Small towns are a fascination to me. Almost always they are towns time has passed by, as is Riverside in north central Washington. Almost always the residents are folk time has passed by and now seem a little quirky. Their stores seem a little quirky as does this one, Riverside Grocery - and antiques. I choose to do these as HDR from a JPEG file. It enhances the grain and gives a old time look.

Yup. You're right. I was in too much of a hurry to get back on the road. Thanks.

No polarizer. I know that a polarizer changes the depth of color in the sky. Didn't need it anyway as the air was crystal clear.

Location: north of Bishop California on Hwy 395. I thought I'd try creating a panorama by hand (no photoshop). Improvement possible. Next time.

Very creative idea.

Wife and I have been to India several times; the last time we spent nearly a year. I collected many street images that I have since turned into HDR images. Hope you all enjoy. #1 Khan Market in Delhi. #2 Chickens to market in Landour, India. #3 Neb Sarai street scene, Delhi.

From just off highway 16. Bur it is pretty much the same view. #2 is from the road to Mowich Lake, and #3 is up the hill from Paradise. Yes. Every view is beautiful. My favorites are from the road to Paradise on a moody, misty day.

The view from our home in Tacoma on a clear day, which in the Pacific Northwest is about 10% of the time. But the various moods and lighting on the mountain are as beautiful as a sunlit day. #2 and #3 are closer views of the Northwest's favorite mountain. The latter two were taken with a Minolta X570 camera on Fujicolor 200 film.

Nice. Fog is beautiful and moody.

Okanogan, Washington, was a vibrant small town when I was growing up there in the 50s. Today it has declined as many small towns in America. It holds fond memories for me, however, and those seem to be best drawn in HDR. Buzzard Lake was a few miles back into the mountains and was a delightful retreat for a kid. It still is. The fishing is great as well.

Sometimes doing something just for fun is worth a frame or two of film. This is HP5 Ilford, Minolta X570 camera, 28mm lens.

My goal was to capture the feel of a small Washington town and spring rain. I chose to use B & W film (HP5 Ilford) to use the film's grain to enhance the feel. 35mm Minolta X570 camera and a 70-300mm Vivitar lens.

An ideal evening for a walk on the beach with someone you love. Taken at Ocean Shores, WA. Fujicolor 200, Minolta X570 camera . I'm enjoying getting back into film again.

35mm HP5 Ilforf film. Minolta X570 camera and a Rokkor lens in macro mode.

Unfortunately, everything that is on the Internet has been converted into pixels. So the mellow blending of colors and tones that you might find in a genuine photographic print is diminished. As someone who began in photography when printing was still done on silver rich papers (B&W) or on papers where silver was the medium whereby the image was formed (color) I find digital interesting but not quite satisfying. I shoot digital. But I still prefer the richness of film, even when it is converted to pixels for the Internet.

I once owned a series of five 8x10 Ansel Adams prints made during his Yosemite period. They were prints for publication and not fine art, but, Oh My, were they something!

I'm going retro. I dusted off my old Minoltas bought some film (b&w and color), bought a new developing tank and have been having fun doing photography the old fashioned way. (Sad that Fuji has gotten out of the film business. Their color films have a softy quality that Kodak does not.)

Experimenting with HDR from color negs.