HaarFager's photos

This was a lasagna I made back on June 6th, 2006. Taken with my Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR.

This butterfly landed on a tree leaf in my back yard and sat there - almost like it was posing for me. So I obliged and took it's picture.

This was the sequence of the total solar eclipse back in 2017 showing the complete sequence of before, during and after totality. I was there with 3 other people and we enjoyed it together - it was awesome! There were also two young couples who drove all the way from New Hampshire and they stationed themselves close by us. All of us chatted and had a good time during the eclipse. There were a few small clouds that had wandered through prior to the start of the eclipse, but were gone by the time the eclipse reached totality. This one was quite near my home, about 30 minutes away, but not like the one on April 8th, 2024 this past Monday that went right over my house. Taken on August 21st, 2017, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

As the sun was nearing totality for the Eclipse on April 8th, 2024, I got this shot with one of my newer Minolta film cameras. Camera: Minolta X-370 No. 2 Lens: Auto Sears MC Zoom 100-300mm, @300mm Tele-Converter: Soligor Auto Tele Converter 2X Film: Family Dollar Color Print Film 400 (expired on 12/2006 and shot @50 ISO) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/32 Shutter Speed: 1/1000 of a sec. Date: April 8th, 2024, 12.48 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 Minolta X-370-3 Family Dollar 2024 23ef

A little toy Volkswagen van that looked cool enough I just had to photograph it. Camera: Minolta X-370 No. 2 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @70mm 1:4 macro Film: Family Dollar Color Print Film 400 (expired on 12/2006 and shot @50 ISO) Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: f/22 Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 17 seconds Date: March 26th, 2024, 11.25 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 Minolta X-370-3 Family Dollar 2024 22fff

Another nifty Minolta SLR I picked up earlier this year. I've already used it and it works fine.

The total eclipse of the sun just passed right over my home here in Southern Illinois. I took this picture at 1.05 p.m. CT, Monday, April 8th, 2024. This is the second total eclipse I've seen in my area and I don't have the words to describe what they're like. It gets real dark and quiet, and the totality of the eclipse really shines up in the sky. It's an awesome experience.

This is Powell General Baptist church just outside my town of Norris City Camera: Sears TLS (Mk II, made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Film: Kodak BW400CN black and white 35mm Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Shutter speed: 1/125 sec. Aperture: F/16 Date: October 3rd, 2012, 3.31 p.m. Place: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Sears TLS01 12ff

A hawk flying over our local reservoir.

You can tell this was taken in the 1970s because of the clothes and shoes. The shot was probably the first one on the roll and it wasn't a complete frame. Camera: Kodak 35 rangefinder (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Exposure mode: Manual (of course!) Date: January 13th 1978. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35 KSF 5075 11-2ef

It looks like a mural painted on the side of this building, but I think it's really an advertisement for a local business. It's an interesting piece of art nonetheless. It was, of course, inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's "Vetruvian Man" sketch. Camera: Minolta SRT-201 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Portra 160 Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/500 of a second Date: April 13th, 2019, 1.54 p.m. Location: Benton, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes 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 Kodak Photo Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta SRT201 Portra 160 2019 06ef

A ride at a local street fair. Camera: Konica Minolta Zoom 60 Date Film: Konica Minolta VX 400 Super (expired on 02/2007) Zoom Lens: 35-60mm, @35mm Date: September 13th, 2014, 3.41 p.m. Location: Fairfield, Illinois, U.S.A. KM Zoom KM400 05gf

A field on the outskirts surrounding my town. There are a lot of cattle farms here. Camera: Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash No. 4, (made in period 6/1955) Film: Kodak Portra 160 VC (120 size) Lens: Glass meniscus lens Aperture: Approximately f/14 Shutter Speed: Approximately 1/25 sec. Date: March 15th, 2014, 4.22 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41 Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees Developer: 3 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean) Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees Water rinse: 3 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 1 minute Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Brownie-4 Portra 160 12ff

This is Raven, the girl who used to live next door to me. I can't believe it's been 10 years since she posed for these pictures. Camera: Minolta SRT-101 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 lens Film: Fuji Film Neopan 100 Acros 35mm B&W Aperture: f/1.2 Shutter Speed: 1/8 of a sec. Date: April 5th, 2014, 7.20 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Developer: Ilford ID-11 - 10 minutes Stop Bath: Ilford Ilfostop - 1 minute Rinse: Water - 1 minute Fixer: Ilford Hypam - 7 minutes Rinse: Water - 5 minutes Minolta SRT101 Acros 08g (Orton)

The bridge located at Old Shawneetown, Illinois. The smaller structure spanning the river on this side of it is for moving grain. Camera: Sears TLS (Mk II, made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Film: Kentmere 100 black and white 35mm Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: f/11 Shutter speed: 1/250 of a sec. Date: April 13th, 2018, 4.13 p.m. Place: Shawneetown, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water Rinse: 1 min. Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 min. Water Rinse: 1 min. Ilford Hypam Fixer: 9 mins. Water Rinse: 2 mins. Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 min. Sears TLS Kentmere 100 Bridges 16ef

A solar panel array next to an old grain bin. Camera: Sears TLS (Mk II, made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Tele Converter: Montgomery Ward Auto 2X Converter Film: Kentmere 100 black and white 35mm Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: f/8 Shutter speed: 1/250 of a sec. Date: April 13th, 2018, 3.04 p.m. Place: Ridgeway, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water Rinse: 1 min. Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 min. Water Rinse: 1 min. Ilford Hypam Fixer: 9 mins. Water Rinse: 2 mins. Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 min. Sears TLS Kentmere 100 Bridges 13ef

Taken with a Konica Autoreflex TC on Kodak film in 1978. This was some wildflowers growing in my back yard. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 color film Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica KSF 5035 Yard 1978 04hf