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Dr. Graeme Sweeney, Executive Vice President of the Future Fuels & CO2 organization for
Shell. On June 26, 2008, Shell opened California's first retail hydrogen car refueling station in West Los Angeles. In hydrogen vehicles, an electric motor powers the wheels. A chemical reaction inside a unit called a fuel
cell ? usually between hydrogen and oxygen ? creates electricity for the motor. Los Angeles, California, USA
Shell Hydrogen Refuelling Station, opened June 26, 2008. It is the first retail Hydrogen refuelling station in California. West Los Angeles, USA
you may ask - What was he thinking? to read about the idea behind these images I am posting this month check out this link - onbeingbecoming.com/2024/11/01/cccvi/
Went out last night to test some things for my upcoming & ongoing light painting project with Tamara. Creating some light painting tools and re-purposing a ton of things.
I made a mechanical remote shutter that now allows me to shoot on bub mode. Tested that, it works. I'm not buying Sony's $56 cable that doesn't even have a LCD, tiimer, time lapse, or intervalometer.
This is my Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 28mm f/3.5 used with tilt effect from my M42 adapter.
this is one of my first tests at a real holga pano. my arms totally fell asleep while shooting this- even though i was using a mini tripod and shutter release cable mod. LOL. four shots at about 1.5 minutes per exposure.
i might post another pano test or two... if there is any interest.
from a film swap w/ Alex Lowman.
cheers.
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My photography blog has yummy ice cream you can download!
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If you’d like to view my images larger… While I only allow my contacts to view my larger images (I generally upload at least 800px images on the long axis)…
a quick workaround I might suggest is to view my photostream as a slideshow. Works well for me. This is frequently how I view others’ ‘streams, and it will put a large image on black. just click the projector screen icon next to the stream or set. : )
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on 01 jan 2010, I began a new journey w/ a flickr 365 group that i formed. The idea is that I strive to push myself daily; by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments.
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Garbage Truck picks up dumpsters of non-recyclable trash in West LA alley, In 2008 Los Angeles launched SWIRP (Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan) which will include pick up of recyclable refuse from multi-family units, California, USA
here we go again,
another roll (fuji sensia 100) that i first ran thru my holga for 35mm sprocket exposures and then ran thru my nikon F100 for standard 35mm frames. yup, weird & unpredictable double exposures.
so far, this is the only scan i've done. i'm going to pick up some more film developments from my b&w lab right now... and go to the hardware store to get some parts for another camera mod...
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i plan on doing a lot more experimental photography next year.
i have started a new flickr group. if any are interested, i plan to share a lot of my experiments and details and explorations there. hopefully, some of you might join the group and we can work on our journey together! cheers.
a lab i sometimes use for processing gave me a free roll of konica centuria 100 film to test out. obviously this isn't really Konica branded any longer (since KM was bought by Sony). but same chemicals/emulsions and mfr'd in the same plant as it always had been. i believe it is now DNP Centuria ISO 100 film. and i think they stopped manufacturing it about may 2009. not sure though.
i had no idea what to expect. i was just told to try it. i asked it if rated accurately (at ISO 100). the guy looked at me sideways like i misplaced my brain in another room or something, "it is 100 speed film, what're you talking about?". duh, nevermind...
i would have to say that without a doubt, this is the wonkiest, most unpredictable film i have prolly ever shot with. color scatters towards the blue/green palette in one frame, oranges the next.
deeply saturated colors here. i'm serious. exposure latitude isn't very good for a 100 speed film. blows highlights faster than any 100 speed negative film i've ever used. DMAX has to be really low... like under-the-rug-limbo low. maybe 2.8 or 3.0 at best. very little shadow (three-quarter tone) detail.
this film stock is troublesome to scan, because the colors can fluctuate and only seem to hold good values in the mid-tones. but the lush colors are pretty interesting. it's not 'crisp' or 'fresh' colors like velvia. it's not quite the oversaturated and nearly cross-processed look of the lomo 100 color neg film. often times, i think the word many would use to decribe the 'look' and color palette of this film is "vintage." it is just a different animal IMHO.
good news? if you want wonky wackiness from your lomo diana, holga, brownie, or film slr... this film can deliver happy accidents like prolly no other.
after some delays here on my end, i've finally run the second roll
from a film swap with Alex Lowman.
my many thanks for her collaboration. Fuji Neopan 400 developed in my homemade CaffandHalf developer.
cheers.
