Blue rubber octopus' favorite photos

Amongst the gray of the mid-winter storm, a bit of brightness. (I've been missing from ipernity for over a week - storm situations take basically all my time. But I will be back eventually.) [Edit: We are back home and things are settling down both weather and logistics wise. Happy to be able to be on ipernity again!]

Eisenbahn geht immer ... Hier also noch ein Bild vom Dezember-Ausflug mit Füsun und Peter zu den Harzer Schmalspurbahnen. Die Lokomotiven müssen sich bei der Ausfahrt von Drei-Annen-Hohne auf die Brockenstrecke ganz schön ins Zeug legen, denn die Steigung bis Schierke ist nicht ohne. Das gibt besonders im Winter eine imposante Dampffahne!

Woodcote, Shropshire

A display in front of our local grocery store to celebrate the harvest season. Camera: Minolta XD11 Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2 Film: Shanghai GP3 100 B&W Shooting Program: Manual (no batteries) Aperture: f/16 Shutter Speed: "O" (1/100th of a second) Date: September 20th, 2020, 4.55 p.m. Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing Chemicals: Adox Adonal @68 degrees Water pre-soak: 4 minutes Developer: 1 ½ hour stand Water rinse: 1 minute (to keep chemicals clean) Stop Bath: 1 minute Water rinse: 1 minute Fixer: 9 minutes Water rinse: 2 minutes Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute Minolta XD11 Shanghai 100 2020-1 22ff

I also like these kinds of pictures, which are not "fast" at all, but have to be viewed "slowly". The bird takes centre stage, but the image and the mood are the motif. Which bird it is is then not important. But it is a nuthatch (Sitta europaea). Press Z and check. You may be more pleased with the larger image.

These tanks are ready to roll! Seen at a local Farm supply building outside Springerton, Illinois. Camera: Sears TLS (Mk II, made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Film: Kodak BW400CN black and white 35mm Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Shutter speed: 1/125 sec. Aperture: F/11 Date: October 3rd, 2012, 5.53 p.m. Place: Springerton, Illinois, U.S.A. Sears TLS01 24ff

Yashica Mat 124G, Yashinon 80mm, Neopan 100 Acros, Epson GT-X830

Yashica Mat 124G, Yashinon 80mm, Kodak t-max 100, Epson GT-X830. 1/125. f/8.