It is spring of 2026 in Olympia, and an amazing profusion of flowers and leaves are bursting forth. What a spectacular display of nature. But wait, how did winter zip by so quickly? And what about autumn? I did wander around in November and December of 2025. Therefore, Dear Readers, this time I will impose on you some "pretty" pictures. Enjoy the colors and patterns.
Olympia
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| Percival Landing, Nov. 11, 2025 |
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Rail line under Interstate 5, off Henderson Park Lane, Nov. 15, 2025 (Zeiss Ikon ZM, 21mm ƒ/4,5 Zeiss Biogon-C lens) |
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| View SW towards tunnel under Capitol Blvd. SE (90 mm ƒ/4 Elmar-M lens) |
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| Along the Kennedy Creek Salmon Trail (21mm ƒ/4.5 Zeiss Biogon-C lens) |
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| Sunset from my balcony, East Bay Drive NE (50mm ƒ/2 Summicron lens) |
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| Former Reliable Steel shed, West Bay Drive (21mm ƒ/4.5 Zeiss Biogon-C lens) |
Tumwater
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| Capitol Blvd. SE (historic Route 99), view north (50mm Summicron lens) |
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| Former Olympia Beer brewery (50mm ƒ/2 Jupiter-8 lens at ƒ/8) |
The buildings that formerly housed the Olympia Beer ("It's the Water") brewery remain unused, an eyesore. The grounds are patrolled by a security guard. He and I wave to each other when I set up my tripod on the Capitol Blvd. bridge.
Seattle
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| Shed next to Connections Museum, Corson Avenue, Seattle |
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| East Marginal Way South, view south (50mm Summicron lens) |
In autumn, even East Marginal Way does not look too bad. Cancel that; it still looks very industrial and grungy.
I took these pictures with Kodak Ektar 100 film exposed at EI=80 using my Zeiss Ikon ZM camera with various lenses. The view of the Olympia brewery was with my 1962 50mm ƒ/2 Jupiter-8 lens from the Soviet Union. This is a Sonnar type of optic that is usually acclaimed as a portrait lens because of its pleasing signature. But stopped down to ƒ/5.6 or ƒ/8, my copy does exceptionally well with distant subjects.
Northeast Photographic in Bath, Maine, developed the film and scanned it with a Noritsu system. The Noritsu colors tend to look very warm, and I adjusted color with Photoshop Elements 2024.
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| Zeiss Ikon ZM rangefinder camera with 21mm ƒ/4.5 C-Biogon ZM lens |
