Redbud branches in spring 2023. Taken with my Nikon F3 using a Nikon 50mm lens on black and white Ilford 400HP film at f/8, 1/500

Nikon F3 HP | Nikon 25-50mm I Ilford HP5 Plus | f/8, 1/250

A film photo taken in January 2023 Nikon F3 HP | Tokina 35-105mm | FujiFilm 400 | f/8 , 1/30

A black and white photo taken from behind tall wild plants that appear obscured in the front of the lens focused on a dog walking away from the camera through some tall grasses and many trees in the background. Some creeper vines twist around the bole of one of the trees.

A maple tree growing nearly horizontally over a pond is beginning to bud with its red blossoms. Three sliders have crawled out of the water to sun themselves on a branch that reaches into the water. The dark pond waters are disturbed and reflect the red hues and pale greens of the few green plants in this mid-winter image. Due to the use of the lens extender and the bright sunlight, the colors have taken on an almost unnatural quality and the image is a bit painterly at the edges such that the image almost looks like a photos processed in the 1970s.

A small stream that runs through the land I live on reflects the trees on its banks as the wind disturbs its surface. Leftover fall leaves wait.