Some Of My Favorites

A shot of one of the many streams located in the Shawnee National Forest. This one runs through Bell Smith Springs. Camera: Konica Minolta Zoom 60 Date Film: Konica Minolta VX 400 Super (expired on 02/2007) Zoom Lens: 35-60mm, @35mm Date: September 18th, 2014, 12.57 p.m. Location: Pope County, Illinois, U.S.A. KM Zoom KM400 18kf

A shot of the television screen. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Date: circa 1979 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 Kodak 5035 CBS 18gf

A Ford Model A 1/24th scale model kit I customized by chopping the top and adding a huge engine with a blower and 3 dual Stromberg carburetors. Okay, so maybe the blower and manifold/carburetor setup doesn't really work, but hey, I was a young kid at the time! Camera: Konica Autoreflex TC Lens: Konica Hexanon AR 50mm f/1.7 Film: Kodak Kodacolor 100 Date: 1978 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Konica TC Models 21if

I'll bet not many people will be able to guess what this is. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Shutter Speed: "B" Date: circa 1979 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 5035 Icicle 11lf

This is Selina, the girl who was our waitress at the Chinese buffet we dined at yesterday. She was very friendly and talked about what she wanted to do with her life. She wants to be a dentist. Well, you go for it, girl!

I saw this cute little restored and customized pedal car at the Wayne County Misfits car show held on May 26th, 2018. It was one of the items in the silent auction. Camera: Zenit ET (Made in Russia in 1984) Lens: Montgomery Ward Auto Wide Angle 28mm, M-42, f/2.8 (Made in Japan) Film: AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 400 Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/500 Date: May 26th, 2018, 8.29 a.m. Location: Fairfield, 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 Zenit Vista 400 Misfits 2018 12gf

This is the film version of a picture of a pepper I previously posted. Camera: Minolta SRT-101 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Agfa Photo Vista Plus 400 (shot at 100 ISO) Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 13 secs. Date: October 25th, 2018, 11.36 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: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature Water rinse: 3 minutes Kodak Photo Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta SRT Vista+400 Fall Tree 2018 13ff

The first snowfall of the year for 2007. (Actually for the start of Winter in the latter part of the year, not the end of Winter 2006.) This was taken from underneath some rose bushes in my yard, looking up toward the sky. Camera: Kodak 35 RF No. 2 (made in 1948) Lens: Kodak Anastar 50mm, f/3.5 Film: Kodak Gold 200-6, 200 ISO 35mm Aperture: F/16 Shutter speed: 1/200 Date: December 16th, 2007 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Kodak 35RF-2 Gold 200 08ff This negative was scanned by me using an Epson Perfection V500.

A timed exposure one snowy Winter night along the street where I live. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Ultra Color 100 ASA Aperture: F/16 Shutter speed: B (bulb) Date: December 2004 Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Minolta Kodak 100UC Subs 2004 31ff

The wide-open fields around Opdyke, Illinois.

Lights above the dining room table.. Camera: $5 Shift 3 Mini Digital Camera (Vivitar Mini Digital clone) Resolution: .1 megapixels Lens focal length: f=3.9mm Exposure setting: Automatic Aperture: f/2.8 Shutter speeds: 1/60 to 1/1500 sec. Date: July 1st, 2013 Location: Opdyke, Illinois, U.S.A. 01-004c

The American Legion at Fairfield, Illinois.