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I believe this is the first time I was able to catch a train coming under the DeKalb coal tower at the exact time the setting sun was shining through one of the windows of the coal tower. There is only a minute or two of opportunity for this, so even though the sun was a little muted due to clouds, the timing was just perfect on this 8-29-17 date.
Perfect shutter timing by the photographer, the loco looks to be an LNWR 4-4-0, photographed in the 1910s or 1920s. The negative has 'Ptarmigan' written on the edge, a George Vth class 4-4-0 carried that name and number 1681. On a 4-track main line, I'm not sure exactly where, there is a smudged mark on the negative, could be Rugby.
Project: Cheap Film Camera Challenge with Expired Kodak Film.
Camera: Vivitar PZ3105 = Total Cost $5 CDN. (Unused)
Film: Expired 35mm Kodak Film from the 90's/early 2000's.
Such great timing for this project - In October 2022 The Eastman Kodak Co. announced on Twitter that it has hired more than 300 people over the past 18 months to handle the rising demand for 35mm film, and that it's aiming to hire even more workers.
Coming in 2024 -> A Sloth's Life on Expired Kodak 35mm film
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-> Support Pentax as they announced in late 2022 that they will be laying out a potential road map for manufacturing a range of new film cameras:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXUmpqY3nWQ&t=48s
-> Read the Nov. 30th 2022 Article by Janet Nguyen: Film photography has made a comeback. Can Manufacturers keep up with demand?
www.marketplace.org/2022/11/30/film-photography-has-made-...
-> Read the Jan. 24th, 2023 Vice.com Article by Bea Tridimas: Why There’s A Colour Film Shortage Right Now.
www.vice.com/en/article/dy7m8x/why-theres-a-colour-film-s...
-> Read the Dec. 29th 2022 PetaPixel Article by Pesala Bandara: Photographer Becomes Internet Hit for Expired Film and Unusual Cameras.
petapixel.com/2022/12/29/photographer-becomes-internet-hi...
-> Read thephoblographer Article: Kodak Ektar H35 Review. It's beautiful and fun to use!
www.thephoblographer.com/2022/07/31/kodak-ektar-h35-revie...
-> Be aware: Kodak prices to soar up to 40% in 2023!
www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/another-price-hike-for-ca...
-> What the Vivitar PZ3105 looks like:
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( NOT HORSESHOE BEND) An original location.
This was a little too close for comfort, but it worked out well in the end. DB Schenker Class 90 90018 cruises through Tamworth with the 15:57 Mossend Down Yard to Wembley Eur Frt Ops Cntre tanks, as a Virgin Trains Class 390 Pendolino overtakes it while working the 15:58 1A45 Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston.
On a cold, Winter day, the fog briefly lifts to reveal this beautiful scene, before closing-in again a few minutes later! --- Rannoch Moor, Highland (Jan 2012).
Otter Point, Acadia National Park
There are some photographic challenges unique to coastal environments which can ultimately make or break a photo. For a given composition to work, you not only need the right time of day, but the right wave from the right tide, which may only happen once a week...ideally with a half-decent sunset. I'm pleased to say this one worked out!
Also, a thank you to Joseph Rossbach and Kurt Budliger for serendipitously holding a workshop in the area. If I hadn't noticed a dozen tripods from their workshop the night before, I might have missed this location.
Perfect timing - 2 freights meet at Rødovre. I could see the Hector Rail freight approaching, but I wasn't sure if it would be blocked by the other freight. Fortunately I managed to get a decent picture of Hector Rail 241.011 "C-3PO" - even though not with the whole train - with Samskip intermodal freight 42706 (Krefeld-Uerdingen - Falköping) on January 21, 2026, 14:10.
The WLMNTW (Willmar, MN to Northtown Yard) manifest heads east out of Waverly with a GP50 on point with a pair of SD40-2s behind it. Here they pass the iconic barn east of town. I got word this was coming east, so I decided to try this shot of the barn off Highway 12 for once. I came here from the east to shoot the train, and no sooner than 15 seconds after I arrived the train appeared. Probably some of the best timing I've had with a train.
Back in early December, I watched the movie VIOLETTE. The movie featured Violette Leduc and her relationship with Simone Beauvoir. Learning that Leduc was praised, as a writer, by Camus, Sartre, and Beauvoir, I immediately ordered her autobiographical book. When it did not arrive anywhere near the time predicted, Amazon asked if I still wanted to keep my order active. I did. Then, as more time passed, I forgot about the book until it arrived, four months later, on my birthday!
It is a great book. It was a great surprise.
After driving north on US 550 and turning right onto NM 4, one can take a short side trip on FSR 376, which will take you to the Guadalupe Canyon and Gilman Tunnels. Well worth it in their own right. But just before entering the Guadalupe Canyon there is a turn to the left in the road that has you facing this humongous and very beautiful wall. Timing is everything when it comes to natural lighting, and for this day and time, noon seemed to be just right.
We were in North Carolina Fishing while on vacation and I decided to take my camera this time to get some sunset shots if it was nice. While I was taking the shots he caught a shark. So I took a shot of the shark and was able to get the sunset in the background.
With impeccable timing these little yellow stars spot exactly the right time of the year to rise and shine.
First Fall Color. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
An eastern Sierra Nevada aspen grove with first signs of autumn color.
One of the risks of starting my annual Eastern Sierra fall aspen color hunt a bit early is that I just might arrive too early for the color! That was mostly the case this year, when I made my first aspen-focused trip right at the beginning of October. The timing of the color transition can vary a bit from year to year, but I usually bet on the start of widespread color coming near the end of the first week of the month. Last year it came earlier — I photographed large groves of small trees at a location near the Sierra near the end of September, and I found good color close to the start of the month. That experience led me to start early this year.
There was some color when I arrived on October 2, but it was not widespread. Some of the higher elevation "scrub aspen" growing on rocky soil were changing to yellow, but most of the larger trees were still green. There were a few notable exceptions where groves had changed. More common were sights like this one — mostly green trees, leaning toward the lighter "lime green" color that comes before the transition, plus a few actual yellow leaves. This particular grove presented me with a special lighting situation. The trees were in the shaded bottom of a deep canyon, but across the canyon and beyond my camera position there was a large open slope that lay in direct sunlight. This rocky terrain reflected the warmer-colored light directly into the grove, giving a bit more light to the trees along its edge.
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Timing can mean everything when it comes to taking an image. A blink, a glance, a change of direction..... it all happens at a critical time.
Sometimes we press the shutter at that precise time - here's an example of that - hope you like it!
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