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PF McFarland
Craig Creek in Montgomery County, VA begins draining the valley between Brush and Sinking Creek mountains just east of US 460 before it rolls into Craig County. The area is completely within the Jefferson National Forest boundaries, and is a lovely drive after a storm has cleared the skies.
Caldwell Fields is a camping area named after the three Caldwell brothers who walked the valley on their way to the Virginia Agricultural and Maintenance College in Blacksburg, which would later become Virginia Tech University. The parking lot is named for Addison, the oldest of the three, and the two campgrounds are named after Milton and George.
I took these with an Agfa Karat 36 I overhauled a couple of years ago, on some Kodak Elite Chrome that I had forgotten was in the camera for about a month. As I recall, the weather turned lousy the day I was going to use it, and I set it back for later. Maybe that influenced the way it turned out. But the bellows is springing leaks too, so I'll be retiring it. The Karat 36 is a nice camera, and I put a lot of work into it, but I don't want to have to be chasing problems on it every time it gets used.
The panorama shot is a six-image stitch.
National Forest Sign by br1078phot, on Flickr
Info 1 by br1078phot, on Flickr
Rail by br1078phot, on Flickr
Caldwell Fields by br1078phot, on Flickr
Blooming By The Falls by br1078phot, on Flickr
Forest Falls by br1078phot, on Flickr
PF
Caldwell Fields is a camping area named after the three Caldwell brothers who walked the valley on their way to the Virginia Agricultural and Maintenance College in Blacksburg, which would later become Virginia Tech University. The parking lot is named for Addison, the oldest of the three, and the two campgrounds are named after Milton and George.
I took these with an Agfa Karat 36 I overhauled a couple of years ago, on some Kodak Elite Chrome that I had forgotten was in the camera for about a month. As I recall, the weather turned lousy the day I was going to use it, and I set it back for later. Maybe that influenced the way it turned out. But the bellows is springing leaks too, so I'll be retiring it. The Karat 36 is a nice camera, and I put a lot of work into it, but I don't want to have to be chasing problems on it every time it gets used.
The panorama shot is a six-image stitch.
National Forest Sign by br1078phot, on Flickr
Info 1 by br1078phot, on Flickr
Rail by br1078phot, on Flickr
Caldwell Fields by br1078phot, on Flickr
Blooming By The Falls by br1078phot, on Flickr
Forest Falls by br1078phot, on Flickr
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