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The Charles

Two weeks ago I took a bag full of cameras to Boston to shoot some film for the Frugal Film Project. I got half way though things and had to leave to go home for something. It was the day after the 4th of July and I wanted to walk along the Charles River by the Esplanade.

Today I went back. I also stopped at Acorn Street and wandered around Arlington and Berkeley Streets near where I used to go to school. I shot a roll of Kentmere 100 in my Lubitel for the Frugal Film thing. I also had most of a roll in my Nikon N90. I loaded it at Sail Boston last week and only shot a few pics before it was too dark for film. Finally, I had a roll in my dad’s Pentax K1000 that I loaded in… April? May? I don’t remember. I finished all three rolls. 

When I got home I took those three rolls and three other rolls that I finished over the last two weeks and sent them off to get developed.

While I was in town I also shot a bunch of stuff with my Digital camera. My Nikon Z5. Here come some highlights.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404544780

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153271/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153991/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404546150/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403199007/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404279528/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404548725/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404332219/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551560/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403203392/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404159466/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551665/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404161886/in/photostream/

The Charles

Two weeks ago I took a bag full of cameras to Boston to shoot some film for the Frugal Film Project. I got half way though things and had to leave to go home for something. It was the day after the 4th of July and I wanted to walk along the Charles River by the Esplanade.

Today I went back. I also stopped at Acorn Street and wandered around Arlington and Berkeley Streets near where I used to go to school. I shot a roll of Kentmere 100 in my Lubitel for the Frugal Film thing. I also had most of a roll in my Nikon N90. I loaded it at Sail Boston last week and only shot a few pics before it was too dark for film. Finally, I had a roll in my dad’s Pentax K1000 that I loaded in… April? May? I don’t remember. I finished all three rolls. 

When I got home I took those three rolls and three other rolls that I finished over the last two weeks and sent them off to get developed.

While I was in town I also shot a bunch of stuff with my Digital camera. My Nikon Z5. Here come some highlights.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404544780

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153271/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153991/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404546150/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403199007/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404279528/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404548725/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404332219/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551560/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403203392/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404159466/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551665/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404161886/in/photostream/

The Charles

Two weeks ago I took a bag full of cameras to Boston to shoot some film for the Frugal Film Project. I got half way though things and had to leave to go home for something. It was the day after the 4th of July and I wanted to walk along the Charles River by the Esplanade.

Today I went back. I also stopped at Acorn Street and wandered around Arlington and Berkeley Streets near where I used to go to school. I shot a roll of Kentmere 100 in my Lubitel for the Frugal Film thing. I also had most of a roll in my Nikon N90. I loaded it at Sail Boston last week and only shot a few pics before it was too dark for film. Finally, I had a roll in my dad’s Pentax K1000 that I loaded in… April? May? I don’t remember. I finished all three rolls. 

When I got home I took those three rolls and three other rolls that I finished over the last two weeks and sent them off to get developed.

While I was in town I also shot a bunch of stuff with my Digital camera. My Nikon Z5. Here come some highlights.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404544780

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153271/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153991/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404546150/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403199007/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404279528/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404548725/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404332219/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551560/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403203392/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404159466/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551665/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404161886/in/photostream/

The Charles

Two weeks ago I took a bag full of cameras to Boston to shoot some film for the Frugal Film Project. I got half way though things and had to leave to go home for something. It was the day after the 4th of July and I wanted to walk along the Charles River by the Esplanade.

Today I went back. I also stopped at Acorn Street and wandered around Arlington and Berkeley Streets near where I used to go to school. I shot a roll of Kentmere 100 in my Lubitel for the Frugal Film thing. I also had most of a roll in my Nikon N90. I loaded it at Sail Boston last week and only shot a few pics before it was too dark for film. Finally, I had a roll in my dad’s Pentax K1000 that I loaded in… April? May? I don’t remember. I finished all three rolls. 

When I got home I took those three rolls and three other rolls that I finished over the last two weeks and sent them off to get developed.

While I was in town I also shot a bunch of stuff with my Digital camera. My Nikon Z5. Here come some highlights.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404544780

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153271/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153991/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404546150/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403199007/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404279528/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404548725/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404332219/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551560/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403203392/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404159466/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551665/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404161886/in/photostream/

The Charles

Two weeks ago I took a bag full of cameras to Boston to shoot some film for the Frugal Film Project. I got half way though things and had to leave to go home for something. It was the day after the 4th of July and I wanted to walk along the Charles River by the Esplanade.

Today I went back. I also stopped at Acorn Street and wandered around Arlington and Berkeley Streets near where I used to go to school. I shot a roll of Kentmere 100 in my Lubitel for the Frugal Film thing. I also had most of a roll in my Nikon N90. I loaded it at Sail Boston last week and only shot a few pics before it was too dark for film. Finally, I had a roll in my dad’s Pentax K1000 that I loaded in… April? May? I don’t remember. I finished all three rolls. 

When I got home I took those three rolls and three other rolls that I finished over the last two weeks and sent them off to get developed.

While I was in town I also shot a bunch of stuff with my Digital camera. My Nikon Z5. Here come some highlights.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404544780

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153271/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404153991/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404546150/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403199007/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404279528/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404548725/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404332219/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551560/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55403203392/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404159466/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404551665/in/photostream/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55404161886/in/photostream/

Sail Boston Pics

Today is Monday. At about 7:30am today the house painters arrived. We booked this months and months ago and in the intervening time we’ve had 100 things go wrong in the house and we just sort of lost track. They have been here for 11 hours. They are scraping the old paint off and prepping for the actual painting. Will that start tomorrow? Who knows.

In the meantime, here are a few more pics from our visit to Sail Boston on Saturday. Talk about your gorgeous day in the best city in the world, am I right? It was spectacular from start to finish. We walked about 400 miles in total. I took about 100 pics with the digital camera and one roll of 35mm film and a handful of shots on a second roll. Someday I will get them developed, but not today.

