Photos, videos and docs of Joel Dinda, with the keywords: "roxand"

House, with Willow

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 03:51:13 +0000

This house is one of my regular photographic subjects. I discussed that on March 28, and don't see any need to repeat the comments here.

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A year ago I spent about half an hour wandering the local backroads, shooting pretty much random photos in hopes that one would work for 366 Snaps. A clue about my method for the day is that the image shown above and the 366 Snaps photo of Hoytville were taken just a few feet apart, but the timestamps are separated by over 20 minutes (and 23 photographs). I was trying to capture the morning fog, and trying to master the FujiFilm camera I'd forgotten how to use. I had some success at both.

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Henry Hoyt, a Civil War veteran from Connecticut with a medical degree, settled at the corner of the roads now called Mulliken and Saginaw in 1867. He'd previously practiced medicine somewhere in Ohio for a couple years.

Hoyt abandoned the medical practice around 1870 and opened a store, presumably that shown in the 366 Snaps photo. In 1880 Hoyt became the postmaster and the Post Office began calling the location Hoytville.

There was already a settlement at the corner when Hoyt arrived, which was known as Centre. In 1888 Mulliken--a bit over a mile north of Hoytville--acquired its own post office, and began to dominate (hah!) the local landscape (a feeble domination, that). But it's misleading to claim Hoytville died as Mulliken grew, since the hamlet today's not all that different from its 1880 prime.

Most of this information courtesy of Samuel Durant's 1880 county history. I've been unable to locate any later references to Dr. Hoyt.

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The 366 Snaps photo drew interesting comments on Flickr, primarily because the details are washed out. In this case, the "high key" effect was semi-intentional.

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

Number of project photos taken: 35
Title of "roll:" In a Fog Again
Other photos taken on 12/3/2012: none.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 18:13:58 +0000

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There's a little swamp a couple miles west of here that I often photograph because it's always changing. This little vale's just north of that and has the same virtues.

I see I shot a photo here a few weeks back. Much the same, and very different.

Tree, Gates Road

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:38:11 +0000

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Two crops--and two ways of processing--the same photograph. I planned this one as a sharp-edged, no nonsense "print." The other's more "moody."

And this one's quite crooked. I rather like it that way.

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

366 Snaps project discussion and stats for November 22.

Tree, Gates Road

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:38:12 +0000

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Two crops--and two ways of processing--the same photograph. I was trying for "moody" on this version; on the other I wanted a sharp, no-nonsense "print."

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

366 Snaps project discussion and stats for November 22.

Corn Under Clouds

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 03:02:28 +0000

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A couple miles south of Mulliken, Michigan; shot from what's probably my most common photo location.

Winter Storm Warning

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:42:11 +0000

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Be careful out there.

Field

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:52:19 +0000

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Harvest

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:46:41 +0000

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Field and Clouds

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 11:39:18 +0000

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There's something about this farm that causes me to point cameras at it.

Shot from a moving car with a slow camera in bad light. All those things show, but the photo seems to work.

The Swamp Down the Road

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:18:25 +0000

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Three miles or so south of Mulliken, Michigan.

This Old House

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 15:07:51 +0000

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Mt Hope Highway, near Dow Road, in Roxand Township, Michigan. I've photographed this yard and house before--here, for one, before the front-yard tree fell.

I'm pretty sure the place was occupied in my memory, but it's been abandoned for a long time now and seems doomed.

The house evidently belonged to Herbert Codding--he's in the middle of this photo--in 1895, though I expect it was built before then. H.L. had an 80 acre farm, about typical for the immediate neighborhood at the time. Those small fields have been combined into a rather larger farm, these days.

Harvest Time

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 00:53:09 +0000

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A different version of a photo I posted earlier today. I may like this treatment better--but I can't see making a habit of this trick.

This one, too, looks better in a lightbox: Please press Z. Thanks.

Harvest Time

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 21:54:00 +0000

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This is the same farm and work crew as the photo I posted earlier this afternoon, but from the other side and much closer.

Most of the local farmers are doing something similar--harvesting the crop with their combine, then dumping the grain into a hopper, where it waits for a truck to arrive and relieve the load.

Appears to work, but it sure seems like a messy workflow.

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I'm less than happy with this one. The photo came out OK--it's got decent detail, and shows all the equipment these folks are using--but all that dark on dark stuff is problematical....

Harvest Time

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:54:07 +0000

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South of Mulliken, Michigan. Please press "Z." Thanks.

Another version of this photo.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 05:33:24 +0000

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So: How Grey was Today?

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:15:42 +0000

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About like this....

Roxand Township Fire Department

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 23:16:33 +0000

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More Roxand fire equipment, parked away from the fire house.

Another OpticsPro experiment. This pic's an experiment with some of OpticsPro's monochrome tools.

Stubble, Dow Road

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 20:44:58 +0000

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A photograph from a grey day. No harvesting going on around here this afternoon.

Election Day

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 20:28:25 +0000

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They evicted the fire equipment so we could use the fire barn for a polling place. So I took pix of the trucks.

Corn by the Roadside

nobody@ipernity.com (Joel Dinda) — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 18:13:58 +0000

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About ready to harvest.