The title is from a fabulous Cool jazz composition and performance on Kinda Blue featuring Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Bill Evans.
Mama C330 twin lens reflex with 65 mm f 3.5 Sekor lens
Alpine Meadow, Sawtooth Mountains
During the convention in Boise, Idaho.
Zach Horton’s D24 submissions
Interiors
Part of a “cinematic,” semi-narrative series.
Model: Anna Fischer
Location: Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA.
Camera: Mercury Stereo 12
Film: Provia 100
Victoria Chuah
Experiment with a foreshortened depth plane. Portrait of the multi-talented Victoria Chuah, currently (2022-23) Miss Virginia. This was my first shoot with the earliest working prototype of the Mercury Stereo 12. As a result of this shoot I discovered that one of the shutters was off, resulting in different exposures, but I include this image anyway, since I love it as an experiment.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA.
Camera: Early prototype of Mercury Stereo 12
Film: Velvia 50
Trumpeter Birds
These incredible birds were semi-domesticated by a Wairani family deep in the Amazon. I had to react in a split second when the one in the foreground momentarily displayed its feathers to me. This was the only time I ever saw this happen. I was able to get this shot only because of the zone focusing of the Stereo 12. It was one of a number of experiences that convinced me of how useful that system is for impromptu and action shots! I am lunging forward and onto the ground while taking this shot, resulting in the skewed horizon. Not a perfect shot, technically, but one I’m proud of, given the extreme difficulty of capturing this rare moment in the jungle.
Location: Amazon jungle, Ecuador
Camera: Mercury Stereo 12
Film: E100
Jungle Path
This path down to the river was built by a Wairani family deep in the Amazon jungle. I shot this with a Stereo 12 on a tripod, not cha cha. However, I exposed the left and right sides sequentially rather than simultaneously, to try to capture the play of the shimmering light at the time. Because of the tripod and otherwise static scene, only the light on the ground is different, producing the shimmering effect. This concludes my experimental slide set!
Location: Amazon jungle, Ecuador
Camera Mercury Stereo 12
Film: E100
Poetry By Dead Men
In “full confession” mode, I’m here to tell you I have nothing new to offer. I have not made a single image since the Before Times. That’s more than three years without loading the camera, finding the scenes, composing the image, and tripping the shutter. It is a dissatisfying mental place to be, but I just haven’t wanted to create any images.
So from this melancholic zone, I’m reaching into my box of treasures to offer you some images from those whose work has inspired me, and from whom we will be seeing no new images. I’ll try to have some new images for y’all next time around. Continue reading
Jim Roy D24 submission
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-Ian Andvaag
Netherlands Carillon Marine Memorial
Boris Does Better
Maine White Birch
West is Best
Paul Gillis d24 submissions
Willow in the West Virginia Hills
This crooked old tree is near the Smokehole Gorge in Pendleton County, W. Va. It’s right behind an old farmhouse that my caving club has used as a field house for many years, about a mile up a very rough gravel lane from the South Branch of the Potomac. All 4 of these slides were taken with my TL-120-1 on Provia 100.
Hillside Shack
Not really a shack, but a storage shed, very close to the willow tree above. Late afternoon in the fall.
Neptune Fountain
In my opinion, Washington’s most impressive fountain. Officially called “The Court of Neptune”, it is in front of the Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building, facing the U.S. Capitol. The bronzes were sculpted by Roland Hinton Perry, and carvings on the masonry of the grotto were done by Albert Weinert. Perry was inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome. It was finished in 1898, shortly after the Jefferson Building opened.
A Nereid Riding a Hippocamp
One of the two sea nymphs riding mythic sea horses in the Neptune Fountain.
Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul
Last year was our 25th wedding anniversary. Those of you who were in the original MF3D Folio II might remember my honeymoon stereos from Ireland. For this trip we went to Trenton, NJ, where my brother-in-law (who married us) is currently a Bishop of the Episcopal church, so Liz could play the pipe organ there. And then it was on to Philadelphia.
This Roman Catholic cathedral was opposite our hotel in Philadelphia. We hadn’t really thought to try and get in see the organ here. We did see the Wanamaker Organ, but I didn’t think I could get a good exposure without a tripod.
My slides in this loop show a walk on a nice day in Philadelphia to City Hall.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Fujifilm Provia 100F.
Swann Memorial Fountain
This is Swann Memorial Fountain in Philadelphia. Several of Philadelphia’s museums are located around this square.
This scan shows the least intrusive vignetting I had from my lens shades on this trip. Luckily the 6×4.5 mounts allow me to crop it out in this case.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Fujifilm Provia 100F.
Love Park
This is Love Park in Philadelphila. The statue in the foreground is very similar to ones I’m more familiar with seeing back home in New York. The traditional Philadelphia Love statue can just barely be seen on the other side of the fountain. It faces the wrong direction to get City Hall in the background.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Fujifilm Provia 100F.
City Hall
This is the Philadelphia, PA city Hall. Unfortunately, due to trouble with the lens shades I use, this is the only photo that was usable.
This was taken with a handheld (string monopod) Sputnik on Fujifilm Provia 100F.
I’m Moving to Main Street
Picture Window – Winnsboro SC
Obama Gas on Main St.
Nickelodeon on Main St.
Shark Valley, Everglades National Park
One of my favorite spots to photograph wildlife in South Florida is at Shark Valley, a unit of Everglades National Park. The area was originally developed by Humble Oil, and there is a 15 mile loop road (for trams and bikes), largely bordered by water created when they “borrowed” material to make the roadbeds. It is great habitat for American Alligators and many species of large birds, often close enough for photography with conventional stereo cameras. The birds spend most of their time on the OTHER side of the canal, but visit the near side often for brief photo ops.The land proved useless for oil drilling , so was donated to the US government. Fuji Provia 100 i n TL-120
ANHINGA PAIR This image shows two Anhingas (Anhinga anhinga is the scientific name, one of my favorites.) They are excellent underwater swimmers due to lack of oil waterproofing on their feathers; afterward, they need to spread their wings out to dry in an iconic pose.
GATOR CAMO This American Alligator is peaking out from under the floating vegetation as it swims down the canal.
GREAT BLUE HERON AT SHARK VALLEY. This heron is posing at the edge of the canal.
CYPRESS AND BROMELIADS: This was taken in a nearby area, part of the Big Cypress National Preserve. The Cypress trees are conifers but deciduous, dropping their needle-like leaves in the winter, greening up again in the spring. The Cardinal Plant with its bright red bracts is a type of bromeliad (aka pineapple family)