Here are some digital pics to hold us over until the film is developed, probably before the end of the century.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387764972/in/album-72177720334655198

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55389098935/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388882794/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388883239/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388883874/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388884179/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388836543/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388700956/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388701266/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388886794/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387770067/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387771057/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388704736/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388888744/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388705101/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55389106085/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55389108435/in/album-72177720334655198/

There you have it. Our trip to Sail Boston. I am guessing we saw maybe 5% of the ships, but what we saw was worth it.

Sail Boston Pics

Today is Monday. At about 7:30am today the house painters arrived. We booked this months and months ago and in the intervening time we’ve had 100 things go wrong in the house and we just sort of lost track. They have been here for 11 hours. They are scraping the old paint off and prepping for the actual painting. Will that start tomorrow? Who knows.

In the meantime, here are a few more pics from our visit to Sail Boston on Saturday. Talk about your gorgeous day in the best city in the world, am I right? It was spectacular from start to finish. We walked about 400 miles in total. I took about 100 pics with the digital camera and one roll of 35mm film and a handful of shots on a second roll. Someday I will get them developed, but not today.

Here are some digital pics to hold us over until the film is developed, probably before the end of the century.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387764972/in/album-72177720334655198

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55389098935/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388882794/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388883239/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388883874/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388884179/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388836543/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388700956/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388701266/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388886794/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387770067/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387771057/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388704736/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388888744/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388705101/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55389106085/in/album-72177720334655198/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55389108435/in/album-72177720334655198/

There you have it. Our trip to Sail Boston. I am guessing we saw maybe 5% of the ships, but what we saw was worth it.

Tall Ships

I have been super busy today working on new songs and running errands and I haven’t had a chance to post about yesterday.

My wife and step daughter and I paid a visit to a tiny fraction of Sail Boston. We didn’t see the tall ships parade, but we did see a bunch of them up close. We managed to stay for the fireworks too.

I took a lot of pictures and I hope to post a bunch of them eventually, but for now here are just a few to serve as a teaser for a post that might not ever happen. Aint I a stinker?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387765072/in/album-72177720334655198

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387767007/in/album-72177720334655198

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388845133/in/album-72177720334655198

Tall Ships

I have been super busy today working on new songs and running errands and I haven’t had a chance to post about yesterday.

My wife and step daughter and I paid a visit to a tiny fraction of Sail Boston. We didn’t see the tall ships parade, but we did see a bunch of them up close. We managed to stay for the fireworks too.

I took a lot of pictures and I hope to post a bunch of them eventually, but for now here are just a few to serve as a teaser for a post that might not ever happen. Aint I a stinker?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387765072/in/album-72177720334655198

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55387767007/in/album-72177720334655198

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55388845133/in/album-72177720334655198

Fathers Day Riverwalks

Happy Fathers day to all who are fathers or who play the roll of a father in someone’s life. Whether you are a biological father, a step father (like me), or a single mom who covers both the mother and father responsibilities (a good definition for the word “hero” if I ever heard one), then today is your day. I don’t know about the rest of you, but the one accomplishment I am most proud of in my life is that in September of 2007 a six year old girl and a four year old boy let me be a part of their lives, and in the nearly 19 years that have passed since then they haven’t changed their minds. Frankly I am honored and I hope I’ve been up to the challenge. I’m sure I’ve failed left and right, but over all… here’s hoping I’m doing right by them.

That’s not really the point of this post though, it’s just a nice bonus. The point of this post is photos! I went on another morning photo walk today. This time I hit three riverwalk type things in Lowell, MA. The Wamesit Falls Overlook, the… whatever the riverwalk along the Merrimack River near the Rourke Bridge is called, and a third little thing that I never saw before but noticed as I drove past that was basically a gazebo and a boat launch and a lot of graffiti. 

I finished three rolls of film. One roll of Phoenix II 200 in 120 in my Lubitell, a roll of the new Kodak Ektacolor 400 (that is supposed to be just Portra 400 under a different name?) that I loaded in the Nikon N90 yesterday to use at my nephew’s graduation party (but only took a few shots), and another Phoenix II 200 (this time in 35mm), again in the N90. I took those three rolls and the four rolls I shot on last weekend’s photo walk adventure and shipped them off to The Darkroom Lab earlier. Give them a couple of weeks and then I’ll share any of those that don’t suck… assuming there are at least one or two that don’t suck. We’ll have to wait and see.

The rule on these little jaunts is to shoot film while walking away from the car and then digital while walking back to the car. The twist on the digital last week was that I used a lens that came in the kit with the N90. I used the other lens from that kit today. It’s an AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8. I got a lens with exactly the same specs when I bought my broken Nikon F401 last year, but despite the identical specs it is definitely a different lens. I have dubbed this one 50mm f/1.8 number two. I actually used it on all shots taken on both Nikon cameras today. The N90 and Z5 (with the FTZii adapter, of course).

But enough of my yappin’, here come some pics!

First, a bunch from the Wamesit Falls Overlook, which is a riverwalk along (and in two places, across) the Concord River.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348484199/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348686290/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348686815/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347335587/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347335587/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348269171/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348428748/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348428748/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348488619/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348431203/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348692805/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347342082/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348693885/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348694800/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348493804/in/album-72177720334326633/

Now we skip the second stop, which was the boat launch with all of the graffiti because it was such a short visit that the digtal camera never made it out of the bag. So instead we move on to the VFW Highway and the Merrimack River.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347345877/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348435863/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347346047/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348697195/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348436528/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348436528/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348697975/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348279981/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348280276/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348699855/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348439108/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348281461/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348282436/in/album-72177720334326633

So there you have it. Another couple of hours on another Sunday morning, wandering around like a nerd with a bag full of cameras. I am thinking the next time I do this will be just after the 4th of July. I have an idea about going to the Esplanade in Boston and seeing the aftermath of the Pops concert and the fireworks. We will see.

