These two are from the Auto Graveyard in Southern NJ. AGAIN! LOL. If you hunt around, you find very unusual compositions there. The first is frame in an old bus, IIRR. But I loved the idea of a tree growing out of the bus beind a windows. The second is of a bunch of cardboard boxes in the back of an old bus.
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More details from the auto junkyard. I got about 150 good photos at this place and I’m sure if I go back, I will get 2-300 next time. You can just look for details after details for hours. I got tired of the overview of stacks of stuff, but the little details were much, much more interesting. I think that I ended up with around 50 real keepers in color. All with the Olympus E-M1 mk 2 and the 12-40mm or the 7.5mm
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While in the Auto Graveyard, there was so much machinery scattered about. Anything you could imagine Power Supplies. Industrial generators. Old TVs. Aircraft cockpits. Industrial presses. The list goes on and on. There were a couple that I particularly liked. The second on especially spoke to me. I had to take out my reflection and clean up the edges, but it made a nice shot, if I do say so myself. Olympus E-M1 mk 2 12-40/2.9
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More Infrared with the EM-5.1. These, again focusing on the backlit leaves. I’m more and more a fan of backlit foliage for Infrared, as it’s just more interesting to me than full-on foliage shots. Those are so ordinary. Look at the Scupernine vineyards photo (in fact both of them). Sitting on the ground, this was around an hour after sunrise. The sun was relatively low and just glows behind the foliage. Whether this is right or not, I usually just shoot these 720 or 850nm shots in Monochrome and push the histogram to get what I like.
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Had the lightweight, plastic-fantastic Lomo LC-A 120 out in Boston a few weeks ago and this is rapidly becoming a favorite camera of mine. Yes, I would love a Hasselblad SWC, but I don’t have $2,000+ burning a hole in my pocket. The LCA120 (Yes, I know that not the exact name, but I like it) is one of those cameras you need to understand. It’s got ASA from 100-1600, IIRR and no intermediate speeds. No SS or Aperture control. 4-zone focus. The exposure is a fixed program which seems to prioritize wider apertures as the light fails. So as
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This list of logos that were in the NJ Auto Graveyard in the pine barrens of southern NJ. Wonderful patina and worn items. These were my three favorites. Next time I go back, I’ll work on more of these. Olympus E-M1 Mk 2 12-40/2.8
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These two images are both taken at the same place, an invitation-only wrecking yars with thousands of pieces of old, rusty stuff. Cars, Airplanes, Helicopters, it’s all there. These two were taken with my trusty Olymus E-M5 Mk1 that is a 2012 vintage camera. Yes, it’s old Yes, the buttons are fiddly as a first-generation product, but it still produces spectacular images with careful planning. I have two, one is a permanent spare and the other converted to 590nm Super-Color infrared. I have not used the spare E-M5 since I put it in my case and I’m toying with changing
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Had my borrowed Widelux F7 out one date with my favorite black and white film Kodak 5222 Double-X. This is the film that has been used for many, many years in the cinema industry for major BW films like Oppenheimer. These two were shot handheld. and are standard, Widelux/Noblex type of photos. A long subject with repeating patterns. The fence is my next door neighbor’s and the other is in front of a house about 6 blocks from me. I think both lent themselves to the Widelux.
A couple of 35mm pinhole images. Taken at the beach one summer day in New Jersey. Ilford Pan F film to get the finest grain. I like this camera and format, but this first-generation model has flaws that are being addressed by the maker for me. This format needs very simple subjects, in my opinion. Few details. Bold lines. And it works. AND the camera is tiny and with its 24mm square format, you get around 50 photos on a 36exp roll.
From the same walk as the other 850nm shot of the bushes. Olympus E-M5.1 with an AliExpress 850nm deep IR filter. 1. I passed by a trash can and wondered if the dark green of the plastic would render different in IR. It did.2. A little garden next to the sidewalk. Nice in Infrared3. Geometry of the curbs and storm drain4. A drainage grate
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So you have 20 minutes before a doctor’s appointment. What do you do? Do you stick your nose in your phone? Or do you take that camera that you brought with you and do something with it? Of course, I went walking. I brought my Olympus E-M5 Infrared camera with a new-to-me $25 850nm filter from Ali-Express. It came and had no edge marking, so I had to make a little thin label, or I’d never remember what this super-dark filter was. I walked by this professional building and saw black, concrete-filled car barriers with dark green bushes in front
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More frames from my Canon Demi EE17. This is a very nice half-frame camera. The more I use it, the more I like it. Nice bright finder. Auto-exposure via SS-preferred. Yes, it’s a zone-focus camera, so no rangefinder. But that’s not a huge issue, at lease not for me. The AE has been very good for me. I have a CRIS adapter in it to convert for the PX625 battery. I especially love the first one with it’s shadows. All photos with bulk-loaded Kodak 5222 Double X in HC110 B. My favorite emulation combo right now. The images are sharp
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