I have been to Central Oregon way too few times. As such, I will try to make this interesting anyway.

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I will never climb Smith Rock.  Looking at it, and taking pictures will have to suffice.

Camera: Hasselbald Flexbody with a CFV 100S Digital Back.
Lens: 50mm Zeiss Distagon.

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The maiden voyage of my new (old) Fujifilm GSW690III camera. I traveled to Sisters, Oregon with family, and stopped at this Crooked River overlook along the way. I had not been there since the mid 1990’s. It was still just as spectacular, and the rusty, old car was still at the bottom of the ravine. A good time was had by all.

Camera: Fujifilm GSW690III
Lens: 65mm Fujinon
Film: Ilford HP5+ developed in Rodinal.

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It was a bright, October day in Sisters, Oregon. We took advantage of it by driving out of town on a road that got smaller and smaller as we went. We saw this lake looking perfectly still, and decided to set up the cameras. I had about a half an hour of uninterrupted photography until a dog decided to take a swim. The reflection was soon gone, and so we moved on.

Camera: Deardorff 8×10.
Lens: 240mm Nikkor.
Film: Ilford HP5+ developed in Edwal 12.

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I wanted to see if the new Hasselblad CFV 100s digital back would do infrared by simply placing a Hoya 72 Infrared filter on the lens, and it did it quite well. Further exploration if this discovery will follow.

This is the same place as in a previous picture in this post, but I won’t mind if you don’t.

Camera: Hasselblad Flexbody with a CFV 100s digital back
Lens: 50mm Zeiss Distagon

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The last time I was here was about 16 years ago. “Here” is about 16 miles from Shaniko, Oregon.

This trip to Shaniko was completely unexpected. I was looking for the extent of the recent wildfires in Wasco and Sherman counties, and never quite stopped driving. I was about to turn around, and go home, but I saw this place up ahead. Why not get some pictures and continue on to Shaniko? That was what we did.

Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 28-105mm Nikon

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I call it “Perspective Shifting” because it’s a ittle askew.  It was quite unintentional, but there we are.

This was from the festival known as Shaniko Days, which is one of the thinks the town is doing to bring itself back from the dead.  Shaniko used to be a big deal in the area, but the train went elsewhere, and so did the sheep.  Long story.  

While we were there, we had some ice cream, and looked through a few antique shops, and then headed home.

Camera: Nikon D810
Lens: 28-105mm Nikon