For now though, in closing…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347345242/in/album-72177720334326633

Fathers Day Riverwalks

Happy Fathers day to all who are fathers or who play the roll of a father in someone’s life. Whether you are a biological father, a step father (like me), or a single mom who covers both the mother and father responsibilities (a good definition for the word “hero” if I ever heard one), then today is your day. I don’t know about the rest of you, but the one accomplishment I am most proud of in my life is that in September of 2007 a six year old girl and a four year old boy let me be a part of their lives, and in the nearly 19 years that have passed since then they haven’t changed their minds. Frankly I am honored and I hope I’ve been up to the challenge. I’m sure I’ve failed left and right, but over all… here’s hoping I’m doing right by them.

That’s not really the point of this post though, it’s just a nice bonus. The point of this post is photos! I went on another morning photo walk today. This time I hit three riverwalk type things in Lowell, MA. The Wamesit Falls Overlook, the… whatever the riverwalk along the Merrimack River near the Rourke Bridge is called, and a third little thing that I never saw before but noticed as I drove past that was basically a gazebo and a boat launch and a lot of graffiti. 

I finished three rolls of film. One roll of Phoenix II 200 in 120 in my Lubitell, a roll of the new Kodak Ektacolor 400 (that is supposed to be just Portra 400 under a different name?) that I loaded in the Nikon N90 yesterday to use at my nephew’s graduation party (but only took a few shots), and another Phoenix II 200 (this time in 35mm), again in the N90. I took those three rolls and the four rolls I shot on last weekend’s photo walk adventure and shipped them off to The Darkroom Lab earlier. Give them a couple of weeks and then I’ll share any of those that don’t suck… assuming there are at least one or two that don’t suck. We’ll have to wait and see.

The rule on these little jaunts is to shoot film while walking away from the car and then digital while walking back to the car. The twist on the digital last week was that I used a lens that came in the kit with the N90. I used the other lens from that kit today. It’s an AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.8. I got a lens with exactly the same specs when I bought my broken Nikon F401 last year, but despite the identical specs it is definitely a different lens. I have dubbed this one 50mm f/1.8 number two. I actually used it on all shots taken on both Nikon cameras today. The N90 and Z5 (with the FTZii adapter, of course).

But enough of my yappin’, here come some pics!

First, a bunch from the Wamesit Falls Overlook, which is a riverwalk along (and in two places, across) the Concord River.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348484199/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348686290/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348686815/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347335587/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347335587/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348269171/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348428748/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348428748/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348488619/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348431203/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348692805/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347342082/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348693885/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348694800/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348493804/in/album-72177720334326633/

Now we skip the second stop, which was the boat launch with all of the graffiti because it was such a short visit that the digtal camera never made it out of the bag. So instead we move on to the VFW Highway and the Merrimack River.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347345877/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348435863/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347346047/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348697195/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348436528/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348436528/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348697975/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348279981/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348280276/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348699855/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348439108/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348281461/in/album-72177720334326633/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55348282436/in/album-72177720334326633

So there you have it. Another couple of hours on another Sunday morning, wandering around like a nerd with a bag full of cameras. I am thinking the next time I do this will be just after the 4th of July. I have an idea about going to the Esplanade in Boston and seeing the aftermath of the Pops concert and the fireworks. We will see.

For now though, in closing…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55347345242/in/album-72177720334326633

Huge Photo Walk

I went on an epic photographing journey today. I went to two locations and I walked something like four miles. Who even am I?

I paid for it with chores though. The cellar has been put back together after twice being blown off by a contractor. I won’t say it is “clean” but I will say it is drastically “cleaner” and that’s good enough for me. Speaking of contractors, yet another is scheduled to come by tomorrow to fix a piece of broken furniture in my step son’s room. Along with cleaning the cellar, I got everything ready for that too. Now it’s time to post some photos and then its time to nap. 

I had a bunch on my photo to-do list this morning. One, shoot the sunrise (which required me getting out of bed at 4:00am and being on the road toward Hampton Beach, NH by 4:20… yikes!). Two put a roll of 35mm film through my new (to me) Nikon N90. Three, complete the Frugal Film Project for this month. Four, use the crap out of the 70–210mm zoom lens I got with the N90 on my Nikon Z5 via the FTZii adapter that I mistakenly called the F2Zii adapter in a post yesterday. Five, if possible finish off the roll of film in my Nikon FG-20 that’s been sitting there since March or so. In all five cases, mission accomplished.

I did not ship out the film for developing yet. I am planning on taking the N90 to my nephew’s high school graduation party next week (CONGRATULATIONS!!!!) and I might try to sneak in a second photowalk next Sunday too, if the weather cooperates. I’ll wait until after that to ship out the film. As usual, the day of blog post is only digital photos. Unlike all of my previous posts with images shot on my Z5, this one has a zoom lens. Not only a zoom lens, but a 70–210mm zoom lens!

First stop, Hampton Beach where the sky was completely clear and I saw the sun come out of the water. Success!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334292044/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334231283/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334496810/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334079181/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334497535/in/album-72177720334191125/

I drove up the coast a ways to get a different view. This time from way up a hill. The tide was so far out you had to walk half way to France to get to the water. It kinda took some of the granduer out of it for me. Oh well.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334233243/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334081021/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334295344/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334234523/in/album-72177720334191125/

The next stop was the two Rail Trails in Newburyport, MA. One is called Clipper, I think, and the other is called Harbor… I think. The plan was to shoot film while walking away from the car, and then to shoot digital while walking back. So these first shorts are on the Harbor trail after I turned around. The sun reflecting off the water was kinda brutal. My Z5 and N90 both had fast enough shutter speeds to handle it, but my FG-20 and my Lomo Lubitell were struggling. I’m a tiny bit nervous about how some of those shots are going to turn out. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334235233/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334082716/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334500880/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334083941/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334238373/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334503860/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333155627/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334240193/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334505010/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333157142/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333157262/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334088731/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334302904/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334302904/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334508375/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334092521/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333162312/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334511980/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334308109/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333164077/in/album-72177720334191125/

And there you have it. A shit load of pointless pics that I had a lot of fun taking. The film version will come… someday… maybe.

