This device is mounted next to Lock 10 on the old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, near Cabin John, Maryland. I think it opened & closed a sluice gate that would flood the lock to raise the canal boats up, as they travelled up the Potomac from Washington. Unfortunately, the canal fell into disrepair & stopped being used in the early 20th century. But it was made into a national park, and some of the locks & aqueducts are maintained as historic tourist attractions.
I took this photo with my Sputnik on Provia 100F, around sunset under a cloudy sky. I think my exposure was 2 seconds. I carried a digital SLR with me to serve as my exposure meter (and to take a few 2D photos & cha-chas.)
–Paul Gillis
They say that ‘Guilin is the best scenery in Guangxi, and the best of Guilin is Yangshuo.’ There is no doubt that Yangshuo is a beautiful location in the world with it’s limestone Karst mountains and gorgeous waterways. I would highly recommend a visit. An added bonus is it’s little walkways and side streets such as this one at night. Mostly catered to tourists ( as most of this area is, for good reason), it’s an interesting area to visit. I enjoyed being able to safely take night shots throughout the town, and this shot being one of my favorites. Shot with my Sputnik MF3D camera on Fujifilm Provia 100f film.
Here’s another shot of Lijiang at night, of the famous waterwheels located in the south entrance of town. The water wheels were supposedly built roughly 800 years ago, around the time of the town’s origin. I wanted to capture the wheels in motion, so a nightshot it was to be! I enjoyed Lijiang immensely, despite the amount of tourists at any given time. The town has so much to see that it’s no wonder that it was so popular. Not to mention that I was there in the perfect time frame for weather. Shot on my Sputnik MF3D camera and shot on Fujifilm Provia 100f fim.
Lijiang is a beautiful city located in the Yunnan province of southwest China. A town full of cobblestones, old houses converted into hotels and storefronts, waterways and bridges galore. It’s no wonder that this town was overrun by tourists, mostly from China, and filled the streets day and night. I wanted to capture it’s beauty and it’s craziness at the same time. I figured a long exposure night shot would do the trick. This was shot with my Sputnik MF3D camera with Fujifilm Provia 100f film.
Shangri La is located near the province of Tibet in southwest China, in the Sichuan province. Not many tourists seemed to be there, despite the amount of local tourists in other parts of China. Maybe it was because there wasn’t much to see in the town except one of the largest prayer wheels in the world and a spectacular night time lighting of the local monastery. The town had been devastated by a large fire, destroying most of the original buildings only years prior to my visit. Needless to say, we did not stay in Shangri La very long, only 2 nights, before heading south to the more interesting provinces of Yunnan and Guangxi. Shot on my Sputnik MF3D camera with Fujifilm Provia 100f film.
