Recent content by Len Philpot

Sorry for the late reply -- I'm away from home and my Internet activity has been somewhat reduced (probably not a bad thing!). To answer your question, yes and no. This early in the season there are definitely mosquitoes but they're nowhere near as numerous as they'll become as it continues to...

Thank you!

From the shore. I don't own nor do I rent a boat. Some of those (first three) were from a low bridge.

It's only mid-April but already the Louisiana daytime highs are in the upper 80s F (lower 30s C) so it's not long until the bright spring greens dull to darker summer hues. So yesterday I took an hour drive down to Chicot State Park, south of me. Until today (of course) it's been bluebird skies...

I've not fallen off the edge of the Earth, it's just been a dull autumn, grey winter and late spring here for us. And that means virtually no subject matter. But last week my wife and I took a few days to just relax in the Texas Hill Country around Mason, Texas (about 100 miles west of Austin)...

I don't have a larger scale shot (all close up) but I've since learned they are hackberry trees and this is a normal thing with them. That's how their bark grows. Thanks!

For some reason* the third color image really evoked a half-forgotten but strong memory of some of the album artwork from "Tommy" by The Who. I don't have the album (anymore) and I can't find the image online. But I seem to recall there are two illustrations of a building (possibly an amusement...

Everything appears to work properly, although the film type "reminder" disc is a bit stiff to turn. I'm guessing this one was manufactured for export as the distance scale on the lens is in feet, not meters. There's a label inside the film well: A little easier to read in altered monochrome...

My wife and I spent the weekend in a small Arkansas town. She wanted to look through a local flea market and I found this for $30. I bought it out of curiosity, because I don't have a roll of film to my name (and even less current knowledge of where to get film processed, color much less B&W)...

Well, like it was pointed out, nothing he's got he really needs! 🙃

Cat's foot or iron claw? :cool:

TBH, I think the shot has potential but the blurry spots make me blink my eyes. I know it would be an extreme crop but I wonder how it would look with something like this? Then again, that would seriously alter the character of the image and much of the blue sky would be lost. Hmm... I've...

Well, as a 37 year amateur astronomer and life-long northern hemisphere resident, I still have to admit I thought, "That looks like some constellation I'm supposed to know, maybe Perseus?" ... but still I had to confirm it!! :)

The third image is a nice capture of Perseus rising (over the pub?).

And now for some not-in-the-slightest-artistic cellphone snaps... Here's my exciting life (NOT!) I went out to the garage and caught my daughter's adopted outside stray tomcat, Diesel, napping on my truck hood / bonnet. His brother Petrol was apparently out roaming somewhere. I didn't have the...