Huge Photo Walk

I went on an epic photographing journey today. I went to two locations and I walked something like four miles. Who even am I?

I paid for it with chores though. The cellar has been put back together after twice being blown off by a contractor. I won’t say it is “clean” but I will say it is drastically “cleaner” and that’s good enough for me. Speaking of contractors, yet another is scheduled to come by tomorrow to fix a piece of broken furniture in my step son’s room. Along with cleaning the cellar, I got everything ready for that too. Now it’s time to post some photos and then its time to nap. 

I had a bunch on my photo to-do list this morning. One, shoot the sunrise (which required me getting out of bed at 4:00am and being on the road toward Hampton Beach, NH by 4:20… yikes!). Two put a roll of 35mm film through my new (to me) Nikon N90. Three, complete the Frugal Film Project for this month. Four, use the crap out of the 70–210mm zoom lens I got with the N90 on my Nikon Z5 via the FTZii adapter that I mistakenly called the F2Zii adapter in a post yesterday. Five, if possible finish off the roll of film in my Nikon FG-20 that’s been sitting there since March or so. In all five cases, mission accomplished.

I did not ship out the film for developing yet. I am planning on taking the N90 to my nephew’s high school graduation party next week (CONGRATULATIONS!!!!) and I might try to sneak in a second photowalk next Sunday too, if the weather cooperates. I’ll wait until after that to ship out the film. As usual, the day of blog post is only digital photos. Unlike all of my previous posts with images shot on my Z5, this one has a zoom lens. Not only a zoom lens, but a 70–210mm zoom lens!

First stop, Hampton Beach where the sky was completely clear and I saw the sun come out of the water. Success!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334292044/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334231283/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334496810/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334079181/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334497535/in/album-72177720334191125/

I drove up the coast a ways to get a different view. This time from way up a hill. The tide was so far out you had to walk half way to France to get to the water. It kinda took some of the granduer out of it for me. Oh well.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334233243/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334081021/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334295344/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334234523/in/album-72177720334191125/

The next stop was the two Rail Trails in Newburyport, MA. One is called Clipper, I think, and the other is called Harbor… I think. The plan was to shoot film while walking away from the car, and then to shoot digital while walking back. So these first shorts are on the Harbor trail after I turned around. The sun reflecting off the water was kinda brutal. My Z5 and N90 both had fast enough shutter speeds to handle it, but my FG-20 and my Lomo Lubitell were struggling. I’m a tiny bit nervous about how some of those shots are going to turn out. 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334235233/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334082716/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334500880/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334083941/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334238373/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334503860/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333155627/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334240193/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334505010/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333157142/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333157262/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334088731/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334302904/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334302904/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334508375/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334092521/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333162312/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334511980/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55334308109/in/album-72177720334191125/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55333164077/in/album-72177720334191125/

And there you have it. A shit load of pointless pics that I had a lot of fun taking. The film version will come… someday… maybe.

Scheduling SNAFU Again

The pricks did it to us again. Yesterday one of the contractors that was supposed to work on our house blew us off. After their arrival window closed they called and said they had to reschedule. My wife booked 7:30–10:00am today and got them to guarantee they’d show up.

They didn’t show up. 

My wife called them at around 11:00am to tell them to go take a long walk off a short pier and they put her on hold for 40 minutes then sent her to voicemail. Boy did she let them have it. Both barrels. 

In preparation for this work I had to tear one of the kids bedrooms apart and then totally destroy our entire basement. Since we’ve told them to screw, I started putting things right again. The bedroom is back to normal, an one area of the cellar is done. There is still a couple of hours worth of work to undo. I’ll take care of that tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, I was sort of planning on taking a bag full of cameras to the ocean for sunrise this morning, but the rescheduling screwed all of that up. Instead, I am going to try to do it tomorrow. The forecast at the coast looks pretty good. The only downside is that sunrise is at 5:04am, which means I have to be out of bed at 4:00am. It should be worth it. I’m thinking of hitting a couple of spots near Hampton Beach, NH and then maybe a riverwalk somewhere. Maybe in Lowell? Not sure yet.

I got ready for this by putting film in all of the film cameras, and like a schmuck I burned one shot on the medium format camera. Dumb ass. I also put one of the manual focus lenses that came with my last eBay purchase onto my digital camera to give it a test drive. It worked great.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55332298563/in/dateposted/

The lens is smart enough that the camera can control the aperture but not smart enough to auto focus. I have focus peeking turned on though and that is a HUGE help for an old fart with weak vision like me. I’m not sure if I will use it tomorrow, but I might. We’ll have to wait and see.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55332361739/in/photostream/

Other than that the only news right now is that my step daughter is coming home today. She’ll only be here a couple of days before she’s off again, but that’s fine with me. Any time with either of the kids in the house is time well spent.

Also, as a bit of forewarning to regular readers, once I get the cellar put back together you can expect a barage of music posts. I have five songs in progress right now and I hope to start putting guitars onto the demos soon. Duck and cover, everyone.

Until then, never forget that donald trump is a fascist and a rapist and a pedophile. Release the complete, unredacted epstein files. I don’t care if it brings down the entire US government. If it is bad enough to do that then the US government deserves to be brought down.

Finally, on the Rush 50 Something Tour, is Anika Nilles doing a drum solo?

Scheduling SNAFU Again

The pricks did it to us again. Yesterday one of the contractors that was supposed to work on our house blew us off. After their arrival window closed they called and said they had to reschedule. My wife booked 7:30–10:00am today and got them to guarantee they’d show up.

They didn’t show up. 

My wife called them at around 11:00am to tell them to go take a long walk off a short pier and they put her on hold for 40 minutes then sent her to voicemail. Boy did she let them have it. Both barrels. 

