More Utilities Photos

Shooting a bit of digital until I can get some film processed.  Here are more GCC utilities photos,

Peligro, 2011

Turbines, 2011

Solar, 2011

Smokestack

Smokestack, 2011

Getting choked by fumes at a biodiesel plant.  The wind changed direction just as I was focusing the camera.  Here is the second shot for the Guardian Camera Club utilities theme.

Abandoned House

Here are a few shots of one of the many abandoned farmhouses in my area.  I was losing light, and most of today's shots were crap, but these are vaguely presentable.  I'm hoping to go back with a pinhole camera before this house collapses.

Wall, 2011

Courtyard, 2011

Lounge, 2011

Lemoniz Pinhole

Here's another pinhole image of the never completed Lemoniz nuclear power plant, located outside of Bilbao and now home to thousands of seagulls. This one is in color, shot on film using a Zero 2000 medium format pinhole camera.

Lemoniz in Color, 2010

Pinhole Dogs

We moved recently.  As much as I hate to admit it, our new location is probably worse for photo supplies and film processing than our old location.  I have a pile of 120 and 35 mm film and no place nearby to process it, and no place to buy chemistry to do it myself.  This is making me very grumpy.  At least I still have plenty of unscanned negatives to dig through.

Today's photo, starring my darling pup, was shot at some point this spring or summer... probably in May or June.

Nessie on the Road, 2010

Panels

Panels, 2011

I'm thinking about subjects for this month's Guardian Camera Club assignment.  The topic is utilities (gas, power, water, etc...).  I have a few things in mind.  I shot this from the car window today, and I'm hoping to go back later this week for closer look and a better camera angle.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year from me and my beautiful pup.  I have a serious case of the rainy winter blahs.  Wishing for some snow or looking forward to some spring flowers.

Nessie, 2010

Today, I'm cooking sopa de ajo (Spanish garlic soup).  It is the simplest soup to make in the universe, and delicious.  Here's a link to a recipe similar to mine:
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/05/sopa-de-ajo-garlic-soup-recipe.html
A few differences:  I use water instead of stock.  Also, I cook the eggs in the soup rather than poaching them on the side.  Enjoy.