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Pentax 6x7 | Rollei CR200 in E6 | Magdalena New Mexico USA
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I really like this film. In 35, but even more in 120. The larger negative calms the grain down just a bit while leaving the far out color signature intact. I know this film is marketed as a stock to cross process in C41. But I love my transparencies too much to ever do that. These colors are why. No Snapseed. No Lightroom CC. Just better living through chemistry. ❤️✨✨
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Apologies to the engineers and scientists at the VLA. Those disturbances felt on November 21, 2018 weren’t frack quakes. Just good old Pentax 6x7 mirror slap💥!
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Fans of pointing their high pixel count macro lens equipped digital cameras at film as an alternative to using conventional scanners: You can see the film grain clearly. I think that answers the resolution question. For color negative work I can’t praise @negativelabpro highly enough. Forget curve tweaks. Inversions in Photoshop. And so on. NLP is the best way I have found, including my $500 copy of Silverfast HDR 8.8.
Wildwood, NJ
I have a night shot of this wonderful old motel here at Flickr (check out my Night Owl album, or of course my New Jersey album) but here's one of the sign on a glorious June day.
Route 66
Fontanta, CA
Long before there was Moana-The Movie, there was Moana-The Motel. Established in 1948, this is one of the many mom-and-pop motels along the California stretch of the Mother Road, Route 66.
Thetford Mines, Quebec
Motel Eve is no more. Yes, it may look like just a strip club, but it was also a motel as well. Behind the delivery truck, the units are visible.
I read online that this motel/strip club -- built in the late 1950s -- was completely demolished in November 2020.
You can see photos of the demolition here:
www.lanouvelle.net/2020/11/17/un-projet-commercial-a-veni...
Yes, it's called the Bunghole. I know that has a proper meaning, but.........
Cheeky.
Salem, Massachusetts
Fort Pierce, FL
Ozella Cooper's shop, Ozella Electronics, had a cool street presence -- unfortunately, a quick check online revealed they've closed down.
I was finally able to check the Big Chicken off my must-shoot bucket list, and I'm glad I got to it before the current renovation is done. I loved the constantly moving beak and rolling eye....fantastic! I hope it keeps its charm after the current renovation.
Marietta, GA
For the history of this huge beauty, have a look here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Chicken
from the archives.
i was working in my catalogues and ran across these pics. i thought this place was SO cool. so i looked it up on google maps thinking of going back to say "hey" again.
camera: canon 5D III
lens - 24-105mm and a lensbaby.
from Offbeat L.A.
"The abandoned Queen’s restaurant building is located at 601 N Mountain View Ave in San Bernardino, CA. Realty records show the building was constructed in 1970, but the sign is much older. It was likely moved here from the first location of the restaurant, opened in 1954, by Percy and Sophie Sellas at 1734 E. Highland Ave, also in San Bernardino." — Nikki Kreuzer
Danvers, MA
This waterfront restaurant in the Boston suburb of Danvers is on my (very long!) list of restaurants I want to try. An Italian restaurant that's been in business since the 1950s? Yes please!
From their web site:
"Founded in 1956 by brother-in-laws, in Danvers, MA, Sam & Joe’s has evolved from a small local pizza spot into a local go-to for all of your favorite Italian-American classics.
Known for our scratch made favorites and our thin crust pizza. We prepare our pizza dough and tomato sauce in house daily. We take pride in preparing our menu items to order for you and your loved ones to enjoy.
Our restaurant has been family run since we opened our doors in 1956. We are passionate about bringing family together over food and we love to celebrate your family’s special moments!"
Larry's serves old-fashioned comfort-style food -- always enjoy eating here. It's always busy too!
Savannah, GA
UPDATE: Sadly, Larry's has closed. I'm really going to miss stopping for lunch when we're in Savannah!
On US 1
St. Augustine, FL
When I checked Arnold's Lounge out on google, I discovered that the section of sign that says "lounge and dancing" used to be in neon, and said "food fun & spirits" -- I wonder if the current panel is removed, will the old neon be revealed? I am glad they kept the rest of the old sign intact.
Neon...bulbs....arrow -- yes, yes, yes!
Great old sign on US Route 17 (and the restaurant looked decent too);
DeLand, FL
recently processed film. mamiya 6MF 75mm f/3.5. film: kodak ektachrome E100VS, cross-processed in C-41, push +1 stop. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: lenstagger.
Route/US 41
Resaca, GA
Heading south on US 41, we saw a small sign for a confederate cemetery up ahead. Curious, we turned off 41 to check it out. Civil war history is interesting, and I enjoy historic graveyards -- I have seen, and photographed, confederate sections in southern cemeteries, but this was my first encounter with a confederate-only graveyard. What we discovered was a quiet, simple cemetery. For history buffs, it's worth the small side trip.
Here is some info I found online at the Find A Grave web site:
"Resaca Confederate Cemetery is near the town of Resaca, GA, along the Gordon-Whitfield county line. The Resaca Confederate Cemetery is the burial place of more than 450 Confederate soldiers who died in the fierce Battle of Resaca, GA, May 14-15, 1864. Hundreds of Union soldiers also died in the battle. Before the fighting began, Col. John F. Green and his family fled their home in Resaca. A short time after the battle, when the family was returning to their home, they were met with the sight of an unspeakable horror in the battlefield area surrounding their home: Dead soldiers still lying on the battleground where they had fallen or buried in shallow, crude makeshift graves. Green’s daughters, Mary and Pyatt, were quite upset by the sight and immediately decided to start collecting the bodies and give them proper graves. Their father gave them 2.5 acres of land to use as a cemetery. They, their mother and cook and maid began re-interring the bodies in the new cemetery. Mary Green later raised money to cover the costs incurred from the project. From the two days of the Battle of Resaca, there are only three graves where the death date is listed as May 15, 1864. The remaining graves are listed as May 14, 1864. Some of the soldiers were identified but there are still 424 graves marked "unknown"."
A little googling and I learned the Dixie Drive-In opened in 1959. I also learned that "half and half", here, refers to half onion rings and half french fries .... which I have always referred to as "frings". You learn new stuff all the time when you travel!
It was a Sunday when we drove through, the one day of the week they're closed. Looking at their FB page, the neon still works. Maybe a return trip is in order?
On US 25; Greenwood, SC
It was closed, with a For Sale sign in the front lawn, when we drove by last fall.
Warrensburg, NY (Lake George area)
Granby, Quebec
Some old, some new. The bottom of the sign is obviously not old, but the neon crown at the top looks quite old (but mostly well-maintained) to me.
And then there's the hydro wires/power lines. I'm of three minds about those -- sometimes I take the time to remove them, sometimes I have neither the time nor the inclination to do that and just leave them, and then sometimes, I leave them on purpose. This is one of those times. Their geometric crisscross beside the circles in the crown appealed to me.
I'm sure the protective plexiglass is necessary to protect that awesome aqua neon on this great old sign. Don't know the nighttime vibe here, but in late afternoon the patrons hanging around outside were, well, let's just say they were sketchy. Me and my camera sure didn't look welcome. Didn't matter.....we shot and we left.
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Anaheim, CA
When I saw the neon ice cream cone, I knew we had to pull over. I did a little googling and learned that Dairy Joy has been in business for more than 50 years.
Thetford Mines, PQ