I first stumbled into this mighty pair of maple trees on the fringes of the Allegan Forest in 2016… kinda lost track of them in the ensuing years but stumbled back onto that site last fall. Shot on 120 HP5+ in a Ricoh Diacord TLR, with the negative was then scanned and printed.
]]>Stop by and see this and several other exhibits is the Carnegie's galleries!
Old Tree In February
Green leaves are beautiful indeed,
And crisp snow pleases the eye,
But on this hill I struggle to see
The beauty that passes by.
Old tree: grace rising from ground,
Branches elegant in the air.
Small trees gather round,
And dream of summer fair.
Your bark is rough and battered,
Your roots bite the earth,
Your crown is richly tattered,
As you stand both blessed and cursed.
Old tree: scarred and worn,
Sleeping, graceful, mass and form.
Beauty veiled, branches broken,
Word of creation yet unspoken.
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]]>My two pieces are "Hidden" and "Footbridge." Both are film exposures, scanned and printed digitally. "Footbridge" was made using 35mm film in a 6x7 medium format camera... and that's fun!
]]>Creek Institute is located at 701 W. Cloverdale Road, Hastings, Michigan 49058. I hope you get a chance to visit!
]]>A few years ago I bought a Ricoh Diacord TLR. My goal was to find a medium format camera that is compact, lightweight, and has a built in light meter. As a long time user of a Pentax 6x7 system, I value the quality of 120 film images, but wanted something lighter and less cumbersome than the 6x7. The Ricoh Diacord - "Dia" being a reference to "Diamond" - was Ricoh's premium Twin Lens Reflex camera in the 1950's. Read on for a hands-on view regarding this camera's image quality and usability.
First - a quick summary of my take on this camera:
So let's dive into the camera with a little more detail...
Read more » ]]>Spent the last week driving along Michigan's Lake Huron shoreline - which is beautiful. Ran into this barn on the back roads north of Bad Axe while heading up to Port Austin. The sunset was shining through incoming rain (much needed in the area) and created a great luminous effect over the open fields of the thumb area.
Infrared converted Pentax K01 and DFA HD 15-30 f2.8 lens. I bought the lens for full frame use but realized that it is an ideal focal length for use on the APS-C K01. It works nicely!
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