Sean J

Six views of physicist Richard Feynman lecturing at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, in early 1975. (c) 1975 Sean F. Johnston

Richard Feynman, 1975.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #portrait #unposed #physics #physicist #lecture #Burnaby #SFU #BC #Canada

Detail of fuselage aluminium panel strips making up the body of a vintage aircraft. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston

Fuselage detail.

#photography #bw #Fuji #X30 #vintage #museum #aircraft #art #artphotography #bwphotography #aviation #Carlisle #England

Christina Lodder, not Christian; sorry.

Three-Quarter Blues (on guitar, after George Gershwin, 1923) Also known as the Irish Waltz.

A short Gershwin song:
soundcloud.com/sfjoh/three-...

#guitar #instrumental #Gershwin #selfproducedmusic #musicfeed #1920s #music #musicsky

Recommended Alexandr Rodchenko books:

1. Experiments For The Future, Alexandr Rodchenko
2. Russian Constructivism, Christian Lodder
3. The Soviet Photograph, 1924-1937, Margarita Tupitsyn

#constructivism #soviet #rodchenko #USSR #interwar #Lenin #Tatlin #avant-garde #futurism #art #20C #INKhUK

Detail of a tractor wheel and caterpillar tread. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston

Farm tractor.

#photography #film #bw #monochrome #bwphotography #filmphotography #35mm #art #artphotography #tread #caterpillar #Illinois

Upward view of concrete silo and iron ladder attached to it.

Silo, Urbana, Illinois, 2008.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #filmphotography #art #artphotography #bwphotography #architecture #heroic #Illinois #Urbana #Rodchenko

Shadow of a figure on a grass path. (c)2017 Sean F. Johnston

Late winter, 2017.

#Photography #bw #monochrome #art #bwphotography #artphotography #portrait #portraitphotography #selfie #path #shadow #southwest #Scotland

Large flock of geese leaving field in southwest Scotland. (c) 2017 Sean F. Johnston

Large flock of geese of pond in southwest Scotland. (c) 2017

Migrating geese.

#photography #bw #monochrome #Fuji #x30 #wildlife #bwphotography #southwest #Scotland

Deer photographed with multiple exposures from a hand-held camera. (c) 2019 Sean F. Johnston

One deer, seven exposures.

#photography #X30 #Fuji #multiple #exposures #wildlife #deer #countryside #rural #field #landscape #winter #southwest #Scotland

A long, narrow gravestone element consisting of a long urn in relief surmounted by a winged soul. (c) 2025 Sean F. Johnston

18th century table grave, with carving on the top of a skull and crossbones and the initials R B. (c) 2025 Sean F. Johnston

#Caerlaverock cemetery, Sep 2025.

#photography #18C #19C #taphophile #graveyard #gravestone #relief #skull #crossbones #urn #winged#soul #southwest #Scotland

Dark image of sharp reflections from trees adjacent to the River Nith in Scotland. (c) March 2010 Sean F. Johnston

Reflections on River Nith.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #mediumformat #Mamiya #art #artphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography #water #fluvial #riparian #C330 #TLR #sombre #dark #sunless #Nith #southwest #Scotland.

A leafless tree in near-silhouette beside a country road with woods behind it. (c) October 2009, Sean F. Johnston

Sepia tree, Templand, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.

#photography #film #mediumformat #C330 #Mamiya #TLR #bw #monochrome #sepia #toning #cloud #october #Templand #D&G #Scotland

Close-up of a power utility pole with two intersecting lines of three conductors each, requiring a multiplicity of insulators. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston

Insulators.

#photography #bw #monochrome #art #artphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography #film #35mm #rural #electricity #power #southwest #Scotland

Taylor Blue (2026) Jazzy variant of Mick Taylor's Slow Blues. Recorded 25 January 2026

soundcloud.com/sfjoh/taylor...

#music #blueskymusic #smoothjazz #jazzguitar #DIYmusic #jazzsky #bluesSky

Statue of seated figure leaning over to measure on the flat ground. (c) 2011 Sean F. Johnston

Newton monument, British Library.

