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For me, this was the highlight of the Mountain High Workshop that I recently attended. The setting was extremely beautiful, not only visually, but also for the quiet, broken only by the sounds from the birds and an occasional "Wow!" from the photographers. We saw and heard lots of Avocets and I heard Western Meadowlarks, Red-winged Blackbirds, and Killdeer.
Unlike Mono Lake, where there were a bunch of other photographers, there was no one else here, which is not surprising, as you can't see this small pond from the narrow, empty road, along side of which we parked our cars, since it's on the other side of a small hill. I'm so appreciative of the instructors for finding this spot and to Jeff Sullivan for processing this shot as a demonstration of his workflow.
While we were standing near our cars, getting ready to go out, two of the attendees, Hot Flash Photography and Raineys admonished us not to disturb the Avocets, as they were upset with our presence. They also told us not to step on their nests. This prompted a question by another attendee, "What do they look like?", to which they replied, "Oh, you can't see them." Their reply caused me to laugh and the guy who asked the question to put his hands on the sides of his head, and nod it from side to side, and to say, "I'm so confused!" He was a riot.
Check out the photostreams that I linked to above. They all have different interpretations of this pond, made at the same time, but from different perspectives. Also, check out Mountain High Workshops for some of the other shots from some of the other attendees.
Alkalinity smoothie with kale and parsley from the garden... thanks to Diana @ Raw Foods Made Simple for her super yummy smoothie recipes. So good! The basis of this one is kale, parsley, apples, water, hemp seeds, dates and lime juice.
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Certainly NOT a pool for swimming in, the water is very Alkaline and would burn your skin. Note the rock face on the far bank, I bet this is full of fossils, you cannot get near it though.
It is our Ruby Wedding Anniversary On the 26th March and Mick took us here on a fossil hunt. We found several species of Brachiopods, some Coral, Crinoid ossicles and Bryozoans. These rocks are about 420 Million years old. Old quarry workings.
Wenlock Edge Shropshire Uk 24th March 2017
Several fossil photos to come over the next couple of days. Sadly no Trilobite bits.
I went on a Geology field trip to Wenlock Edge circa 1980 with the best teacher I ever had (Dave Sixsmith) The very first time I had been fossil hunting, it left me with a lifelong interest in Geology.
Princeton grasslands. Exposure is everything with a digital camera, having learned on film which has much more coverage I find it frustrating. But the savior of the dslr is the filter which I now use in most landscape shots. I used a soft grad nd4 here.
Lake Abert (also known as Abert Lake) is a large, shallow, alkali lake in Lake County, Oregon, United States. It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide at its widest point. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of the small, unincorporated community of Valley Falls, Oregon.
The lake was named in honor of Colonel John James Abert by explorer John C. Fremont during his 1843 expedition into Central Oregon. No fish live in the alkaline waters of the lake; however, its dense population of brine shrimp supports a variety of shorebirds. The lake is also an important stop on the bird migration route known as the Pacific flyway.
Alkaline is a band from Amersfoort consisting of three members; guitarist Jelle Koller, singer and bassist Sem Hartogsveld. Jelle came up with the idea of starting his own band after high school, and he needed several people for this. He knew Sem from the school band and drummer Kevin Dohmen joined later. They mainly play Punk & Rock music.
Band Alkaline
We spent an evening sloshing around the alkaline ponds east of Mammoth Lakes, California. It is interesting geography but the trick is finding an area free of cow pies and foot prints!
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Holga 120N, Efke IR820 (715) in eco film developer
print negative 21x22,5cm on Wephota FO5 by reversal development
Athenatype on Arches Platine
edges masked with Regumask rubyrot 63
Platinum toner before fixing 3 mins
alkaline ATS fixer 1+30 2 mins
MT7 Iron Blue 5+5+10+5+400ml 1,5 mins
Fingal Head boasts some of the most spectacular examples of columnar jointing to be found in the whole of NSW. The name "Fingal Head" is actually derived from a fabled Scottish hero who was involved in the folk story surrounding the creation of Fingal Cave in Scotland and the Giant's Causeway in Ireland. The local indigenous Goodjingburra clan's name for Fingal Head is Booninybah - Home of the Giant Echidna: "Booniny" means Giant Echidna. The spectacular columns of Fingal Head resemble the spines of an echidna, and so the Goodjingburra believe that the spirit of the echidna inhabits the headland.
Geology
The columnar basalt lava flow at Fingal Head extends underwater to Cook Island (named after Lieutenant James Cook who explored the east coast of Australia in 1770). The lava is thought to have come from the prehistoric Tweed Volcano and is known as "Lismore Basalt"; predominantly tholeiitic with occasional alkaline types. This unit is stratigraphically equivalent to the Beechmount Basalt in Queensland.
The jointing, clearly evident at Fingal Head is caused by contraction: as lava cools from the outside toward the centre, shrinkage cracks develop, usually forming hexagonal patterns (the shape of the columns is attributed to tensional stress). These columns are vertical because the lava cools from top to bottom when the flow of lava is horizontal.As always, thanks for any comments, views or favorites, they are much appreciated!