In preparation for this work I had to tear one of the kids bedrooms apart and then totally destroy our entire basement. Since we’ve told them to screw, I started putting things right again. The bedroom is back to normal, an one area of the cellar is done. There is still a couple of hours worth of work to undo. I’ll take care of that tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, I was sort of planning on taking a bag full of cameras to the ocean for sunrise this morning, but the rescheduling screwed all of that up. Instead, I am going to try to do it tomorrow. The forecast at the coast looks pretty good. The only downside is that sunrise is at 5:04am, which means I have to be out of bed at 4:00am. It should be worth it. I’m thinking of hitting a couple of spots near Hampton Beach, NH and then maybe a riverwalk somewhere. Maybe in Lowell? Not sure yet.

I got ready for this by putting film in all of the film cameras, and like a schmuck I burned one shot on the medium format camera. Dumb ass. I also put one of the manual focus lenses that came with my last eBay purchase onto my digital camera to give it a test drive. It worked great.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55332298563/in/dateposted/

The lens is smart enough that the camera can control the aperture but not smart enough to auto focus. I have focus peeking turned on though and that is a HUGE help for an old fart with weak vision like me. I’m not sure if I will use it tomorrow, but I might. We’ll have to wait and see.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55332361739/in/photostream/

Other than that the only news right now is that my step daughter is coming home today. She’ll only be here a couple of days before she’s off again, but that’s fine with me. Any time with either of the kids in the house is time well spent.

Also, as a bit of forewarning to regular readers, once I get the cellar put back together you can expect a barage of music posts. I have five songs in progress right now and I hope to start putting guitars onto the demos soon. Duck and cover, everyone.

Until then, never forget that donald trump is a fascist and a rapist and a pedophile. Release the complete, unredacted epstein files. I don’t care if it brings down the entire US government. If it is bad enough to do that then the US government deserves to be brought down.

Finally, on the Rush 50 Something Tour, is Anika Nilles doing a drum solo?

Photos

It’s been a while but I did something mildly creative this morning. Not really, but a little bit.

For the first time since August I filled up a back pack with cameras and went outside a-shootin’. Digital, film, the works.

More often than not when I start feeling the photo-takin’ need I head to the ocean at sunrise. That’s what I did today. As sunrises go it sort of blew chunks. The forecast I read last night said it would be clear skies at sunrise today. It was not. Not even close. There was a little gap between the horizon and the cloud cover that sort of let me see the sun when it rose, but it was a pretty underwhelming view. Thanks to our friend the Nikon Z5 with the cheap-ish 85mm Chinese made lens I can show you what I’m talking about…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242277189/in/album-72177720333420003/

At least the waves looked cool. They were about as high as this little corner of the Atlantic Ocean gets.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242042321/in/album-72177720333420003

There’s our friend, Mr Sun. It was trying its best to break through.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242277649/in/album-72177720333420003

My sunrise stop this morning was at Salisbury Beach which is on the Massachusetts side of the state line. I was planning on starting at Hampton Beach in New Hampshire, but I needed to stop for gas and I knew there were a few stations on the way to Salisbury so I wouldn’t have to go out of my way. Also, Salisbury is closer to home so it gave me more time to take care of things before the sun came up.

After a few minutes on the beach I wandered around the area a little bit looking for things to shoot… and I ended up more or less shooting the same things that I almost always shoot when I go there. Oh well.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242185648/in/album-72177720333420003

Someday I will be there when these lights are actually on.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55241136417/in/album-72177720333420003

Artsy chair pic alert:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242279429/in/album-72177720333420003

Lame life preserver pic alert:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55241136747/in/album-72177720333420003

Every now and then the sun would break through the clouds and we’d get a few seconds of glorious golden hour light but the clouds kept getting in the way and blocking the sun. It was a little frustrating.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242043196/in/album-72177720333420003

After a few minutes of wandering around I got in the car and drove up to Hampton Beach. That’s two towns North across the New Hampshire state line. I stopped at a usual fishing boat view. Again, the sun kept breaking through and going away. I think I got some good light here using one of the film cameras, but not so much using the digital.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242186228/in/album-72177720333420003

As usual, let’s all say hello to the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plan before it blows up and melts everyone.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242186418/in/album-72177720333420003

Out on the beach itself, would it surprise anyone to learn that this pic was a total accident? It probably shouldn’t.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242278729/in/album-72177720333420003

The seagulls were my friends today. They mostly didn’t run away from me.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242187043/in/album-72177720333420003

Again, when the sun cooperated the view was fantastic.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242279654/in/album-72177720333420003

I left Hampton Beach and headed South to Plum Island to say hello to the Merrimack River and the Plum Island Lighthouse. I made the obligatory stop at the airfield as well.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242044771/in/album-72177720333420003

By this time the sky was pretty blue. The clouds were losing the battle.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242442925/in/album-72177720333420003

Is the water at Plum Island the bluest water on Earth? It’s gotta be in the running, right?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55241138947/in/album-72177720333420003

I mean… seriously… just look at that.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242045386/in/album-72177720333420003

I don’t know anything about this boat except that I shoot it every time I come here.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242281674/in/album-72177720333420003

And in closing… the Plum Island Lighthouse… which has to be the most underwhelming lighthouse in the world. I mean it’s not even as tall as the trees that surround it. It’s also not even on the water. It’s a little ways down the street from the river. How effective can it be?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242190423/in/album-72177720333420003

There you have it. A few highlights from this morning’s wanderings. I also shot some film. I had a black and white roll in my FG-20 that was loaded back in August and still had a few shots left (Kentmere 400). Last night I put a roll of Lomography 800 into Dad’s K1000 and a roll of Kodak Gold 200 into my medium format camera. I finished all three rolls and mailed them off to the lab to get them developed. Hopefully I won’t have to wait too long to share the film version of this masterpiece of a post. Be on the lookout.

Will there be another photowalk tomorrow? Depends on the weather. I am off work again on Tuesday too so there could be something then, again if the weather cooperates. Hopefully it will be better than today but who knows.

