Week 13 Come sail away

On a recent excursion to the Skokie lagoons to scout out fishing spots, we came upon this sailboat out in the lagoon. Perhaps they were getting ready for the chipmunk regatta.
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Week 13

These 3 gentleman were competing in a regatta with their RC sailboats. . These little babies were actually pretty fast.
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Week 13

My son was given his first sailing lesson after a couple minutes. And I thought photography was expensive.

Bessa R3a, 40 Nokton, FP4 @125 in DIY-odinal. I've been experimenting with a generic Rodinal made of Tylenol, lye, and sodium sulfite among other goodies. I am getting nearly rated speed with this formula. I spent about 20 bucks on ingredients, but I should have enough to last a long time. I also have Tylenol for those headaches.
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Week 12

On a recent foray with my 4x5 setup, these curious visitors came into my groundglass. There were actually 5 or 6 of these fellows originally, but by the time I was able to get the shot off everyone else was on their way. Unfortunately, my 35mm was safely tucked away in my car. Maybe it is time to get a Speed Graphic or something.

Anba Ikeda 4x5, 210 G claron, Forte 400 @ EI200 souped Hc110b.
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Week 11

Chicago is a city of extremes. Where else can you find two restaurants on both ends of the price range sharing the same entrance. For the price of an appetizer at Nick's, you can feed a family of four at the golden arches. I wonder if you can use Nick's valet parking if you eat at McDonalds?

Leica M2, 35 summicron, HP5 @400 in xtol.
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Week 10

In my continuing fascination with trees, I found this stand containing a couple of decaying and fallen trees. I doubt these mushrooms have any magical powers.

This week, I started reading Barry Thorntons "Edge of Darkness". While he dives into different developer strategies, he also advocates pretty basic ideas like using a tripod and medium format film. This gave me incentive to drag out my tripod and my other M6 (Mamiya) camera for these couple shots.
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Week 10

I spotted these a couple weeks ago while driving and finally had the chance to photograph them Next time I'll try the morning to get that nice dawn light.

The first shot was Arista 400 @EI100 souped in HC110b. The second one was tri-x @EI200 souped in DIY-odinal. This is suppose to be generic Rodinal, made from tylenol and lye among other things.
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Week 9

On my afternoon walk the other day, I looked out over the canal by the house and saw these interesting cracks in the ice. If you look closely you can also see the pins for the 5th and 6th hole.
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Week 9

Still on my tree kick, the snow piles up on one of my favorite subjects.

This weeks pics are taken with a newly acquired Kiev with a Zeiss Opton 50mm F1.5 lens. The bokeh on this lens is probably my favorite out of the 50's I've used. I really need to get a decent body, the Kiev is quirky to say the least. Film is my standard HP5 @200 in Hc110b
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Week 8 Circles

This week I ran into a couple different circles. Some may say that I am always going in circles. Anyway this is an area known as the village center.
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Week 8

What little winter snow has melted away. Just waiting for the warm weather and the backyard fun it brings.

Bessa R3, 40 nokton, Plus-x in Xtol
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