Random Pictures

From my 50 Strangers project...

A woman leaving her Muslim husband waiting on the train.

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Are you using a filter or actual black & white film?
I shoot with a full frame (35mm equivalent) digital camera, a Canon EOS 6D (semipro). But I use L-series (pro) lenses most of the time. This one was taken with the Canon 70-200 f2.8 L. I shoot in RAW format, which is neither B/W nor color. It simply captures all the data coming through the lens. I often process in monochrome, especially when color would add no interest, or, worse, detract from the aesthetic value of the image.

My last film camera was a Minolta x-570 35 mm. I had only one lens, the minolta 50mm f1/7. It was impossible to take bad photos with that set up. Half the time I shot with B/W film.
 
My niece liked to post pics on Instagram, and she liked my photography. So when I wanted to experiment with styles, she was a willing subject.

Here I experimented with a Rembrandt style of portrait:

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Interesting story behind this picture. Back in 2019, I was duck hunting early in the morning on Lake Okahumpka in North Central Florida when the mostly dark sky suddenly lit up with this bright streak. It actually startled me a little bit. I found out later that I was looking at space rocket about 100 miles away zooming by. https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcr...ad-with-boeings-cst-100-starliner-spacecraft/
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When I was living in the Santa Clarita Valley in California, I'd see trails just like this from launches at Vandenberg AFB about 90 miles to the west. Pretty cool 😎.
 
When I was living in the Santa Clarita Valley in California, I'd see trails just like this from launches at Vandenberg AFB about 90 miles to the west. Pretty cool 😎.
If weather conditions are favorable, you can see the rocket trail live from the opposite coast in Florida.
 
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Oldest Bible on Earth - The Codex Sinaiticus, or “Sinai Bible”, is one of the four great uncial codices, ancient, handwritten copies of the Christian Bible in Greek 1,625 Years Ago.

Not Sinaiticus, this might actually be an old papyrus ms.
 
Fort Sumter in South Carolina - location where the first shots fired in the Civil War
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