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I bought a few boxes of expired Kodak T Max, best before May 1985, expecting and hoping for some grungy looking landscapes. Though with the few shots I've taken so far the film looks as good as new!
Pinhole
Zero 45
Kodak T Max
May 2021
One from yesterday mornings trip up to Latrigg. We went expecting a bit of an inversion but it seems we hit the wrong place for it. Everything was happening behind us so Stuart headed up the hill to see what was going on. This is best viewed in a not so bright environment
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Looking east from Mogshade Pond nr Minstead, new Forest National Park
Well this wasn't what I was expecting when I set off at about 04:30am to go and shoot some heather with the hope of some mist. I went to Bratley View to see what was going on and was pretty disappointed as when I got there not a hint of mist and no obvious shots 'near' the parking area as light was flat and I could not spend long as had to get to work. I thought I'd go scout the area around Mogshade pond on the other side of the road whilst I was there.
Started shooting but light remained mostly flat with the odd burst of light when the sun briefly found a gap in the clouds.
However, across to the east there seemed to be some light coming through and when I glanced back the next time a small area of the landscape was really kicking off!
I quickly banged on the 70-200mm lens and forgot about heather and just started snapping away. It was just a few mins then the sun rose a bit too high but for those few mins the mixture of light generating the heat to create the mist was fabulous to see. It was no more then a few degrees on the horizon but the power of the zoom really brings the image to life. Wished I hadn't left the 100-400mm in the car!
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The deck and the bench were cleaned off three hours ago. We are expecting another six inches of snow.
Now one wouldn't expect Walter P. Chrysler's wife Della to drive to the Club or to the polo match by herself, now would we? Of course not. That's what common people would do even if they were members of the Club, which, obviously, would be impossible. And, for those occasions, why not get chauffeured to your destinations, and do so in the style that you so much deserve and have earned! And when you said "I do" you then moved up to that grand status and position. And, I might add, what better way would it be to do that then in a one-off custom bodied Imperial by LeBaron? (well, maybe in a Bugatti Type 41 Royale, but that changes the story completely!)
And from that day forth, her finely manicured hands never touched a steering wheel again!
And now the rest of the story penned by Angelo Van Bogart:
With Chrysler as her last name — Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler, to be exact — Della Chrysler’s automotive choices weren’t as limited as one might expect.
Certainly, Mrs. Chrysler drove a Chrysler automobile, but in 1937, she chose not to be carried in one of the dizzying number of production sedans and limousines in the Custom Imperial Eight or Royal Six line. Nor did Mrs. Chrysler order one of the semi-custom Derham town cars also carried in the 1937 Chrysler catalog. Instead, Mrs. Chrysler had a one-of-a-kind town car built on a Custom Imperial chassis of an art deco form that rivaled the wildest town cars built on Duesenberg and Rolls-Royce chassis.
The teardrop-shaped town car body on her 1937 Custom Imperial built by coachbuilder LeBaron dripped elegance and was perfectly mated to the new streamlined styling of the 1937 Chrysler line. The bulbous aluminum LeBaron passenger compartment was painted black and mimicked the production Chrysler pontoon front fenders. The period-perfect Chrysler streamlining began at the “ship’s prow” front-end, which was striped with horizontal grille bars and matching chrome speed lines along the hood sides. The horizontal theme was picked up by LeBaron with speed lines behind the rear door at the sail panel and with horizontally ribbed aluminum trim that circled the body from the back of one front fender to the rear of the opposite front fender. The subtle trim piece literally brought the whole car together — production chassis and front-end styling with unique town car coachwork — as it streaked from the front fender, across the running boards and unique rear fender skirts, around the back of the car and all the way to the rear of the opposite front fender.
Inside, this special town car continued the art deco theme, from the production three-spoke steering wheel with ribbed bars and elegant gauges to the unique console built into the division window. Carpet as thick as a mink coat covered the floor, and seats as plush as the softest bed cradled rear seat passengers.
his slice of wheeled heaven wasn’t available to everyone, but was made available to those such as Mrs. Walter P. Chrysler, who could afford the craftsmanship of a hand-built LeBaron body fitted with the utmost of luxury by that Detroit concern. At the time, LeBaron was not yet absorbed by the Chrysler Corp., which later relegated the LeBaron name to a model. Rather, at this time, it was an independent subsidiary of the Briggs Body Co. that built bodies for Packard, Lincoln, Duesenberg and Pierce-Arrow, among others.
Mrs. Chrysler’s 1937 town car was not the first LeBaron-built body for Chrysler family, but it was probably the last. Just five years earlier, LeBaron had built a pair of custom 1932 Imperials for the Walter P. Chrysler family: a unique close-coupled sedan for Walter P. and a speedster for his son, Walter P. Chrysler Jr. Shortly after the 1937 LeBaron town car was built, in May 1938, Walter P. suffered a stroke. In August of that year, Della Chrysler passed away. Walter P. followed her to eternal rest two years later, in 1940.
Sometime after Della Chrysler passed away, her 1937 LeBaron town car passed on to her daughter, Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. Her initials “BCG” were added with cast letters to each rear door. However, neither she or her chauffeur drove the car much and today the odometer has registered just 25,501 miles. Very few of those were added after the car left Garbisch’s garage and went into the collection of Long Island car collector Harry Gilbert in the 1950s.
As expected, the plum trees did not bear a large crop this year; the harvest was only about one-third of last year's.
In a typical year, I would have had to climb a tall ladder and spend a long time picking the fruit. This year, however, I was able to harvest the plums simply by gathering the fully ripe ones that fell naturally to the ground.
The plums shown in the uploaded image are yellow fruits captured just before they dropped from the tree. 🍏🍏🍏🍏🍏
Expect some more stuff soon. BFVA is right around the corner so maybe some teaser stuff and what not.
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Brailey Lee
Zeisss Ikon Vario-Talon 70-120mm f3.5 is highly regarded projector lens within bokeh fanatics circles. I see potential, even on this very "sombre" cloudy day. Yes bokeh have tendency to be from very painterly impressionistic to trioplan bubbly. Or just plain smooth. Usually it is recommended to be used inverted (as probably most projector lenses). Used in normal position, bokeh seems to be smoother, but contrast and sharpness at the centre are a pinch better.
But, at least exempla I have, it has more defaults than some other projector lenses I used over last couple of years. It glows, it is softer than I expected but that is not a big deal. Even if the rear lens is deeply in the lens body, it flares and looses contrast in the centre of the image with no apparent reason. A lot of post processing is needed to make useful images.
nice thing is: the zoom behaves as helicoid, so full range from infinity to very close is nicelly covered.
Another bird we expect to see in our visits to Southern Arizona.
From the Cornell Lab:
"Dapper in looks and cheerful in song, the Pyrrhuloxia is a tough-as-nails songbird of baking hot deserts in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. They’re closely related to Northern Cardinals, but they are a crisp gray and red, with a longer, elegant crest and a stubby, parrotlike yellow bill. During breeding season Pyrrhuloxias are fiercely and vocally territorial, but in the winter they forget their disputes and join together in large foraging flocks."
This one was following the script, being "fiercely and vocally territorial" in Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Arizona.
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The main Icewine Festival in 2026 is the Niagara Icewine Festival in Ontario, running from January 16 to February 1, 2026, featuring the Discovery Pass for winery pairings, the NOTL Icewine Village (Jan 17-18, 24-25) with ice sculptures and fire pits, and the "Cool as Ice Gala" (Jan 31) at the Niagara Parks Power Station. It celebrates Ontario's unique dessert wine with culinary experiences across Niagara-on-the-Lake and Twenty Valley.
Key Events & Dates:
•Icewine Discovery Pass: Jan 16–18, Jan 23–25, Jan 30–Feb 1, 2026 (11 AM–5 PM).
•NOTL Icewine Village: Jan 17–18, Jan 24–25, 2026 (Free admission with VIP options).
•Cool as Ice Gala: January 31, 2026 (7 PM at Niagara Parks Power Station).
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•Discovery Pass: A self-guided tour with icewine and food pairings at over 20 wineries, exploring sweet, spicy, and savory combinations.
•Icewine Village: A festive winter wonderland in historic Niagara-on-the-Lake with ice carvings, fire pits, live entertainment, and local wines.
•Gala: An all-inclusive evening of premium wines, cocktails, and gourmet food.
They expect me to take part in the annual Lunar Festival, as if it's an easy feat to step into the spotlight without a moment’s rest. Yet no time is given to rehearse, no space offered to prepare — only expectations piled high like moonlight on snow. So here I am, practicing in secret, hidden away in quiet corners, stealing moments just to make sure I don't embarrass myself when the curtain rises.
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We were expecting freezing conditions last night (and it happened - 29°) so I went out to this open area to see if we might have some sunset color, and get a look at the mountains while they are still bare of snow. When I got there, no camera! (safe at home on the kitchen table) So my cell phone was a handy stand-in.
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When I first moved to the West Coast, one of our initial trips was to Santa Cruz. We took a short hike through a redwood grove near Santa Cruz, visited Natural Bridges State Park, and drove up the coast. While driving north, we stumbled upon a small cove called Shark Fin Cove, which I thought would be an excellent spot for landscape photography. Although I didn't have a chance to revisit the location, marking it on my map proved helpful when we visited Monterey earlier this year. During our weekend visit, the central coast was hit with a massive storm and heavy rain. Forcing us to rethink our initial plans. So we decided to try some scenic drives, and I was able to revisit all the spots we had stopped at during our first trip along this part of the coast. As expected, Shark Fin Cove didn't disappoint.
I really wasn't expecting 10 degrees celcius and a foggy morning on Wednesday, six days into Summer, but it was lovely all the same. Mt Macedon, Victoria.