This is one of my Uncles idea of fun when hiding Easter eggs for the kids.  Do you see the problem here?  
Side shot
Watching the kids looking for eggs.
Tin on one of the out buildings.
Fighting for light.
Wire against the sky.
Another day shot to.......

Anyhow I hope everyone had a good Easter!!

White Birch & Blue Sky
Mallard Drake

Empire Apple

Colors~Contrast~Shadow~Texture

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Yellow

With Color & Texture

Leaf & Pine

Old Eight Track Tapes Covered With Snow

 Green & White
 Orange & White
 Red & White

Leaf On Snow

Yesterday I went to a Halloween party at my Aunt and Uncles.  I couldn't resist a walk in their woods.  Here are some of the shots I got.
fall pond   edge of pond   Red  orange  deep red   colors  Birch trees  Autumn  pine stump  contrast clarity

It was a beautiful walk hope you enjoy the walk.  

I've always been drawn to dark contrasy pictures and I've been experimenting to try and be able to consistantly get the kind of results I like.

These were shot with hp5 pushed 2 stops then developed an extra 4 minutes and, as you can see, they're very dark and contrasty.

In general the roll was a bit too dark and contrasty but some of them cracked me up and I thougt these were keepers. Pushing also increased the grainyness (which I happen to like in some situations).

I'll probably try pushing just one stop next time or try the same thing with a tighter grained film like t-max or something. Anybody have any b&W film recomendations, or am I the only film guy here?

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