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Morning Photos

Finally! The sky was clear at sunrise on a weekend. I took four, count ’em four, cameras out with me. My digital, Nikon Z5, my two 35mm, Dad’s Pentax K1000 and my Nikon FG-20, and my new/ebay medium format experiment, Lomo Lubitel 166 Universal.

The 35mm cameras each had a roll already started. My goal was to finish them off. The Lubitel… what the hell, Robert. I’ve had the camera for months and had not completed even a single test roll. I had already messed up the first roll by over advancing it once and blowing a shot, and then flashing the film when the camera back popped open on its own once. My goal was to finish that roll and then put a second roll through and hope that something worked on one of them enough to let me know if the camera actually works or not. Besides all of that film fun, I just wanted to take a bunch of pics with my Z5 because it’s super fun.

I completed all of those goals. I now have four rolls of film to develop. I’ll place an order today and ship them out tomorrow. The two 120 rolls were fucked up even more than I already knew. I didn’t have any trouble with the second one… or so I thought. The camera can be setup to shoot in 6×6 format or in 4.5×6. I was using the 4.5×6 numbers for advancing the film after each (well… most… there are going to be a bunch of double exposures because I am too stupid to operate a manual camera, I guess) but upon further review, the camera is clearly set up to shoot a square format… so every single shot is going to overlap. Moron.

Anyway… here are a bunch of digital pics.

Hampton Beach, NH at sunrise!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54511514041/in/album-72177720326030447

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These are from a spot in North Hampton, NH, just a little north of Hampton Beach.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54510648997/in/album-72177720326030447/

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These are from a little spot on route 1A just south of Hampton Beach. I don’t know if it is in Seabrook or in the town of Hampton Beach, but you can see the Seabrook nuclear power plant from here so… kaboom.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54511872890/in/album-72177720326030447/

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After that spot I drove home, but didn’t go home. I went to the Spicket Falls Dam in downtown Methuen. We’ve had massive rains over the last week so the river was roaring.

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At this point I still had a few shots left in two of the film cameras so I went over to Greycourt Park where I got my brand new sneakers soaking wet by walking around in the grass. It was nice.

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What is that baseball doing there? Who left that behind?

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And there you have it. Finally, a photography kinda morning. You would think this would hold me over for a little while at least, but nope. I want to go out again right now. Right Freakin’ Now.

#AtlanticOcean #hamptonBeach #marina #Massachusetts #methuen #newHampshire #Nikon #nikonZ5 #Ocean #photography #photowalk #Sunrise #z5

I made it to the Post Office this morning before work. My five rolls of film that are ready to develop are on their way West, heading to the lab. I won’t start feeling all giddy and excited until I get a notification saying the package has arrived. Then I’ll start refreshing my order status all day long, waiting for word that the scans are done.

Nerd boy over here is about to get nerdy.

Here’s the clock from downtown. Heading South toward the post office:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54052048641/in/datetaken/

And here’s the clock again, this time heading North toward home:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54052293243/in/datetaken/

Finally, today’s photo a day photo submission is this view from behind the post office parking lot. Somewhere I have pictures of this gazebo that aren’t through the trees from a nearby parking lot. Maybe I’ll dig one out and share it. Later.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54051180002/in/datetaken/

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/10/08/post-office-3/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #downtownMethuen #film #iphoneography #methuen #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #postOffice #shipping

I had to go to a Fed Ex office, the grocery store, Lowe’s, and Home Depot. Success on all fronts. Everything that needed to be returned has been returned, and everything that needed to be picked up has been picked up… and I treated myself to stop at the sugar free bakery.

Picture, please? Okay.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/03/07/driving-around/

#blackAndWhite #downtownMethuen #histamatic #homeImprovement #iphoneography #methuen #photography