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| Dogwood Blossoms, Merced River - Yosemite 1996 |
I wanted to find a spot where I could have the river in the foreground with some dogwood blossoms in the dark forest beyond. Took some driving and parking at various pullouts before I found this scene.
I used a largeish Toyo Field 4x5 camera with a Nikon lens. This image is from a recent scan . . . a vertical crop from a 4x5 horizontal negative.
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| El Capitan - Yosemite 1996 |
The last 35mm shot in this series. I think that I was using Minolta SLRs during this time.
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| Church (Hornitos) - Mariposa County 1996 |
I visited this church earlier this year during my unsuccessful Yosemite trip.
The 35mm negatives for both this photo and yesterday's Soo Line photo were very detailed in the foreground elements, but the skies in both images were quite bad. I used Photoshop to perform a sky substitute for them both, then added artificial grain using Camera Raw.
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| Soo Line - Central California 1996 |
" . . . [the Soo Line] is named for the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (MStP&SSM), which was commonly known as the Soo Line after the phonetic spelling of Sault . . ."
So, "sault" is pronounced as "soo." Didn't know that.
I guess this was taken somewhere on the route to Yosemite. There's railroad stuff to be seen in Escalon, so maybe I saw the boxcar there.
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| Deer - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Coyote - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
Top: an iPhone shot taken looking out of the car window.
Next: Coyote studiously ignoring me while I'm taking the photo using a Nikon Z7II.
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| Yosemite Fall - Yosemite 1996 |
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| Sea Castle Apartments - Santa Monica 1990 |
This had been shown on the blog before, but looking at the scan more closely this time I realized that there was a self-portrait hidden in the image:
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| Sea Castle Self-Portrait - Santa Monica 1990 |
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| Wooden Building - Santa Monica 1990 |
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| Hot Dog Stick - Santa Monica 1990 |
Continuing with some 1990 film scans.
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| Trees, Reflections - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Reeds, Reflections - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
Two more Nikon Z7II photos taken last May.
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| Grass, Reflections - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Oak Leaves, Grass, Lake - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Moon, Redwoods, Clouds - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
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| Clouds, Reflections - Lake Lagunitas 2026 |
Olympus E-M1II and an iPhone 13 Pro Max.
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| Cows (San Geronimo Valley) - Marin County 2026 |
Overcast morning . . . taken on my way out to Point Reyes using a Nikon Z7II.
I like how the cows on the edges are facing towards the center! Usually they're all facing in the same direction.
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| Clouds, Mt. Tamalpais - Marin County 2026 |
From Sky Oaks Road on the way to Lake Lagunitas. Very dramatic!
Photo taken with a Nikon Z7II, 24-200mm lens.
