Today’s photos are black-and-whites sent in by Jim Blilie. His notes are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
Another set here of black and white images. Some are scans of color images, and are noted. I am continuing to enjoy reimagining some of my color images in black and white.
First, a shot of Summit Lake in Jasper National Park, Canada, September 1981. A figure in a landscape. Scanned Tri-X Pan:
Next is a December 1988 shot of skiing in the Cascade Range (back when my knees would do that). These places are all now grown over with trees and no longer really skiable. Scanned Tri-X Pan:
Next is a shot taken in Lincoln Park in Seattle in March 1990 after a rare sea-level snow fall. Scanned Tri-X Pan:
Next is a shot of the Mount Saint Helens crater, 10 years after the eruption, in March 1990. Taken the old-fashioned way, from a Cessna 172 that a friend was piloting. Scanned Kodachrome 64:
Next is a shot of Nilgiri North in Nepal, taken in the summer of 1991. Taken with my old Tokina ATX 80-200mm f/2.8 lens at 200mm, f/5.6 and 1/500s (I remember the entire sequence of choices leading up to this photo as ai watched the clouds drift into place). Scanned Kodachrome 64:
Next is a shot from along the Seine in Paris in May 1992. Scanned Tri-X Pan:
Next is another shot from May 1992 in France: Sully sur-Loire chateau. Scanned Tri-X Pan:
Another shot from France; but much more recent: Paris in 2010. I call this, “Before the Rush”. Waiters relaxing before the dinner opening. (Pentax K-5 and a telephoto lens, not sure which one.)
Figures under Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, June 2013. (Pentax K-5 and almost certainly the same telephoto lens as the above photo):
Next is a shot from Badlands National Park in South Dakota from July 2013:
Finally, an image of a sunflower from Shawano County, Wisconsin, August 2023. (Olympus m4/3 camera):
Some of these photos were taken during my bicycle tour around the world in 1990-92.
Equipment:
Pentax K-1000, ME Super, and LX cameras
Various Pentax M series and A series lenses
Pentax K-5 digital camera and various Pentax D lenses
Olympus OM-D E-M5 mirrorless M4/3 camera and various Olympus and Lumix lenses
Epson V500 Perfection scanner and its software
Lightroom 5 photo software
Fantastic pictures. Love black and white. I wonder if people hike that rim of the Mount Saint Helens crater.
People climb to the summit (which is in the photo on the right edge).
Recently, an experienced climber fell through the cornice at the edge of the crater to his death, on his 28th climb of the peak.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mountaineer-survived-1200-foot-fall-into-mount-st-helens-crater-died-trying-to-climb-out-rescuers-say/ar-BB1l60XH
Yes, now I remember hearing about that fall through a cornice. Your photo certainly shows it well. What a terrible edge.
He survived the 1200 ft fall, tried to climb out, and died falling back in again. What a story.
Great pix, Jim. Thanks for sharing!
The Badlands are amazing! But I’m sure the pioneers used other adjectives.
Beautiful
Wonderful images Jim. You have certainly had a fulfilling life of travel!
I love both color and black/white photos; the one of skiing in the Cascades is perhaps more spectacular in black and white. Seeing these makes me curious as to what the color images look like. Would it be possible some time to post both the color and the b/w?
I will post links to some later, here. These are all online in their original form.
Figures under Double Arch: https://www.jwbliliephoto.net/PandJ-Family/White%20Salmon/2013/IMGP5268_50.jpg
You can see that I spotted out a third figure in the B&W image to improve the image.
Nilgiri North:
https://jwbliliephoto.net/WT_Big_Show/09%20Nepal/WT%201000%20186-14%20Nepal%20Nilgiri%20North.jpg
Badlands:
https://www.jwbliliephoto.net/PandJ-Family/White%20Salmon/2013/IMGP6403_50.jpg
Waiters in Paris:
https://jwbliliephoto.net/France_2010/000Photos/1_Paris_1/2-Second_Day/Waiters_2.JPG
(You can see I cropped it more for the B&W image)
(I only posted the B&W image of the sunflower and I can’t find a color version of the Mt. St. Helens shot.)
Truly striking and beautiful photos of magnificent and lovely locations.
Wonderful pictures. I love Tri-X Pan and Kodachrome 64: such great films, but with the coming of digital photography, I haven’t used them in decades.
Same with me. I only used two films: Those two. But, I haven’t shot film since 2004 and very little between 1997 and 2004. I went fully digital in 2004.
Wow. James you are really quite good at photography. These are uniformly wonderful. Made me remember why I like B&W.
Also, I am envious of your adventures.
In my slide film days I couldn’t afford Kodachrome. I used to ask for out-dated Orwochrom at the camera shop! I still have a shelf full of Tri-X in the film freezer.
Incredible photo of Nilgiri (Blue Mountain) North! That’s the North Face overlooking Jomsom (from the Tibetan Dzong Som, or “new Fortress”) and Thini village, I believe. I was in the Peace Corps in that area from 93-95.
Your geography is correct! 🙂
Lovely! I especially like the snow drifting down between the trees and the almost explosive potential of the sunflower.
What an absolutely fantastic set of photos – many thanks!
I love the shot of the waiters out back of the restaurant. THERE’S some wildlife!