Tag: Fujifilm Velvia 50
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single frame: Riley’s rest
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single frame: Unknown U.S. Soldier
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single frame: At the chapel
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single frame: Contemplating boy
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single frame: Autumn display
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Autumn strolls through my neighborhood on Fujifilm Velvia 50
Velvia is born for sunny days. Cloudy days, meh. Or so I found out when I strolled through my neighborhood one overcast afternoon with camera in hand. But this is the only photo I got that shows how the reds, yellows, and oranges frosted the green trees here as autumn began. So you get cloudy-day shots. A…
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Captured: Flag at Mount Jackson
It’s called Mount Jackson Cemetery, but it’s on some of the flattest land in Indianapolis. Mount Jackson was the surrounding neighborhood’s original name, going back to the 1820s, but it’s been called Hawthorne for longer than anybody can remember. Poverty, drugs, petty crime — nobody lives in Hawthorne because they want to. The cemetery persists,…
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Green, yellow, and orange on Fujifilm Velvia 50
The trees changed color slowly this autumn, often first frosting their tips in red, yellow, and orange while the underlying leaves remained green. This created arresting views all over town. Along the section of Kessler Boulevard that I filmed last autumn stands a big Presbyterian church with a grand maple beside its parking lot. I bollixed the…
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Autumn in Indianapolis on Fujifilm Velvia 50
Time was, I couldn’t enjoy autumn. I always looked past it straight to winter, which I hate: the cold and snow, the staying indoors, the heavy clothes and coats. But then a few years ago an autumn of astonishing color yanked me from my gathering funk, and since then I’ve looked for autumn’s color, frequently with a camera…
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Shooting Fujifilm Velvia 50
I’ve always been curious about Velvia 50, a slide film. I finally shot some. I started close to home, as usual. First up: my car. Velvia does blue up right. I’ve always heard that Velvia returns super-saturated reds. Wow, how true. These red petals hurt my eyes. This roll shows no signs that it expired in…
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Nikon F2AS
A review of the all-metal, all-mechanical pro system SLR, the Nikon F2.