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MartieW
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The light steals in
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The pathos and beauty of transient things.
Three tender red maple leaves dancing in the sunlight.
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Winding stone staircase
Nikon F5 + Wolfen Orwo NC500
#believeinfilm #photography #woods
A winding staircase of stone blocks leads endlessly upward in the leaf strewn woods.
November 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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End of season
Nikon F5 + Portra 800
#believeinfilm #photography #farm
A U-Pick-It farm at the end of the season under lazy clouds. At center right a green combine tractor is parked beside the center pivot irrigation system.
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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A colorful wall
Nikon F5 + 50mm 1.8 + Wolfen Orwo NC500
#believeinfilm #photography #stone
A low wall painted blue-green flanks the stone steps leading up into the park.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Symmetry
Nikon F5 + 50mm 1.8 + Portra 800
#believeinfilm #photography #architecture
A wide black arched door at the center of a limestone facade. The arch is flanked by twin ochre colored pots filled with flowers and by a pair of ornate lanterns with a green patina.
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Fang
#caturday
A ginger cat curls his face into paws. A single fang pokes out over his chin.
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Interior - Joslyn Castle
The Nikon F5's meter is so good. It allowed me to capture the sonorous depths of the wooden pew and the winsome lace of the curtains at the same time.
Nikon F5 + Nikkor 50mm 1.8 + Portra 800
#believeinfilm #photography #interior #light
Sunlight through a lace curtain illuminates a dark wooden pew.
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Fire in the neighborhood
Nikon F5 + Sigma Art Lens 24-105 + Portra 800
#believeinfilm #photography #autumn #tree #red
A decorative red maple is fully ablaze. The mint green of the house behind it provides a nice complementary color scheme.
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Detail of Craftsman-style bookcase at Joslyn Castle
Nikon F5 + 50mm 1.8 + Portra 800
#believeinfilm #photography #books #architecture
Rich, polished wooden doors with leaded glass windows, including a diamond motif alternating with small yellow and green glass squares.
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Radiator detail - Joslyn Castle
Nikon F5 + Portra 800 + 50mm 1.8
#believeinfilm #photography #architecture
Closeup of a radiator grate from a Scottish Baronial style mansion.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Fall
Nikon F5 + 50mm 1.8
Orwo NC500 in CS41
#believeinfilm #fall #leaves
An imprint of a bur oak leaf on the pavement -- clearly a manmade stamp. Tiny yellow leaves are scattered about it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I See You
Nikon F5 + Sigma Art Lens 24-105
Wolfen Orwo NC500 in CS41
#believeinfilm #photography #scary #halloween
Pennywise the clown grins menacingly from below a partially raised garage door on which the words "I SEE YOU" are spray painted.
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Pumpkinhead
Nikon F5 + Sigma Art Lens 24-105
Wolfen Orwo NC500 + CS41
#believeinfilm #photography #scary #halloween
A pumpkin-headed monster lurches toward the sidewalk.
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Dude at the mall was giving off a real vibe.
Leica m6, Light Lens Lab 35mm 8-element
FPP XX @ 200, Ilfosol 3
#believeinfilm #photography #halloween #scary #frankinstein
A Frankenstein monster lifts his hands menacingly from behind a store display window.
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Light under the bridge
Leica M6, Light Lens Lab 35mm 8-element ,
FPP XX @ 200, Ilfosol 3
#believeinfilm #photography
Sunlight entering the bridge tunnel creates a rhythmic sequence of horizontal shadows on the ceiling.
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Lost dinosaur, from #lostandfound series
Leica M6, Delta 400, rodinal 1:25
#believeinfilm #photography
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Whirligig
Leica M6 + Light Lens Lab 35mm 8-element
FPP XX @ 200 in Ilfosol 3
#believeinfilm #photography
A multi-petaled "flower" on a post in front of a suburban yard.
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Bike ramps in the woods
Leica M6 + Light Lens Lab 35mm 8-element
FPP XX @ 200 in Ilfosol 3
#believeinfilm #photography #bike
A pair of portable bike ramps made of wood slats are set up off trail in the woods.
October 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Little Pumpkin
Leica M6 + Light Lens Lab 35mm 8-element
FPP XX @ 200, Ilfosol 3
#believeinfilm #photography #autumn #halloween
A pumpkin patch with enormous leaves that have escaped from the white picket fence. A single pint-size pumpkin remains.
October 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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A matter of perspective
Nikon F5 + Wolfen Orwo NC500
#believeinfilm #photography #path
Looking up at the path that leads back from the lake.
October 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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And away they go . . .
Nikon N8008 + Micro Nikkor 60mm
Ortho Plus 80 in hc-110b
#believeinfilm #photography #geese #autumn #fall
A horizontal row of geese flapping their way out of town.
October 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Stone Steps
Bessa III + FP4 + yellow filter + DD-X
#believeinfilm #photography #texture
Looking up at the steep rise of stone steps from below at a nearly 100 year old park.
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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White poplar seedling
#photography #tree
A single white poplar seedling lifts its three-lobed leaves.
October 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Giant locust tree
Bessa III + FP4 + DD-X
#believeinfilm #photography #tree
Very old locust tree spreading its limbs over the roof of a white brick structure at the park.
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Babies for Liberty
#nokings
A rosy-cheeked toddler smiles as he lifts the American flag.
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM