Tag: Black and White

Reflections

Reflection 1

I worked some to get these photos of the reflections without having them show my reflection. They were both taken in downtown Port Townsend, WA.

I stood off to the side (just barely) and then did some correction to the perspective in LIghtroom. These were taken with my Nikon F100 on Kodak Tri-X. I have them developed and the lab does high resolution scans, which I then import to Lightroom (after amending the EXIF data to reflect the camera make, etc.).

(EXIF data is included in all digital images … and includes such things as the capture time and the camera settings … and can include all sorts of other stuff such as copyright info and contact information.)

Reflection 2
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Soft Focus / High Contrast / Low Key

Soft Focus / High Contrast / Low Key (1)

The top photo shows the Point Wilson Lighthouse and Admiralty Inlet into Puget Sound. The clouds are hiding Mt Baker in the Cascades. The lower photo shows the ramp that was used for moving a searchlight out to the edge of the bluff to watch for enemy ships (pre-WWI). Both were taken from Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend.

While these are taken with my Nikon FM3a on Tri-X film (and processed in a professional lab), I get scans back from the lab that I work on in Lightroom on my computer. I liked the treatment here of having large areas of solid black … and the interesting silhouettes.

Soft Focus / High Contrast / Low Key (2)
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Stairway

Stairway

I liked the lines and textures on this abandoned artillery emplacement. I was using Tri-X film and my Nikon FM3a. I enjoy using the film camera … it slows me down and makes me think about the photos I’m taking. By the time I get done with the film and processing costs, it’s a dollar every time I push the shutter. Nothing like using the digital camera and thoughtlessly clicking away. I find that when I got back to one of my digital cameras, the habit of thoughtfulness carries over (for a while).

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Dosewallips Road/Trail

Dosewallips Road/Trail

Still haven’t heard any late news about the future of the Dosewallips Road. This is in the Olympic National Forest and there is a washout blocking the road about 1/2 mile from this location. This road provides the only road access to the Dosewallips Campground. It’s a 6 mile hike in to the camp at this point … but the campground and surroundings are in Olympic National Park. The different jurisdictions make the problem solving way more difficult. The Forest doesn’t want to pay for the road repair (which has to be done in such a way as to have no negative impact on the river and its salmon habitat) … and any bypass would be partially on private land … another complication.

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