meet Kim, I saw him and his girlfriend heading into where we were eating just before we left. We went off and shot some other strangers, but stayed nearby to grab the couple when they came out.
Initially I wasn't sure they would be up for it, as they did look really cool and I wasn't sure it would be there bag, but they both agreed to be in the project. I shot this guy whilst my brother (pmcconnochie) shot his girlfriend.
He was holding a cigarette, and I asked him if he would mind smoking it for the shot- he was definately a natural in front of the camera.
He has to be one of the most natural people I have photographed, and it was a struggle to pick just a couple of the photos that were taken.
All in all, a really great and friendly couple, who both looked fantastic in front of the lens.
This picture is #14 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
Saw her walking in my direction, seemingly in a hurry. I made eye contact and pointed at my camera. She nodded, I took the photo, and she didn't even have to slow down. I love it when things go that smoothly.
100 EXTRAÑOS POR MADRID es un reto.... un proyecto fotográfico de DANiMANTiS y Raúl González...
100 personajes anónimos retratados por las calles de Madrid el ViERNES 13 de DiCiEMBRE de 2013, entre las 10:30 de la mañana y las 18:30 de la tarde....
100 STRANGERS IN MADRID (SPAIN) portrayed past friday 13/12/2013. Photos by DANiMANTiS & Raúl González.
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Dejamos la esquina que nos regaló 3 grandes protagonistas y continuamos la marcha, charlando Dani y yo del buen rato pasado con Laura, Raquel e Ismael, pero no pasó demasiado rato, apenas unos metros... y nos encontramos de frente con Verónica.
Desde lejos, entre la gente que por allà pasaba, veo unos cabellos de color rosa y me digo: A por ella!
A fe mÃa que costó trabajo, que no estaba convencida y que no querÃa porque no estaba arreglada según ella, pero finalmente se pudo y se logró el objetivo. Roto el hielo resultó que Dani y ella tienen un fotógrafo conocido en común y creo que él se trajo uno de sus trifásicos de regalo ;)
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Mouse made by Kirsten of www.quernuscrafts.co.uk to mark my 100 blips in blipfoto land. He's using the same camera as me - a Sony Cybershot DSC W370.
Thank you Kirsten
100 EXTRAÑOS POR MADRID es un reto.... un proyecto fotográfico de DANiMANTiS y Raúl González...
100 personajes anónimos retratados por las calles de Madrid el ViERNES 13 de DiCiEMBRE de 2013, entre las 10:30 de la mañana y las 18:30 de la tarde....
100 STRANGERS IN MADRID (SPAIN) portrayed past friday 13/12/2013. Photos by DANiMANTiS & Raúl González.
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Dani y un servidor salieron del metro para verse con Carmen Hache en Malasaña y hacer la parada de avituallamiento correspondiente.
Ayer ya mostraba él una de las calles de ese conocido barrio y contaba la primera anécdota con Bryan pero yo aún paré a un par de protagonistas de este proyecto en el camino que nos llevaba hacia los bares de Malasaña.
Mi prota del dÃa es Lola, guapÃsima ella subida a su bici mientras esperaba el cruce de un semáforo. Debo decir que esto fue uno de los robos que nos perpetramos Dani y yo, y para conseguirlo crucé a la velocidad del rayo mientras que él solo conseguÃa llegar a la del sonido, por lo tanto soy yo quien se trae a Lola hasta aquà aunque me parece que él podrá mostrarnos otro retrato muy interesante ;)
Lola 056/100
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1972 erschien bei der „Karl Pouva KG“ die „Pouva Start SL 100“, die zusammen mit dem Chefkonstrukteur von Beier, Hanns Rühle, entwickelt worden war. Sie war praktisch eine abgemagerte Beirette SL 200, die immerhin mit dem Dreilinser Meritar 2,9/45 und dem Priomat-Verschluss mit 1/30, 1/60. 1/125 und „B“ ausgerüstet war. Bei der Pouva Start genügte das zweilinsige „Chromar“ und der Verschluss war auf 1/60, 1/125 und „B“ beschränkt. Nach kurzer Zeit verschwand das "Start" aus der Kamerabezeichnung. "Pouva SL 100" war nun der neue Name, aber auch nur für kurze Zeit. Im Zuge der Überführung in das Volkseigentum der DDR wurde aus Pouva und Beier sind jetzt „VEB Kamerafabrik Freital“. Ab 1973 wird die „Pouva SL 100“ in Beirette SL 100 umbenannt.
1989 wurden vom Kombinat Carl Zeiss Jena die letzten SL-Beiretten produziert: in bunter Ausführung als Beirette SL 100 N.