Here is another shot using my iPhone from my trip uptown the other day. The narrow gauge railroad runs as the Polar Express during the Christmas Season along the Portland waterfront. It would have looked quite a bit more festive at night with the lights on or if we had a little snow on the ground.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Quick trip to town
Was uptown for a few hours yesterday for a doctor’s appointment. Trying to get over a cold that I have had for the last 3 weeks. Got out of the appointment too late for the 4:30 so had 45 minutes to kill at the terminal before the 5:35. Boy it sure gets dark early.
The “Machigonne II” making ready to load the cars on the 5:35.
Monday, December 2, 2024
Film Notes 20241202
Film Notes- Erosion. Taken out at the end of city point with Minolta Dynax 8000i, and using Kodak TX 400 film . I developed it in Cinestill D96. I have been using the camera in auto mode as I am still trying to learn how to use it in manual.
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Headed South
Headed South for the holidays. Yesterday, today and tomorrow were and will be long travel days.Drove through a blizzard in PA this morning. Just awful conditions on I-81; blowing snow, white out and slippery road conditions. Trucks roared by me (I was following the reduced speed limit warnings) as if it were a sunny day and I was holding them up. Passed numerous cars off the road. What a difference 400 miles further South makes. In NC it is 57F and sunny. My kind of weather.
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
On A Walk
Yesterday the weather finally broke enough to be able to take a walk. I woke up to a light coating of snow on the lawn but the temperature moderate later in the morning and it all went away with the rain that followed. Reports from friends in NH noted 5-8" of wet heavy snow.
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Keep forgetting
I keep forgetting to make an entry here. Sheesh! Must be that holiday time of year. I have been focussing so hard on trying to, no- willing, to make the $25 Minolta XD5 35mm eBay film camera work, that I have done so at the expense of everything else. But it has paid off. I finally figured out that it will work and I can get acceptable results developing the film so that I can take it with me on my trip south for Christmas. I guess I should have read all the manuals at the beginning, but then I am a visual, trial and error kind of guy.
Friday, December 1, 2023
Totally Absent
Have neglected posting lately. Been focusing on learning how to use a new camera. The first roll I shot with my new to me Minolta XD5 was utter failure. The film didn't stay attached on the take-up reel so I spent 3 hours shooting photos that would never be. All that time and chemistry wasted. Yesterday I repeated the process shooting and developing another roll. Here is one picture from that roll.
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