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New Mexico, November 2008
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10 November 2008, Monday

We had snow overnight. This morning it was warmer than usual, about 30ºF (0ºC). Previous mornings it was only about 20ºF (-5ºC).

Adobe Wall Motel in Snow

Adobe Wall Motel, Taos, New Mexico.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, 50mm f/1.4 AI-s, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, Program Auto, matrix metering.

It was dark and gray all day, so I didn't bother making any photographs; instead I merely made digital captures.

 

11 November 2008, Tuesday

Flags, Taos

Flags, Town Square, Taos, New Mexico.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 20mm f/2.8 AI-s, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, Program Auto, matrix metering.

Peñasco, New Mexico.

El Cementerio, Peñasco, New Mexico.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 14mm f/2.8 AF-D, Kodak 81A gel, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan.

 

Chimayo

Santuario, Chimayó, New Mexico.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 14mm f/2.8 AF-D, Kodak 81A gel, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan.

 

Vigil Store.

Vigil Store, Last Light, Chimayó, New Mexico.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 85mm f/2 AI-s , Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, Program Auto, matrix metering.

We saddled up after sunset, and headed across the state to Bosque del Apache, then back to Albuquerque.

 

El Rey, ALBQ

El Rey, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 14mm f/2.8 AF-D, Kodak 81A gel, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, casual use of tripod.

 

Green Trapezoid

Green Trapezoid, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 14mm f/2.8 AF-D, Kodak 81A gel, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, casual use of tripod.

Bubble Lounge

Bubble Lounge, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 14mm f/2.8 AF-D, Kodak 81A gel, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, casual use of tripod.

We were invited into the Bubble Lounge, and got back to our lodging at around midnight. Whew!

 

12 November 2008, Wednesday

We bid the group good-bye, and headed our separate ways. I headed west, and wound up again in Seligman right at sunset.

Shell Station, Seligman.

Sunset at Seligman Shell, Seligman, Arizona.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 28mm f/2 AI-s, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, Program Auto, matrix metering, A12 filter, hand-held at about 1/15 at f/2 in program.

 

13 November 2008, Thursday

I awoke in Seligman, made some more photographs, and headed west.

Supai Mote

Supai Motel, Route 66, Seligman, Arizona.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AI-s, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, Program Auto, matrix metering.

Cafe Motel

Cafe Motel, Route 66, Yucca, Arizona.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 14mm f/2.8 AF-D, Kodak 81A gel, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan.

THe weird dark band across the upper left is real: the 14mm lens sees such a huge expanse of sky that you're seeing the sky's natural polarization. THis is why you don't dare use a polarizer with ultrawide lenses, which would exaggerate this.

 

Dead Cafe

The Dead Cafe, Route 66, Yucca, Arizona.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 28mm f/2 AI-s, Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, Program Auto, matrix metering.

 

Motel

Motel with Pool, Route 66, Yucca, Arizona.

Photographed with a silver Nikon FA, Nikon 85mm f/2 AI-s , Fuji Velvia 50, NCPS process and scan, Program Auto, matrix metering.

 

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