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Imperfections, limitations, and the hardware of film photography are always fascinating

I love cats and cars and science and music

I oppose authoritarian governments
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Snoozin’ at the beginning of the roll for Monochrome Monday
📷 Rollei 35, f/3.5
🎞️ Cinestill BWXX
#believeinfilm
A cat is curled in a box by the window, basking in the sun. Several bands of overexposure cut vertically across the frame
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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So it goes
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A flowering weed grows through the gap between the pavement and the building. A few days later, the weed has been chopped at the base, and is now laying on the ground.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Cat, reflected
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A tabby cat with white is out of frame, but his reflection is visible in the half-shaded window. The rest of the scene is relatively dark, but details are visible, including artwork hanging on the wall.
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Seasons change, mad things rearrange.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Looking up at the colorful fall leaves and a patch of blue sky. A single orange leaf hangs on bare branches, illuminated by the flash.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Obama’s library, as viewed from the Wooded Island
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A monolithic building stands alone across the water, framed by scrubby trees.
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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2002
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
An orange BMW 2002 is parked by some shipping containers and a telephone pole.
November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Fancy doors
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Cinestill 800T
#believeinfilm
Gilded metal doors, adorned with massive ornate crosses are lit from above by a recessed light. The light is causing reddish halation of the film.
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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He didn’t need to be awake for this.
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm #catsonfilm
A brown tabby cat with white has just awakened from a snooze in the cat-table. His face is covered in many points of light, filtered through the wicker-like table. He glares at the camera, wondering why he was roused from his sunny slumber.
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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It’s fire escapes all the way down
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A very long fire escape clings to the skyscraper, which stretches up, out of the frame. Other fire escapes fill the shadowed foreground on a closer, smaller building.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Out for a dive
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A modified pontoon boat is flying the diving flag. A single diver is visible in the water.
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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South Edge Comics
📷 Pentax LX, 28mm f/2.8
🎞️ Cinestill 800T
#believeinfilm
A comic store lights up the street. Streetlights have a red glow of halation around them. The sky is pitch black. A man walks in from the left side of the frame, slightly blurred.
November 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Docked
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
A vintage boat is docked along the Chicago river-walk, waiting to be used. State Street bridge frames in the river, taller building stretching upward in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Happy National Cat Day, everyone! I hope you’re all napping in the sun.
An orange tabby and a muted calico share the sunny spot for a synchronized nap.
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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___illac Palace
📷 Pentax LX, 50mm f/1.4
🎞️ Cinestill 800T
#believeinfilm
The lighted facade of the Palace stands out along the otherwise dark street. All points of light are surrounded by reddish halation.
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Caution: boat plug
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
The small orange rescue boat on the lake express ferry across Lake Michigan.
October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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In the desert dome
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Tall cacti stretch toward the sky, but the sky is enclosed by glass and metal triangles. Close up of barrel cacti, four of which nearly fill the frame.
October 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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In the jungle dome
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Large koi fish swim in a pool surrounded by jungle plants. The entire frame is filled with dark green leaves, each one accented with white coloration on the veins.
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Mitchell Park Dome(s)
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
An egg-shaped glass dome next to a series of concrete arches.
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Muskegon -> Milwaukee
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Leaving Muskegon harbor past the lighthouse, a crew member stands watch on the bow of the left hull. Entering the Milwaukee harbor, the sun is setting. A crew member stands watch on the bow of the left hell.
October 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Windpoint Lighthouse, WI
📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
#believeinfilm
Red roofs top the low buildings attached to the lighthouse, which stretches up, well out of the frame.
October 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Boat on a boat
(Dodge Polara on the Lake Express)

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400

#believeinfilm
Looking down from the passenger deck at the back of the lake express ferry, the long hood of the Dodge Polara sticks out. The bag carriage is strapped down a couple feet in front of the Dodge. The bare metal floor reflects the camera flash.
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by Santiago Calatrava

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400

#believeinfilm
Looking toward the art museum, its massive white wings stretched wide. A view from the side of the museum, cable-stayed bridge and wings visible against the blue sky.
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Since 1899

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400

#believeinfilm
A view of Central Camera store in Chicago, showing the L gantry. A woman walks in from the left side of the frame. The same composition, except the woman from the previous photo has stopped right in front of the store and turned to take a photo.
October 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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It’s calm and safe in the parts of Chicago where ICE isn’t kidnapping innocent people

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400

#believeinfilm
A bit of morning sunlight hits the N Wells st bridge across the river in Chicago.
October 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I’ve been told this is a war-zone.

📷 Pentax 17
🎞️ Kodak Portra 160

#believeinfilm
A couple sits close together, admiring the Chicago skyline across the water of Lake Michigan.
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM