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| Near the Squaxin Park trailhead (off Flora Vista Dr NE) |
It is summer in Olympia. The days can be hot (90º deg. F), but the nights are cool. Compared to my previous homes in Vicksburg, Houston, Athens, Karachi, and Rangoon, summer here is a delight. Still, let's cool off with some memories of the February 25 snowfall. This was the second snow of the 2023-2024 winter, and it was too good to resist. I drove to Squaxin (formerly Priest Point) Park with my tripod and Hasselblad and broke out a roll of Kodak's famous Panatomic-X. It is a slow film (EI = 25) and may not be the best choice for a gloomy afternoon under dense trees, but with a tripod, you can use as slow as shutter speed as needed. Most of these snow scenes were ½ or 1 second exposures. (Warning: no urban decay here, just "pretty" pictures.)
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| Looks like a furry chapeau on a stump |
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| Heading home, time for a coffee |
The Hasselblad works reasonably well in cold weather. I can use the controls with thin gloves. Loading a film back in the snow would be frustrating, so if in doubt, load a spare one in advance. For the pictures above, I used 50mm, 80mm, and 100mm Zeiss lenses, all with no filters. Praus Productions in Rochester, New York, developed the film.
I hope you all enjoyed this quick visit to winter.
5 comments:
Loved the furry little chapeau comment! These are indeed quite striking photographs.
Nice to remember that kind of weather right now. Albuquerque is midway through a 100 degree week. Your Hasselblad handled the opportunity well.
A 100º degree week. Well, at least its is dry in Albuquerque. I definitely do not miss the weeks of 90+º and humidity of Mississippi. It was fun to tromp on the trails in Squaxin Park in the February snow.
Does Evergreen develop black and white? I have forgotten. I know they do color.
Hi Steven, I think Evergreen's Photoland just develops C-41 film for customers from the community (i.e., not students). But the student at the desk told me that you can sign up to use the darkrooms yourself, either on an hourly basis or for the entire quarter. And you can scan your film there on various Epson scanners.
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