My start in film developing

September 19, 2016 — Leave a comment

I just started to develop my own black and white film and have a few rolls that I have developed. I have some from the trip out west from earlier and from earlier in the year. It was interesting doing your first roll as I never have taken a class so it is all new to me. I have been shooting film for about 2-3 years but always had a lab to develop and scan, last year I started to scan myself. I have shot color a lot less too but I hope to develop C-41 soon but been enjoying black and white film and leaving color for my X-Pro2 which does a fine job. This photo was taken on one of the photo clubs outings and this couple was sitting enjoying the view of Richmond.

Taken with a Voigtlander Bessa R2 with Canon 35mm f2.8 lens on HP5+

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Rocky Rialto

September 13, 2016 — Leave a comment

Railto Beach is part of Olympic National Park and really was a nice beach. There were a couple of people out there but most were hiking north along the beach to further cliffs and sea caves. The beach there by the parking lot has “drift wood” all over but they are entire trees that would take three grown men to reach around and touch fingers if not more. The stones on the beach had a variety of colors and were mostly smooth and round. The mist on the water wouldn’t allow us to look out much farther then you see here out in the ocean. The water as you can image is extremely cold.

Taken with Fujifilm X-Pro2 with 18-55mm lens

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Verde Maple’s

September 8, 2016 — Leave a comment

I love Maple tree’s, there are so many kinds but they pretty much all have bright colors in the fall. The greens that this one was showing on a wet day was vibrant. If you want to get some great shots of maples, I have found Japan in the fall to be wonderful. In Japan they have food and items to buy that are themed on the maples that are turning in the season much like the cherry blossoms in the spring. This maple was in a Japanese Garden on our trip in Oregon. Couldn’t pass it up.

Taken with X-Pro2

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The Olympic’s

August 28, 2016 — Leave a comment

If I could, I would backpack through the Olympic’s. Going up to Hurricane Ridge and other places that we could reach by car was truly awesome but I felt that I missed the heart of the park. People crowd up at Hurricane Ridge and the rain forest making it seem a tourist attraction rather then being with nature in its glory. The slopes were awe inspiring and I loved the very short time that I had with the park.

Taken with Fujifilm X-Pro2

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Yummy Piroshky

August 24, 2016 — Image — Leave a comment

Walking in Pike’s Place in downtown Seattle my girlfriend saw this place (on her bucket list) and ran over and got in line. I quickly followed and we order for each of ourselves and we sure were not disappointed. They were tasty and busy. The counter was maybe 5 feet long and they had 7 people behind the counter in the baking area working hard.

Taken with Fujifilm X-pro2

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