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| Found on the backroads of Prince George County, VA in 1981. (click to enlarge) |
I thought I would just throw this up because I like this image.
This morning I was looking through my Lightroom Classic catalog and saw this old country store and gasoline station. I shot this in December, 1981 with Kodak Kodachrome 64 film. I can't be 100% certain, but I would bet it was made with a Nikon camera and a 35mm f/2 prime lens.
I photograph these sorts of subjects because they reflect our past culture. Soon, many of these types of subjects will no longer exist and will be lost forever. Looking at our past can teach us lessons for today and the future. This old store and gas station no longer exists in reality, only in memories and in photographs.
I made this slide copy using a Nikon Z7 and a Nikon 60mm f/2.8 Micro lens.
I don't know if any of you enjoy these types of photographs, but I surely do. Enjoy your day!
Thanks for looking. Enjoy!
Dennis A. Mook
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Oh Yes. Like them a lot. I find it interesting that we are living in the early days of the demise of the internal combustion engine.
ReplyDeleteGas pumps like 45 RPM records & steam locomotives will be relics before too long.
film scanning with your DSLR? how are the results compared to flat bed scanners etc.
ReplyDeleteJohn, thanks for the question. The scans made with the Nikon Z7, 60mm f/2.8 Micro lens and Nikon’s ES-2 copying accessory, to me, are as good as a flatbed in most ways. What is especially attractive is that I was able to scan an entire box of 36 slides in just a few minutes, as opposed to the lengthy time it takes to scan just one slide using a film scanner. There were a couple of issues I needed to work out but I did. I scanned over 5000 slides and I’m happy with the results. I wrote several blog posts in 2019 as scanning some of my tens of thousands of slides became my summer project. Here is the URL to the post with my settings.
Deletehttps://www.thewanderinglensman.com/2019/06/copying-35mm-slides-with-nikon-z7-part_26.html
If I were to do it again, I would use a better light source as I think my very old light table’s quality of light was the cause of the issues I discovered.