Roaring Run

[farlymac]

I took a short jaunt north up US 220 from Roanoke, until I got to Craig Creek Road, near Eagle Rock, VA. Drove along that until coming to a little fishing camp village called Roaring Run, named after the creek that comes down out of the Jefferson National Forest, and empties into the James River in Botetourt County, VA. Then it was up a side road a little bit to the old iron furnace left over from the Civil War era.

It started out being a wet, drizzly day, and I didn't know if I'd even get any photos, but the precipitation let up, and the sun even came out towards the end of the afternoon.

I used the Olympus XA (for pocket ability) loaded with some expired (1-2004) Fujicolor Superia 400. I think the age of the film helped to knock down the green over-saturation it normally tends to do. I just had to fix exposures in a few frames, and some cropping, in PSE10.

PF


Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr




Roaring Run 10-30-13 by br1078phot, on Flickr

More photos here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7699588@N07/sets/72157637224809106/

 

[gm13]

It aged well, beautiful stonework.

 

[Austintatious]

A nice series you have posted here Phil. My favorite is the second one, beautiful country!
Haven't used my XA in a couple years now, shame on me !

Charles

 

[Harlee]

Nice set of pictures! If you said they were taken on a SLR I would have believed it. Sharpness, color [especially with outdated film] is really nice, etc.! I'm pretty much locked into one of my XA2 cameras these days, cause aligning the double image in an XA is sometimes difficult at this point of my life.

 

[gb hill]

Nice shots Phil & good fall color. Did you rate the film at 400? Not sure how the XA works. I'm thinking you do have the option for selection ISO.

 

[farlymac]

Thanks, everyone. It was one of those days when I didn't even know if I'd get any shots, as it started out raining.

I just shot the film as rated, Greg, since it had been cold stored most of those years. And yes, the XA has an ISO selector just below the lens.

I do have trouble with the rangefinder patch, Harlee, as it's next to non-existent.
PF

 

[Ken.Cartouche]

When I was in my early teens, my mother had first an XA, and then later an XA2. I really loved shooting those cameras, and I wish I still had the XA. Like as not, it probably broke and got pitched rather than repaired.

That XA was my (and I use "my" broadly here) second true rangefinder, my first being a 110 pocket camera.

Great photos, by the way, especially with old film.

 

[oftheherd]

Great shots. The XA is a nice camera used by someone with a good eye.

 

[Chris101]

I've wanted an XA since they came out. Now more than ever! That's an excellent set PF - it really shows the range of the camera AND the beauty of the place.

 

[Zorkiiglaza]

Phil
my old stomping grounds. Actually if I recall correctly, the furnace and all its fixtures were sold off before the Civil War. I wrote a report on its history for the Forest Service. Craig County and Eagle Rock area is great in the fall. Hard to the railroad and the operation of Fenwick mine 100 years ago with Italian and Eastern European workers.
I probably took a few photos there with my XA before it fell out of my pocket. A great little camera with a sharp lens. I love the waterfall with the leaves

 

[zauhar]

These seem a little overexposed, but I love the effect. Really striking images.

Randy

 

[farlymac]

Phil
my old stomping grounds. Actually if I recall correctly, the furnace and all its fixtures were sold off before the Civil War. I wrote a report on its history for the Forest Service. Craig County and Eagle Rock area is great in the fall. Hard to the railroad and the operation of Fenwick mine 100 years ago with Italian and Eastern European workers.
I probably took a few photos there with my XA before it fell out of my pocket. A great little camera with a sharp lens. I love the waterfall with the leaves

We'll have to do an RFf get-together sometime.

I closed the aperture down to get a slow shutter speed for the falls photos, bracing the camera on a bridge or tree (depending on which falls I was at).

PF