HaarFager's photos with the keyword: Explore

Here is a loaf of sourdough bread I made back on September 24th, 2013. It involves making a starter and keeping it going in your refrigerator by "feeding" it. Some people keep their starter going for years.

An interesting sunset picture I took back on October 20th, 2006, with my Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR.

This is an old building downtown, five blocks from my house. It used to house the Norris City Auto Parts, but hasn't done so for over two decades. Now, it is an antiques store. I've always liked the architecture of the building. Camera: Centon DF-300 (Minolta X-300 clone) Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @28mm Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 B&W 35mm Shooting Program: Manual Aperture: F/8 Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec. Date: August 26th, 2016, 4.51 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water Rinse: 1 min. Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 min. Water Rinse: 1 min. Ilford Hypam Fixer: 7 1/2 mins. Water Rinse: 4 mins. Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 min. Centon Fuji Neopan 100 2016 08ef

A shot of my Minolta XD11 with the Minolta MD 28-70mm zoom lens on it. Camera: Minolta SRT-101 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F/1.2 lens Film: Fuji Film Neopan 100 Acros 35mm black and white Aperture: F/16 Shutter Speed: 60 secs. Date: April 5th, 2014, 11.59 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 30if

A rose before the sun had fully risen to shine on it. Camera: Sears TLS Mk II (made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Film: FujiFilm Neopan Acros 100 black and white 35mm Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Shutter speed: 1/125 sec. Aperture: F/5.6 Date: May 28th, 2015, 6.20 a.m. Place: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water Rinse: 30 secs. Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam Fixer: 8 mins. Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 min. Water Rinse: 4 mins. Sears Acros 22ff

Another shot of a tomato I've posted before. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, f/3.5, @70mm 1:4 macro Film: Kodak BW400CN 400 ISO C-41 B&W Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter Speed: "O" 1/100th of a sec. Date: August 25th, 2014, 8.30 a.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 One Rokkor BW400CN 06ef

For The Sunday Challenge group, who's theme this week was "Metallic." It said to keep the processing simple this week, so I didn't do anything to mine. It's just a scan of a black and white negative - no post-processing effects whatsoever. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 28-70mm, @70mm Film: Kodak BW400CN black and white film Aperture: F/22 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 1/2 sec. Date: October 31st, 2014, 1.15 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. XD11 One Rokkor BW400CN 22-2hf

This was the first Methodist church built in Illinois, in 1838. The picture was taken just before it was torn down in the early-1980's. It's an old scan and it was converted to black and white some time ago. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Kodak Kodacolor, 100 ASA 35mm Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

I always wondered if a clear crystal apple would even have a shadow. Well, I found out it does. For The Sunday Challenge group, who's theme this week was shadows.

For The Sunday Challenge group. The theme this week was to photograph items out of your prop box. I chose things out of my model props box and the items I chose were my Grandmother Harrelson's old hat and gloves. There are two notes in the picture that show these props being used.

This is for The Sunday Challenge group, who's theme this week was "Abstract," spotlighting the color "Red." The initial image of the mushrooms is detailed elsewhere, but suffice to say I shot them on Monday while lighting them with a tiny maglight shone through a 1970 Chevrolet Nova tail light lens. I then took the image into Adobe Photo Deluxe 2.0 and made it into the cube you see in the middle of the image. After I had the cube finished, I needed somewhere to put it. For the sunset seascape with the clear sphere, I used Bryce 5 and created a suitable background in which to meld my cube. After I had both pieces ready, I blended them using Adobe Photoshop CS2. The original shot:

This is one of those solar garden lights that draw off sunshine during the day and then turn on to glow at night. Of course, they're not this bright, but a long exposure like this when it's dark outside will make them look much stronger than they really are. It's positioned right at the bottom of the front steps to my house. For The Sunday Challenge group, who's theme this week was to use a setting on your camera you hadn't used before. I chose the "B" (bulb) setting, which I had never used before, on an old Diana-clone 120 camera. In fact, I'd only ever run one roll of film through the camera and had been meaning to use it again for some time. For those that don't know about the classic "Diana" camera - they were really really cheap plastic cameras made in Hong Kong in the 1960's and given away as prizes or sold for about .50 cents. That's right - they are super cheap and if you drop one, they might break into a thousand pieces because the plastic is so thin. As a matter of fact, I think mine melted a little on the front because it was kept in a hot car. If you look at mine in the picture below, the melted spot is just above the lens and under the viewfinder. Camera: Windsor (Diana-clone) Film: Fuji Film Neopan Acros 100 ISO 120 film Aperture: F/11 Shutter Speed: "B" (bulb) 10 minute exposure Focus Range: 4 feet to 6 feet Date: June 6th, 2014, 9.50-10.00 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 developer: 9 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 mins. Water wash: 5 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Windsor Neopan 13ef

Yes, I dyed the rice blue. Thanks go out to my neighbor Sue for helping pick out the blue food coloring.

Many days as I come home from working in de banana fields, I sing this little song: "Day-O, Day-ay-ay-O Daylight come and me wanna go home."

For The Sunday Challenge group who's theme for the week was "Through The Looking Glass." I had a hectic week and couldn't come up with even a glimmer of an idea until Friday. I had a house guest staying with me all week and then a friend died unexpectedly on Wednesday. I was asked to perform the music at the funeral on Friday, so because of everything, I didn't have much time to shoot anything. I finally got some shots of the classic cars at the car show on Saturday through the side mirrors of other vehicles, but nothing I was happy with. Finally, on the way home Saturday afternoon, I thought about trying to catch the road from my passenger-side mirror. I took several, but they all tended to look alike. I felt the extra post-processing was necessary because the road itself didn't look as blurry as I thought it would. I cleaned this mirror and washed only the parts of the car that would show in the reflection because I was too tired to schlepp all the way to the car wash for a proper cleaning! Oh, the things you have to do when you're a photographer!

For The Sunday Challenge group's theme this week - car badges or logos. This, of course, is one of the premiere auto brands of them all. In my humble opinion, that is.

For The Sunday Challenge group who's theme this week is "Monochrome." This old sedan has seen better days. For a look at this car in color, check the note over the hood emblem. Camera: Pentax K1000 Lens: SMC Pentax-A 28mm, f2.8 wide angle lens Film: Kodak Tri-X, B&W 400 ISO Aperture: F/11 Shutter speed: 1/500th sec. Date: May 8th, 2014, 3.00 p.m. Location: Harrisburg, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing process, chemicals were at 68 degrees: Ilford ID11 developer: 7 mins. Ilford Ilfostop stop bath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam fixer: 7 mins. Water wash: 4 mins. Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 min. Pentax Tri-X TSC 15of