So, some of you know that I've moved from SF to Fresno. Yesterday I had a great meeting with Diane Mendes, owner of Studio 74 in the Tower. Afterwards, I decided to go take the 45 bus to the northeast side of the Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
Scouting for a location where I could shoot some light streaming (airplane light trails) from in the future. Well, that scouting didn't go so hot.
Only one bus, once each hour. Walked around at least 3 miles. Nothing remotely close to what I was hoping for. Last bus was 7:05 pm to return home. Doh.
Anyways, this is what I got. Huh. Down by Fowler & Princeton.
This is a weird explanation of my process, that will seem extremely convoluted to most.
Many, many moons ago... I was lucky enough to meet an amazing National Geographic photographer. He shared wonderful opinions and thoughts with me. And one technique that I'll never forget.
It has to do with something he learned from the prolific Michael "Nick" Nichols. Drag your shutter a bit while using flash. It would take a lot more words to explain this in full detail. I know I'm wordy enough as is. (Yikes)
Anyways... I decided I wanted these fallen white blossom leaves to kind of appear like snow. I L-O-V-E-D the beautiful quality of light in the far background. I added a slightly "choppy" look to this by using my flash along with an in-camera, multi-exposure HDR shot.
I know. ha ha ha.
Once in a while we might get The Shot. The one that helps make us enjoy photography so much. Can't be planned, nor set up. It's not always about corner sharpness, or pro gear, or any other one thing.
We learn all we can, so we might be able to position ourselves to better be capable of getting our captures. Still, they come as something of a happy accident. Serendipity
Meet Cary, his tool is a fire whip. He's awesome.
The monthly fire jam was a ton of fun. Lots of great people. I was really into testing different styles & techniques- this being my 3rd fire jam I've now shot.
For anybody interested in viewing my fire images, please feel free to visit my "albums," I have a fire spinners album.
Shot w/ my Zeiss Jena Tessar 80/2.8. Thanks for visiting. Yup, I changed my avatar/icon image. Have a perfect weekend. Cheers. - david
After working on this pinhole camera design and build over the weekend, now I’m pretty close to being finished. Hopefully by tomorrow I can actually test my pinhole/focus/f-stop and then complete it.
Here, you can see almost every component… the thin cherry wood panel I haven’t stained/blackened will be used to curve the film plane slightly to help alleviate a bit of the edge distortion from a wide angle pinhole. And it will be the backing behind the actual 35mm film plane too.
At the lowest edge, you actually are viewing the bottom of the camera (this slides into the bottom side of the camera body- like a magazine clip into a handgun, i suppose). This will be how I load film and then load the camera.
The small rubber knob you see protruding is to keep my camera light-proof when I’m not using this threaded tripod mount.
the twin steel knobs you see on top will allow me to advance film and then also allow me to rewind the film back into the canister.
Hopefully I’ll have a first test frame to upload tomorrow… and I am expecting to actually have internet installed by Wednesday! yay! So, I can rest easy getting my daily uploads w/o spending a couple hours just to get to internet access every friggin’ day. lol. : )~
Cheers.
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on 01 jan 2010, i began my journey w/ a new flickr group i've formed, ~365: experimental
the idea is that i strive to push myself daily; experiment, learn, & develop my photography skills further by exploring techniques, ideas, and experiments. hopefully, some of you might consider joining and we can work on our journey together! cheers.
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just got this roll of cross-processed Kodak Elite Chrome 100 back from my lab this evening. got a few frames i'll definitely be scanning and posting... hopefully tonite if i can manage.
elite chrome 100 xpro's really well. it gets to those 'greens' beautifully. it just makes for some fairly challenging scanning IMHO. but i'll be happy to deal with it if i can get some pleasant results and happy accidents! : )~