wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Starting with some pictures from a long run on Monday, I'll use this a place to put most of my pictures that don't really fit easily into other threads. Film digital, black and white or color. Hopefully something interesting at least on occasion.
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My company doesn’t allow one to roll over vacation time. Use it or lose it! So, I’m taking it off and Monday was the first day of it. Drove south and west through the rolling countryside finding interesting things along the way.
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My company doesn’t allow one to roll over vacation time. Use it or lose it! So, I’m taking it off and Monday was the first day of it. Drove south and west through the rolling countryside finding interesting things along the way.
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
The 17 is the widest angle I’ve ever used. Still not sure what to make of it sometimes.
OTOH at the wildlife refuge, i found myself wishing for a longer reach. Going to have to break down and buy that 300/4.5 AI-S in my Eprey watch list!
OTOH at the wildlife refuge, i found myself wishing for a longer reach. Going to have to break down and buy that 300/4.5 AI-S in my Eprey watch list!
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Still, lots of interesting things to see as the light changed through the day. I came back to a couple of places - one called horseshoe falls (no water this time of year) was rather fun to see that way.
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Still, towards the end of the day, waiting for the supper club I’d had recommended to me opened, I was waiting in the town of Trempealeau. The bronze worked better than expected with the wide angle.
The river, a tow boat & a fast moving train while having a super wide mounted at sunset was an “interesting” challenge. I’m really fond of how it came out.
The river, a tow boat & a fast moving train while having a super wide mounted at sunset was an “interesting” challenge. I’m really fond of how it came out.
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Temperature is cooler than it's been (38F/3C after 60F/16C yesterday) but the sun still peaks out from the clouds. Winter isn't far but it's still fall.
Bill Blackwell
Leica M Shooter
lynnb
Veteran
Nice pictures. Keep them coming. Enjoy your holiday.
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Warmed up a bit today, sunny too. Had to get out for a bit and enjoy it. 
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
It was after lunch on Thanksgiving Day.
Lovely light, chilly wind. Nothing but American football on the tube and, well, there's better things than that in the world...
Lovely light, chilly wind. Nothing but American football on the tube and, well, there's better things than that in the world...
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
A fresh dusting of snow had me feeling black and white today...
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Yule tide and the like of late...
Nikon D810 Nikkor 45mm f/2.8 P
Nikon D810 Nikkor 45mm f/2.8 P
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
This morning the moon was setting
But turn around and the sun was about to rise
Nikon D810 Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D IF
But turn around and the sun was about to rise
Nikon D810 Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D IF
David Murphy
Veteran
Super photos, looks like a wonderful state for outdoor adventure!
sojournerphoto
Veteran
This is a lovely series - a portrait of your home and one worth continuing for the rest of us to see the changing seasons. Thanks
DownUnder
Nikon Nomad
Buildings, especially old ones, are a fascinating slice of history. And they need to be recorded as a way - the only way - to preserve their memory for future generations.
Sadly, in many parts of North America, century old houses in country areas are being neglected to the point of letting them fall down and turn into rubble. Which is then removed or burnt or left to rot. End of story. One or two or even more generations of settlers born there, who grew up in those rural surrounds and eventually left for better futures in larger towns or cities, are soon forgotten, and yet more history lost.
Like my grandparents' farm home in rural New Brunswick (Canada). Built in 1884. My grandfather was born there in 1894 and lived there until 1991 when forced by old age and infirmity to move into a nursing home, where he died in 1993, a few weeks short of his 100th birthday. The house was then sold (by an aunt who didn't have the inherited right to it, but got hold of the title certificate - a surprise sale which deeply split the family into many dissenting units - to a niece, who renovated and 'modernised' it until the interior lost all its original charm. Fortunately, she left the exterior unchanged as it was too expensive to replace the original weatherboard. After a decade there she too moved on, and the property passed out of the family. Sad, but this happens.
As an architect (now retired) I've been looking for and photographing old structures for many decades. Not with a view to doing 'picture perfect' architectural imagery with exact proportioned verticals, but just as memories. Any camera will suffice. I've long ago lost count of the numbers of old houses, shops, garages, barns and the rest, my Nikkormats have recorded in their time, and going on doing so. Now in Australia, where fortunately many of our rural communities are being rediscovered by Aussies doing post-Covid lifestyle changes and moving away from the overcrowded cities.
