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Camera: Holga 120N
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Location: Japanese Garden, Washington Park Arboretum - Seattle, Washington

I'll be the first to admit the best way to showcase fall colors in a Japanese Garden isn't to use black and white film. Think of this as an opportunity to use your imagination.

Camera: Holga 120N
FIlm: Ilford Delta 400
Location: Seattle, Washington

Slowly the signs of the coming spring are popping up around town. I've been noticing the beginnings of buds showing up on the tips of tree branches. Soon enough there will be a glorious explosion of color followed by green leaves giving shade above.

Camera: Holga 120N
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Location: Seattle, Washington

Camera: Holga 120N with Close Up Filter
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Location: Quinault Rainforest - Olympic National Forest, Washington State

If I had but one word to describe the forests of the Olympic Peninsula it would be - Green. Its everywhere, covering nearly every square inch of forest. The ancient giants which tower above are covered head to toe with moss. It clings to its trunks and hangs from its branches. Between the trees lies countless plants show casing just about every shade of green imaginable.

These old growth forests receive 200 plus inches of rain a year. Even on the day I explored with mostly sunny skies over head water dripped down upon me constantly from the trees above, a testament to just how wet this region is. Its no wonder everything is so green. Pictures really don't do the forest justice, its something one should experience in person.

On a side note - This is the first image I have posted which utilized my new Holga close up filters. Early results are very promising. Though I must have looked puzzling to the couple which passed me on the trial while I used a tape measure to figure out the precise 4.7 inch focal distance distance between the camera and ferns.

Camera: holga 120N
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Location: Seattle Central Library - Seattle, Washington

I have a habit of shooting things with my Holga on bulb mode for an undisclosed amount of time. Sometimes handheld and other times on a tripod. Results as you might have guessed vary greatly. Often times I meter these shots but the exposures often require lengths under 1 second, which are simply impossible to measure correctly on a Holga. As such I tend to vastly over expose my images much more than I'd like to admit.

It dawned on me today that a simple work around might be to simply use slower film speeds. This would allow for a greater number of exposures requiring shutter speeds of a second or longer, which are much easier to measure with a stopwatch and a cable release. How I never thought of this before is beyond me.