Month July 2024

wordless wednesday

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Happy SUNday! – random images

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Out on a ledge. Yashica Pentamatic (1960). Fernandina Beach historic post office (c1911) overlooking Centre Street.
Nassau County (Florida) historic courthouse clock tower c1881. Fujica GW690 6×9 Professional medium-format camera from 1977 on Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 film.
Courthouse clock tower spire. Canon FD 500mm f8 mirror lens.
Postmaster’s office since 1911. Fernandina Beach post office.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church c1881-1884.
Newest camera in my collection. Asahi Pentax H2 from 1959.

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Happy SUNday! – (found) pictures of my dad

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Pictures of my dad Paul Whelan in Paris in 1945. He was an MP and spent most of the war at the Brooklyn Navy Yard which was just down the street from where he was raised and his family still lived. He wasn’t posted to Europe until later in the war.

A Brooklyn “kid” in Paris. My dad was about 31 in this picture.
My dad was in the CCC before the war started and worked for the NYC Transit Authority.
Great smile and a note for my mom.

Me in 1975 at my first duty station (NAS Pensacola) after Navy Aerographer’s Mate school (weather).

22-years old and still skinny from boot camp.

Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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Green – outside my studio window

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After a brief rain shower.
Overlooking the wetlands outside my studio window.

I know Florida is almost unbearably hot and humid but I’ll take the green it supports any day.

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wordless wednesday

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Well, almost wordless.

Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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Happy SUNday!

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A simple day at the beach.

Kodak EasyShare Z1015 IS – It’s a great little “mini-bridge” camera – 10 MP, AF 15x Schneider-Kreuznach Variogon 28mm to 420mm zoom lens.
Released in September 2008.

Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island. Summer fun at the beach (no issues, just always at the ready). Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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Friday Fotos! – spew

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Paper mill smokestacks.
I posted this picture on a local Facebook page, and some of the locals who are pro-mill said that it is only water vapor.
So, they’re “Cloud Makers.” Hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide clouds with a little methane, carbon monoxide and a few heavy metals thrown in.

These stacks spew 24/7, and another paper mill is within a mile of this one.

The island is so beautiful overall but it’s not without its ugliness too. Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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Thanks for stopping by, Chris

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Comments are always welcomed, as I’ve learned quite a bit from reader feedback. As always, thanks for stopping by, and while you’re at it, feel free to visit my camera shop at http://www.ccstudio2380.com (CC Design Studios hosted by Etsy). – Chris Whelan

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wordless wednesday

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My Family – 1945

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June 1945
464 62nd Street, Brooklyn, New York
Uncle Ray, Nana (Ida), and Aunt Janey
Most older photographs don’t do the subjects justice, but this one does. I believe the camera was a 6×9.

The war in Europe was over and a couple of months the war with Japan would end. It looked like a beautiful summer day in the small backyard of my grandmother’s home.

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