The Pentaxian

Thank you very much. 🙃

What's the Elvish word for friend?

A black and white photo of a short stairway leading to what used to be a door but is not bricked up.

Customer Service? Sure, just go around to the back and you'll see some steps. Go in there and they'll fix you right up.

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

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It'll be a year next month that I joined. I try to post one photo a day, not always but that's the goal. The last hashtag on my posts, the 'P' plus a number doesn't mean anything, it's just a way for me to see how many photos I've posted. As of yesterday I've posted 313 photos.

It should work for you. Make sure you are using just one word like "streetphotography" and not "street photography". In the latter case only "street" will be blue, so #streetphotography should turn blue and become a link. Nice photo of the woman crossing the street by the way.

They're used when doing searches to narrow your searches down to only subjects that interest you. For me it's various forms of photography and it weeds out all the other topics that don't interest me. In my photos I try to include hashtags I think others may search for related to that photo.

A photo of a woman street vendor selling skewers of chicken that she's cooking on a grill in front of her.

This young lady selling chicken skewers at a street festival.

Pentax K-70
Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #streetvendor #humansofbluesky #kebab #chuan #blueskyphotography #photographersofbluesky #photooftheday #festival #Pentax #P313

A black and white photo of two women in portable chairs both asleep while waiting in line for the new LEGO store to open. There were some giveaways or something going on.

#Relax is today's special at #BlueSkyArtShow and these two embody that to the fullest while waiting in line.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #EastCoastKin #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #humansofbluesky #B&W #BnW #blackandwhite #Pentax #P312

Eastern Music Festival

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #urbangaze #urbex #architecture #architectural #B&W #BnW #blackandwhite #blueskyphotography #Pentax #P311

A homeless man in a pink outfit waking away from the camera with his belongings in a pull cart. Photo taken in an inner city park.

Homeless? Unfortunately yes for whatever reason. Being homeless with style? Absolutely!!

Pentax K-70
Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #humansofbluesky #homeless #endhomelessness #urbangaze #blueskyphotography #photooftheday #Pentax #P310

Absolutely like something crawled up in there and died. I had to snap the photo and get away! 🤢🤮

A black and white photo of the back of a Thai restaurant showing a shed and miscellaneous cleaning supplies. The shed and walls are really dirty and the supplies are scattered randomly.

There's a dumpster just out of frame on the right and OMG the smell.

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

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Love this. I often go on country backroad trips specifically to seek out this kind of thing. Nice work.

I very much like this one, Peter. The rays coming through at that angle really makes it pop. Good work.

Two women wearing sunglasses sitting at a round outdoor table with drinks. One is holding a drink and talking using her other hand to make a point. The other woman is probably looking at me and has her hand over her mouth. There is a man sitting on some sort of short raised platform in the background. This all took place during an outdoor festival.

From behind her shades I think she spotted me...busted.

Pentax K-70
Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #humansofbluesky #candid #blueskyphotography #photographersofbluesky #photooftheday #festival #Pentax #P308

There are still abandoned houses and buildings everywhere in the country. Broken down houses are usually on country back roads. I seek these places out because they have way more character than the run of the mill houses and buildings. If you scroll down you'll see more places similar to this.

A black and white photo of a downtown sidewalk during a street festival. There is a building off in the distance, festival tent on the right across the street, and someone way off in the distance on the sidewalk. Closer in there is an intersection with a mist tent just out of view spraying mist into the scene, a gentleman against the wall talking on his phone and in the foreground a guy on a scooter riding by.

Downtown street festival scene.

📷 Pentax K-70
🔘 Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

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Thank you.

It is. I wonder what it was like in its heyday.

A photo of a road in front of a row of stores in a shopping center with multiple columns holding up the covered walkway. That is on the right in the photo and on the left is an almost empty parking lot. This was taken very early in the morning so that's why.

Since I may not be able to post tomorrow, and I didn't do #TheRoad shot for #BlueSkyArtShow today, here's my donation to the hashtag.

📷 Pentax K1000
🔘 Pentax M 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Kodak Gold 200

#photography #streetphotography #art #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #EastCoastKin #Pentax #Kodak #P306

A photo of an abandoned two story wooden building with missing windows, fading white paint and missing lap siding boards. It also has a rusted metal roof.

I enjoy traveling rural back roads. It's where you find gems like this.

Pentax K-50
Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #abandoned #rurex #rural #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #architecture #architectural #blueskyphotography #photooftheday #Pentax #P305

Cool shots. I just picked up a Nikomat (the Japanese version) with the Nikkor-S 35mm f/2.8 which is the same lens you've got I guess. It has a working light meter which is a plus but it was missing the eyepiece. I've got one on order. Can't wait to take it out for a spin.

Very nice. I'm also a fan of Portra 800 although I haven't shot it in a while because Portra 400 is bit more versatile. My son also has my dad's FE2 and uses it for most of his film shots. It's his favorite camera.

Obviously to recreate the iconic Beatles album cover. I'm guessing this guy is Paul McCockney, the barefoot one.

A black and white photo of a woman at a street festival making cotton candy (candy floss if you're in Great Brittan). She is holding a cone shaped paper tube and twirling the floss inside a glass dome.

Making cotton candy at the street festival. Very plasma globe looking.

Pentax K-70
Pentax 18-135mm APS-C

#photography #streetphotography #art #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #monochrome #blackandwhitephotography #humansofbluesky #urbangaze #B&W #BnW #blackandwhite #blueskyphotography #Pentax #P304

Yeah, I had a root canal and crown recently and oh my god!!

Truth in advertising.

A sign on the outside wall of a dentist office proclaiming that "We Pull Teeth".

This could be the opening scene of a 1950s horror movie. Doctor Marcia ain't messing around y'all.

📷 Ricoh GR III
🔘 Ricoh 18.3mm f/2.8 APS-C

#photography #art #blackandwhite #BnW #B&W #monochrome #dentist #urbangaze #urbex #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #photooftheday #Ricoh #P303

I particularly like this one. These transmission lines are cleared out pretty wide for good reason so it's not easy to find a spot like this. I have my Ricohflex TLR loaded but am waiting for an outing when I can take my time setting the shots up.

I see what you did there. 😉