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County Antrim. I have always wanted to photograph these trees and it was such a busy road that it was impossible. Now they have preserved them by moving the new road some distance to one side and you can pull off and park under them, Originally planted to stabilise the road over the boggy ground.
'I did a little bit of talking to my father-in-law about the Flatcreek House, the one above the old mill. It's a real pretty place. Wouldn't take too much fixing up, either. Got enough live-land around it so a fellow could make out real good, if he worked at it.
'Wouldn't be so bad having a place of your own, if you ever wanted to stop outrunning the cops.'
- Thunder Road (1958)
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Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Rollei Crossbird
Process: DIY ECN-2
Whitman County, Washington
June 2020
This church in Lexington sat empty for years before and after I first found it. An independent ministry now seems to be making use of it.
I don't know what caused the odd focus - perhaps a bit of film buckling. It's fitting. I will often stop by this spot as a way to end a day of shooting. I can spend the last few frames and the last few minutes of daylight before driving home in the dark.
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'Unless Final'
Camera: Graflex RB, Series B; 2x3
Lens: Kodak Ektar 4.5/127mm
Film: Fuji NP2 800; x-06/2003; 100iso
Process: DIY ECN-2
Grant County, Washington
March 2021
With all of the photos that I took of the Horst-Heimbigner property, I believe I've painted a pretty complete picture of the layout. Still, It's hard to really tell, even from these six x-ray photos.
Which probably means I'll be heading back.
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'Universal No. 1'
Camera: Graflex Crown Graphic (1954)
Lens: Steinheil München Anastigmat Actinar 4.5; 135mm
Film: Fuji HR-U X-Ray Film; 25iso
Process: Rodinal; 1+50; 4mins
Adams County, Washington
October 2021
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'But It Helps'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8.90mm
Film: Kodak Vericolor 400; x-07/1995; 100iso
Process: DIY ECN-2
Whitman County, Washington
June 2020
And then there's this. You might remember the house next to the concrete silo. This is the same house shot from a bit farther west. And since there are no real movements in the Graflex, you get what you get.
But since I didn't shoot it with a wide open aperture, the depth of focus is deeper - more things are in "focus".
The weird thing on the left that sort of looks like a light leak is, in fact, a light leak. It's neither the fault of the film holder nor the camera. It was a user error from the user putting a label on the film holder. That small width of the label was enough to lift the holder up just a tiny smidge - but it was enough to let a sliver of light in.
Share your mistakes. If you want.
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'Qualification'
Camera: Graflex Crown Graphic (1954)
Lens: Steinheil München Anastigmat Actinar 4.5; 135mm
Film: Foma Retropan 320
Exposure: f/12.5; 1/200sec; Yellow Filter
Process: Foma Retro Special; 4.5min
Adams County, Washington
May 2021
Ireland, County Sligo, Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery. Landscape, tomb, black and white, bnw, bw, monochrome, grayscale.
The Los Angeles County Arboretum is a 127-acre gem, a great place to take my new zoom lens because there are so many more things than my favorite birdie creatures. You might remember the opening scene of the long-running TV series, Fantasy Island, filmed at the Arb.
My nature lesson for the day, from Wikipedia: "Cycads - constituting the division Cycadophyta—are seed plants with a stout, woody cylindrical trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and usually pinnate (feather-shaped) leaves. The species are dioecious, that is, individual plants of a species are either male or female. Cycads vary in size from having trunks only a few centimeters to several meters tall. They typically grow slowly and have long lifespans. They superficially resemble palms or ferns, but are not closely related to either group. Cycads are gymnosperms. Cycads have specialized pollinators, usually a specific beetle, and more rarely a thrips or a moth.
Both male and female cycads bear strobili, somewhat like conifer cones, containing their pollen and seeds, respectively. Cycads fix nitrogen in association with cyanobacteria living in their roots. Some species are used as narcotics, while in Vanuatu the plant symbolizes peace and appears on the national flag. Cycads all over the world are in decline, with four species on the brink of extinction and seven species each with fewer than 100 plants left in the wild."
One more of a busted strobilus (plural strobili) or cone tomorrow.
37412 approaches the summit of the WHL at County March summit on 09/06/88 working the 1634 Glasgow QS-Ft William.
Photo D.Chambers
P.Robertson collection
I'm sort of surprised Ilford still makes Delta. It's a competetor against Kodak's Tmax, an emulsion loved by many. Delta, however, gets a bum rap.
But I wonder if anyone could really tell them apart in side-by-side, double blind testing. Sure, folks say they could, but could they?
Also of note: I can't.
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'By the Hour'
Camera: Mamiya RB67 (1974)
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm; Red Filter
Film: Ilford Delta 100
Process: Rodinal; 1+50; 14mins
Douglas County, Washington
September 2019
Wasn't an epic storm but it was moisture and we were thankful for the rain. We were also thankful that the lightning didn't start any fires. I love a good thunderstorm. I love to hear the rumble of the thunder as the lightning lights up the sky. I would prefer those storms happen in the late evening or dark hours as they are easier to photograph but this year, nobody could complain, no matter what time the storms came.
Beaver County Oklahoma