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Fresh Fruit

by Lattie

I did another small series of MD Renn Fest  shots this Fall, but a freak Oct. snowfall prevented me from doing the PA one this year.

April, the confident, photogenic vendor shown here, was introduced to me by Tom, (another roving, middle-aged photographer who was toting an impressive lens and digicam). 🙂 He said he has a Realist camera and was into NSA and such a few years ago, and I invited him to jump back into the fold.

Anyway, I did a few shots of her and others that warm day. I waited until the later afternoon when the sun slanted thru the thick, forest canopy of the grounds. It really is a special time, and no, I didn’t usually bother with fill-flash or reflectors. I like the way the sharp lighting heightens the fabric textures of the costumes, even at the expense of harsher shadows on the skin. Check out the fine print detail on those bills she holds!  I got a whole, small series of various Renn Denizens, (including 1st attempts at Bob V. Style close-up portraits).  I’ll slip more into the folios to come.

Submission 2

by Nik Sekhar

Ducks Lake Winnebago

Velvia 100 and TL120(used for all)  Exposure f16 1/30

I used the reeds as a 3d frame for the ducks.  I like to underexpose velvia a bit to saturate the color.

My son, Efke 25, Nikon Sb 28 flash on auto f8

I love this film for portraits, grainless with excellent latitude.  Please try it and DR5 if you haven’t yet.

Purple Tree at Riverside Park Neenah Velvia 100

Also slightly underexposed to saturate the color.  I think trees are the perfect subject for 3d,  I think this was f16 1/125

Myrtle Falls Mt. Rainier Velvia 100

I used f8 and 1/500 for this to eliminate the need for the tripod.  Probably one of the few shots that I’ve used the top shutter speed for.  Still adequate depth of field at infinity, but if you are really looking for it. Some forground needles are slightly soft.  I love this place and hopefully will get to use the Tl- 120 in  few more National Parks.  Long Live Slide Film!


Blue Flower

by Bob Venezia

The Giant Wheel at the Evergreen State Fair, now in LED!

The outfit that provides the rides for the Evergreen State Fair and Central Washington Fair is Butler Entertainment. This year they’ve outfitted their Giant Wheel with LEDs. I prefer the incandescent lights, but I know the LEDs will save a lot of energy. And the LEDs look pretty cool in my time-lapse movies. On film they can have nice patterns (or some with nauseating color) but they often look like big TV sets.

The rides always look (to me) like some great engine of science fiction when captured on film, and of course people should be mesmerized by it. So I’m glad the fellow on the left is doing his part.

Carousel Light Bokeh

by Bob Venezia

Shallow DOF in a long exposure at night.

Normally I don’t think to use shallow depth of field for my stereoscopic photos but I’ve been inspired by the work of my friend Frank Roberto. It was very late, around midnight after the Evergreen State Fair was closed, that I took this shot. It was obviously a long exposure — it came out looking like noon! I miscalculated the light as I didn’t expect it to be this bright but I was pleasantly surprised to see it.

Shot with TL-120 at f2.8 using Velvia 50. Shutter unrecorded.

YOYO & Fireworks #8

by Bob Venezia

Captured at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, Washington, August 2011.

Last year there were fireworks at the Evergreen State Fair and I didn’t know about it until it was happening. I was in a rotten spot to capture them and it all ended in tears.

This year I got the dates for the fireworks beforehand and guesstimated some good spots for shooting.

Poipu Sunrise

by Bob Venezia

The sunrise at Poipu beach on Kauai, a short walk from our rental house.

I have long wanted to use a graduated neutral density filter with my MF photography. The problem is aligning a couple of filters on different cameras. On the TL-120, I wouldn’t be able to mount 2 filter holders side-by-side — there isn’t enough room. You could use screw on filters but then you’re limited by where you can frame the image. Problems, problems, problems.

At some point I realized that there was an extra large square filter size called X-PRO that would fit over both lenses of the TL-120. I found a used filter holder and had it modified to fit on the TL-120 and also came up with a system for positioning the filter (because when you frame the shot through the viewing lens the filter is in the wrong position and needs to be lowered precisely to take the shot).

I found an outfit in the UK that claimed to have Lee ND grad filters in X-PRO size. This was a little confusing to me because on their website Lee has no mention that they make such filters. But after several emails back and forth to the UK and assurances that the filters were real I pulled the trigger. I picked up 1, 2, and 3 stop hard-edged filters.

I don’t remember which filters I used in this shot but it was probably 2 of them, dropping down the sky by 4 or 5 stops.

