Allegan Forest earlier this week - Pentax 6x7 with 105 f2.4 SMC Takumar, Agfa APX 100 in Rodinal 1+25. The large stock of APX 100 & 400 that I bought in 2005 is just about gone...
The shelf cloud of a fast moving thunderstorm, photographed yesterday in a restored oak savanna in the Allegan forest. The storm rolled in quickly and the downpour was not far behind this cloud.
Pentax Mz-S, DA 40mm f.28 XS pancake lens, Ultrafine Xtreme 400 film rated at 400 and developed in D76 1:1.
I'm not sure why, but the DNR plants winter wheat rye in some of fields in the Allegan Forest, the game area where I do much of my outdoor photography. The game area was cobbled together from a lot of failed farms in the 1930's - farms that failed due to the very sandy soil that offers little support for crops. Here's a closeup of a the head of wheat rye stalk with a little spider on it. The wheat rye has grown fairly well this year, but is exceedingly thin in the sandy soil. The tan background is the rest of the field.
(Correction: I thought it was winter wheat, but after chatting with a farmer with a field full of this stuff I learned that it was rye.)
A shaft of sunlight lands on a pine sapling. This was taken on Agfa APX 400 exposed at ISO 64 and pull processed in Rodinal to compress the tonal range. Pentax 6x7 and SMC Takumar 105mm f2.4 lens. Film was rated at ISO 64 assuming the the true sensitivity of APX 400 is more like ISO 250. Taken in Michigan's Allegan Forest.
Another photo of the late summer woods in extravagant sunlight.
This was taken on Agfa APX 100 exposed at ISO 25 and pull processed to compress the tonal range. Three stacked exposures. Pentax 6x7 and SMC67 55mm f4 ens. Taken in Michigan's Allegan Forest.
Having a great time stomping through the forest on these brilliant last days of summer...
This was taken on Agfa APX 100 exposed at ISO 25 and pull processed to compress the tonal range. Three stacked exposures. Pentax 6x7 and SMC Takumar 105 f2.4 lens. Taken in Michigan's Allegan Forest.
Still working on capturing the forest under full brutal midday sunlight...
This was taken on Agfa APX 100 exposed at ISO 25 and pull processed to compress the tonal range. Three stacked exposures. Pentax 6x7 and SMC Takumar 105 f2.4 lens. Taken in Michigan's Allegan Forest.
Another photo of a a red meadow hawk dragonfly, genus Sympetrum. This is a field stack focused image - 16 images taken with a monopod supported macro setup combined t0 maximize depth of field:
Meadowhawk Dragonfly
The subject seems to be transitioning from the dull orange juvenile coloration to the bright red of an adult male. Not certain regarding the flower - maybe valerian?