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Which Board? => Main Forum => Topic started by: irv_b on June 14, 2024, 05:27:47 PM
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A few more from my outing to Faversham a little time back
Mamiya Super 23 FP4+ in HC110
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Irv - that Citroen H van in image 1 has always been a favorite of mine.
Three from a recent trip to Grass Valley in the Sierra foothills. Pentax KX, 24/2.8 and 85/2 on Formapan 400.
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Nice start Irv! I had never seen one of those Citroën H Vans until last year when I was working in Maui. It was being used to sell shave ice.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/53317720488/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/53317720488/in/dateposted-public/)
Earl, my grandfather was born in Grass Valley. His father was working in the gold mines at the time. I have spent some time there working on cleaning up a gold mine. Nice little town with a lot of mining history.
Anyone getting tired of birds yet? Too bad, many more to come, I'm still going through all the film I shot on Tern. Added more to my essay https://filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=10657.0 (https://filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=10657.0) Go there if you want to see some boobies!
Olympus OM-1 with Adoh HR-50 developed in beer.
Black Noddy
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53784622632_577066a676_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pWLftS)Black Noddy (https://flic.kr/p/2pWLftS) by Bryan Chernick (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60348236@N07/), on Flickr
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Earl, my grandfather was born in Grass Valley. His father was working in the gold mines at the time. I have spent some time there working on cleaning up a gold mine. Nice little town with a lot of mining history.
Small world. GV has practically been a second home for us over the past 5 decades: we were married there, two of my wife's brothers (one in image #3) and their families, as well as a couple of long-time friends, lived in town. We've generally visited once or twice a year at least and are still finding new places to go and things to see.
There was a recent effort made to reopen the Idaho-Maryland mine, ultimately denied by the county board of supervisors earlier this year. Needless to say, there was quite a bit of local opposition to the project.
https://yubanet.com/regional/nevada-county-supervisors-deny-rise-grass-valleys-idaho-maryland-mine-project/ (https://yubanet.com/regional/nevada-county-supervisors-deny-rise-grass-valleys-idaho-maryland-mine-project/)
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Earl, my grandfather was born in Grass Valley. His father was working in the gold mines at the time. I have spent some time there working on cleaning up a gold mine. Nice little town with a lot of mining history.
Small world. GV has practically been a second home for us over the past 5 decades: we were married there, two of my wife's brothers (one in image #3) and their families, as well as a couple of long-time friends, lived in town. We've generally visited once or twice a year at least and are still finding new places to go and things to see.
There was a recent effort made to reopen the Idaho-Maryland mine, ultimately denied by the county board of supervisors earlier this year. Needless to say, there was quite a bit of local opposition to the project.
https://yubanet.com/regional/nevada-county-supervisors-deny-rise-grass-valleys-idaho-maryland-mine-project/ (https://yubanet.com/regional/nevada-county-supervisors-deny-rise-grass-valleys-idaho-maryland-mine-project/)
It’s been quite a while since I’ve been back but I would jump at the opportunity. I don’t blame them for denying the mine after all the environmental problems they’ve had. I’ve always considered the California Mother Lode job security.
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53794461811_0788341f54_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pXCFjT)ruins (https://flic.kr/p/2pXCFjT) by Berang Berang (https://www.flickr.com/photos/berangberang/), on Flickr
Above 50mm view. Below 24mm view.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53794829174_02603fd880_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pXEywJ)wide ruins (https://flic.kr/p/2pXEywJ) by Berang Berang (https://www.flickr.com/photos/berangberang/), on Flickr
I'd like to explore this location a bit more, but I need to remember to bring insect repellent and long pants (saw a yellow belly water snake last time I went).
Had a bit of fun with this roll testing a few different lenses. I used the 50mm Schneider Xenon which is the usual choice for my Exa, but I also used the Enna 4.5/35mm, and ISCO 4/24mm. I very rarely use the 24mm lens, but I did have a couple good opportunities to use it on this roll. Will probably post more pics later.
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(saw a yellow belly water snake last time I went).
I would have been out of there faster than Hussein Bolt can run the 100m dash!
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Fortunately they are harmless, I missed getting a picture though because for a moment I thought it was a water moccasin, which is a snake you definitely don't want to run into. By the time I realized it was no danger, it had lost interest in me, turned around and slithered off.
Another 24mm shot from the roll:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53796936324_ac47113fd9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pXRmUU)Elisabet Ney House (https://flic.kr/p/2pXRmUU) by Berang Berang (https://www.flickr.com/photos/berangberang/), on Flickr
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Fortunately they are harmless,
Pfew! All we have here are grass snakes. Not the nicest things, but definitely harmless.
We don't have many slithering reptiles in Canada. I know that there is a small region north of Montreal that has a type of water snake that's pretty big. And in Ontario they have the Massasauga which is a type of rattler (definitely venomous).