An island just off the shore near Hyères, France.
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Blue Flower Hedge
Lots of lovely flowering hedges in this area near the house in Hyères, France.
Rocky Mediterranean Coast
Close to Hyères.
Entrance # 16, Hyères, France
Oleander hedges around the entrance to the house next door that my girlfriend’s sister rents each summer in the south of France. The pine trees are full of cicadias noisily rubbing their wings each evening! A short ride downhill to the tennis courts, Mediterranean coast and beaches. Good place for your health with a diet of loads of varied fresh vegetables and seafood.
Bible Hill – Jerusalem
Here is a 
Cross-Eye View of the MF3D view. I spotted this rather barren field on top of a big hill across from our hotel and couldn’t resist exploring. I was drawn to the amazing mature century plants in this cluttered back yard of a home to the left of the scene. Our tour guide proclaimed proudly that the construction crane was considered the national bird of Israel. There are several here. Made with my trusty Sputnik on Provia 100 Believe it or not, that’s it’s name. See that shows these same plants and the old rail-road station to the right.
Escher Church – Estill SC
Just driving around looking for 
something interesting to document in 3D – low and behold! This little church seems to have been dominated by this ominous grain storage operation. I shot two of these and mounted one straight and one pseudo, just for fun. Here is a cross-eye view of the one I put in the folio. So, you can view it “normal” (not pseudo) with a parallel screen viewer or free-view it. The desired effect is not nearly so pronounced here as it looking at the MF3D pair in a good viewer such as the Saturn Slide, IMHO. Made with the Sputnik on Provia 100.
Anderson Quarry – Rion SC
A good friend took me to this place before we moved out here. He was trying 
to acquire the property and open a scuba-diving school on it. But, some politician got a hold of it and closed it down to any visitors, so that’s that. Anyway, what an amazing place for MF3D photography! This is a Cross-Eye view of the original, for your convenience. I used the two RB67s and Provia 100. Check out this “Hold-my-beer” video to see what used to go on here. Do a search for more historical data, if you like.
“Wild Horses”
This is a cross-eye view of the MF3D view now in the folio. It was made on a shoot with my good friend, Mike Davis. We actually got run off by security, for looking “too professional” with our twin rigs, tripods, step-ladder, and bags of gear! As you can see, the cast is different in the two. Turns out it’s due to one of those “happy accidents”: The Right-Eye view (on the left here, with the green cast) was shot on Velvia RVP50, while the Left-Eye view (on the right here, with the magenta cast) was shot on Velvia RVP100F. So it’s a whole different kind of Retinal Rivalry, but I think it adds to immersive experience (just by chance). Shot with two RB67s with 50mm lenses – focus knobs touching – overcast day.
Ordinarily I do not try to make art using elements of the artwork of others, but made an exception in this case. This amazing Bronze Sculpture is by Robert Glen and graces Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving Texas. It used to be a grassy field where I hunted rabbits, growing up nearby.
Freak Out
This was taken on the Midway at the Minnesota State Fair in August 2012, using a TL-120, on Provia 100 film. Exposure unrecorded. I really missed being able to visit the fair this year
Gator in Lily Pads (at Shark Valley)
This American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) was photographed with a TL-120 on Provia 100 film, exposure unrecorded. Location is the Shark Valley unit of Everglades National Park, between Naples and Miami Florida. This is one of my favorite places to photograph Florida wildlife.
Showy Lady’s Slippers
This pink and white orchid (Cypripedium reginae) is the Minnesota state flower, but not easy to find in the wild. This shot was taken at the MN Landscape Arboretum, with a TL-120 on Provia 100 film. There are also several Columbine blossoms (Aquilegia canadensis) around the base. Exposure unrecorded.
Midway #3
This was taken at the Minnesota State Fair with a TL-120 on Provia 100 film. I do not know the name of the ride. Exposure unrecorded.
Coney Island Mermaids
The past few years the Coney Island Mermaid Parade has been the event where I shot most of my Medium Format rolls for the year. This was the event I most missed among all the cancelled activities of Summer 2020. This shot was taken with a TL-120 using a Vivitar 285H fill-flash. My TL-120 reliably syncs to flash at 1/125 even though flash sync is marked for 1/30. This has softened the shadows on countless Mermaid Parade portraits I’ve taken. Provia 100F pushed 1 stop.
Alcatraz
Shot with twin Mamiya C220s with 135 mm lenses. I enjoy the surreal effect telephoto 3D creates. For years I had dreamed of being able to own twin Tele-Rollei’s and then one day I realized I could get very close to that on the cheap with the old Mamiya TLRs.
Rita N. Wink
Taken at a “New York Pinup Club” event in March 2019. TL-120 with Ilford Pan-F processed by DR-5. I believe this was a half second exposure, Rita did a good job staying still but there’s still a bit of motion blur.