HaarFager's photos

I made these fish cakes for dinner last night. They were.... interesting. Taken on October 17th, 2025, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR. Update: They tasted much better when I rewarmed them for lunch today. I guess they just needed more time for the flavors to all infuse together.

A view of Times Square along Fifth Avenue, in New York City. Camera: Canon Sure Shot Owl Film: Kodak Gold 100 Lens: Canon Lens 35mm, f/4.5 Date: March 18th, 1999, 12.46 p.m. Location: New York City, New York, U.S.A. Canon Gold 100 New York-1 15ff

The wide open spaces of Southern Illinois. This is on the road to Benton, Illinois. Camera: Minolta Maxxum 300si Lens: Minolta AF Zoom 35-70mm, f/3.5 Film: Lucky 200 ISO 35mm film (Made in China) Date: May 7th, 2013, 4.15 p.m. Location: Hamilton County, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta 300si Lucky 200 29-1df

The entrance to University Mall, located in Carbondale, Illinois. Camera: Minolta X-370s Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @28mm Film: Kodak Portra 160 Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/250 of a sec. Date: September 3rd, 2016, 5.50 p.m. Location: Carbondale, 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 X-370s Portra 160 Carbondale 12ef

The work on a farm always starts from here at the barn. Camera: Minolta Maxxum 300si Lens: Minolta AFZoom 35-70mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Portra 160 Date: March 23rd, 2013, 10.41 a.m. Location: Southern Illinois, U.S.A. Vacation4 36ef

One of the many farms that dot the landscape of Southern Illinois. Camera: Minolta XG-1 Film: Kodak Gold 200 ASA Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 45mm, f/2 Date: April 15th, 2006 Location: Wayne County, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Gold 200 New Lenses 2006 00ef

Each year, the juniors in high school get to paint their names on the side of this Lion's Club building. In addition to their names, it reads: "Our past is behind us, Our future lies before us, But our memories will last forever." Now these names and words are just a memory, locked in the moment of this photograph. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @40mm Film: Kodak Ektar 100 Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: F/7.1 Shutter Speed: "O" 1/100th of a second Date: June 4th, 2016, 6.40 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Ektar 100 Fall Tree 2015 28lf

This spider was building a web this morning just off the front of my porch. Taken on October 2nd, 2025, with my Sony Alpha SLT-a77V DSLR.

Sunset behind a producing oil well. I’ve moved since this picture was taken and this well is only about a mile from my current home. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Gold 100 Date: June 17th, 1992 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta XD11 Gold100 Graduation 1992 25ff

This was taken on a hike back in 2000. It was my sister, her son and daughter and a friend of her daughter’s. And of course me. Camera: Polaroid 200 Bf Film: Kodak Gold 100 ASA 35mm color film Date: October 2000 Location: Dolan’s Lake, Hamilton County, Illinois, U.S.A. Polaroid 200 Bf 2000-2 Kodak Gold 100-6 17hf

This was a game at the birthday party of my ex-girlfriend's daughter. Kids just love "Pin The Tail On The Donkey." Taken on July 7th, 2003, with an HP Photosmart 720 digital point and shoot camera.

This is a brand of film I found on eBay. I'm pretty sure it's a vanity film and that it's really Fuji Film 200.

An old abandoned oil well out in the country around Enfield, Illinois. I converted the color negative to black and white. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor VR 100 Date: March 1986 Location: White County, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Kodacolor VR 100 Easter 1986 06of

Apparently, I've only shot one roll of Kodak Vericolor II film. And that was back in 1978.

A streetlight in downtown Carmi, Illinois. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Vivitar Macro Focusing Zoom 28-210mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Gold 400 Exposure mode: Manual (O) Shutter speed: 1/100 Date: July 2nd, 2009 Location: Carmi, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Kodak Gold 400 2009 13gff

On a country drive I took this past Sunday, I spotted a Black Swallowtail butterfly on these wildflowers. The butterfly is hard to see, but it's on the white flower toward the middle of the frame This film expired 26 years ago and there seemed to be some color shift. Adobe Photoshop seemed to help that problem. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 1 Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Polaroid One Film 200 (expired on 7/99 and shot @25 ASA) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a sec. Date: September 7th, 2025, 1.56 p.m. Location: Hamilton County, 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 PhotoFlo200: 1 minute Konica TC-1 Polaroid One Army-Navy 06gf

One of those underground pipe markers. This film expired 26 years ago and there seemed to be some color shift. Adobe Photoshop seemed to help that problem. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 1 Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Polaroid One Film 200 (expired on 7/99 and shot @25 ASA) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/60th of a sec. Date: September 7th, 2025, 2.43 p.m. Location: Hamilton County, 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 PhotoFlo200: 1 minute Konica TC-1 Polaroid One Army-Navy 14hff

There were three old trucks abandoned at this location and it looked like somebody had removed all the seats from them. And somebody dropped off an old love seat there as well. This film expired 26 years ago and there seemed to be some color shift. But I was able to fix it somewhat with post-processing. Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC No. 1 Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm, f/1.7 Film: Polaroid One Film 200 (expired on 7/99 and shot @25 ASA) Program: Manual (no battery) Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/60th of a sec. Date: September 7th, 2025, 1.37 p.m. Location: Hamilton County, 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 PhotoFlo200: 1 minute Konica TC-1 Polaroid One Army-Navy 04hf