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Nothing Special Chris
@freeformchris.bsky.social
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Writer, photographer, mechanic, and dreamer. Photos are all my own, most archived at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/xenotar/

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Little Creek Rd. 📷 Nikon FE 🎞️ Cinestill Double X 🔭 Voigtlander 28/2.8 Color Skopar - Hard to convey the size of this feed elevator in rural Delaware. The power pylons were also enormous. #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmismorefun
A feed elevator and storage facility outside of Dover, DE. Probably stores chicken feed - in this case A LOT OF IT. The tall, spindly structure lifts the feed and distributes it into the huge cylindrical tanks that surround it.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Zhukov Memorial 📷 Nikon FE 🎞️ Cinestill Double X 🔭 Nikkor 55/3.5 Micro-Nikkor - The New Jersey Pine Barrens hold many mysteries. This one is near the beautiful Russian Orthodox church in Jackson. #filmphotography #believeinfilm
Zhukov, a four-time "Hero of the Soviet Union," was better suited to deal with the horrors of WWII than peacetime political tribulations. Friend of Eisenhower. A thorn in the side of Stalin, he managed to survive as sort of a museum piece - long enough to die a peaceful death in 1974. (Depiction is not endorsement.)
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Verdin Clock 📷 Nikon FE 🎞️ Cinestill Double X 🔭 Nikkor 55/3.5 Micro-Nikkor - Developed in my usual TMax Dev 1:4 this film is crispy crunchy! I absolutely love it, but what other developers are people using for this film? Something a bit softer out there? #filmphotography #believeinfilm
Verdin clock at the Massey train station in Dover, DE. Verdin is still in business making bells, clocks, and carillons since 1842!
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Duffy Breathes 📷 Leica M3 🎞️ Kodak Gold 🔭 50/2.2 Color Skopar -- Sometimes Duff just points his nose at the sun and soaks it in. Dogs teach me. #filmphotography #filmismorefun #dogsofbluesky
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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So behind on my film processing! Everything except the C41 will be done on my kitchen table - and I could do that, but I like to give my local lab some business. In hope they will stay in business. #believeinfilm
October 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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One of several restoration projects in progress, I will be bringing a Leitz CEYOO flash unit back to life to use with FP flash bulbs. Replacing the old capacitor and maybe finding a better option than the single use 22.5v battery. FP bulbs allow high speed sync up to 1/1000 sec with ancient Leicas.
October 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Had a wonderful time teaching my “Intro to Digital” class with Princeton Adult School. (At Princeton High School). Hoping we can run my film/digital hybrid class next spring!
October 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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DEVO was right about everything. Waited about 40 years to see this this show, and it was a total blast! At the Garden State Arts Center. Are we not men?
October 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Beautiful pup! Maisie says hello back.
October 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Meg is eternal. She showed up in our backyard 17 years ago and decided to stay. Be well, Victoria.
October 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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The More the Marydel 📷 Nikon FM2 🎞️ Kodak Gold 200 🔭 Voigtlander 40mm/f2 Ultron - Summer just flys by. Take some pictures!
A color film photograph of a whimsical metal sculpture made from found objects. Depiction is not endorsement. A color film photograph of some redbud flowers at their peak. Down by the barn. A color film photograph of some folk art.
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Tap this to see my film-burner line up - current version. M3, FE, FM2 -all sporting Voigtlander glass. Now if I could just finish a roll and get it on Bsky!
September 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Shifting Gears: more garage therapy - switching out a worn-out steering coupling. Typical maintenance. No more rubber biscuit!
September 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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These are taking over spaces all around my home. And I love that!
August 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Marydel Summer Stuff 📷Nikon FM2 🎞️Kodak Gold 200 🔭Voigtlander 40/2 Ultron - In the heart of Delaware. #believeinfilm #filmismorefun #Iloveyoumorethankodak
A color film photograph of irises. A color film photograph of cherry tomatoes ripening on the vine. A color film photograph of freshly picked cucumbers. They were delicious!
