HaarFager's photos

A bench overlooking our local reservoir, which was frozen over solid one winter. Taken with a Nikon D3000 DSLR on March 2nd, 2015.

Some celery I was dicing up.

I took several different images of the crescent moon last night, May 11th, 2024, at different focal lengths. Here they are side by side to compare the difference between the sizes.

An uncropped image of the moon, taken last night, May 11th, 2024, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR, with an old Minolta-mount manual focus zoom lens.

Last night, May 10th, 2024, there had been some solar flares that were fairly large and this caused the conditions to be right for the Aurora Borealis lights to be seen as far south as my area here in Southern Illinois. These streams of light were constanly moving and shifting and looked pretty amazing. It's real rare that these lights show this far south like they did.

Last night, May 10th, 2024, there had been some solar flares that were fairly large and this caused the conditions to be right for the Aurora Borealis lights to be seen as far south as my area here in Southern Illinois. These streams of light were constanly moving and shifting and looked pretty amazing. It's real rare that these lights show this far south like they did.

My third of three step-daughters, Tanya. She was 9 years old and she's showing of the Gameboy she got for Christmas that year. Camera: Canon Sure Shot Owl Film: Kodak Gold 100 35mm Aperture: f/8 (fixed) Shutter: 1/100th of a second (fixed) Date: December 25th, 1998 Location: De Soto Illinois, U.S.A. Canon Kodak Gold 100 Christmas 1998 DeSoto 24ff

Another one of my step-daughters, Kelsey. Taken at the St. Louis Zoo, in St. Louis, Missouri. Camera: Fuji Film Smart Shot Deluxe Lens: Fujinon 33mm Film: Kodak Gold 100 35mm Aperture: f/8 (fixed) Shutter: 1/100th of a second (fixed) Date: October 31st, 1999 Location: St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. Smart Shot Deluxe Kodak Gold 100 St. Louis Zoo 01ff

This was Savannah, one of my step-daughters, trying on her Easter dress before Easter 1999. She was five years old in this picture. Taken on December 3rd, 1998, with my Fuji Film Smart Shot Deluxe 35mm point and shoot camera.

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