It felt good to just go outside and shoot stuff, even if it was really cold on the water. Summer is coming. Maybe some day soon I’ll be able to repeat this experience without wearing a winter jacket. That would be sweet, huh?

Photos

It’s been a while but I did something mildly creative this morning. Not really, but a little bit.

For the first time since August I filled up a back pack with cameras and went outside a-shootin’. Digital, film, the works.

More often than not when I start feeling the photo-takin’ need I head to the ocean at sunrise. That’s what I did today. As sunrises go it sort of blew chunks. The forecast I read last night said it would be clear skies at sunrise today. It was not. Not even close. There was a little gap between the horizon and the cloud cover that sort of let me see the sun when it rose, but it was a pretty underwhelming view. Thanks to our friend the Nikon Z5 with the cheap-ish 85mm Chinese made lens I can show you what I’m talking about…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242277189/in/album-72177720333420003/

At least the waves looked cool. They were about as high as this little corner of the Atlantic Ocean gets.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242042321/in/album-72177720333420003

There’s our friend, Mr Sun. It was trying its best to break through.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55242277649/in/album-72177720333420003

My sunrise stop this morning was at Salisbury Beach which is on the Massachusetts side of the state line. I was planning on starting at Hampton Beach in New Hampshire, but I needed to stop for gas and I knew there were a few stations on the way to Salisbury so I wouldn’t have to go out of my way. Also, Salisbury is closer to home so it gave me more time to take care of things before the sun came up.

After a few minutes on the beach I wandered around the area a little bit looking for things to shoot… and I ended up more or less shooting the same things that I almost always shoot when I go there. Oh well.

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Someday I will be there when these lights are actually on.

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Artsy chair pic alert:

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Lame life preserver pic alert:

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Every now and then the sun would break through the clouds and we’d get a few seconds of glorious golden hour light but the clouds kept getting in the way and blocking the sun. It was a little frustrating.

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After a few minutes of wandering around I got in the car and drove up to Hampton Beach. That’s two towns North across the New Hampshire state line. I stopped at a usual fishing boat view. Again, the sun kept breaking through and going away. I think I got some good light here using one of the film cameras, but not so much using the digital.

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As usual, let’s all say hello to the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plan before it blows up and melts everyone.

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Out on the beach itself, would it surprise anyone to learn that this pic was a total accident? It probably shouldn’t.

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The seagulls were my friends today. They mostly didn’t run away from me.

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Again, when the sun cooperated the view was fantastic.

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I left Hampton Beach and headed South to Plum Island to say hello to the Merrimack River and the Plum Island Lighthouse. I made the obligatory stop at the airfield as well.

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By this time the sky was pretty blue. The clouds were losing the battle.

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Is the water at Plum Island the bluest water on Earth? It’s gotta be in the running, right?

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I mean… seriously… just look at that.

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I don’t know anything about this boat except that I shoot it every time I come here.

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And in closing… the Plum Island Lighthouse… which has to be the most underwhelming lighthouse in the world. I mean it’s not even as tall as the trees that surround it. It’s also not even on the water. It’s a little ways down the street from the river. How effective can it be?

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There you have it. A few highlights from this morning’s wanderings. I also shot some film. I had a black and white roll in my FG-20 that was loaded back in August and still had a few shots left (Kentmere 400). Last night I put a roll of Lomography 800 into Dad’s K1000 and a roll of Kodak Gold 200 into my medium format camera. I finished all three rolls and mailed them off to the lab to get them developed. Hopefully I won’t have to wait too long to share the film version of this masterpiece of a post. Be on the lookout.

Will there be another photowalk tomorrow? Depends on the weather. I am off work again on Tuesday too so there could be something then, again if the weather cooperates. Hopefully it will be better than today but who knows.

It felt good to just go outside and shoot stuff, even if it was really cold on the water. Summer is coming. Maybe some day soon I’ll be able to repeat this experience without wearing a winter jacket. That would be sweet, huh?

Grrrr

251 years ago today the American Revolution began with a fight in Concord, MA that extended into a Colonial Militia harrassing a column of British troops in Lexington, MA. The shot heard ‘round the world, as it were.

That’s what happens when you piss off people from Massachusetts. Bank on it, mother fuckers.

I am so sick of seeing the nation that grew from that event in 1775 being run by fascists and pedophiles and criminals of all shapes and sizes. I am fucking sick of it.

I am so fucking mad I can’t even think straight anymore. Furious is way too polite a word.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54712003040/in/album-72177720328276882

Grrrr

251 years ago today the American Revolution began with a fight in Concord, MA that extended into a Colonial Militia harrassing a column of British troops in Lexington, MA. The shot heard ‘round the world, as it were.

That’s what happens when you piss off people from Massachusetts. Bank on it, mother fuckers.

I am so sick of seeing the nation that grew from that event in 1775 being run by fascists and pedophiles and criminals of all shapes and sizes. I am fucking sick of it.

I am so fucking mad I can’t even think straight anymore. Furious is way too polite a word.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54712003040/in/album-72177720328276882

Będąc #kochmabycwieśniakiem żaden ze mnie światowiec, ale moim zdaniem nie ma pięknijeszego drzewa jak kwitnąca #magnolia Nawet japońskie sakury mogą się schować...
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Będąc #kochmabycwieśniakiem żaden ze mnie światowiec, ale moim zdaniem nie ma pięknijeszego drzewa jak kwitnąca #magnolia Nawet japońskie sakury mogą się schować...
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Body #NikonZ5
Lens #NikkorZMC105mm
#spring #photo #flowers #sunset

Będąc #kochmabycwieśniakiem żaden ze mnie światowiec, ale moim zdaniem nie ma pięknijeszego drzewa jak kwitnąca #magnolia Nawet japońskie sakury mogą się schować...
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Body #NikonZ5
Lens #NikkorZMC105mm
#spring #photo #flowers #sunset

Będąc #kochmabycwieśniakiem żaden ze mnie światowiec, ale moim zdaniem nie ma pięknijeszego drzewa jak kwitnąca #magnolia Nawet japońskie sakury mogą się schować...
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Lens #NikkorZMC105mm
#spring #photo #flowers #sunset

Będąc #kochmabycwieśniakiem żaden ze mnie światowiec, ale moim zdaniem nie ma pięknijeszego drzewa jak kwitnąca #magnolia Nawet japońskie sakury mogą się schować...
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Front Yard

There has been construction work on our tiny little street for months. The road is a total mess. Today, the construction extended from the road…

…to our front yard. Ouch.

