Heart Mountain III

The Visitor's Center and Museum does an excellent job presenting the realities of life at 

Heart Mountain.  The exterior built to look like a 'residence'.

And the Meditation Room:

Heart Mountain II

A couple of the 'residences remain standing.  But you will mostly

find the 'ghosts' in the form of Foundations.

A Visit to Heart Mountain

Returning from our tour of Yellowstone, we stopped at the Heart Mountain Internment Camp.  This is the third one that I have visited, and as it turns out my Husband's Family knows Japanese Americans that were held here.

But with all of the Hate Spewing forth on Twitter (which sometimes I get sucked into responding to).  I wanted to take a moment of reflection.  So for the next few days, we look at scenes from Heart Mountain:

XD-11 May be the Culprit

This one interesting image from P30 second roll tells the tale and shows some promise:

Just reviewed some 35mm  Portra 160 that I shot on our Road Trip and it seems to have some similar exposure problems as the Film Ferrania.  So I'm concluding that P30 deserves another chance in another camera, and the XD-11 may be going in for maintenance.

I'll give Film Ferrania P30 one more test in the X-700 that I used for the Eclipse.  I know that it is working properly:

Walker Ranch: 35 mm

Finishing up the week with a few exterior shots in 35 mm.  We start with an Overview shot.  The White house on the right is the 'modern' ranch house.  It is now the residence of the Open Space Chief Ranger.  That's partly why access to this site is restricted.  But having someone on sie also protects from vandalism.

And the back side of the original Homestead House with our guide for scale:

Two images of Donald setting up his shots:

The Hay Barn, with detail of the Door.

Finally, some roof damage on the Hay Barn addition.

This will post as Week #35 on the 52 Rolls Project.

Walker Ranch Part V: The Blacksmith Shop

Twice a year they have demonstration days, 

and the Blacksmith shop becomes a focal point.

Below: close up of the Drill Press.

Walker Ranch Part IV: Upstairs

Upstairs would have been the family sleeping quarters.

Below: Detail looking through that window.

Walker Ranch Part III: inside the Ranch House

Today we'll go inside the old Ranch House. Let's start in the Kitchen:

And next, Upstairs.

Walker Ranch: Part II

Some exterior details:

Another barn, not shown in the previous images.

Above, cropped; and below full frame.

I like the crop better, and that's how I would print it.

And a detail from the Horse Barn.

I just remembered that I have more Out Building images in 35 mm.

We'll catch up with those at the end of the week.  

Walker Ranch Open Space: Part I

So glad to move on to my 'normal films'.  This week we will take a look around the Walker Ranch Open Space in Boulder County.  They recently held an open house for photographers......

First we'll get the 'lay of the land'.  And then move on to details:

The Walker Ranch Homestead.

Read more about the Homestead Act here.

The Blacksmith Shop, with Car Barn in the background.  

This was a late settlement and the original owner did eventually 

have a car in the 1920's.  The car with fuel storage was kept well 

away from the house and barns for fire safety.

Additional out buildings

The Outer Limits.......of Nebraska

 The Road to the Outer Limits........

The Film Ferrania Test is Week #34 for the 52 Rolls Project.

Along the Oregon Trail.........

Chimney Rock, a prominent marker along the Oregon Trail.

Gurley, Nebraska

More from Film Ferrania P30.  I'm only showing the images with improved contrast and brightness..........From Gurley Nebraska:

Film Ferrania Test: Part I

I took Film Ferrania P30 on the road trip to the Eclipse.

Now, maybe it's a bad idea to do a film test on a road trip.  Because You can't be assured of the results.........Should have followed that logic. The images are salvageable, but it will take some work in the darkroom to get them right.  First the Before Image:

Rather flat and frankly disappointing, despite the dark orange contrast filter.  Seems a bit underexposed, and I've never had that happen with the XD-11. I exposed the film as recommended: ISO 80.  Now the After Image with basic Contrast and Brightness manipulation in Photoshop (+50 Brightness & +75 Contrast):

A much more pleasing image of the Courthouse and Jail Rocks, 

along the Oregon Trail in Nebraska.

So I have another Ferrania P30 test underway exposing +1 stop.  We'll see later how that worked out.  For the rest of this week, we'll look at scenes across western Nebraska.

The Eclipse On Film

As Recorded on Film.  And yes, the digital images turned out better mostly because these all seem a bit over exposed and maybe out of focus.  The lens was hard to work with (my fault for not practicing enough).

But I was also focused on Enjoying the Natural Event, which is permanently burned in my memory.  All the sites, the sounds, sharing with the people around me.  Very Moving and Emotional.  Here are my film images in sequence:

 

 

 

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This is 52 Rolls Week #33.