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Don't put that on Facebook or the Gong An will be after you. Nice texture, though.

Thanks. It didn't make me dizzy when I was there, but kind of shocked when I pulled it out of the tray yesterday. Glad you liked it.

The "Blizzard of '21" left ice and snow in the woods. Here's "32nd Street Swamp" from the Anacortes City Forest. Shot with TriX in my old Calumet field view with yellow filter, and scanned from...

Coran,

Your wife must be a saint. Does she carry your tripod too? (Nice shot too.)

What a nice series! You've found a great theme to work on.

An endangered species, it is. But as usual some jerk has stolen the phonebook.

Until then I'm rooting around in local garages and getting lucky. Here's a restored '57 Ariel VH 500 single. 80mm with yellow filter and TriX400. Scanned from print.
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I would think that gloves suitable for this expedition would be too bulky for the usual controls. Can you get oversize knobs for your controls? Or glue larger diameter caps on the existing knobs?...

Martin: Thanks, I've been working with people in the Washington Vintage Motorcycle club recently, as well as previous collections in Germany, Japan and Canada. Your location reminds me of the Nat'l...

My collection of motorcycle images totally lacked Laverdas, so I did this beautiful 1978 "Zeta" 500. (Actually, doing it was the price for getting access to the really tasty Ariel that was next to...

Dang! I didn't even notice it. I'll have to go back and look in. Perhaps a secret crypt.

Bobbotron: Nice combination of nature and industry.

After the "Love Nest" above I found this opportunity just around the corner. Park workers had whacked off a whole hillside of blackberries...

It'll be metric. Bite the bullet and get a set - you'll use them all eventually. I can't believe how satisfying it is to have the right tools around the place. Good Luck.

Thanks for the story. These 650 cc singles were generally attached to sidecars or trailers. Funny you should mention "firing at every street light" - that's a common saying associated with these...

Thanks, I've been using Speedotron studio lights mostly - soft boxes for the chrome and spots for the engine detail. Black cloth background and white cloth foreground. I test the lighting with a...

1959 Panther 650cc single. TriX with yellow filter, 80 mmlens, scanned from print.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50871954512_8f223c7eae_b.jpgPanther A Flkr by John Olsen, on Flickr

"Love Nest" 150 mm lens with yellow filter, TriX, scanned from print

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50871757441_7f793b4988_b.jpgLoveNest Flkr by John Olsen, on Flickr

The trees on our bluffs are heroic in their resistance to the wind. TriX with red filter, 150 mm lens, scanned from print.
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Thanks, this has been a long-running project. I've got another garage visit set for Saturday, fresh developer mixed and waiting!

I'm getting desperate too. Today I tested composition and interior lighting for a shot that I really couldn't do with the 4x5 because of gusty winds. I wanted to figure out the balance between my...

Here's my last one from the MotoGuzzi shoot. 80mm lens with 8mm extension, TriX film, scanned from print.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50772661357_131ff64631_b.jpgR2N9 Flkr by John Olsen,...

Here's the other side of that fine '37 Moto Guzzi that I posted earlier. (You were waiting weren't you?) The old Guzzis had beautiful shift linkages, I think. 80mm lens, red filter, TriX film and...

Are you shooting this at f3.5? It looks like you're actually stopping drops in the air! Very interesting.

The vintage motorcycle scene has been pretty much shut done since March, but I got a private shooting opportunity just before Xmas. This is a 1937-48 Moto Guzzi 500 in running shape. 80 mm 'Blad lens...

I agree with Jim. The few mm's of filter can't have any effect on your focus as long as they're in front of your lens. It's just too many surfaces and too many chances for slight uncleanness to build...

Thanks for sharing your thought process. Every bit helps me get my best results out in the field.

The dunes image is wonderful, but since I don't know the scene, what movement did you use and for what effect? Who knows, maybe I'll learn something.

Door to the old power plant: 150 mm lens, f22 6s, yellow filter, scanned from print

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50720020711_f1b33d8f4e_b.jpgPowerplntN19B Flkr by John Olsen, on Flickr

Behind the Power Plant: 150 mm lens plus yellow filter, TriX in HC100 "B", scanned from Ilford print

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50719284848_9bc564617a_b.jpgPowerplntN10B Flkr by John...

This is one of your best in this series. Really like it.

Very nice - it really draws the eye into the frame.

Carhenge? Maybe Roadrunner can share something from the Cadillac Ranch down in Texas.
Anyway, here's my last try at the Stonehenge site - Vericolor III to Ilford MG print. I've loaded fresh TriX and...

Austin and h2oman: great finds there in Oregon.

Now a few time zones east of there we have a recent print from an old color neg:
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Orgraph: A very nice composition.

Here's something else that's old. I'm getting back to printing Kodak Vericolor III Type S negatives on Ilford MG paper. Some from Stonehenge were good for that....

[QUOTEDear John,

very nice picture. However, the name of the building is not "Casa Milo", but "Casa Milà" (see this wiki entry, or this one, if you prefer English over Catalan ;) ). It is better...

Went there too. Thanks for the reminder.

rrunnertexas: tres elegant

Here's a rooftop detail from Gaudi's "Casa Milo" in Barcelona. I think it's a chimney, but mostly it's scary. Every aspect of this building bears close scrutiny. (What...

Segovia in the afternoon. An old Vericolor III Type S negative printed last week on Ilford MG paper.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50595033837_b38cd0f956_b.jpgSegovia Flkr by John Olsen, on...

OK, I'll bite. How did you get the swirl one time, but not the other? Very long exposure? (I really like the images.)

Another in the series of Vericolor III negatives printed on Ilford MG paper. This is Cloister San Juan in Toledo. Must have been with the 90mm lens.
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