Uploads from La Branĉaro, tagged ektar, with geodata

Bunga Kertas

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:13:53 -0800

Hyde Park
Austin, Texas

Olympus OM-4
50mm f1.8 Zuiko
81-A Filter
Kodak Ektar 100 @ 400

This is an tribute to all my friends overseas! I love learning new things from you, like the names of flowers. I always want to know more!

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! I know you don't all celebrate this season, but I am thinking of all my friends here and hoping they are well! I am sorry I haven't been here recently!

Baby Cat

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:13:53 -0800

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Barton Hills
Austin, Texas

Olympus OM-4
50mm f1.8 Zuiko
81-A Filter
Kodak Ektar 100 @ 400

This cat has adopted us. It showed up on at our house and has insisted that we care for it. It spends most of its time in our yard, and we have started to feed it. Today I gave it a flea collar. Occasionally we let it inside to cool down or warm up.

Wonder why it chose us? We don't know the sex, so we usually refer to it as "Baby Cat".

Came back with several new uploads for anyone interested! I am sorry I have been away for so long, and I will try to visit everyone's stream soon!

Winter Sun

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:13:53 -0800

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Hyde Park
Austin, Texas

Olympus OM-4
50mm f1.8 Zuiko
81-A Filter
Kodak Ektar 100 @ 400

We sometimes complain that we don't really have "Winter" here in Austin, but that does really make the city green and flowering a lot of the year.

No matter what sort of weather you have, these flowers are my gift to you, and I hope they bring sunshine to you!

Have a great end of the year! I will try to see your new photos soon!

Understory

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:13:53 -0800

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Zilker Gardens
Austin, Texas

Olympus OM-4
50mm f1.8 Zuiko
81-A Filter
Kodak Ektar 100 @ 400

A gift of my typical green leaves for everyone this season of love and friendship. Hope everyone is well! I have not been shooting much lately, and I have been away from Flickr being engaged in the holiday festivities!

Whatever you believe or don't believe, I hope you have nothing but happiness in the last few days of 2012!

SUN ETCHED

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:14:49 -0800

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Zilker Gardens / Austin / Texas //

Olympus OM-4Ti / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar @ 400 //

I tried push processing Ektar in my new camera since the exposure is probably a bit more accurate than the old OM-1. I had to sneak into a flower bed a little bit go this this one (don't kill me, Zilker!), but I love this fern. It has that typical "land before time" feeling. Why is that so captivating? //

HAND, COFFEE, MONEY

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:45:28 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Play / Ottawa / Ontario //

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f1.8 / Kodak Ektar 100 //

I have no idea where the pink tones in this came from. I'm sharing it just because I want to post something, and I liked the pink. Oh, and the coffee at Play is probably the best coffee on earth, though I don't want to start any arguments!

I'll be away in Ottawa from Friday to Wednesday, but I'll check in with your albums when I can.

I also need help, because I want to get a new camera for when I'm traveling that is a little simpler and easier to use than the cameras I have now. I want to be able to catalogue things I see quicker, and I don't want too many technical things to get in the way. Any suggestions? I've been looking at the Fuji Klasse S or the Fuji GA645, but any other ideas are welcomed! I just don't like carrying around a big, clunky camera and light meter, and I want my OM-1 to be for macro work. //

LIGHT CHAOS

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:31:36 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Mamiya m645 / Mamiya 80mm f2.8 / Kodak Ektar 100

//

I tried grass on medium format again. The light does really sparkle! I hope to use this camera more next week when I visit Quebec City and Montreal.

//

labrancaro.com

EVENING SHADE

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:31:36 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Mamiya m645 / Mamiya 80mm f2.8 / Kodak Ektar 100

//

Decided to do something different and post some photos I took with my m645. I am still trying to learn the quirks of this camera. I don't find 120 film as accessible as 35mm, but hopefully I will learn how to use it.

This will be the last upload for the next two weeks. On Monday, I am off to Quebec City, Montreal, and Ottawa. I will be taking my m645, and hopefully I can try some architecture photos with it.

//

labrancaro.com

EVENING GRASSES

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:29:27 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Waterfront / Midland / Michigan

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Ektar @ 400

//

I've tried to think less about exposure lately. I try to keep myself from saying "oh, there's not enough light for this." Ektar, and the possibilites for manipulating it, really fascinates me. I have not experimented beyond push-processing, but everyone I have seen do that has had tremendously successful results. I also like people who underexpose it, or overexpose it, or whatever else they think of.

I honestly think "art" is what you can get away with. It is not about right or wrong, or about following rules. It is about saying what you want to say, even if people think it's not "correct". My Flickr friends have really been teaching me that lesson lately, and I love seeing your unique work. I see deep shades of evening where details are almost imperceptible, or mystic blue layers making me mistake noon for midnight, or bright, energetic flares screaming sunshine. I think they are all so fascinating and wonderful! Art is only genuine when you have followed your own instincts about how to create the image you want to create.

