HaarFager's photos

This is a screen capture of a video I shot in 1994. It was lights on a Christmas tree as the video camera was fading out. Taken on December 28th, 2017, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

Happy Birthday, Jesus. Merry Christmas, Ipernity, and a Happy New Year! Taken on December 5th, 2015, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

Buh-Bye!!! Less Isis terrorists in the world means a safer world for everybody else. As you can see, these scum were blown to bits - good riddance to bad rubbish.

Some delicious oyster stew I made recently.

From this cocoon will emerge a beautiful butterfly.

An old quarry near Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 ASA Date: September 24th, 1984 Location: Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Kodak VR 100 Dairy Days 1984 25gf

A beach on the Atlantic Ocean. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Polaroid CP 100, 100 ASA 35mm Date: May 26th, 1987 Location: Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.A. XD11 Polaroid 100 Florida 23hf

Looking up at the Gateway Arch, in St. Louis, Missouri. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 ASA Date: April 1985 Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Minolta St. Louis 1985 Kodacolor VR 100 14ef

A mailbox in a close-by town. Taken on June 7th, 2017, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

The neon sign outside of the American Legion club where my band was playing that night. It was for a Valentine's Day dance. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 Wide Angle Lens Film: Kodak Gold 800 ISO Aperture: F/2.8 Shutter speed: 1/15th sec. Date: February 13th, 2010 Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. Pentax K1000 Kodak 800 18kf

This is a metal souvenir ashtray depicting Arizona. It belonged to my late Mother, and since we lived in Arizona for about 10 years, she collected things from there that had a Western theme. This was a test shot for my newly-acquired Minolta XG-A. Camera: Minolta XG-A Lens: Minolta MD 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 6 seconds Date: November 15th, 2025, 3.37 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Minolta XG-A Fuji Acros 100 Test One 2025 17gf

A tiny house in the midst of some farm equipment and cows. A wonder what it was used for? Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 3 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/250th of a second Date: November 14th, 2025, 1.12 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Minolta XG-9-3 Fuji Acros 100 First Frame 2025 13hf

It's better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness. A candle sconce located in my living room; taken with no lights on, just the candle burning. This was taken as a test with my second Minolta XG-9, which came in the mail on Wednesday evening. Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 2 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4 @110mm Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1 second Date: November 14th, 2025, 3.38 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 44 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Minolta XG-9-2 Fuji Acros 100 First Shots 2025 15df

One of the kittens that has claimed my front porch as their home. I was trying out my new camera - which I've had for less than 24 hours. It works and I only paid $9.95 for it. Camera: Minolta XG-9 No. 1 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2 Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W (expired 10/2019) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/125 of a second Date: November 13th, 2020, 1.23 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees Water pre-soak: 5 minutes Caffenol CM-RS: 11 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Kodafix fixer: 7 minutes Water rinse: 1 minute Minolta XG-9-1 Fuji Acros 100 1st Shots 2025 11hf

No, it's not the Stairway To Heaven, it just leads up to the main road and the parking area for cars. Coming down takes you to the beach and the swimming area. Camera: Minolta Autopak 450E 110 pocket camera Film: Lomography Tiger Color 200 (expired 5/19) Date: November 4th, 2020, 12.27 p.m. Location: Pounds Hollow, Hardin County, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 minutes and 35 seconds at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Minolta 450E Tiger 200 2020 07gf

A statue of three children sitting across from the public library in Carmi, Illinois. The colors seem muted because the film was so expired. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 4 (first version) Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @50 ISO) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/125th of a sec. Date: January 3rd, 2022, 12.46 p.m. Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Konica TC-4 Super G 400 2022 0if

How do you solve a problem like Maria? A screen capture from the movie "Metropolis." Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: November 1984 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Kodak VR100 Pottorff-2 1984 22ef

Just like in the movie "Sunset Boulevard." It turned out a little more grainier than I would have liked, but that was because of the film being expired. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC (first version) Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Super G 400 (rebranded Konica VX400, long expired and shot @50 ISO) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 10 seconds Date: January 28th, 2022, 11.24 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Konica TC-4 Super G 400 2022 04hf