Out of Season

[jamesmck]

I have been woefully inactive, photographically, but some balmy (for January) weather here in Washington, DC got me out yesterday to finish a long-loaded roll of Kodak Portra 400.  The camera is a Bessa R, with CV 35/2.5 Color Skopar lens.  The site is the DC waterfront on the Potomac (the Maine Avenue portion).  As the images show, it is definitely "out of season" time there.  Click on thumbnails for larger.

Walkways are deserted.

 


Many boats are cocconed for the winter (background in this first shot), but others seem ready to go should there be a break in the weather.

 


Thanks for looking, and feel free to add your own "out of season" photos.

James

[LarryD]

I understand "out of season" Sleet one day and the next day I find flowers blooming in the woods. Nice shots there James.

[lesged]

James,

So glad you are back out making photos and posting again. You are one of the key verterbrea in the spine of NFF and all your threads evoke reaction from its members. As usual, very nicely made shots.
 
I'll re-post the first photo I made since we arrived in St. Augustine on January 1st 2012. We are the classic snow birds that escape the cold New England winter weather for the warmth of Florida called the "Sunshine State."  It was out- of- season to have the temperature drop to 19F in the evening and neighbors covered their not very hardy plants and flowers with protective cloth. FYI, our rented condo is on the same level as 65, but on the opposite end of Del Lago Six. We are at 67. The Atlantic ocean is 100 meters from our condo- approximately the distance of a football field.  

But don't cry for us poor snow birds, because today it will be 80F.  Here is a reprise of my Out of Season shot.

                      
                      Oly C4000Z

[radiophoto]

In my newly redesigned position as Personal Property Counselor/Quality Assurance Inspector, I get to go out to the service-members' homes to inspect their household goods pack-outs or deliveries.  When I have a camera with me I take it along, and earlier this month I got this shot of some wild daisies growing next to a directional sign that happens to be the exact same shade as the blooms.  Shot with Kodak Tourist camera, and I developed the film myself:


Please Turn Right or Left by f6point3studio, on Flickr

Like Les in St. Augie, we have mild winters here in South Texas, and last weekend Keane and I went down to the waterfront for a long walk.  I had a Brownie Target Six-20 with me, loaded with Agfa Isopan SS 620 film (the real deal, not re-spooled, so you can imagine how old it must've been).  We wore shorts and t-shirts, and the sky was bright blue and cloud-free:


I Cover the Waterfront by f6point3studio, on Flickr

[br1078lum]

Jamison's Orchard in Roanoke County


Orchard #1 by br1078phot, on Flickr

PF

[rgeorge911]

I'm almost glad it's out of season - I'm too busy at work  :rolleyes:

Thanks for keeping the posts going!

Reed

[BillyBob]

Shot with Kodak Tourist camera, and I developed the film myself:

Fantastic Pete!

a) an old camera; and
b) self-developed COLOR film  (yes, I tend to use the 'US' spelling)

Very very interesting on the home C41 developing - especially the MF stuff.  Please keep posting your results here.

I may have to check the Canadian availability of such kits.

Did you use a Bel Jac on the Tourist - or are its bellows ok?

[LarryD]

Talking of out of season in the last 24 hours we went from 29F to 65 F and then it is going back to 33F all with Rain and some sun with sleet in that mix. I love winter ....

[Dennis Gallus]

James,

Good idea for a post.  And let me echo Les's comment:  You are one of the essential bones in the spine of Nelsonfoto.

Two years ago, when I was visiting sunny southern Arizona, I was treated to a very unseasonal display of snow, which made for delightful photography:



And James, thanks for getting me off the dime.  This is the first photo I've posted this year.

Best,
Dennis

[radiophoto]

Dennis, that is one helluva gorgeous photograph.  I'm serious, it's like something out of National Geographic.

Bill, thanks for your kind words!  Yes, the Tourist wears a Bel-Jac on its jaunts, but it doesn't seem to mind the extra layer.    As to the color developing, I was getting pretty frustrated at the Blix (a combo of bleach and fixer), because it tended to leak out of my tank like it was a sieve.  I couldn't understand why, when my b&w liquids didn't behave like that.

But I "fixed" it by using my Yankee plastic tank for the color film, and the stir-stick instead of inversions, and that is working very nicely.  I will keep posting my results, and if you haven't seen it already, there's a thread about it in the Film & Darkroom section, with more samples from others in my collection.

[LarryD]

Pete it is because they are like acid and base.. They build pressure together .. There is a mod to tanks that is light tight and vents the gas but I think I am going to go with the separate Bleach and fix...

[radiophoto]

OK, that's news to me, Larry -- I do remember the tank's lid popping up a little the very first time I developed a roll, and hoping for a panicked moment that light hadn't gotten to it.  So if I used the SS tank and uncapped it between agitations, would that vent it enough to prevent that severe leakage?

[LarryD]

I'm not sure I have heard nothing good about BLIX other than many burp the tanks or resort to the swizzle sticks like you.

[NancyB]

These are all great shots, which just shows that I think sometimes we just need to take a break from shooting and focus on other things.  When you come back to it, your mind is refreshed and ready to see in a new way.

[jamesmck]

I guess everything is seasonable everywhere :cool:.