Thursday. 3:00 a.m. in the morning. No one should be up this early unless they have a newspaper route. But today is the day. Today is the chance to photograph the Union Pacific 4014 “Big Boy” train as it chugs through Western New York. And I live in Eastern New York … so if I…
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Nikon Athena + MD2 + MB1 + MS1(2) = WOW
My Nikon F2S camera, nicknamed “Nikon Athena,” is a damn fine 35mm shooter. But i want more for it. I want to turn this camera into a 35mm shooting BEAST. I want to enable burst shooting mode in this bad boy. In other words, I want to press the button and have this camera take…
Read MoreFinalizing my Big Boy travel plans
Next Thursday will be a very chaotic day for me. But I’m hoping that chaos brings success. Next Thursday is the day that the Union Pacific 4014 engine, colloquially known as “Big Boy,” will travel through Western New York. I’ve mapped out six different possible shooting locations, with a goal of getting images from at…
Read MoreThe Gallery Shot: LOOK WHAT’S ON THE DIGITAL GALLERY WALL!!!
So, bright and early this morning … after working on my Saturday blogroll recap, I visited the digital Art Square Gallery New York and checked out the debuting “Black and White” exhibition. Oh my God these photos are incredible. There’s no way my photos should even be considered for this show. But somehow, one of…
Read MoreThe Cosmic Conjunction
I do enjoy photographing celestial and cosmic scenes. Milky Way shots, eclipses, meteor showers, all those fun things. But in many cases, those take months or years of personal planning and time. Long-time readers will recall the Herculean efforts I undertook for the 2024 solar eclipse. Or the 2022 lunar eclipse. Or even aligning a…
Read MoreThe Bur Oak Tree at Hudson Shores Park
Yesterday had beautiful sunshine, which gave me an opportunity to test out the Kolari Vision modification to my Zodiak 30mm 180-degree bubble lens. Instead of filters attached to the outside of the camera lens, this lens actually needs the filters installed INSIDE the lens before the lens can attach to the camera. I wanted some…
Read MoreMy Entries for the 2026 Iowa State Fair Photo Salon are …
Competition Season is upon me. It has arrived. And I’m nervous as hell with my entries. Last year wasn’t the best Competition Season … I stiffed at Iowa, I stiffed at Altamont, I stiffed in Syracuse, and it took the Big E to actually help me win something. I do not like Competition Season moments…
Read More“Scalpel … forceps … wiping fluid … oops …”
I’ve owned my original Nikon Df for the past thirteen years. A couple of years ago, I had it modified as a dedicated infrared shooter. And with warmer sunny weather on the horizon, I took it out a few weeks ago for a photo shoot. This was part of my integration of the Nikon Df…
Read MoreI should not own this film. ็งใฏใใฎๆ ็ปใๆๆใในใใงใฏใชใใ
Five years ago, Fuji discontinued sale of their Velvia 100 film in the United States due to a compound in the film being designated as toxic. Personally, this sucked eggs. I liked the daylight color balance of Velvia 100, and if I couldn’t use Kodachrome any more (discontinued in 2010), this would be my next…
Read MoreAn Ektachrome Run: Three lenses and Nikon Athena
With this upcoming Union Pacific 4014 “Big Boy” photo shoot on my mind, the last thing I want is a malfunctioning or misfiring camera. I also want my gear to operate at tip top shape. So I’m doing a test right now. And that “test” is to break out my Nikon F2S camera (“Nikon Athena”)…
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