Random Object Photographs
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This is a photo I took of the cockpit layout of a flaming red 1959 Corvette. It's somewhat nostalgic for me, because the first ride I ever took in a Corvette was an exact duplicate of this one; owned by a friend in college.
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Just another day in the neighborhood... My neighborhood in Arizona. Monsoon season is nigh.
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Just another day in the neighborhood... My neighborhood in Arizona. Monsoon season is nigh.
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Love the look of the surrounding environment. When may the dogs and I come visit? I promise we'll only stay a few days and won't get underfoot. Really, I promise.
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My Dad's Camera
Dad loved making photographs. He bought this camera sometime around 1948, I think. Probably bought it at Sears.
It's a Foldex 20, a fairly simple snapshot camera with a fixed aperture of f/11 (!) and a shutter speed of 1/50. It even has a timer and a threaded tripod mounting hole. The camera is pretty much identical to the Rollex 20. Both were made in Chicago. The Foldex 20 even has a flash-synchronized shutter.
Dad made a lot of photographs with this camera, and the image quality is very good, very crisp and clear as long as he held the camera steady and was within the proper focal range. The camera still works, by the way. I can still get film for it, so I may try some shots with it.
It's shown here with its original genuine leather case.
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Dad loved making photographs. He bought this camera sometime around 1948, I think. Probably bought it at Sears.
It's a Foldex 20, a fairly simple snapshot camera with a fixed aperture of f/11 (!) and a shutter speed of 1/50. It even has a timer and a threaded tripod mounting hole. The camera is pretty much identical to the Rollex 20. Both were made in Chicago. The Foldex 20 even has a flash-synchronized shutter.
Dad made a lot of photographs with this camera, and the image quality is very good, very crisp and clear as long as he held the camera steady and was within the proper focal range. The camera still works, by the way. I can still get film for it, so I may try some shots with it.
It's shown here with its original genuine leather case.
The photo will enlarge if you click on it.
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My dad had a very similar bellows-type camera, a Kodak as I recall, that he used throughout the 1930s and 1940s. It did have an adjustable aperture and shutter speed. He took a lot of pictures of me when I was toddler with it that are treasures for me now. In the mid-1950s, he took a giant leap forward with the purchase of a Leica IIIF, with interchangeable lenses. He had three - a 35mm, a 50mm, and a 135mm. He continued to use it until his death in 1987.
I struggled along, meanwhile, with this Bolsey 35mm through high school and college. Dad and I set up a "darkroom" in mom's kitchen and did our own B&W processing.
When I finally had the opportunity and the means in the 1980s, I got a single lens reflex camera with an internal light meter where if you "matched the needle," a good exposure was pretty much guaranteed. This was a Pentax K-1000, and it performed well.
When the digital age came upon us, I graduated to a series of Pentax single-lens reflex digitals, and I'm currently using this Pentax K-3. Things have changed a lot since the days of yore!
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Take a picture in a mirror.As soon as I figure out how to take a picture of my camera I'll post it.
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Montezuma's Castle. Sedona, Az.
They don't allow it today, but when I was younger, after my wife and I were married, circa 1963, we climbed up wooden ladders to gain access to the interior of that complex. Today, they don't allow it for liability and deterioration reasons.
One thing I remember is that in one of the rooms, there was a burial of an infant in the floor. The Park Service had covered it over with a piece of plexiglass so you could see the remains.
That was a great experience. Too bad visitors of today do not have that privilege.
There were windows situated to allow bow and arrow shooting from angles around the main ladder - to protect themselves, the occupants could shoot invaders who chose to climb up.
John
Looks like fall might be here a little early this year.
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Farnsworth Reservoir
We had lunch here at Gates Lake
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Just a few pictures from our ride yesterday on the Gooseberry Trail here in Utah. The Great Western Trail is also a part of this trail system.
We rode 49 miles through some gorgeous country. This is one of my favorite trails.
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