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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · 5d

Hauled a Large Format camera into the desert. I never know exactly how the colors with B&W will react. Still learning.

Full video of the trip:
youtu.be/lj1Gr2GrolU

📷Shen hao HZX45-IIA
🎞️Ilford FP4+
🧪DDX

#believeinfilm #filmphotography #LargeFormatFilm

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though.

#SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though.

#SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though.

#SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though.

#SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Aug 20

Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though.

#SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hey! I still take pictures. It's been very casual film shooting lately though.

#SanRafaelSwell #Ilford #Delta100 #Nikon #FM3a #AnalogFilm

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Apr 19

Found these interesting terraced springs in the #Moab desert. They a result from 1940's drilling, not natural, but now all the high mineral content water is making #Yellowstone style terraces.

New video about the trip:
youtu.be/GpW0XHNVBmk

#Utah #Overlanding #Canyonlands

Rust red mineral terraces comin from a bubbling carbonated spring in Utah's southern desert. North of Canyonlands.

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Feb 23

You said you've been there. You said you've seen it at sunrise. Now you say it wasn't real. Did you just imagine going there? Because you've been very adamant about being incorrect.

Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Feb 23

The queens garden trail is great. There are no cliffs like the AI image on the Queens Garden trail. The picture you linked isn't anything like the AI picture you're saying is real. If you reverse Google search the image it comes up with multiple similar images but in each one the rocks change.

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Feb 22

That's not answering the question. If it's so recognizable what is it's name? Where is it? The entire park is a rim. You might as well say "It's in Bryce".

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Feb 22

Oh yeah? What trail is that? Where is this located? There are a million pictures of Bryce can you find one of this in the day time?

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Feb 22

Weird how the bushes move and the rock hoodoos reconfigure themselves each time.

Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Feb 22

Bryce is already a beautiful place. It doesn't need AI messing with it.

Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Jan 11

Basketball court with a view.

I'm able to walk again. Got a new truck. Not the most ideal time of year for photography but it's literally been 2 months since I took a picture. It's about time to load another roll of film in the camera, go for a drive, and see what we discover.

🎞️#AnalogPhotography

Nikon FM3a at Isopea Utah. In the west desert. And my former adventure vehicle.

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Jan 9

Good to hear the Getty Villa survived the Palisades fires raging right now. It was a beautiful place to wander and admire ancient art.

People are trying to politicize and divide the nation with this tragedy. People have died. Instead of joining the hate remember to #Lookforthehelpers

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Jan 3

Some of the abandoned farm houses around Ibapah from the end of my #PonyExpress trip. But I don't think any are old PE station remains.

I know it's cliche but I wish I had brought some B&W film to shoot the old buildings.

youtu.be/5y_kDfROzHw?...

#LandscapePhotography #Overland #UtahHistory

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Jan 2

Sometimes the desert #sunrise will just blow up for you in purple and pink.

From the second day driving on the #PonyExpress trail. We camped at the northern end of the #FishSprings Mountains.

I got video of the amazing Deep Creek mountains but no pics. #LandscapePhotography

youtu.be/5y_kDfROzHw

Nikon z8 taken at dawn. Meanwhile my dog Benji was running around like he hadn't spent the last day investigating every bush.

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Dec 27

Here's an #astrophotography shot of #BalancedRock in #ArchesNP.

(Mainly to see if an Arches feed is working).

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Dec 24

This is an abandoned bus in the middle of the #UtahDesert along the old #PonyExpress, #LincolnHighway trail. It's actually located in the middle of a hot springs complex in the salt flats.

I just released a video of the trip out there:

youtu.be/ZASYPuUPxJU?...

#LandscapePhotography

The skeleton of an abandoned bus in the middle of Utah's west desert. It must have been taking people to the 4 large hot springs here when it got bogged down in the mud.

Nikon Z8

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Dec 21

This is an old #WinterSolstice picture I did. It looked like the sun might line up with the two arches at sunset. Close but it set just to the right instead of through Tower Arch.

This was also the most amazing #sunset I've ever experienced. Perfect conditions.

#ArchesNP
#LandscapePhotography

I think the sunset here is better than sunrise. There is only room for one tripod at the end of the ledge to perfectly center Tower arch. Look for the arch off center in other pics to know if they arrived late, or were too scared to climb on the ledge. Definitely need to bracket shots to get some light in the shadow side of the arch.

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Dec 21

Testing how much of a panorama Bluesky will allow with a shot at the park.

Shooting some #Ilford Delta400 on a modded #Fujifilm GW690II 6x9 medium format camera. It took some work to try to imagine the wide shots in the viewfinder.

#Filmphotography
#AnalogPhotography
#MediumFormat
#BlackAndWhite

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Dec 20

I know they're out there but they usually hide from the crowds. This was the first time I saw a #DesertBighorn in the #SanRafaelSwell

This was when I was down there recording a video about #RTT s.

youtu.be/ZCVavqvwYvw?...

#LandscapePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Utah

A desert bighorn poses on a rock while eyeing me suspiciously.

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Dec 20

Totally unneeded personal update. The doctor says I can start putting weight on my foot again after 4 weeks. The healing looks amazing and I may be a hiker again in the future.

But I have crazy cabin fever. This spring I want to do everything and go everywhere. So many plans of places to go.

San Rafael swell, Swazeys Cabin. I'm planning on finally doing the big north to south trip this spring.

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Explore Southwest @exploresouthwest.bsky.social · Dec 13

I saw this guy while while gardening and I had been wanting to try some macro photography. To me he was just a black spider but up close had some much more interesting color.

Also the whole time he'd keep looking at me and I was terrified he was going to jump onto my camera.

#macro #photography

Just a black jumping spider with a white dot on his back is a colorful faced hairy grey spider up close. Nikon Z8

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