I mean… we didn’t really need a front lawn, did we? No…

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55211748694/in/dateposted/

A lot of this was cleaned up after they replaced our gas meter and made sure everything was hooked up correctly. That’s nice and all, but I really want my street back. Preferably repaved. The potholes are lethal.

Front Yard

There has been construction work on our tiny little street for months. The road is a total mess. Today, the construction extended from the road…

…to our front yard. Ouch.

I mean… we didn’t really need a front lawn, did we? No…

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55211276818/in/dateposted/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/55211748694/in/dateposted/

A lot of this was cleaned up after they replaced our gas meter and made sure everything was hooked up correctly. That’s nice and all, but I really want my street back. Preferably repaved. The potholes are lethal.

Ale się jaram naszą magnolią. Ostatnie pełne kwitnienie całego drzewa mieliśmy osiem lat temu. Później wszystko marzło. Dwa lata temu kwitła częściowo, jakieś 1/4 drzewa. W tym roku powinno się udać 😍 #magnolia #wiosna #drzewa #przyroda #kochamwies
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#photo

Ale się jaram naszą magnolią. Ostatnie pełne kwitnienie całego drzewa mieliśmy osiem lat temu. Później wszystko marzło. Dwa lata temu kwitła częściowo, jakieś 1/4 drzewa. W tym roku powinno się udać 😍 #magnolia #wiosna #drzewa #przyroda #kochamwies
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Body #NikonZ5
Lens #NikkorZMC105mm
#photo

Ale się jaram naszą magnolią. Ostatnie pełne kwitnienie całego drzewa mieliśmy osiem lat temu. Później wszystko marzło. Dwa lata temu kwitła częściowo, jakieś 1/4 drzewa. W tym roku powinno się udać 😍 #magnolia #wiosna #drzewa #przyroda #kochamwies
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Body #NikonZ5
Lens #NikkorZMC105mm
#photo

Ale się jaram naszą magnolią. Ostatnie pełne kwitnienie całego drzewa mieliśmy osiem lat temu. Później wszystko marzło. Dwa lata temu kwitła częściowo, jakieś 1/4 drzewa. W tym roku powinno się udać 😍 #magnolia #wiosna #drzewa #przyroda #kochamwies
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Body #NikonZ5
Lens #NikkorZMC105mm
#photo

Ale się jaram naszą magnolią. Ostatnie pełne kwitnienie całego drzewa mieliśmy osiem lat temu. Później wszystko marzło. Dwa lata temu kwitła częściowo, jakieś 1/4 drzewa. W tym roku powinno się udać 😍 #magnolia #wiosna #drzewa #przyroda #kochamwies
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Lens #NikkorZMC105mm
#photo

Pogodę wykorzystałem na maksa! Nie to, że pobawiliśmy się z dzieciakami na dworze, to przyciąłem wszystkie drzewek, a nawet znalazłem czas na parę fajnych zdjęć z poziomu gleby. Jedno wrzucę tutaj, żeby się pochwalić 😜 #wiosna #przebiśniegi #kochamwies #kochambycwiesniakiem
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#Nikonz5
#NikkorZMC105mm

#spring #snowdrops #nature #flowers

Pogodę wykorzystałem na maksa! Nie to, że pobawiliśmy się z dzieciakami na dworze, to przyciąłem wszystkie drzewek, a nawet znalazłem czas na parę fajnych zdjęć z poziomu gleby. Jedno wrzucę tutaj, żeby się pochwalić 😜 #wiosna #przebiśniegi #kochamwies #kochambycwiesniakiem
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#Nikonz5
#NikkorZMC105mm

#spring #snowdrops #nature #flowers

Oto i moje #czajki Nie udało się przydybać na ziemi, ale udało się w powietrzu. Stado 30 sztuk! Czyli to już wiosenny konkret! #ptaki #birds #kochamwies #kochambycwiesniakiem wiosna
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#FTZII
#Nikkor70300VR

Oto i moje #czajki Nie udało się przydybać na ziemi, ale udało się w powietrzu. Stado 30 sztuk! Czyli to już wiosenny konkret! #ptaki #birds #kochamwies #kochambycwiesniakiem wiosna
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#NikonZ5
#FTZII
#Nikkor70300VR

Jestem szczęśliwy. Widziałem czajki, a jak biegałem to i ślimaka, ropuchę (niestety ale rozjechaną - tu nie jestem szczęśliwy), słyszałem skowronki, a teraz jeszcze przydybałem biedronkę! Normalnie jakby przyroda stała od dłuższego czasu w boksach i czekała, żeby to białe g... stopniało i móc ogłosić #wiosna ! #przyroda #biedronka #wiosna #macro
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Body #NikonZ5
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Jestem szczęśliwy. Jak biegałem to widziałem już ślimaka, ropuchę (niestety ale rozjechaną - tu nie jestem szczęśliwy), słyszałem skowronki, a teraz jeszcze przydybałem biedronkę! Normalnie jakby przyroda stała już w boksach i czekała, żeby to białe g... stopniało i móc ogłosić #wiosna ! #przyroda #biedronka #wiosna #macro
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U mnie #odwilż pełną gębą... #landscape #sunset #kochmawies #kochmabycwieśniakiem
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U mnie #odwilż pełną gębą... #landscape #sunset #kochmawies #kochmabycwieśniakiem
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Widzieliście moją wczorajszą wrzutką na fotoblogu z przebiśniegami? To dzisiaj wygląda to już tak 👇 #zdjęcie A dla tych co nie widzieli link do fotobloga tutaj: https://staszczuk.blogspot.com/2026/02/czekamy-wygladamy-przedwiosnia-ni-hu-hu.html

