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beachwalker

black mountains skyline

The Black Mountains are a mountain range in western North Carolina, in the southeastern United States. They are part of the Blue Ridge Province of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Home to Mount Mitchell, the Blacks are the highest mountains in the Eastern United States.

creative expressions

fluid flora

Wild Natives

I love fishing in the mountains away from the world.  Here in North Carolina there are high mountain streams where some fish can only live.  There are special regulations for when and where you can fish for them.  Lure and bait restrictions aplenty.  They are typically small at 6" -8" and sometimes up to 10".  These wild native brook trout are a brilliantly colored and make for fantastic adventure.  All of these fish are protected in governed waters.  I practice "catch and release" and take only my memories ad a few photos from the streams.  Hiking up the headwaters of a high mountain stream with a short rod spooled with 2lb test and a single hook Mepp's Aglia spinner is my Calgon.  I'll be needing another "bubble bath" soon.

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mindwalker

tread lightly through the years.

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Here is the original for comparison. 

six finger stretch

minifly

28mm f4.6 1/100s ISO:100

hairfire

28mm f2.8 1/30s ISO:100

morning dew and petals

28mm f4.0 1/200s ISO:100

into the distance

500mm f8.9 1/800s ISO:100

The view west from atop Table Rock over the Linville Gorge in the Southern Appalachian Mountains.

stretch your wings

500mm f6.3 1/500s ISO:100

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Ode to Shurrell

This is a photograph I took last week in a parking garage.  I used a late 1950's Ricoh 500 shooting Kodak T-Max 400.  This is a full manual range-finder camera with split sight focus and a bottom mount thumb action lever to advance the film.  Ricoh saw fit to put in a fixed 45mm lens at f2.8.  It has screw-on attachments to convert for wide and tele shots.

This camera was originally purchased in Korea during the war by a US VET.  He lived behind us during my high school years and gave the camera (and accessories) to me because I was interested in photography.  I used the camera for many of my class projects over the years in high school and college.  This camera has been well taken care of for 50 some years... and still shoots a crisp clean shot.  I've given this camera to my daughter now as she starts her photography classes in high school.  I'm sure that in '57 this camera didn't expect such a long life.

Thank You Shurrell.

here is a shot of the vintage range-finder.