Orienteering at the Zoo

Maricela and Jacob - just about the only picture I have of them together. All three of us visited the Cincinnati Zoo last month. Nikon F3HP w/70-200mm Sigma

City Veterinary Hospital - Tulsa, Oklahoma

City Veterinary Hospital - Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a one-story, buff brick building with rounded Streamline corners, and large, full curved glass block windows. It has a flat roof with a banded parapet and a curved, smooth metal-faced canopy above the entrance. Of this suite the surgeon remarked, "In the morning, we scarcely have to use the lights." Canon 5D w/17mm Tamron SP and 24-60mm Sigma DG.

Boulder on the Park - Tulsa, Oklahoma. Got its' name when used as a radio station by KTUL from 1947 to 1955. Originally built as a school in 1923. Remodeled internally and externally to something called "Art Moderne" in the late 1940's. Canon 5D w/17mm Tamron SP

Four Compadres - Santa Fe, NM

Four Compadres: From right to left: 1921 Kodak Autographic Jr. (120), c.1937-1940 Kodak Junior Six-16 Series II (620), Zeiss Ikonta A (120), Zeiss Super Ikonta C (120).
I’m going to take some pictures with the Autographic and the Ikonta A just as an excuse to soup some B&W roll film. I’ve got a couple rolls hanging about – and I’ve not hand processed a roll of film in about ten years! I can scan the negs and make prints off the scans.
Do I miss working in a wet darkroom? Not one bit. It took forever to get a good exposure, paper wastage was terrible, you smelled like a chemical spill for the next four days, and if you wanted to accomplish anything – you had to have at least six hours set aside to work.
While digital cameras free you from the hassles of film development – I never found that aspect of film gear that daunting.

Tool of the Trade - Santa Fe, NM

Tool of the Trade – My son and I visited Rancho de Las Golandrinas – Santa Fe, NM. One of the featured craftsmen was a blacksmith. Sony Cybershot DSC-P30

F-104D Starfighter - Dutton, Montana

F-104D Starfighter – Dutton, Montana - 01 July 2009. It seems this/any F-104D Starfighter is something of a rare bird. The F-104D entered operational service in November, 1958. Production ended in September 1959. They were phased out of active inventory in 1967.
The only new feature on the F-104D was the addition of a rear cockpit, a basic component to most trainers. To make room for the cockpit, the M-61 Vulcan cannon had to be removed.
A fighter trainer without a gun? This was during a period of temporary insanity during which the prevailing wisdom was future air-to-air combat would be an exercise in hosing off missiles at one’s adversary.
It occurs to me that the morning of 01 July 2009 was about the ONLY day I could have got this shot – with the sun lining up with the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft. . . Canon 5D w/24-60mm Sigma DG.

Hammocks - Yucutan Penninsula, Mexico

Hammocks - 21 March 2008 - Yucutan Penninsula, Mexico. Panasonic LUMIX DMC LX2