January 14, 2022
Two Pairs
Cactus needles, Kodachrome, 1988.
Longfellow Bridge, Agfa Scala film, circa 2001.
Storrow Drive and medical buildings along the Charles River, Agfa Scala film, circa 2001.
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January 9, 2022
Four On Ilford Delta 3200
These first two photos are from the cactus and succulent show at the L.A. County Arboretum that took place way back in August. These were displayed indoors without bright lighting, so I used Ilford Delta 3200 film, no filter.
The next two photos I shot at the George Zander Candlelight Vigil and March on Friday evening of Palm Springs Pride week. Also Ilford Delta 3200, unfiltered.
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December 26, 2021
A Kodachrome and Three Agfa Scalas
A view towards Beacon Hill shot from the tower on the Longfellow Bridge that is on the downstream Cambridge side. Agfa Scala film, probably around 2001.
View from the same spot across the bridge at the matching tower on the upstream side with the two Hancocks and the Prudential in the Back Bay as background.
"Echo of the Waves" by Susumu Shingu at the New England Aquarium in Boston. Kodachrome, 1991. Checking Google Streetview, this sculpture is no longer standing there. This page in the Smithsonian's Art Inventory Catalog makes no mention of its removal. I can find no information about its removal.
My Cereus peruvianus cactus forming a flower bud while living on my windowsill in Boston. Agfa scala film, around 20 years ago.
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December 21, 2021
Three Kodachromes and a Digital
On the Charles River Esplanade, Kodachrome, 2001. IIRC, I shot this on 9/11/2001. I worked in downtown Boston as a federal employee. We were sent home early, it was a beautiful day, and I wasn't sure the subway would be entirely safe, so I walked home, getting this photo on the way.
"Shoshone," by Mark Di Suvero at the base of FourFortyFour South Flower in Los Angeles. That's the Bonaventure hotel in the near background. This is a digital shot that I took two days ago.
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August 30, 2021
Infrared Filters On The Canon Powershot G12
I've got a Canon Powershot G12 that I paid to have modified so that infrared light can reach the sensor. Almost all digital cameras have internal filters to block infrared. I got just today a filter mount that allows me to put filters on the G12, so I experimented with dark red and infrared filters on it.
This is how the camera sees the Cereus peruvianus in my back yard with no filters at all. You can see a little bit of pale blue-green color comes through.
When I switch the camera to black & white mode, you get this look, still unfiltered.
Still in B&W mode but now with a dark red filter installed in front of the lens.
Same camera, same B&W mode, but now with an infrared filter mounted instead of dark red. Obviously not the Cereus peruvianus this time. The plant near the lens is a bougainvillea in bloom. I somehow did not photograph the cactus again in true infrared. Maybe tomorrow, if it's sunny.
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August 27, 2021
Four Infrared
Digital infrared photo of Cereus peruvianus. This is a cactus I brought with me from Boston where it used to live on my windowsill. It's grown quite a bit.
The next three photos were shot on Rollei Infrared 400 film at the Los Angeles County Arboretum.
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August 24, 2021
More From The L.A. County Arboretum
All were shot on Rollei Infrared 400 film with a red filter.
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August 6, 2021
A Return To Slides
Saguaro National Monument, 1988, Kodachrome.
"Road Ahead UNSAFE For Trailers Trucks Buses."
Boston City Hall Plaza, Agfachrome, 1984.
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July 7, 2021
Four Deserty Photos
Golden barrel cactus in Desert Hot Springs shot on Ilford Delta 100 film in May 2021.
There is a hummingbird sitting on its nest near the center of this photo. I didn't have a long lense to capture it correctly, and my experience with hummingbirds kept me from trying to get up close. This is inside the greenhouse at Moorten Botanical Garden in June 2021. Rollei RPX 100 film. This link will take you to the full-size image (6144 × 4072).
The hummingbird is a bit more visible in this shot. This link will take you the full-size image (4480 × 6144)
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The exterior of that greenhouse, Rollei RPX 100 film.
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July 6, 2021
Four At Moorten's
These were all shot at Moorten Botanical Garden in Palm Springs on June 2 using Rolleo RPX 100 film.
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July 3, 2021
Four in Desert Hot Springs
All of these were shot on Rollei RPX 100 film in May of this year.
On Palm Drive in Desert Hot Springs.
At 12380 Palm Drive in Desert Hot Springs.
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June 9, 2021
How Did I Come Up With Five?
The view along Commonwealth Avenue from Packard's Corner in Allston towards the Prudential in the Back Bay, Kodachrome, 2001.
BU Bridge, Agfa Scala black & white slide film.
Zakim Bridge when it was opened for pedestrian visitors before opening for traffic, Kodachrome, 2002.
Mrs. Sarah Clap, deceased 1826, in Dorchester North Burying Ground (Boston), Kodachrome, 1990.
Flowering succulent, Kodachrome, 1989.
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April 26, 2021
Four Photos In Desert Hot Springs
Wardman Pool, Lomography Berlin Kino film.
On West Drive, Lomography Fantôme Kino film.
Also on West Drive, Lomography Fantôme Kino film.
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March 24, 2021
A Variety
Manhattan, but I can't say exactly where, Kodachrome, 1994.
125 Summer Street, Boston, Kodachrome, 1991.
A succulent flowering on my windowsill in Boston, Kodachrome, 1990. I have this type growing in my front yard in Desert Hot Springs now.
Wagon Master General, a soldier of the revolution, Kodachrome,f 1989.
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February 28, 2021
Four More Kodachromes
Skinnydipping at a New England waterfall with the guys from the bike club, but I don't recall this place at all. Kodachrome, 1989.
Mattapan Station at the terminus of Red Line light-rail, Boston, Kodachrome, 1988.
Arizona, Kodachrome, 1988.
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February 23, 2021
Four Kodachromes
Arizona, Kodachrome, 1988.
Formerly the Sears warehouse in the Fenway, Boston, Kodachrome, 1988.
Leonard Matlovich at the October 1987 March on Washington, Kodachrome. Leonard Matlovich in Wikipedia.
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February 22, 2021
More Slides
Arizona, Kodachrome, 1988.
Aboard the Provincetown II ferry heading into Boston, Kodachrome, probably late 1980s.
Prudential Tower, Back Bay Boston, Kodachrome, 1989.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Kodachrome, 1988.
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February 19, 2021
1988-89
Arizona saguaro, Kodachrome, 1988.
Mountains in Arizona, Kodachrome, 1988.
John Hancock Tower shot with a very wide angle lens from near its base, Kodachrome, 1989.
Probably somewhere in New England, Kodachrome, 1989.
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February 18, 2021
Three New England and An Arizona
A saguaro in Arizona, Kodachrome, 1988.
Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill, Kodachrome, 1989.
Swan boat in Boston's Public Garden, Kodachrome, 1989.
More biking in Vermont, Kodachrome, 1989,
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February 17, 2021
Not Everything Is A Slide
Biking in Vermont, Kodachrome, 1989.
Myself and Michael C. just before the start of California AIDS Ride 4 in 1997. This was our second California AIDS Ride, as you may have guessed from the t-shirts. Scanned from a print.
Close up on some cactus buds, Kodachrome, 1988.
Hiking in California's rolling hills, probably in Alameda County. Kodachrome, 1989.
