Photographed at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, I think in 2015. I used a TL-120, that camera can take amazing close-up portraits. Provia 100F pushed one stop. I used a Vivitar 285H fill-flash at half power with a plastic diffusor, the subject provided lots of nice reflective surfaces for the flash.
The only way to avoid the crowds around St. Peters is to get up at the crack of dawn. This was photographed shortly after sunrise with a Stereoflektoscop using Provia 100F pushed one stop. Vivitar 285H fill flash used. I was using the “Bulb” setting, probably a two second exposure based on incident metering.
This is a fountain at a Confucian temple in Tai Pei Tawain. Photographed May 2012 with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. Vivitar 285H fill flash used, although I don’t think it had much impact at this distance.
They say that ‘Guilin is the best scenery in Guangxi, and the best of Guilin is Yangshuo.’ There is no doubt that Yangshuo is a beautiful location in the world with it’s limestone Karst mountains and gorgeous waterways. I would highly recommend a visit. An added bonus is it’s little walkways and side streets such as this one at night. Mostly catered to tourists ( as most of this area is, for good reason), it’s an interesting area to visit. I enjoyed being able to safely take night shots throughout the town, and this shot being one of my favorites. Shot with my Sputnik MF3D camera on Fujifilm Provia 100f film.
Here’s another shot of Lijiang at night, of the famous waterwheels located in the south entrance of town. The water wheels were supposedly built roughly 800 years ago, around the time of the town’s origin. I wanted to capture the wheels in motion, so a nightshot it was to be! I enjoyed Lijiang immensely, despite the amount of tourists at any given time. The town has so much to see that it’s no wonder that it was so popular. Not to mention that I was there in the perfect time frame for weather. Shot on my Sputnik MF3D camera and shot on Fujifilm Provia 100f fim.
Lijiang is a beautiful city located in the Yunnan province of southwest China. A town full of cobblestones, old houses converted into hotels and storefronts, waterways and bridges galore. It’s no wonder that this town was overrun by tourists, mostly from China, and filled the streets day and night. I wanted to capture it’s beauty and it’s craziness at the same time. I figured a long exposure night shot would do the trick. This was shot with my Sputnik MF3D camera with Fujifilm Provia 100f film.
Shangri La is located near the province of Tibet in southwest China, in the Sichuan province. Not many tourists seemed to be there, despite the amount of local tourists in other parts of China. Maybe it was because there wasn’t much to see in the town except one of the largest prayer wheels in the world and a spectacular night time lighting of the local monastery. The town had been devastated by a large fire, destroying most of the original buildings only years prior to my visit. Needless to say, we did not stay in Shangri La very long, only 2 nights, before heading south to the more interesting provinces of Yunnan and Guangxi. Shot on my Sputnik MF3D camera with Fujifilm Provia 100f film.
In April 2018 I went on a road trip to Utah with a few friends. We stayed in the campground in the town of Escalante and went on day hikes to Lower Calf Creek Falls, Escalante River and the Dry Fork Slot Canyons.
 Grand Staircase-Escalante – RDP III – Sputnik (Location) The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was (until recently) the largest National Monument in the contiguous US and comprises enumerable canyons, including some famous ones such as Bryce and Zion. On our first full day, we decided to visit the slot canyons nearby after speaking with the campground owner. I took this slide at the top of the Dry Fork trail which leads down to the slot canyons. |
 Slot Canyons – RDP III – Sputnik (Location) This was taken at the mouth of Peek-a-boo slot canyon. It’s quite high up and it was a bit tricky to get up with my tripod and Sputnik. There wasn’t too much stereo photography that could be done within the slot canyons since the narrow corridor would cause window violations. It’s a really neat place, and I recommend going if you get the chance. The road to get there is like a washboard though, so don’t take a nice new vehicle. Peek-a-boo was the shortest and easiest of the slot canyons here. We also went down Spooky canyon, which was extremely narrow at several points — I couldn’t get through with the backpack. It was also very dark in some places and the sky couldn’t be seen at all. Apparently the third canyon, Brimstone, is even narrower and has pools of water you have to wade through! We ran out of time to attempt it. |
 Heroic Hikers – RVP 100 – Sputnik (Location) On our drive back home, we stopped at Bryce canyon and hiked the Fairyland trail. It’s a very beautiful hike. These are my hikineg friends: Gabe, Derek, and Elliot. |
 Sinking Ship – RVP 100 – Sputnik (Location) All along the hike, I was wishing I had some sort of twin camera rig, or a bit more time to do some cha-chas. It’s sometimes hard to balance photography with other activities, like hiking with others. I do a lot of walking, so I’m able to take photos and keep up quite well, but it still takes a fair bit of time to stop, set up and level my tripod, meter the scene and take the shot. When we arrived back at our vehicle at Fairyland point, I decided I really ought to take a hyper — cha-cha style. Unfortunately I didn’t have a lens cap or Mike Davis’ spreadsheet, but I found a railing to slide my camera on and I covered one lens with my hand. My apologies for the slightly excessive on-film deviation and corresponding window violation. Otherwise, I’m quite pleased with how it came out. I wish I had taken more hypers, but we had to get going. I hope to come back some day and really take my time shooting. The tilted landmass in the distance is called Boat Mesa or the Sinking Ship. |
Thanks all for sharing your wonderful images. It’s such a pleasure to participate in the folio.