NIGHTTIME GRASSES

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:29:27 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Dousing clean a thousand old cares,
sticking it out through a hundred pots of wine,
a good night needing the best of conversation,
a brilliant moon that will not let us sleep --
drunk we lie down in empty hills,
heaven and earth our quilt and pillow.

-Li Po (translated by Burton Watson)

//

Waterfront / Midland / Michigan

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Ektar @ 400

//

That little green light is one of my favorite shades. Green is always my favorite, and blue my second favorite. The more romantic the shades the better.

I was inspired by so many of my Flickr friends when I decided to take this regardless of my meter telling me not to. Thanks for all you do!

CANDY SHEEN

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:09:57 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Downtown / Midland / Michigan

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar @ 400

//

Here is a detail shot of a fabulous shiny car that was sitting in downtown Midland on our last night there. How do they keep these cars so clean? I love that delicious red. This is for all my friends here who love old cars!

STAIRWAY

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:14:50 -0800

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Zilker Gardens / Austin / Texas //

Olympus OM-4Ti / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar @ 400 //

I finally made it back to Zilker Gardens after a long time away. I waited until the weather was a little cool, which was very short-lived. Tomorrow might be nice, so maybe I'll head back there. I don't think I had ever shot these leaves before. It is amazing that after the number of times I've been there that there are still things I haven't photographed. There are always things to be discovered in even the most familiar places! I was just watching a program about raccoons last night, and the scientist said that they are such successful creatures in part because they always imagine a reward at the end of every challenge. That has become my new life philosophy!

I like how this roll produced all the grain in the backgrounds. //

SUMMER'S EDGE

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:26:27 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Like the mists that ever rise
over Asuka's quiet pools,
my longing is such
as will not easily die.

/

Yamabé Akahito

//

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar 100

//

We made it home from our trip to Quebec and Ottawa. I did not take many photos there, since the weather wasn't great, and I just also don't really feel like photography when I travel to a new place. I like to really be in a place for a long time, or visit a place often, and then I feel like I can finally find the unique things and unexplored corners there.

I did see an amazing art show of Van Gogh's "up-close" paintings, and a series of Japanese prints that inspired him. I never knew how much peace he found in the tiny details of nature. Maybe instead of stressing about the things I feel I can't photograph well, maybe I should just concentrate on the things I enjoy discovering in nature?

//

labrancaro.com

CONFETTI

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:31:35 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Mamiya m645 / Mamiya 80mm f2.8 / Kodak Ektar 100

//

Nothing special, nothing earth-shattering, but just some simple green leaves for my friends, because I love green leaves in the evening light. Sometimes we just need a calm moment in life, and sometimes you can find the calmness in the simple things that surround you. This shrub is right outside the front door of our house here on Matthews Island.

//

labrancaro.com

SUMMER THREADS

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:10:35 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar 100

//

I feel like I have been away from Flickr so much lately, so I thought I'd return with another of my typical grass photos. I tend to photograph it relentlessly when I'm here, as we all know.

WRITING LETTERS

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:10:35 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar 100

//

Before I sent my film to Montreal for processing, I wrote a few letters. Just something different for my album! Another obsession of mine, by the way, is fountain pens.

THE POINTS

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:10:36 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar 100

//

Sorry for not being around lately, but I am back with new things! There is a patch of trees on Matthews Island that start to yellow in dry weather, and it is almost like a perpetual piece of Autumn. I found these pine needles there recently, and they have become one of my favorite things.

TEA

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:19:19 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f1.8 / Kodak Ektar 100

//

On the eve of the London Olympics, it seemed appropriate to share a photo of tea, especially when it is being served in Royal Doultan china from England! This pattern is called "Tumbling Leaves". Isn't that sweet?

I wish lots of luck to all the athletes from every nation! There seem to be few times when everyone can come together in peace. Maybe next we can share some afternoon tea?

BETWEEN

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:34:16 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Matthews Island / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar 100 (actually shot normally!)

//

The glaciers that formed the Great Lakes several thousand years ago left the North Channel strewn with rocks. Small, large, medium sized boulders lie everywhere, and from between them grow trees, flowers, and grass. I really like the grasses, and this variety always seems to be glowing in the sunlight no matter what time of day it is.

PINK CLOUDS

nobody@flickr.com (La Branĉaro) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:34:17 -0700

La Branĉaro posted a photo:

Sailor's Encampment / Richards Landing / Ontario

//

Olympus OM-1 / Zuiko 50mm f3.5 Macro / Kodak Ektar 100 (actually shot normally!)

//

These flowers are from my friend Peggy's beautiful garden. I haven't gotten by there yet to take many photos, but I snapped this one on a quick trip by there.

The deep turquoise at the bottom of the background is the shipping channel. Not long after I shot this, a giant ore-boat came by. Her garden sits right on the water. It's really beautiful.