Days Gone by in Texas

by dorothy mladenka

This was taken with the TL 120 south of San Antonio during the 2010 wildflower trek. Just two old cars waiting to be photographed for the umteenth time. What you don’t see is me literally hanging over the fence trying to get as close to the cars as possible. That is when I wish I had zoom lenses!  Too many Texans have shotguns that they aren’t afraid to use when you trespass. Oh wait, that was in Virginia when a guy came out with his shotgun because I was on his property :), long time ago and another story………

Texas wildflowers 2010 part deux

by dorothy mladenka

The year 2010 in  Texas had the best display of wildflowers I have ever seen. Unlike this year (2011) which produced virtually no wildflowers due to the severe drought which we are still experiencing along with triple digit daily temps.

This image was taken near Poteet which is south of San Antonio on some little country road. I realize the sky detracts from the image but there isn’t much I can do about that except to crop it out but I wanted the old rusty chair and the house to be included. This was shot with the TL 120, hand held.

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church

by dorothy mladenka


Some people say the interior of the Ammansville painted church is the color of cotton candy. Others say it is the color of Pepto-Bismol. Any way you look at it, the church is a pale, rosy pink. Legend has it that an unknown itinerant artist painted the walls of Saint John. Upon completion of the work, he vanished, never to be seen again.

The present Saint John’s is the third church to be built on the property. The first church was destroyed by a hurricane in 1909. The second church burned to the ground eight years after the first one was destroyed by a hurricane. A person recalled in a phone interview working in the fields and seeing the black smoke come up from the direction of the church. Everyone dropped their farm equipment and raced to the church. Folks were able to save some of the statues, but the rest of the building was lost to the fire, which was so hot even the church bells melted. With two churches destroyed in such a short time, one would think the community of Ammansville would have given up. Yet, they began the process of planning and rebuilding almost immediately after the fire. The third church was completed in 1919.

Presidio County Courthouse, Marfa, Texas

by dorothy mladenka

This is the original courthouse in Presidio County, Texas built in 1886. It was restored a few years back. Too bad I couldn’t have people in it as it would be more interesting, like a cop taking in a suspect. But this was early on a Sunday morning. I used the TL120. Settings are rarely remembered. Marfa is the town where the movie “Giant” was filmed. Also, it is well known for the Marfa lights, a nighttime phenomena that we didn’t get to witness.

Faded Red Ford

by Bob Venezia

Faded Red ford

I took a photo trip to the Palouse last year. It’s an area of Eastern Washington/Western Idaho that’s filled with rolling hills and old farms. the combination makes for some striking scenery, with lots of opportunities for photo-graphics. That said, a lot of those opportunities are seized using different lenses. Not an option on my TL-120. But I wanted to include a shot from my trip. It’s a well-worn route for photographers, and this truck was clearly left out front for the photo op. TL-120, Velvia 50, f22, shutter speed unrecorded.

Terlingua, Texas ghost town

by dorothy mladenka

terlinguaDescription   Taken with the TL-120 on a tripod.

 

About the Image   This image was taken through the window of the old school. In the distance is the Catholic Church that still has services once a month. It is called a ghost town but there are people living there and every year they host a famous chili cookoff. Historic Terlingua, in Texas’ Big Bend region is located between Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park. Once an abandoned mining village, the ghost town is now the center of a charming desert community. The discovery of cinnabar, from which the metal mercury is extracted, in the mid-1880s brought miners to the area, creating a city of 2,000 people. The only remnants of the mining days are a ghost town of the Howard Perry-owned Chisos Mining Company and several nearby capped and abandoned mines, most notably the California Hill, the Rainbow, the 248 and the Study Butte mines. The mineral terlinguaite was first found in the vicinity of California Hill. Hence the name of the city.

Canyon X Colors #34

by Bob Venezia
Reflected, unfiltered light in Canyon X

Reflected, unfiltered light in Canyon X

Last year I was on a break between contracts, and Mandy saw a window of opportunity to sneak off for a vacation. Picking the southwest US was easy. She had only 2 weeks available, but I was free as a bird, so I offered to drive down to Page Arizona a week early. That gave me a few days to spend with a photo guide, Mandy flew down to meet me, and we took it from there. I’ve seen shots of Antelope Canyon for years, but I had no idea what a tourist trap the place has become. When I went to Antelope, which is a fairly short Canyon, there were 200 other photographers crammed into this tiny space elbow to elbow.
I also went to Canyon X, which only one tour company has the rights to visit, and it was a completely different scene. Unfortunately, most of the day at Canyon X we were getting filtered light, but there were some lucky breaks, like this one. It’s all reflected light bouncing around. There’s no surface in this shot getting direct sunlight. I metered off the highlights.

I think this makes a nice complement to John’s ice cave.