Repeating myself, any camera will do, also whatever films you already have or can get your hands on. Or even digital. The important point is to get out there and actually photograph all these structures before we lose them forever.
Sadly, in many parts of North America, century old houses in country areas are being neglected to the point of letting them fall down and turn into rubble. Which is then removed or burnt or left to rot. End of story. One or two or even more generations of settlers born there, who grew up in those rural surrounds and eventually left for better futures in larger towns or cities, are soon forgotten, and yet more history lost.
Like my grandparents' farm home in rural New Brunswick (Canada). Built in 1884. My grandfather was born there in 1894 and lived there until 1991 when forced by old age and infirmity to move into a nursing home, where he died in 1993, a few weeks short of his 100th birthday. The house was then sold (by an aunt who didn't have the inherited right to it, but got hold of the title certificate - a surprise sale which deeply split the family into many dissenting units - to a niece, who renovated and 'modernised' it until the interior lost all its original charm. Fortunately, she left the exterior unchanged as it was too expensive to replace the original weatherboard. After a decade there she too moved on, and the property passed out of the family. Sad, but this happens.
As an architect (now retired) I've been looking for and photographing old structures for many decades. Not with a view to doing 'picture perfect' architectural imagery with exact proportioned verticals, but just as memories. Any camera will suffice. I've long ago lost count of the numbers of old houses, shops, garages, barns and the rest, my Nikkormats have recorded in their time, and going on doing so. Now in Australia, where fortunately many of our rural communities are being rediscovered by Aussies doing post-Covid lifestyle changes and moving away from the overcrowded cities.
Repeating myself, any camera will do, also whatever films you already have or can get your hands on. Or even digital. The important point is to get out there and actually photograph all these structures before we lose them forever.
wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
The snow finally came.
Leica M 240 Voigtlander 50/1.5 Nokton Asph LTM
Leica M 240 Voigtlander 50/1.5 Nokton Asph LTM
x-ray
Veteran
Very pretty state and nice folks.
One of my clients, Bush Brothers the bean people, sent me to Augusta in 2018 to shoot three days in the plant. Augusta is a really sweet little town with warm and friendly folks. Like many business trips there’s not much time to anything other than work but if I ever get back I’d love to document more of the little town lifestyle.
Edit: Oh yeh, I learned about cheese curds and love them.
One of my clients, Bush Brothers the bean people, sent me to Augusta in 2018 to shoot three days in the plant. Augusta is a really sweet little town with warm and friendly folks. Like many business trips there’s not much time to anything other than work but if I ever get back I’d love to document more of the little town lifestyle.
Edit: Oh yeh, I learned about cheese curds and love them.
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wlewisiii
Just another hotel clerk
Augusta is just down the road from Eau Claire where I live and just up from Fairchild (makes Augusta look like a metropolis 
) where my maternal great grandparent's farm was.
Eau Claire really isn't a small town, but we are surrounded by the real small ones and I know the pluses and minuses of that life.
Been all over the world, love travelling and have many more places I want to go. But I'll always come back here.
) where my maternal great grandparent's farm was. Eau Claire really isn't a small town, but we are surrounded by the real small ones and I know the pluses and minuses of that life.
Been all over the world, love travelling and have many more places I want to go. But I'll always come back here.
x-ray
Veteran
Augusta is just down the road from Eau Claire where I live and just up from Fairchild (makes Augusta look like a metropolis
Eau Claire really isn't a small town, but we are surrounded by the real small ones and I know the pluses and minuses of that life.
Been all over the world, love travelling and have many more places I want to go. But I'll always come back here.
I stayed in Eau Claire and thought it was a nice city but didn’t get to explore it.
I feel exactly the same way about where I live. I’m just minutes from the mountains and lakes and live in a town of just over 10,000. People know you by name and people are polite and respectful. I tell people I live in paradise.
I thought about leaving when I retired but decided this is the right place for me. I guess it is because I’ve been here 73 years.
Zuiko-logist
Well-known
This series is lovely. Thanks for sharing.