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WIP, (A4 Cropped for pic) ZIG multiliners (black), ZIG clean color real brush (Black) , and Gelly Rolls on heavy weight glossy photo paper
The scarce Wild Green Hellebore (Hellebores viridis) The Green Hellebore only thrives under strict conditions, alkaline soils rich in humus and calcium, damp and in semi shade. There are a couple of populations here in East Kent but unfortunately this one, Church Lane near Stalisfield has been all but destroyed by subcontractors coppicing the wood they grow in. Coppicing is an important part of the Kent countryside but this crew drove their tree cutters all over this population, producing deep wheel ruts and gully's, tearing up the KWT Roadside Nature Reserve signs and destroying Dormouse boxes and Fly Orchids. Fingers crossed that over the next years they will find a way back.....
Zongzi is a traditional Chinese food made of glutinous rice stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo, generally of indocalamus tessellatus species, sometimes, with reed, or other large flat leaves. They are cooked by steaming or boiling.
Duan Wa Festival ( also known as Dragon Boat Festival ) is the day for eating "Zongzi".
Kee Chang (alkaline dumpling) is kids' favorite food, some prefer Red Bean Filling Kee Chang, while other love to serve plain Kee Chang with Coconut Palm Sugar Syrup.
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During this half-hour exposure taken just after sunset, the moon rose behind me - illuminating the clouds and the Eastern Sierras over California's Mono Lake. The view you see here is unique: the waterway leading into the image is mere inches across.
OKAY, FINE. It's not "A SINGLE" half-hour exposure, because this composition is impossible without blending for depth of field. I shot four exposures for the foreground DoF as the light was fading, and then started the half-hour one as the moon began to rise. 'Twas a pretty dope sunset that night, but as was the case for me at Smith Rock, I was forced into twilight by my own insistence on spending hours finding a unique comp by precariously perching my tripod on rocks in the water for a DoF blend. TRY PARSING THAT SENTENCE.
There are three light sources here: the moon on the clouds and mountains, the last of the twilight on the foreground, and some dude's flashlight on the TUFAS.
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Scanned lith print.
Rolleiflex T w/ Tessar 75 mm + Rollei IR filter.
Rollei IR 400 in Rodinal 1+100, semistand 1 h.
Lith printed on old Kodak Medalist F-3 (single weight FB, thanks Travis!), washed in a warm water bath for about 2 min and then developed in Moersch Easy Lith (15A+15B+H2Oqs800).
Fixed in Moersch ATS alkaline fixer.
Untoned.
4th print in the bath. No mentionable fogging (because of the chemicals used or because of the paper was hidden from light being more in the center of the paper stack?).
Lith peppering showing in the uper left corner.
Pre-dev washing in warm water was a tip from my US Flickr friend Robin, since I previously have had problems with artifacts in homogeneous areas like skies (see below) with this paper, probably due to aged developing agents in the paper emulsion which will be washed away during this process. And I must say that I think it works! Thanks Robin (and Alfred!).
Sweden was "neutral" in WWII. However, we were preparing for the worst. Several "War Airfields" were built and this one (close to where I live) is kept for historical purposes.
ZIG, memory system, Millennium, .25mm (pigment ink) multiliners , on photo paper, Circle size 57.150mm
with DP-12 and Ai-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens
The F2 (in production from 1971 to 1980) is the Nikon pro-level system camera that followed the Nikon F, and in every way it is an incremental but significant improvement over the Nikon F. In the film world, the F2AS is one of my all-time favorite Nikon pro-level system cameras. The basic F2 body is a fully mechanical modular body with the standard prism without any built-in exposure meter. The Nikon F2AS consists of the basic Nikon F2 body with the last model Photomic AS metered prism.
Let's look at the camera body first. The F2 has a rounded shape compared with the angular Nikon F, so it feels slightly more comfortable in one's hands. The maximum shutter speed increased from the Nikon F's 1/1000 sec to 1/2000 sec. Also, the electronic flash synch speed is increased to 1/90 sec, compared with 1/60 on the Nikon F. The F2 has a proper mirror lock up switch. The batteries for the metered prism are located in the base of the camera instead of the base of the prism (as on the Nikon F). It much easier and faster to change batteries, without risking damage to the focusing screen or having to screw on the Nikon Photomic FTN's finicky battery compartment cap. Of course, the F2 uses 2 x 1.5 volt alkaline batteries, etc., rather than the obsolete mercury batteries of the Nikon Photomic FTN. The F2's film wind lever has a black plastic cover, making it more comfortable on the thumb. Very significantly, for me at least, the shutter release button is near the front of the body, unlike the Nikon F's, which is near the rear of the body. The front position is much more comfortable for my index finger. Also, the shutter release has just the right feel and travel distance when pressed. Unlike some later Nikons, the shutter release button has no interim positions to provide uncomfortable resistance.
