Saturday, July 26, 2025

Back to the West: Aberdeen, Hoquiam, and Grays Harbor, Washington (2024)

Aberdeen and Hoquiam are interesting old cities near Grays Harbor, Washington. They offer some of the topics that I like to photograph. Here are some more summer 2024 examples.


Aberdeen


No more free WiFi here, West Wishkah Street (Hasselblad 501CM camera, 100mm ƒ/3.5 Planar lens)
Fixer-upper motel, West Wishkah Street
Rental cottages, Sumner Avenue
Northern Pacific Railroad swing bridge over the Wishkah River 
View of South F Street under the Northern Pacific Railroad swing bridge (100mm ƒ/3.5 Planar lens)

Hoquiam


Tug, Hoquiam River (50mm Distagon lens, yellow filter)
Lift bridge, Hoquiam River (100mm ƒ/3.5 Planar lens, yellow filter)

Grayland


Pump house at cranberry farm, Cranberry Road, Grayland (80mm ƒ/2.8 Planar-CB, 1/8 sec. ƒ/11.5, yellow filter)
Patrol chicken, Evergreen Park Road, Grayland (40mm ƒ/4 Distagon lens)

This ends this short trip to towns near Grays Harbor. There is more to see - time to return and explore some more.

I took these photographs on Kodak Panatomic-X film (expired 1989) using my Hasselblad 501CM camera and various lenses. All were tripod-mounted. Praus Productions in Rochester, NY, developed the film. I scanned the negatives with a Minolta ScanMulti film scanner.


2 comments:

Mike said...

So much to see in all those interesting places I missed there growing up. Great you got back there while you can still appreciate it.

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