John G. Epping

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The entry way to an old, old building in my work neighborhood. I've always liked the structure, as well as the glass. It's on a corner, so I've walked by it many times and just decided to look in this dark foyer. I was surprised. I'll try to shoot some exteriors of the building in the coming weeks.

Arch Layers

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Beautiful geological layers in the cave of Grey's Arch, Red River Gorge. This is a grab shot with my compact camera. I took my Bronica medium format that day and shot this in both color and B&W. Stand by for pictures in the coming weeks of this and more on our day hike.

Obligatory Pet Pictures

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Com' On, Let's Go! Daisy waiting for me to leave work. The dog can tell time, probably in her stomach.

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Long nose, long face.

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Oliver is half blind with age and a life long battle with ocular herpes, but he can see the string well enough.

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While on our first trip to Red River Gorge this year. We're at the bottom of Grey's Arch, quite a trek for a doggie with a backpack with our water.

More Trains, and some thoughts on 645 format photography

I finally developed the black-and-white film from my day at the Bluegrass Railroad Museum. I used good old Kodak Plus-X 120 film developed in HC-110, a great eco-friendly developer around since the mid-1960's. Even Ansel Adams used it exclusively. I like it because of its extremely long shelf life, and I only have to mix what I need for the day instead of making a large bottle that I have to rush to use before it expires. I shot all these on a Bronica ETRS medium format 6 x 4.5 camera. It has interchangeable film backs, which means I can take one shot in B&W, then remove that film back and put another completely film back on, like color. You get 15 shots per 120 roll, as opposed to only 12 with a 6x6 square camera, or 8 with a 6x7 camera. The negative is several times larger than 35mm film, and 10's of times larger than the typical digital camera. If I scan a 6 x 45 color negative at full optical and digital resolution, my files would be 500 mb, that's 1/2 a Gig! Compare that to my Pentax DSLR that produces RAW files that are 24mb, or about 21 times smaller.

Crypts

A couple of very old underground crypts at the Lexington Cemetery. I've been going to the cemetery for 20+ years and just discovered the crypt with the lantern in the inset. The one with the lock could be right out of "Dawn of the Dead."