August 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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George V. Massey Station (Formerly Pennsylvania Station) 📷Nikon FM2 🎞️Kodak Gold 200 🔭Voigtlander 28mm/f2.8 Skopar and Micro-Nikkor 55mm/f3.5 Enjoying my day in Dover, DE. More in ALT. #believeinfilm #filmismorefun #Iloveyoumorethankodak
A color film photograph of the former Pennsylvania Station in Dover, DE. SAH Archipedia sez: "Railroad stations once served as triumphal portals to American towns and cities, as this temple-form building recalls. Its Doric portico of wood is heroically massive, as are its wide eaves with mutules. It is reminiscent of Thomas Jefferson's Pavilions at the University of Virginia. The brick building's facade is composed of a series of pilasters and relieving arches under a hipped roof. Massey, a lawyer for the Pennsylvania Railroad, convinced the company to replace the original Italianate station built by the Delaware Railroad (1853–1860), the coming of which had invigorated the southern part of the state." A color film photograph of the former Pennsylvania Station in Dover, DE. The beautiful clock was made by The Verdin Company of Cincinnati, OH. "The Verdin Company is a manufacturer of bronze bells, clocks and towers based in Cincinnati, Ohio in the United States. The company has been making, restoring, and repairing bells for use in bell and clock towers, peals, chimes, and carillons since 1842.[1] The company also manufactures electronic carillons, street clocks, glockenspiels, and monuments. There is now an organ division serving churches and other institutions combining organ and bell music."
August 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Rolling With the King... The TIRE KING! 📷Nikon FM2 🎞️Kodak Gold 200 🔭Voigtlander 28mm/f2.8 Skopar Enjoying my day in Dover, DE. More in ALT. #believeinfilm #filmismorefun #Iloveyoumorethankodak
A color film photograph of a tire store in Dover, DE. "Novelty architecture, also called programmatic architecture or mimetic architecture, is a type of architecture in which buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes for purposes such as advertising or to copy other famous buildings. Their size and novelty means that they often serve as landmarks. They are distinct from architectural follies, in that novelty architecture is essentially usable buildings in eccentric form whereas follies are non-usable, purely ornamental buildings also often in eccentric form. A color film photograph of a tire store in Dover, DE. "Novelty architecture, also called programmatic architecture or mimetic architecture, is a type of architecture in which buildings and other structures are given unusual shapes for purposes such as advertising or to copy other famous buildings. Their size and novelty means that they often serve as landmarks. They are distinct from architectural follies, in that novelty architecture is essentially usable buildings in eccentric form whereas follies are non-usable, purely ornamental buildings also often in eccentric form.
July 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Cobblestone Cafe near the Green 📷Nikon FM2 🎞️Kodak Gold 200 🔭Voigtlander 28.2.8 Skopar (Post breakfast lull!) Enjoying my day in Dover, DE. More in ALT. #believeinfilm #filmismorefun #Iloveyoumorethankodak
A color film photograph of the Cobblestone Cafe on S. State St. in Dover, DE. When you simply need a good cup of coffee and a tasty breakfast to fire up your day - this is the place! A color film photograph of the Cobblestone Cafe on S. State St. in Dover, DE. I found it super comforting and relaxing - filled with books and teapots. Don't expect it to be this quiet! Just a lull between breakfast and lunch turns. When you simply need a good cup of coffee and a tasty breakfast to fuel up your day - this is the place.
