Ordinary Pictures

I don’t ordinarily take street or people pictures, but to me, one of the best things about our national parks is that they attract such a wide variety of people. The two people in the photo were part of a crowd that staggered got off a bus in Badland National Park. I loved the woman’s turquoise slippers and how she and her husband(?) were scanning intently with their binoculars, being both together and not simultaneously.

Note: I’ve been seriously neglecting my blog, so I’ll put up a few photos taken since last April that seem worthy. See my Flickr page for the completest offereings, though.

Politically incorrect it may be, but I do love McDonald’s fries. I usually stop by and get some if I’m out taking pictures around lunchtime. The wait at the drive-thru has been an opportunity to take pix in the past (McDonald’s Shrub). Maybe some day I’ll have enough for a small set.

Badlands National Park, South Dakota. This was taken in about 1991 on Kodachrome 64 Pro 120 using a Mamiya RB 67 with a 90mm Sekor-C lens. The 120 sizes of Kodachrome were discontinued in the late 90’s, I believe. Kodachrome is the sharpest of color films due to having the thinnest emulsion layer, so pictures like this, with lots of fine detail, work very well in it. Kodachrome is still available, but only in 135 64 ASA (as of this posting). There is only one remaining lab processing Kodachrome worldwide and it’s in Parsons, Kansas. The scan was done about two weeks ago.