June 2024

Trashcan Beauty

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This is really an unusual photo and one that not everyone likes. Why? I think because they figure out what it is pretty quickly, and they don’t like it. I found this bounty of red and yellow at the bottom of a local campground/city park trash can. It is of course, a bunch of McDonald’s trash. But at least it didn’t end up on the ground, but where it belonged after use. The round symmetry and the red forms are really great to me. I hope you like it. Olympus EM1.2 12j-40/2.8…….as usual

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Red and Yellow Pavers

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They were paving my street a few weeks ago and on Saturday/Sunday the paving equipment was sitting around, waiting for the Monday crew to use it to actually pave the street. I went out there and there were lots of red, yellow, orange, and asphalt. While not a typical subject, I love the bright colors, hard lines, and interesting contrasts. It also often is great in direct sunlight, unlike many other more typical subjects. These all with my trusty Olympus E-M1 Mk 2 and 12-40/2.8

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Industrial Still Life

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The more and more that I hunt for colorful, rusty, industrial details, the more I find. I find them much more satisfying than the beauty of flowers and they don’t move or blow in the wind, which is a big plus. These taken with a combination of my iPhone and my trusty Olympus E-M1.2 with the 12-40/2.8 First three: In rural FL around Bradenton, I found an unfinished development on a street some 1/4 mile long. The first three photos were details of a piece of water management piping, not installed yet. The rusty bolt in particular was a great

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Kodak Hawkeye Brownie

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These are photos taken with a 1950’s box camera, the Bakelite Kodak Hawkeye Brownie that takes 620 film. I hand-re-rolled the film + backing paper from a 120 spool to a 620 spool, which works great. I use a Graflock back for one phase of the re-roll, which also works great; the other phase in a dark bag. I also took this camera apart and cleaned out everything, VERY easy to do as it’s so simple. The lens produces surprisingly nice results as long as you stand far enough away from your subject, 10-12’ is optimal. I also have the

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Color Blocking

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I was in downtown Minneapolis on a little walking trail out to a huge sculpture garden and these were ~4 foot-high vertical path, cylindrical lighting posts. The orange is the reflection of the light bulbs inside the dark anodized exteriors. On the second one, you can see the groove around I really loved the completely abstract nature of an every-day object here. Olympus E-M1.2 12-40/2.8

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Covington Color

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Random buildings and snippets of color around Covington, GA. This ethos continues to be a theme of mine, just to walk around and hunt for blocks of color, wherever the are. I love what you can find with some effort and it also means that I can find photos that I like (and that’s what is important for me) almost anywhere in the world. All taken with my favorite combo, the Olympus E-M1.2 and the superb 12-40/2.8 pro lens

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Police Barrier Abstracts

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I was at the Olympic trials marathon race and at most intersections, the Orlando Police had put these big safety barriers to prevent any rogue from driving onto the course and causing injuries. The barriers had big steel teeth holding them in place and yellow hooks on the cables. I did a bunch of photos, at which time the closest cop walked over and asked me “What are you doing?”. I had a nice conversation with her and there was no incident, but they’re just doing their job and anything that keeps the runners safe is OK in my book

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