Towards the end of the week I generally have my work all caught up so I can go take photos after lunch. Today I headed a dozen miles north of town to an old mill dam. My intention was to take a photo of an gnarled old tree. The area below the dam is popular with fishermen and as I set up my camera and took a couple of test plates a nearby fisherman struck up a conversation with me. This year I've been making an effort to photo the people I meet on my many "roamings" so I got him to pose for me. I used an 1845 Ross Petzval FL=5 inch, wide open. It's obviously a quarter plate lens but I think it worked pretty well here. I will try to get a photo of my portable dark lab I use in the back of my Subaru. It easily handles 8x10. I still have a lot of fun doing 4x5 with the Chamonix though.
Kent in SD
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