MSA O/N January, 2026 - "Disorienting"

[MattKing]

Bet you are glad you aren't still delivering on a route!

 

[MurrayMinchin]

Bet you are glad you aren't still delivering on a route!

Sadly, snow hasn't piled up on the valley floor since that weekend in Feb of 2015. Must be 10 years since I've used snowshoes while photographing valley bottom forest scenes

 

[MurrayMinchin]

Not lost, but mildly disoriented while on a solo mountain run and bushwhacking to link up two trails.

 

[MurrayMinchin]

Oops...ummm...my bad.

 

[What About Bob]

@What About Bob

I went to the park again yesterday. The first instrument that I photographed (January 1 post) has this label: “Strike Pagoda Bells Gently on Rim”

Russ

Thanks for checking. That is a cool looking instrument.

 

[NedL]

One last anamorphic pinhole paper negative from today. The negative looks way cooler than the positive of this one. Willow forest. Coffee can pinhole camera, pre-flashed adorama VC RC paper, DS-14.

 

[Heinz]

A little late and an old one, but I just found that the link to the installation is still working:
320° Licht

Location
Oberhausen, Gasometer
Equipment Used
Cosina CS-2, Cosinon 50mm/1,4
Exposure
3200 ASA (and quite long exposure at f1.4 for handheld)
Film & Developer
Ilford DELTA 3200, XTOL stock
Paper & Developer
Negative Scan

(Originally - 2014- I posted a smaller and cropped version in the gallery).

Heinz

 

[MurrayMinchin]

While hiking, noticed this baby hummingbird on the ground which flew out of the nest too soon. Very disorienting for the little fella!

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Ok folks! Thank you very much for all your fantastic submissions. I'll take today to look over everything and pick a winner - I was busy hanging a solo show over the weekend (45 photos altogether)!

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

Ok folks- after much deliberation, I've reached a decision. Y'all made it really tough - there were a lot of fantastic images. The winner, by a nose, is Andrew O'Neill with his abandoned coal mine steps. It has an Escher-esque quality to it that makes it hard to tell which is up, which is down, which is left, which is right. The extremely close runner-up was Matt King's tractor tire. Although not the level of abstract I was thinking of, I really like JeffreyG's photo of the woman looking at the pasted poster of a woman. It made me go Hmmm when I saw it, so kudos! Thank you all for participating!

@Andrew O'Neill - you're up on deck for the next contest!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

@TheFlyingCamera thank you very much! Good thing my nose is bigger than Matt's!
I'm bouncing around a few ideas... Will post one soon!

 

[loccdor]

Good choice and congratulations, I do feel dizzy looking at those steps.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Good choice and congratulations, I do feel dizzy looking at those steps.

If you look closely, you can see my boot prints. Many of the photos I took at that abandoned mine, have my boot prints in them!

 

[chuckroast]

@TheFlyingCamera thank you very much! Good thing my nose is bigger than Matt's!
I'm bouncing around a few ideas... Will post one soon!

Well done. Looking forward to what you cook up!

 

[Sergey Ko]

Moskva-5 6x9, Kodak Aerocolor self processed.
Handhold multiexposure ~15x

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

@Sergey Ko Excellent...but you're too late, man! You should have uploaded in January! Oh well... You can try the new one that just started today!

 

[MattKing]

Well done Andrew. And good choice @Flying Camera Studio .

 

[NedL]

Very good! A long time ago I tried to make a pinhole image for each MSA.... looking forward to the next...

 

[What About Bob]

I find myself returning to those steps. It will take me a while to step down and turn back. One step at a time, right? Congratulations, Andrew!