Posts Tagged: pond

Yashica Mat 124G :: Three Photos

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Fallen Leaves in the Pond Ice Oxford Street at Night Mom and Canela

11.02.19 – One of my great blog / photo sins of the last year is that I have not posted most of the photos I have taken. The three photos above from last November 2018 taken with a vintage Yashica Mat 124G loaded with Cinestill 800T film are a good example. I posted a few photos from this roll of 120 tungsten film here and there but not here here.

Today, I am resolving my forgetfulness by posting the three best photos from the Cinestill 800T taken in November 2018. The pond ice and my Mom holding her chihuahua were taken on the 8th or 9th of November 2018 in Bishop, California, and the blurred photo of the London double decker bus on Oxford Street was taken on November 24th of 2018.

I have been searching for a in good working order Twin Lens Reflex camera for sometime, of which the thift store Rollei was a fail when I found the Yashica on Etsy for a very reasonable price in early October 2018. Using a TLR is a very different way of shooting film and I was not necessarily fond of the results I got from the first two rolls. Since then, I have only shot one more roll of 120 film in the camera and I have been alternating between using the Sunny 16 rule and an external light meter, as I have more than a faint suspicion that this camera overexposes.

Anywhoo, the above are my three favorite shots from the Yashica TLR from 2018. And why am I posting these photos now? I put in a roll of 400 ISO something in the camera last winter (Jan or Feb 2019) and just found the camera in a box the other day, so I have been shooting with it this week to use the roll of film and see if my thoughts that it overexposes are true. Thus, one year later…

A year late, but better than never.

Lukas and The Duck

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OMG! Look DUCKS!!! Duck wonders, "Oooh, what is that smell, I must check it out." Inserts beak near diaper. Lukas, "My legs are tired, I must sit." Duck, "Move away fast!" (aka Lukas nearly sat on the Duck) Duck then pecks at Lukas' foot & ankle to see if anything is edible. It is not. Amusingly, Lukas at his first taste of duck at lunch today, then another duck returns the favor at mid-afternoon.

Wed 02.17.13 – Photos of Lukas and the Duck were taken by Ms. Jen today at the Huntington Library and Gardens with her Nikon D800 and 85mm f1.8D lens.

Roses! Lotus Flowers! Coy!

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Lotus Flowers and Coy fish churning up the fountain
Bees at work Ladybug at work Classical inspired pergola & statue The Roses at the Huntington are going off, Blooms Ahoy! Sunlight shinging through purple & white roses Cedar trees on the edge of the Rose Garden Beautiful single petal rose Floribundi roses falling over to the ground from the weight of their blossoms Huntington Rose Garden Hats ahoy! Purple rose with yellow pistols & stamens Coy and Lotus Flower Pond Half & Half, at the entrance to the new Chinese Gardens Lotus flowers and coy in the Fountain at the end of the North Lawn Lotus flowers and coy in the Fountain at the end of the North Lawn The Fountain on the North Lawn

Photos taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N86.

Thurs 05.20.10 – Erika and Thomas just got back from three weeks in New Zealand, so Erika and I decided to meet up today to go for a long walk. When I arrived at her house, I suggested that since it was late May and the weather had started to warm up, that we should go to the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino to see if the Rose Garden was in full bloom.
Oh was it ever in full bloom! We came the very right week to see every rose bush in full, over the top, bloom. It was amazing. The afternoon was warm at 84F/29F, clear, and sunny. We walked purposefully around the Rose Garden, all the while sniffing the roses and taking photos.
Luckily, the Huntington was not very crowded. My suggestion is if you live in the LA area, go the Huntington in the next 3-4 days to see the roses at their first bloom peak. It is truly amazing.
And the lotus flowers in the Japanese, Chinese and North Lawn ponds/fountains are also in bloom.
Do go. It is lovely.