F4 at 1-45 handheld cha-cha. Would’ve liked more dof. I took the Fuji GA645w along my run and grabbed a few shots of the Newport Backbay near where I live.
Vincent’s 6th Birthday
Vincent’s 6th birthday. Vincent is behind the helicopter with bro Kevin to right, and sisters Valentine & Emilie to his left. Compare to Vincent’s 12th birthday. 3DWorld 55mm lens, Fuji RDP III film.
Zach Horton’s D25 Submissions
I tried to provide a variety of subjects in this submission. All are taken with a Mercury Stereo 12, with a variety of lenses. And perhaps most interestingly, none of these are shot on contemporary slide films. Three of the four are shot on negatives and printed to slides using M-Alchemy‘s new M-Chrome process, while one is shot on 40-year old Ektachrome 64!
Split
Part of a “cinematic” series I shot in 2023, this image was taken in an impossibly tight space with the 47mm Super Angulon lens, one of my absolute favorites. This is Kodak 250D cinema film pushed to 1600 ISO, printed by M-Alchemy into slide form. This is an example of a shot that wouldn’t be feasible with slide film; the color would be far off, detail would be gone, and the exposure would be far too long for human subjects. A lot of dramatic license is taken in this narrative image; I hope you find it interesting!
Fall Canopy
Here I tried to capture different colors at different heights of this tree. While this would have worked just fine with slide film, I wanted to test the M-Chrome process (negative to slide printing) for color saturation, and was quite pleased with the result. 80mm lenses.
Circulation
If M.C. Escher was an urban designer? This was a real infrastructure project in my neighborhood that I stumbled across one day. I thought such a bizarre subject deserved some retro film, and shot it on 70mm Ektrachrome 64 that expired in the 1980s. 55mm lenses.
Canoe
I shot this deep in the Amazon jungle, about 8 hours (by car and canoe) from the nearest modern infrastructure or town. The Wairani people have very little contact with “modern” communities, and retain many of their traditional ways. Here a family was kind enough to take me on a canoe ride to their home. This negative went through hell, but I still thought it would be interesting to make an M-Chrome of it. 65mm lenses, ISO 400-800 (I can’t remember exactly).
Jim Roy’s D25 submission
Augusta Maine Capital
1980s
Colorado Tree
1994
Marine Memorial Park (Arlington VA to D.C)
1981-1988 (I lived next to thjis)
Out West – Maybe Wyoming
1990s
Note: I updated the post in January 2025 to reflect the contents submitted to the box. – Ian
Paul Gillis d25 Submissions
Sinks of Gandy, Randolph County, W.Va.
Upstream Entrance of the Sinks of Gandy (wide view & closeup). Gandy Creek flows right under a ridge extending out from Yokum Knob, emerging back into daylight about half a mile to the east. The cave has been well-known & heavily visited since at least the 1830’s, although it was never operated as a tourist attraction. (You can read about it in Wikipedia.) It’s one of my favorite places, although I slipped on the wet rocks & hurt myself rather badly while wading around to take these photos. At least my camera survived!
TL-120, Provia 100F. 55mm lenses would have been great for this.
Mouth of Thorny Creek
Thorny Creek emptying into the Greenbrier River, Pocahontas Co., W.Va. The old railroad bridge in the background carries the Greenbrier River Trail, popular for hiking & cycling. This is about 4 miles upstream from Marlinton.
TL-120, Provia 100F.
Fallen Tree on the Bank of the Greenbrier River near Thorny Creek
I think I was on an exposed gravel shoal for this one, not actually wading. Those rocks sure get slippery!
TL-120, Provia 100F. Probably f/16.
Biertan Fortified Church
Last year Liz and I decided to take part in Chris Marquardt’s Eastern Europe Electric Photo Road Trip. This was a combined guided tour, and photo workshop. We went from Transylvania, to Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Dresden and ended up in Berlin.
This is a view from outside the defensive walls of the Biertan Fortified church in Transylvania, Romania. These churches were fortified in response to the Ottoman army in the area at the time.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Kodak E-100.
Tiles – Biertan Fortified Church
These tiles were stored in an alcove off the pathway inside the outer wall of the fortified church.
It was a bit tricky to mount this pair. I could probably have done with a 4.5×4.5 mount if they existed.
This was taken with a Sputnik resting on a bean bag on Kodak E-100.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
After the photo trip was done Liz and I stayed on in Berlin so we could visit where her mother grew up.
This is Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. The building in the cneter was built by Kaiser Wilhelm II in the late 19th century, and named in honor of his grandfather Kaiser Wilhelm I. This church was heavily damaged during an Allied bombing raid in WWII. Today it is a memorial hall, and contains a Cross of Nails made from the roof timber nails of Conventry Cathedral in the UK . The building on the left is the new church built after the war.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Kodak E-100.
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church Detail
This is a closer view of the original portion of Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Chuch. Here you can see where the rose windows were blown out, and the shrapnel damage on the outer walls.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Kodak E-100.
Bert McIlwain D25 submission
Frozen Berries
Not For Human Consumption
Tulum, QR, Mexico
Yuccas
Jim Harp “Surdo Player”
Jim Harp “Surdo Player”
Photographed at the 2023 Coney Island Mermaid Parade. TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill flash, Provia 100F pushed one stop. The biggest challenge at the Mermaid Parade is getting a shot that doesn’t have another photographer cutting in front of you!
Jim Harp “Double Trouble”
Jim Harp – Double Trouble
Photographed at the Air Power museum in Farmingdale NY, October 2019. TL120 with Vivitar 285H fill flash. Ilford Pan-f, DR-5 processing. DR5 suggests rating Ilford Pan F at ISO 20 so this was probably a half second exposure.
Jim Harp – Tibetan Buddhist Temple – Mussorie India
Jim Harp – Tibetan Buddhist Temple, Mussorie India
There is a thriving Tibetan community in Mussorie India. This was photographed in 2012 with a TL-120 with a Vivitar 285H fill flash. Provia 100F pushed one stop.
Hailey and the Excalibur
Jim Harp – Hailey and the Excalibur
Photographed at a “Tilted Kilt” car show in Bolingbrook Illinois, August 2023. TL-120 with Vivitar 285H fill-flash. Provia 100F pushed one stop.
COVID ROAD TRIP #2
Covid Road Trip #1 was submitted to loop d24 of the Dragon Folio.
As soon as the borders to the US opened, I booked tickets for “The Presidents’ Heads”. My visit there took place in November of 2021. I met a lot of nice photographers at the Heads. A pair of them told me about this site that would eventually become COVID Road Trip #2 in April of 2022; “Old Car City” in White, Georgia. 4700 vehicles from 1918 to 1972 slowly being reclaimed by nature. It’s well-documented on YouTube.
“Twitter Barn” – Ever wonder where Elon Mollusk got the inspiration for his inventive re-naming of the Twitter platform? It was from this very barn, somewhere near the border of two States, on the way down to Georgia. TL-120-55, and some expired colour film. Could have been Provia 100F.
“Old Car City – Ford Detail” – I think this is an emblematic example of my work. Sputnik, Superpan 200.
“’50 Buick OCC” – I love the 1950 Buick. GM only made that grill style for one year. Sputnik, Superpan 200.
“’50 Buick Old Car City, GA” – A different 1950 Buick. Shallow depth of field, scratch on the film. Sputnik, Superpan 200.