#photography #bw #monochrome #toned #tonality #toner #film #mediumformat #TLR #Mamiya #C330 #art #artphotography #bwphotography #filmphotography #London #UK

Lochmaben reflections.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #mediumformat #Mamiya #C330 #TLR #bwphotography #filmphotography #artphotography #southwest #Scotland

View of two hills with spiral pathways leading to a collection of stones. Constructed in the 2010s. (c) 2020 Sean F. Johnston

Multiverse, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.

A good resource for such #atmospheric #optical #phenomena is Light and Color In The Outdoors by Marcel G. J. #Minnaert [De natuurkunde van't vrije veld. I. Licht en kleur in het landschap (1974)].

#Brockenspectre #physics #Brockenspectre #sun #antipoint #photography #artphotography #astronomy

At the 12 Apostles stone circle this morning in the fog.

#photography #stonecircle #fog #sunrise #Neolithic #landscape #art #artphotography #standingstone #Holywood #southwest #Scotland

This morning's optical phenomenon: a #Brocken #spectre around my head in #fog shortly after sunrise. It's unusual to see it at ground level - usually seen from aircraft over clouds. It's distinct from a #Heiligenschein, which produces a #halo around the observer's shadowed head from dew reflection.

Small fragment of a sandstone gravesetone, with "Dayed ..6 ..aged.." visible. (c) 2012 Sean F. Johnston

18th century gravestone fragment, outside the graveyard wall...

#photography #bw #monochrome #mediumformat #6x6 #Mamiya #C330 #TLR #film #narrative #storiesuntold #filmphotography #taphophile #cemetery #graveyard #history #bwphotography #southwest #Scotland

Upper portion of a cylindrical entry beside a larger gate into a graveyard. The vertical iron bars are topped with a rough spherical knob, and other bars are shaped into a spiral and a moon-shaped blade. (c) 2019 Sean F. Johnston

Churchyard gate.

#photography #bw #monochrome #bwphotography #art #artphotography #Fuji #X30 #iron #blacksmith #southwest #Scotland

(c) 2020 Sean F. Johnston

Reeds in loch.

#photography #bw #monochrome #water #art #artphotography #bwphotography #Fuji #X30 #grayscale #tonality #tone #douthwest #Scotland

(c) 2017 Sean F. Johnston

(c) 2019 Sean F. Johnston

Swans: January 2017, November 2019

#photography #Fuji #X30 #landscape #swan #scenery #southwest #Scotland

(c) 2018 Sean F. Johnston

Spanish Banks, Vancouver.

#photography #bw #monochrome #film #35mm #bwphotography #filmphotography #artphotography #art #landscape #shoreline #driftwood #Vancouver #BC #Canada

Human-sized monolith covered in snow with leafless trees in the background. (c) 2013 Sean F. Johnston

Human-sized standing stone, snow covered, with snowy landscape in background. (c) 2013 Sean F. Johnston

Twelve Apostles stone circle, January 2013.

#photography #standingstones #monolith #bw #monochrome #film #mediumformat #tlr #Mamiya #C330 #filmphotography #art #artphotography #bwphotography #landscape #snow #winter #Holywood #Newbridge #southwest #Scotland

Close up of short turbine blades from a jet engine. (c) 2008 Sean F. Johnston

Turbine blades, 2008.

#photography #bw #art #monochrome #grayscale #artphotography #bwphotography #film #35mm #filmphotography

Rain-o (by Bill Henderson, and after Chilliwack, 1970) jazz progressive rock piece in the style of the Canadian band Chilliwack. Recorded 12 Oct 2024.

A song that's apparently little known outside Canada, but big on the west coast when albums on FM radio were still a new thing.

soundcloud.com/sfjoh/rain-o...

#guitar #instrumental #cover #BillHenderson #Chilliwack #jazzguitar #jazz #jazzsky #70s #progressiverock #BC #Canada

Close-up view of a large vise in shadow. (c) 2009 Sean F. Johnston

#photography #bw #monochrome #chiaroscuro #art #artphotography #bwphotography #film #mediumformat #tlr #mamiya #C330 #lighting #workshop #tool #southwest #Scotland