July 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Olde Statehouse Green 📷Nikon FM2 🎞️Kodak Gold 200 🔭Voigtlander 28.2.8 Skopar Enjoying my day in Dover, DE. More in ALT. #believeinfilm #filmismorefun #Iloveyoumorethankodak
A color film photograph of the Dover Green at the Old Statehouse in Dover, DE. "The Dover Green was laid out in 1717, following a plan created by William Penn in 1683, to serve as a gathering area for the growing town. The Green has played a role in the American Revolution, founding of the nation, Women’s Rights, Civil Rights and more." A color film photograph of the Thomas Stevenson House taken near The Green in Dover, DE. "The brick house was built in 1846. The structures to the rear consist of three separate buildings dating from 1804. They are the original tenement and two outbuildings. The first was a summer kitchen and the latter, Sara Stevenson's (1850) two room schoolhouse. The Dover Green was laid out in 1717, following a plan created by William Penn in 1683, to serve as a gathering area for the growing town. The Green has played a role in the American Revolution, founding of the nation, Women’s Rights, Civil Rights and more." A color film photograph of the Dover Green at the Old Statehouse in Dover, DE. "The Dover Green was laid out in 1717, following a plan created by William Penn in 1683, to serve as a gathering area for the growing town. The Green has played a role in the American Revolution, founding of the nation, Women’s Rights, Civil Rights and more."
July 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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St. Vladimir Memorial Church 📷Nikon FM2 🎞️Kodak Gold 200 🔭Voigtlander 40/2 Ultron & Nikon 200/4 Ai The New Jersey Pine Barrens hold MANY wonderful surprises. More in ALT. #believeinfilm #filmismorefun #Iloveyoumorethankodak
A color film photograph of St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ. "Russian churches often have various recurrent elements in their architecture. The onion dome is for example a recurrent and important element in the architecture of Russian churches. The number of domes was important symbolically. One dome symbolized the single God; three represented the Trinity, and five represented Christ and his four evangelists." A color film photograph of St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson TWP NJ. "Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych[7] (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь, romanized: Volodiměr Svętoslavič; Christian name: Basil c. 958 – 15 July 1015), given the epithet "the Great", was Prince of Novgorod from 970 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 978 until his death in 1015. The Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir." A color film photograph of St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson TWP NJ. "St. Vladimir Memorial Church is a Russian Orthodox Church in the jurisdiction of Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR). Our magnificent church was built in commemoration of 1000 year anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’ by Prince Vladimir."
July 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Here’s ours in Trenton.
A color film photograph of the former Bell Telephone Building in Trenton, NJ. It has been converted into very nice apartments.
July 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Cyan Rhodey Shred 📷Bessa R 🎞️Portra 400 🔭APO Skopar 90mm/f2.8 Accidents, shenanigans, and software glitches. I like it a lot.
#believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #filmismorefun #ILoveYouMoreThanKodak
A color film photograph of a Rhododendron. Rhododendron, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον, meaning "rose", and δένδρον, meaning "tree", is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family. This photograph is randomized by the end of the film roll, a large blank area, and a resulting software glitch in the conversion from negative to "positive" image. I like it a lot.
July 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Not a Crownstone/Time Laughs 📷Bessa T 🎞️Portra 400 🔭APO Skopar 90mm/f2.8 MaryDel, DE More in ALT. #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #filmismorefun
Time laughs at concrete. A black and white photograph taken on color film and digitally converted. I know purists think it's cheating, but I do love to convert color film images to B&W if the situation is right. Just filtering after the fact!
July 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Meet Me at the Uninspired Lion! 📷Bessa R 🎞️Portra 400 🔭Color Skopar 28mm/f2.8 New Castle, DE. Dreary day! More in ALT. #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #filmismorefun
A color film photograph of a bronze lion sculpture in New Castle, DE. The lion seems rather uninspired, maybe even depressed. Even the king of beasts gets the blues.
June 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Old Courthouse Vanity Stone 📷Bessa R 🎞️Portra 400 🔭Color Skopar 28mm/f2.8 New Castle, DE. Dreary day! More in ALT. #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #filmismorefun
"I now pledge myself, in the presence of this assembly, to use all lawful and honourable means to lessen the burdens of this oppressed people, and endeavour, according to ability furnished, to burst their chains asunder, and set them free; not relaxing my efforts on their behalf while blessed with health and a slave remains." - Spoken in this building by abolitionist Thomas Garrett after he was found guilty of violating the Fugitive Slave Act.
June 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM