A Sam in Motion

The contrast from caffenol looks really good!

A Mercedes sedan is parked with weeds growing up around it and a mural behind it. Seen through a chain-link fence

Walking past this tow yard in the city, I've seen this car there for a while and can't help but think about all the memories made when it was on the road. Now it's the end of the line, or is it?

🎞 Kodak Vision3 500T
📷 Praktica LB2

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A red restaurant sits in between two brick buildings. It has a rooftop with a progress pride flag, a neon sign above its [off center] entrance and a beautiful hexagon window.

Blagden Alley restaurant Tiger Fork. Had fun walking around trying out Kodak Vision3 500T this summer and just now got around to developing.

Overall I really like the film, but it doesn't seem to like being overexposed.

📷 Praktica LB2

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A motorcycle is parked in front of other bikes, on its center stand with a sidecover of its engine removed. The chain is also removed to inspect for oil leaks

Happy Monochrome Monday to all who celebrate

Snapped a picture of this Yamaha XS650 I re-built the top end of the motor on and was checking for leaks around the front chain sproket.

🎞 Fuji Acros II
📷 Praktica LB2

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A photo of the roundhouse exterior of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad museum in Baltimore, Md.

A B&O early EMD Diesel-Electric locomotive parked in a garage with a MARC commuter train locomotive in the background

A Chesapeake & Ohio steam locomotive, a massive vehicle

A view of the train shed at the B&O muesum, the windows let in a lot of nice natural light

Slide Film Sunday:

Experienced some frustration developing this expired Agfachrome CT Percisa slide flim, coming out of the tank the positives looked so thin I thought it was blank. Thankfully I still got pictures, but definitely not the quality I was hoping for.

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😍 jelous! I've always wanted to ride a ferry on my bike.

A white Corvette with a progress pride flag drives along a parade route with enthusiastic onlookers

Annapolis [MD] Pride Parade. It was delayed to last weekend from June, I think because of weather, so two months get to be gay now!

This photo is so clear & well focused because my friend shot it 🤪

📷 Olympus 35SP
🎞 Fuji F-64D

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A historic taxi traverses modern New York. Captured on expired Kirland ISO400 film

A historic taxi in modern New York, flanked by contemporary cars and pedestrians. Kodacolor 200

Two taxis captured on two Olympus cameras (Olympi?) The first on a Olympus 35SP on expired Kirland film I'm guessing was made by Agfa. The second on my SuperZoom3500 on new Kodacolor 200

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A bridge spans the East River in New York. A smokestack and many apartment buildings are visable to the left of the bridge with the river in the foreground.

The Ed Koch Bridge, view from Roosevelt Island.

📷 Praktica LB2
🎞 Fuji Acros II

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Art is maddning sometimes, but that doesn't mean we should quit! I recently developed two rolls of expired slide film I was stoked about and the emulsions were so degraded all that was left was a thin ghost of an image, the worst part was the ghost pictures looked cool but didn't scan.

The street outside Grand Central Station, a bridge saying "Pershing Square" is behind a group of people walking on the sidewalk

Attempting to capture the energy of Grand Central Station in NYC. So much going on, so many people all headed somewhere just passing through this beautiful space.

📷 Praktica LB2
🎞 Fuji Neopan Acros II

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The view out of the tram on the Manhattan side

The view of Roosevelt Island from the tram window

The view from inside the Roosevelt Island Tram. Pleasantly suprised with the SuperZoom's light meter for nailing the exposure on these.

🎞 Kodacolor 200

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A city bus is parked in front of the Roosevelt Island Tramway station on the Island side. In the background two tram cars are visible in front of the imposing Ed Koch bridge, which does not serve the Island.

One of the highlights of my recent trip to NYC was riding the Roosevelt Island Tramway. A whimsical device that, though concerning in high wind, offers great views.

📷 Olympus SuperZoom3500
🎞 Kodacolor 200

Oooo that's so gorgeous, I really want to visit there one day!

Hope you feel better soon!

The sun sets on a NTB tire shop building, it's main office has a curved glass window also encompassing the door. The only ornamentation on the otherwise windowless brick building

Driving by this building always makes me think of National Farmers Bank in Owatonna, Mn the famous building designed by Louie Sullivan.

Sure this ones a lot less ornate and only houses tires instead of cash, but I appreciate the effort to give the building something unique.

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A theater lit up in neon lights at night. Large letters say "Hawaii"

Slide Film Sunday

Hawaii Theater, Honolulu on Ektachrome.

Shooting 100 speed film at night can be tricky, but nightime shots on Ektachrome that turn out are some of my absolute favs.

📷 Canon Rebel EOSg
🎞 Kodak Ektachrome

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For devloping slide film? Pushed +1 stop still?

A building with a steeply pitched roof over 1/3 of it and a flat roof over the rest has text reading "coffee" on its right side

Scenes from the Road

Bloomington, IN Coffee shop
Cross-processed Aerocolor IV to slide positive. This is one of the first rolls I tried shooting & developing as positives so they're pretty dark, but this one came out nice.

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Oh no! I been feeling similar and it does help to get it out on paper. The right journal with fun stickers help too

Rowhouses bask in the sunlight as people cross the street in front of them. The house on the end has two large murals facing the sidewalk and a business on the ground floor

People have had a lot to say about DC recently, I want to provide a countervailing visual narrative showcasing its beauty.

📷 Praktica LB2
🎞 Harman Phoenix I [cross-processed to positive]

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A photo of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve building, with a stairway to the Hennepin Ave Bridge in the foreground

Monochrome Monday

A photo of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve feels prescient right now as the Feds independence gets thrown into question

📷 Praktica LB2
🎞 Ilford Delta 100 [pulled -1]
🧪 HC-110

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I'm curious, what were the tells it was AI written? Were there a bunch of emdashes and was everyone "Delving" into their photos?

A heavily modified Honda Civic sits at a car meet. It has custom artwork on the body. Three people are sitting in the background waiting for more cars to show up

Slide Film Sunday:

I have to keep re-learning not to trust my camera's light meter when shooting at dusk. Most of the frames from this car meet were a couple stops underexposed. Extatic this one of a fun Civic turned out

🎞 Phoenix I [slide]

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I've been having good results with HC-110 Dillution A at 104° for 6:30 and using ECN-2 as the 2nd dev for Ektachrome & Fuji slide films

A photo of the book Simplicity: a graphic novel

So glad Simplicity arrived in the mail before a rainy weekend! I wasn't sure what to expect, but I'm loving the story so far!

Thanks @mattielubchansky.com The illustrations are gorgeous too, so much creativity and care make it hard to put down

A church on 16th street in Washington DC I've wanted to sit down and draw for years, but anxiety over my lack of drawing skills and life getting in the way caused me to put that project on the back burner. I like how this film, when inverted to slide positive looks like a painting

Throughly enjoyed @victoriascott.bsky.social review of Phoenix II

Her writing also sparked me exploring the contours of my own style and thinking about why I like Phoenix I so much despite its quirks, because it feels like drawing with light. Thanks Vicki!

Phoenix I [slide]

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The effect is cool though, I'd totally buy that as a postcard

Thanks! I really appreciate the advice! I think I'll give both of those a whirl. I have a roll of Aerocolor that's just waiting to be revisited