Nebraska - The Good Life
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Knox County, Nebraska
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Late in the afternoon, BNSF rotary 972559 is just out of Trumbell, Nebraska, heading toward the end of the Giltner Subdivision at Hastings. It has spent the entire day opening the line from Aurora.
My first shot of this house was horizontal and I missed focus in a pretty drastic way. I can't remember if I noticed it at the time, but I immediately shot this take on it and moved on.
This entire day was bright and sunny until the end. The storms grew quickly and were some of the most intense I had experienced in a month full of storms.
That night severe storms with countless bolts of lightening and 50mph winds raged through my campsite. I kept an eye on the radar and moved to the car for an hour or so watching my tent trash about.
The storms finally passed, and I returned to the tent, still dry. The same repeated the next day, and the next. It was a week of nightly storm, maybe longer. I just wanted it to stop.
A few days later, it did. The skies cleared and the roads dried and the miles slid away.
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'That Solemn War'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90
Film: Kodak TMax 100; 01/1991; 50iso
Process: 510 Pyro; 1+100; 11.5mins
Nebraska
July 2022
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'The Take'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Ilford Pan F+
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 5min
Nebraska
July 2021
Dryas iulia (often incorrectly spelled julia), commonly called the Julia butterfly, Julia heliconian, the flame, or flambeau, is a species of brush-footed (or nymphalid) butterfly. The sole representative of its genus Dryas, it is native from Brazil to southern Texas and Florida, and in summer can sometimes be found as far north as eastern Nebraska. Over 15 subspecies have been described. (Source: Wikipedia)
Photo taken in the Butterfly Pavilion at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in Santa Barbara, California.
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'Wits End'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Fomapan 100
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 9min
Nebraska
July 2022
Texture to photo image
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Shooting this scene was a mess. The storm was on top of me and lightening was very present. I didn't feel like I was in total danger, but I didn't feel safe.
I rushed most of my photos and nothing really came out all that great. This one is interesting, but really doesn't portray the feel of the moment (essentially impending darkness).
The sun poked through once or twice and that's when (and why) I shot this color image. It makes it look super cheery, which it wasn't.
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'A Newer Wilderness'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Kodak Vericolor III; x-x-04/1992; 50iso
Process: DIY ECN-2
Nebraska
July 2022
I spent the better part of three days exploring the Nebraska sandhills. The maze of roads in and around them is truly staggering. Even with a map and GPS I got lost a number of times.
Some roads would simply end. Others were become private. And others deteriorated to sandy nothingness.
Typically, there are no landmarks in the Sandhills. There are hardly any trees. Abandoned houses and schools appear now and then, but they're nestled in the vallies and between hills.
Some places are utterly desolate. You can travel fifty miles and not see another car or truck or tractor. There's almost no cell coverage, and the roads that I was on almost never actually crested any of the hills. Rather, they would wind themsevles through the valleys and passes.
And though I drove hundreds of miles through them, I feel like I hardly know them at all. I can usually spend some time in a place and at least have a good idea what that place is. The sandhills confounded and intimidated me.
It was a strange example of what seemed like tame and even inviting land actually being unsettling and fear-inducing.
And yet, there was a peace between all of that. There was a quiet and a beauty that soaked its way through the hills.
I would like to try them again.
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'When You Called'
Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Steinheil München Anastigmat Actinar 4.5; 135mm
Film: Kodak Tri-X; x-01/1981
Exposure: f/18; 1 sec
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 10sec
Nebraska
July 2022
The famous Chimney Rock a landmark on the Oregon Trail.
Well, I'm stymied again on the planned Florida trip. The kid will have jury duty the week we planned to be in SC. But the weather is getting better and I think I'll just go somewhere close.
Not every photo needs to be beautiful. This roll is full of what could probably be mold or fungus or just weird spots of some unknown origin.
But still, the color is wonderful.
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'Dispell'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Konica Minolta Centerria Super; x05/2007; 50iso
Process: DIY ECN-2
Nebraska
July 2021
Grace Lutheran Church, near Swedeburg, Nebraska,
One of a few Lutheran Churches I encountered while heading north on Hwy 77 between Lincoln and Sioux City
I hated shooting this so close, but the *#$^#* awnings on either side of it made it the only way to catch the sign. Looking back now, I kinda like this view.
Still open, still showing movies. Just like it should be.
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'The Promised'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 3.8/90mm
Film: Konica Minolta Centerria Super; x05/2007; 50iso
Process: DIY ECN-2
Nebraska
July 2021
Scotts Bluff National Monument is located west of the City of Gering in western Nebraska, United States. This National Park Service site protects over 3,000 acres of historic overland trail remnants, mixed-grass prairie, rugged badlands, towering bluffs and riparian area along the North Platte River. The park boasts over 100,000 annual visitors.
The monument's north bluff is named after Hiram Scott, who was a clerk for the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and died near the bluff in 1828. The bluff served as an important landmark on the Oregon Trail, California Trail and Pony Express Trail, and was visible at a distance from the Mormon Trail. Over 250,000 westward emigrants passed by Scotts Bluff between 1843 and 1869. It was the second-most referred to landmark on the Emigrant Trails in pioneer journals and diaries.