@xris Agreed. Not sure what field used to be but it looks like wetlands. They’re probably tired of random people hitting golf balls out there for practice.
The Cheshire Rail Trail goes from Keene, NH to Bellows Falls, VT but it looks faint and elusive the further you get from Keene. I'm checking out someone’s Street View, wondering if the family can/would try it, then I pan the camera down to see who’s riding it. ";^)
Shot in 2020, I wonder if the trail has had much work since?
Noticed something slightly off about the bird feeder this morning. Followed a faintly visible “bent grass" path into the woods, through a muddier section and right over a low point in our notably lame wire fence (to keep dog/chickens in) to find some faint, fresh tracks.
It's been years since a bear has visited and this seems half hearted, maybe because we only have a little bit in the feeder at any point? It didn't have any interest in garbage cans or the nearby chicken coop.
I'm outside, piecing together feeder damage clues, and a Pileated woodpecker flew across the yard and landed on a tree. Madly tried to take photos, as always, and have two “vaguely bird-like, mostly branches” results.
I'd posted bridge photos from our family rail trail the other day, but just ran across a photo explaining its history. Wright’s covered railroad bridge from 1906 is the last that used the double-web lattice trusses. Some nice photos included a stereograph of the Newbury cut. #train#bridge#NH#history
Family bike ride yesterday along the Sugar River rail trail that goes from Newport to Claremont, NH. Winding along the river we saw quite a few fly fishing folks in their hip waders angling for the best spots. Also quite a few sturdy bridge crossings, many of them covered. This rail trail allows motorized recreational vehicles which results in a more chewed up surface: loose sand, gravel, and washboard bumps makes for slow going and more pedaling.
Thanks!! I'm definitely no photographer, I just like learning about and using old cameras, and the process/magic of shooting film.
Rollei 35 is probably my most interesting camera. I got it so that I could put it in my pocket while downhill skiing and take shots of the mountain/my friends.
I've got a Yashica Mat LM that was my dad's, and his dad's before him, and that's been fun to mess around with. I've also got a Pentax K1000 that I started shooting film with!
Ha yes me too! I love old cameras and enjoyed shooting film for a few years when I got back into photography.
I have a Nikon F75 and a tiny Yashica. I always wanted a rangefinder but Contax are not in my price range!
A great thing I discovered is that using black and white film really improves your composition. It forces you to see much more in the abstract, which makes for much better images.
I hope you keep posting, there’s something special about film and it’s even better knowing you develop your own.
Tried some “back road” exploring on the new gravel bike. The good news is there wasn’t much mud. The bad news is there’s a long section of class IV road they've been using for logging access. Still, once that was passed I popped over the mountain onto some miraculous roads (turns out for air traffic and cell equipment access).
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