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Washington Monument from the Lincoln Memorial

I’ll start with an old image.  I took this with a Sputnik back in 1998, I believe, on Ektachrome E100S.  Back then I also shot some stuff with a twin Mamiya C-330 rig, but I don’t think I could have done that from the steps of the Lincoln memorial; and anyway, the light leaks in the right frame give away the camera.  I think back then I only had square-format mounts, so I never mounted most of the shots from my Spud, because of the leaks.  But thanks to the magic of Ian’s 645 mounts, I was able to salvage this one.  In the distance you can see scaffolding going partway up the Washington Monument.  That renovation took place between 1998 & 2001, but I’m not sure if the scaffolding was going up or coming down when I took this.

At Water’s Edge

A fairly closeup shot of tree trunks, one of which is still standing but obviously dead.  They’re on the edge of a pond not far from me.  Holmes Run, a small creek, runs out of this pond & eventually passes close to my house, and gives its name to my street.  I bought a TL-120 about a year ago, but I’d been very nervous about actually taking it out & using it.  This shot was from one of its first outings.  The film is Provia 100, but I didn’t record the exposure details.

Drill, Grind & Dry

A picture of one of my favorite places to hang out & putter.  My recently-acquired drill press sits on top of a clothes dryer.  I guess I mostly took this to try out my TL-120 with flash.  I bounced a DigiBee DB800 off the ceiling, and used a slow shutter speed to pick up some of the other light in the room, especially the little light built into the drill press.  I meant to leave a little room above the top of the drill press; I guess I’ll have to work on correcting for viewfinder parallax when I’m up close like this.

Stainless Steel Conundrum

This is also very close to my house, in an office park on the other side of the creek.  The building is occupied by some subsidiary of General Dynamics, but owned by some real estate trust in Chicago, I think.  I’ve never been able to find out who made the sculpture, or if it has a name.  I guess the picture would be better if it had a few people in it.  Also my TL-120 & Provia 100, around sunset on a cloudy day.