HaarFager's photos with the keyword: Candles

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

Taken at the Relay Walk For Life, held at the Leo French Park in Fairfield, Illinois on June 23rd, 2006. I used my Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR. This view shows candles being lit and burning from across the lake and their reflections on the water.

The chocolate birthday cake my girlfriend Diane got me Wednesday night. Camera: Minolta X-370N Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @70mm 1:4 macro Film: Kodak Tri-X 400 B&W Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: F/3.5 Shutter Speed: 1/15 sec. Date: February 27th, 2019, 9.19 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: 2 minute presoak Adox Adonal 1+50 (500ml water, 2 tsp. Adox Adonal) for 15 minutes at 20°C/68.0°F 15 second initial agitation, then 5 second gentle (wine glass swirl) agitation each minute 1 minute water rinse Ilford lfostop, 30 second agitation, 30 second stand 1 minute water rinse Ilford Hypam Fixer, 9 minutes, 3 inversions every minute 2 minutes water rinse 3 drops Photo-Flo final rinse for 60 seconds Minolta X-370N Tri-X 2019 18df

"It is better to light one single candle than to curse the darkness."

We lose ourselves in books, and we find ourselves there, too. . . For The Sunday Challenge group, who's theme this week was, "Books." These are just some of my favorite books and authors, plus one.