The Photomic AS finder, otherwise known as the DP-12 was the final and most advanced metering prism for the F2 and it is amazing. First of all, it does not require a metering claw on the lenses, so, unlike the Nikon Photomic FTN, you can use the meter with Ai lenses, including newer AF lenses (although you need to update pre-Ai lenses for them to work properly). The view through the 100% finder is bright and clear. The viewfinder display includes shutter speed, aperture (transmitted optically from the lens aperture ring), and my favorite three red diode display (-o+) for exposure setting. The diode display is very sensitive, so you don't need to guess where the exact proper exposure is like on some cameras. Conveniently, the meter is turned on by pulling the film lever out slightly, and turned off by pushing the lever in towards the camera. You don't need to remember to use the separate on/off buttons like on the Nikon F's Photomic FTN. The prism includes an eyepiece shutter, unlike the older Nikon F prisms. Unfortunately the DP-12 still does not have a built-in adjustable eyepiece diopter; we needed to wait for the F4 to find that feature. Still, the eyepiece takes the same diopter correction lenses as the Nikon FM2, which are still in production. Most importantly, the DP-12 prism has amazing low light performance. The DP-12 can measure light from -2 EV to +17 EV (ISO 100, 50mm f/1.4 lens). This compares with +2 EV through +17 EV on the Nikon Photomic FTN, +1 EV to +18 EV on the FM2/FE2/F3, and +1 EV to +20 EV on the FA. Even the F4 can only cover 0 EV to +21 EV!
I actually obtained my Nikon F2AS fairly late in the production life of the F2, and finally retired my beloved Nikon F. Thinking back, I used my F2AS and a companion Nikon FE for more years than any other cameras, until I finally upgraded to an F3HP. Today in the digital age, my F2AS not used very much, but it, along with the F3HP, are two of my favorite retro SLRs to use when I am in the mood to shoot film.
Admittedly, a smaller SLR, such as an FM2N or FE/FE2 would be more convenient, except for low-light photography. But the F2AS feels more satisfying and stable in my hands. Also, unlike in the old days, I carry around far fewer and smaller prime lenses, so I don't need to care so much about the weight of the body itself. Still, If I were shooting film while climbing up to Glacier Point in Yosemite, or down into the Grand Canyon, I would go with an FM2N, FE, FE2 or FM3A just to minimize wear and tear on myself.
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I always enjoy shooting at the Alkaline Ponds east of Mammoth Lakes. The wide open spaces allow to you view any direction, where ever the action is. This flexibility is great but you can get dizzy if things are happening in several directions all around you ;-). This shot is looking northeast away from the pond we were at. This light and sky was better than over the Sierras and there was this interesting streamlet for the foreground.
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Finally got a nice RB67 ProSD system with all the trimmings put together. I’ve been a lifelong aficion of the 6 x 7 format; the Brick is a superb platform and its Mamiya glass is incredible.
Here we have a nice ProSD body, the refurbished Type 1 prism (heavy chunk; great on a tripod but a real load handheld), 250mm K/L lens, a G3 compendium lens shade and standard ProSD 6 x 7 120 film back & rotating adapter. Everything from eBay and all but the prism & a couple accessories came from Japanese sellers. If they are 98+% positive, you can buy with complete confidence.
Does OK handheld from 1/125 sec & shorter exposures, but even in an 8 x 10 enlargement (wet or scan), the differences between handheld and tripod images are noticeable. Thankfully, mirror locked up or moving is barely noticeable at all on a tripod. Even so, I use a Nikon dual cable to allow mirror vibration to dampen before releasing the shutter and salve my OCD...
Tripod is a used, refurbished, TiltAll; not sexy, but effective with heavy camera systems and very reasonable on eBay.
Why I use a Brick:
IMHO, focusing a fixed lens with a floating element is like using passive components on a stereo system: convenient and less expensive than active equalization but affects the sound by changing the phasing of the original source. Moving a floating element necessarily affects the modulus of transfer function (MTF) of the optical system, almost never for the better.
By mounting the lens assembly on the camera body as a whole and focusing by moving the entire lens in relation to the film plane with a bellows, we obtain the optimal reproduction of the original subject on our two-dimensional plane.
Closely compare a Fuji Texas Leica (6 x 7 or 9) image with that produced by an RB/RZ system. On one hand, there is no question the Fuji lenses (particularly on their fixed-lens models) are the sharpest MF lenses ever made--but they are a one-trick pony in that regard: the end images have little apparent depth. To the observer, they appear to be fine images of a photograph and are very flat, with no sense of space.
The Mamiya rotating back cameras’ images are much more three dimensional in appearance; objects and people have more depth and roundness to them. Plus, they render both light and detail masterfully.
Unfortunately, I have come to notice the Sigma Quattro DP series are similar for digital gear in that regard (curse them!) and the Dark Side tugs at me now and then.
So far, the smell of alkaline fixer along with the need to wear rubber gloves with the ghastly developer formulas I mix up keeps me sticking with film.
My $0.02 USD for the year!
Kayano, Mikasa, Hokkaido.
Canon AE-1, Tefnon 70-210mm F3.5, negative ISO 400 (45color ) expired, self developped with alkaline pushing.
Now I am on the course of a journey in Honshu (the major island of Japan) and remote from home. I am not sure if I can respond to the comments from my friends in this week. As far as I can, I will upload images and make response from hotels just like I am doing now :-)