Ian Andvaag
Saskatoon, SK
Long nighttime exposure, with star trails, of Mt. Rainier from Reflection Lakes
My best guess is this is from 2010. This is a one-and-a-half hour exposure at f16 from 2 Hasselblads. These would be the 50mm lenses, and the film is Provia 100F. I don’t remember if I’d planned it this way, or if I later determined I’d gotten the exposure very wrong, but I ended up pushing the film 2 stops which was clearly the right thing to do. (I may have taken a test exposure from another film magazine to make the determination; just don’t remember). I probably had some children’s socks tied around the lenses, with handwarmers inside, to keep the lenses from fogging.
I’m impressed with the color and how blue the sky looks. Well, it is sunlight after all, it’s just getting to the scene via a large reflector in the sky. The moon would have been pretty full here. The challenge with these shots is to get enough light on the trees on the other side of the lake without blowing out the top of the mountain. I do like the reflected star trails in the water.
I took these slides on the first day of spring, March 21, 2018. For those of you from balmier climes, yes, there can be this much snow in Montreal on the first day of spring. These snowmen had melted a little, and were starting to lose the form and details bestowed initially by their young creators. A couple of them have lost their eyes. Some of their features are starting to look a bit abstract. I initially saw them as somewhat nostalgic relics from the long winter we had been through, perhaps on a smaller time scale the way ruins remind us of a long-gone past, like the statues on Easter Island. My wife found them scary, as though they had escaped from a horror movie, and the more I examined them, the more I could see her point of view. Shot with a Heidoscop on a tripod with Fuji Provia 100F film. Exposures were as follows:
Snowman with a cap and scarf – 1/50th @ f25.
Snowman with small head – 1/20th @ f25.
Snowman with scarf and toque – 1/25th @ f25.
Snowman whose grapefruit eyes fell off – 1/40th @ f25.
This is Brian Reynolds’ contribution for loop d20, grandfathered in from loop 20 of MF3D Folio II managed by Brian himself!
Bay Blues. Grand Turk. Feb 2018. Fuji RDP III.
Holland America Line. Grand Turk. Feb 2018. Fuji RDP III.
Carnival Sensation. Eastern Caribbean. Feb 2018. Fuji RDP III.
Cruise center. Grand Turk. Feb 2018. Fuji RDP III.
This is Bert McIlwain’s contribution for loop d20, grandfathered in from loop 20 of MF3D Folio II managed by Brian Reynolds.
Artcar. Austin, TX. Mamiya c-220s. RDP III.
Panther Creek. Oakalla, TX. Mamiya c-220s. RVP 100.
900-Ft. Jesus (Partial). Tulsa, OK. Mamiya c-220s. RVP 100.
Wall Flowers. Austin, TX. Mamiya c-220s. RVP 100.
The Ape Cave is a lava
tube created about 3,000 years ago. It heads south from Mt. St. Helens volcano, stretching for about a mile and a half, narrowing and expanding into a long stretch of total darkness.
My girlfriend and a couple of friends hiked over the top of the tube to the northern entrance of the cave. By doing so, we would be able to walk through the lava tube more or less downhill, to make things a little easier. It takes a bit of time to navigate the tube due to it’s loose rocks and uneven ground. In some spots, you needed to ‘drop down’ a few feet to a lower section of the tube to continue on. This is not a place for people who are claustrophobic or those who are afraid of the dark.
It’s pitch black down there, and very good headlamps are needed to avoid any injuries. For me, this was my second time through the cave and knowing how dark it was, I brought along a pair of Profoto B1 500 watt lights to help fill the space with light.
One of the lights can be seen at the far end of the cave in the photo. This was a mistake mind you, but one that I let slide for the sake of correct exposure, composition, etc. This was taken with my Sputnik on Fujifilm Provia 100f, using a Profoto Air Remote as a trigger. I had also brought along my digital Canon 5D Mk III, but no 3D was taken with it.
If you do happen to find yourself in the vicinity of Mt. St. Helens, have a good set of knees and a decent headlamp, then I would recommend a visit.
There is a way to see a smaller section of the cave, without going the whole mile and a half. I believe it’s about a quarter of the cave, and well worth a look.
Guatemala is a great place to visit within Central America. We arrived here mainly to visit the Mayan ruins of Tikal as part of a 3 month trip through Central America, and we found ourselves intrigued by it’s beauty and history. No doubt, Guatemala has had it rough over the years, but it still hangs onto it’s founded traditions regardless. After visiting Lake Atitlan, we managed to go to the beautiful colonial city of Antigua. Mostly known for it’s famous Easter day parades through town, we were graced with some Christian processions starting holy week before Easter. Due to our timing we couldn’t stay for Easter in Antigua, but it was nice to be there regardless. As we were walking through the center of town, near the square, I noticed a beam of light going down the corridor onto a woman seated and reading.
Having my Sputnik camera with me, I managed to swing and take a shot. That was an eye catching moment that I caught on camera. Hope you like it! Shot on Fuji Provia 100f film. All in all, Guatemala was one of my favorite countries in Central America to visit and to shoot in 3D!
One morning, I was walking along on the outer edge of the seashore, and I came across the fishing docks of Essaouira. The place was lined up with tons of fishing vessels of all kinds, many of them moored because of a wind storm the day before. A few fishermen did manage to make their way through the storm, and began to arrive with their catch from the previous day. Of course this attracted the attention of hundreds of seagulls.
I was at first walking along the outer edge of a high wall that surrounded the main docks to get an overall wider shot of the action.
However, as we all know, being ‘down in the pits’ is a better way to get a good 3D shot. So, I climbed down to get closer, and whoosh! I was surrounded by seagulls! Prime 3D action! This one I shot with my Sputnik, on Fuji Provia 100f.
If you get a chance to visit Morocco, Essaouira is a great place to go, especially within the walls of the medina.