Zdjęcie:
#NikonZ5
#NikkorZMC105mm
#snow #snowdrops #kochamwieś #kochambycwieśniakiem

Widzieliście moją wczorajszą wrzutką na fotoblogu z przebiśniegami? To dzisiaj wygląda to już tak 👇 #zdjęcie A dla tych co nie widzieli link do fotobloga tutaj: https://staszczuk.blogspot.com/2026/02/czekamy-wygladamy-przedwiosnia-ni-hu-hu.html

Zdjęcie:
#NikonZ5
#NikkorZMC105mm
#snow #snowdrops #kochamwieś #kochambycwieśniakiem

Przebiśniegi już są, ale to wciąż za mało, żeby ogłosić przedwiośnie. Pod względem fenologicznym brakuje choćby kwitnienia leszczyny. Co ciekawe, w tamtym roku leszczyna u mnie kwitła 27 stycznia (sic!). W tym roku wciąż się na to nie zapowiada. Zima da nam jeszcze popalić...
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Co do samych zdjęć, to jestem szczęśliwy. W mojej wieśniaczej fotografii brakowało mi właśnie takiego szkła makro jak Nikon Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 S VR, coś pięknego. Niestety nie kurier się nie spieszył, więc obiektyw odebrałem późno i te zdjęcia już przy słabym świetle, no i co najważniejsze - bez słońca. Wrzucam jednak trzy: dwa przebiśniegów i jedno leszczyny.
Myślałem też, że mając to szkło, pozbędę się moje standardowej portretówki Nikkor 85/1.8G, ale nic z tego. Chociaż więcej testów zrobie jutro. Pytanie tylko czy dzieciaki będą na tyle cierpliwe? ;)
#kochamwies #snowdrops #flowers #spring #photo #hazel #macro #NikonZ5 #NikkorZMC105mm

Przebiśniegi już są, ale to wciąż za mało, żeby ogłosić przedwiośnie. Pod względem fenologicznym brakuje choćby kwitnienia leszczyny. Co ciekawe, w tamtym roku leszczyna u mnie kwitła 27 stycznia (sic!). W tym roku wciąż się na to nie zapowiada. Zima da nam jeszcze popalić...
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Co do samych zdjęć, to jestem szczęśliwy. W mojej wieśniaczej fotografii brakowało mi właśnie takiego szkła makro jak Nikon Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 S VR, coś pięknego. Niestety nie kurier się nie spieszył, więc obiektyw odebrałem późno i te zdjęcia już przy słabym świetle, no i co najważniejsze - bez słońca. Wrzucam jednak trzy: dwa przebiśniegów i jedno leszczyny.
Myślałem też, że mając to szkło, pozbędę się moje standardowej portretówki Nikkor 85/1.8G, ale nic z tego. Chociaż więcej testów zrobie jutro. Pytanie tylko czy dzieciaki będą na tyle cierpliwe? ;)
#kochamwies #snowdrops #flowers #spring #photo #hazel #macro #NikonZ5 #NikkorZMC105mm

Wśród sporej grupy naprawdę kapitalnych zdjęć na Flickr do wczorajszego (31.01) zestawienia, trafiło i moje. Cieszę się, bo pogoda nie pozwalała na "zmyślne" fotografowanie, ale kilka udanych kadrów, jak widać udało się zrobić. Wpis na fotobloga, prawdopodobnie na początku tygodnia. Dam oczywiście znać 🫡 Link do #explore 👉🏻 https://www.flickr.com/photos/staszczuk/55069635942/in/explore-2026-01-31/
#NikonZ5
#N85/1.8G
#FTZII

Wśród sporej grupy naprawdę kapitalnych zdjęć na Flickr do wczorajszego (31.01) zestawienia, trafiło i moje. Cieszę się, bo pogoda nie pozwalała na "zmyślne" fotografowanie, ale kilka udanych kadrów, jak widać udało się zrobić. Wpis na fotobloga, prawdopodobnie na początku tygodnia. Dam oczywiście znać 🫡 Link do #explore 👉🏻 https://www.flickr.com/photos/staszczuk/55069635942/in/explore-2026-01-31/
#NikonZ5
#N85/1.8G
#FTZII

Byłem dzisiaj znowu na przełomie naszej rzeki, ale powyżej mojej miejscowości. Chciałem zobaczyć jak tutaj miewają się #bobry Wpis na fotobloga #trzecieokostaszczuk przygotuję zapewne w poniedziałek, ale dzisiaj wrzucę Wam trzy zdjęcia z tej wyprawy...
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szkła: Tamron28-75/2.8 i Viltrox14/4Air
dodatkowo na jednym filtr #ND64

#kochamwies #rzeka #lód #woda #photo #winter #river #snow

Byłem dzisiaj znowu na przełomie naszej rzeki, ale powyżej mojej miejscowości. Chciałem zobaczyć jak tutaj miewają się #bobry Wpis na fotobloga #trzecieokostaszczuk przygotuję zapewne w poniedziałek, ale dzisiaj wrzucę Wam trzy zdjęcia z tej wyprawy...
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body: #NikonZ5
szkła: Tamron28-75/2.8 i Viltrox14/4Air
dodatkowo na jednym filtr #ND64

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Should Harry be Worried?

Look at this picture:

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Harry, mugging it up with Minnie Mouse. It’s adorable, right?

Look closer… do you see Mickey Mouse in the (blurry!) background? Does he look… jealous? Does he look like maybe that smile on his face is not sincere? Does he look like there is trouble brewing? Should Harry and Minnie be afraid of some sort of repercussion?

I don’t think so but… I don’t know.

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