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One Nine Five

Jim Grey
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Some subjects draw me in every time I pass by with a camera. This scene on Main Street in Zionsville has become one of those subjects. I am sure I have at least one more photo from here, but I can’t find it now. Enjoy these five.

One Nine Five

Nikon Nikomat FTn, 50mm f/2 Nikkor H-C, Fujicolor 200, 2019

One Nine Five *EXPLORED*

Yashica Electro 35 GSN, Kodak Tri-X 400, 2018

One Nine Five

Olympus Trip 35, Kodak Color Plus, 2019

Around Zionsville

Pentax Spotmatic F, 35mm f/3.5 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar, Kodak Ektar 100, 2018

Around Zionsville

Pentax Spotmatic F, 35mm f/3.5 Super-Multi-Coated Takumar, Kodak Ektar 100, 2018

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15 responses to “One Nine Five”

  1. retrocrank Avatar
    retrocrank

    Jim, I have the same experience and I’ll bet all of us have our “attractors.” Most are a rich source of interesting images; for me that involves not only the visual but also considering the history of the place. Why is it though, that it can be so difficult to “find pictures” in some places that are incredibly interesting to look at and visit, even with an abundance of the usual elements of color, contrast, and form?

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      I don’t know, man! You’re right, those places exist: there ought to be a photograph in here, but I sure can’t find one.

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  2. J P Avatar
    J P

    I can see why you find the spot appealing.

    And how timely – the numbers mark my current weight after dropping a few pounds. Hopefully you will publish a shot of one with a lower address number in another couple of weeks. 😀

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      I’m trying to drop ten pounds; the magic house number for me is one seven five.

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  3. Marc Beebe Avatar
    Marc Beebe

    Well it worked for Monet … :D

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      Comparing me to brilliant artists will get you far!

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  4. Dan James Avatar
    Dan James

    I definitely have places like this too. Do you find you take the exact same composition more often than not, or do you consciously vary it (which seems to be the case from this example you’ve shared)?

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      I find that it differs from subject to subject. Three ash trees behind my old house, I almost always shot the same way.

      https://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/albums/72157661504430242

      The office building I worked in from 2009-2015, I varied:

      https://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/albums/72157629680428814

      Black Dog Books is a mixed bag:

      https://www.flickr.com/photos/mobilene/albums/72157661835729208

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      1. Dan James Avatar
        Dan James

        Interesting to see how some are so similar, near identical in fact. Lovely to see those trees going through the different seasons. Reminds me of a famous photographer (though I forget which) who is his latter days made hundreds of images of the tree in his back ground and photographed little else.

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        1. Jim Grey Avatar
          Jim Grey

          I especially love the photos of the trees. If you flip through the slideshow fast enough it’s almost like a time-lapse.

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          1. Dan James Avatar
            Dan James

            Yes, exactly, that’s what I did. A history of a place through a series of simple photographs of trees.

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        2. Jim Grey Avatar
          Jim Grey

          You’re also watching them die through the slideshow — they got the emerald ash borer, and it killed all three of those trees. They were dead by the time I moved away and stopped shooting them.

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          1. Dan James Avatar
            Dan James

            Poignant!

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  5. Steve Mitchell Avatar
    Steve Mitchell

    Lovely – all the same yet all different….

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    1. Jim Grey Avatar
      Jim Grey

      Isn’t that interesting? How the different times of year were captured on the different films through the different lenses?

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