smoke
Long day working and then seriously fun touring led to this market. So much beautiful food, so many new tastes to try. There’s not much in this life more fun….
smoke
Rebet XT
ISO 1600
55mmconverted to B&W from raw (.cr2) in CS3
moonrise
Life and the cold weather are conspiring to limit comments right now – not many words in me.
Down by the river, just off of Meridian Road, I couldn’t pass up the moon. She’s filling.
lunar light
Rebel XT on manual
55mm
ISO 100/f4
28 second exposure
still standing
As long as I’m playing with the scanners in the office…
I’ll admit I have a fondness for black and white photography. Though I cheated here a bit (using C-41 process B&W to save $ on processing), I very much like the effect. The stark lines in the long dead tree drew my eye, and dern if the film didn’t catch them.
Morris Island lighthouse, off Folly Beach, SC.
still standing
Pentax K-1000
50mm ISO 400
Kodak Pro BW400CN film
Roman alley
The light caught my eye – I can remember making everybody stop for a few seconds while I took a picture. We were completely lost in the back streets of Rome… I couldn’t find this building again if my life depended on it, but I bet I could find the little family restaurant where we ate that night. wow.
Interesting here is how much color faded from the scanned TIFF file to the compressed JPEG for posting online. The slide is vibrant, rich with light, and this posted JPEG looks flat to my eye. I may go back to the TIFF file and play with it a bit, then try compressing again…
roman alley
Pentax K-1000
50mm at ISO 50
Fujichrome Velvia slide filmNikon Super Coolscan 4000ED
14-bit dual-pass scan
sunset and learning
I can’t believe this was almost three years ago. K and I have known each other for nearly our whole lives, yet we rarely catch up. Every now and then though, a great canoe or backpacking trip brings back the friendship.
This trip we were backpacking along Lake Superior, in February. As much as I dislike the cold where I now live, as much as I despise snow and ice and the deep bone-chilling days of winter here in Michigan, I have learned to appreciate the beauty of the north. Lake Superior though… there’s a cold in that place that’s more than just a lack of warmth. Excepting for the lights, the nights are ink.
Sunset across Lake Superior. And yes, for my Southern family, that is the lake.
superior sun
Tried to shoot the lights that night too – they were stunning. But at the time? No tripod and an old Sony camera.
cracked
Ice along the stream bank.
cracked
falling water
Walked a bit off the path today down near the river and followed a feeder stream for a while.
falling water
caught
He’d been circling this flower so long I was afraid the flower would finish blooming before he bloomin’ settled. I caught him in this shot just as he was making a commitment.
landings
ugh… tried
I’m not very proud of this shot, but am posting this one as a learning photo. Many thanks to Dennis for the loan of the 75-300mm lens. Even on a tripod, with image stabilization… I couldn’t beat the wind. Notice the moon is stable. The trees? No way. Not in this wind, not with a 20 second exposure. Maybe next time.
Here’s the best of the shots:
daggum wind
Rebel XT
ISO 400 at 20 sec.
100mm
Moonsail
This photo kept talking to me while I was in town. I kept shooting but never liked the results – until I walked down there at night with a tripod and some patience.
moons’l
A couple of emails later – y’all can use the comments link too – and I feel I should define “moonsail.” I didn’t make the word up, it’s just old. Wiki moonsail, often pronounced moons’l.
