Martin LaBelle
karasu1970.bsky.social
Martin LaBelle
@karasu1970.bsky.social
55 And still kicking. Using this account for my photography mostly. Trying to complete another year of 52 Frames.

Interested in: photography, dinosaurs, auto repair, vintage-just-about-everything, gaming, TTRPGs, science, music, and just about anything.
No Wrong Lenses

In photography, there aren't any wrong lenses. Period.
There are better ways to phrase this week's challenge other than implying that there is a "right" lens for each situation. It’s your art.
#52frames_wronglens #sundayframers #pawtucket #looksbetterbigger #canonr5
June 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Red Queen
"...When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head..." -Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit"
#52frames_throughthelookingglass #52frames_optics #sundayframers
June 2, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Tesseract
Softly inspired by the bookshelf in Interstellar. Here's one of my bookshelves that helps transport me to other worlds.
#52frames_highiso
#sundayframers
#canonR5
#Intentionalcameramovement
#icm
May 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The Mill on the Blackstone

Slater Mill in Pawtucket, RI has been a part of my entire life.
I thought this was an interesting angle of the mill at the falls.
#52frames_water
#sundayframers
May 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's the Finest Things...
It's not just wine, it's Prosecco. It's not just a cigar, it's Arturo Fuente. It's not just a camera, It's a Leica.

I know... Pretentious. But it's all in fun.
#52frames_luxury
#sundayframers
#CanonR5
#Leica
#Fancy
#oooh
May 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Bones on the Hill
Shot on a Yashica TL-Super and HP5
Scanned and edited in Lightroom and Luminar Neo.

See the Apex photo principals posted for contrast.
#sundayframers #52frames_negativespace #IlfordHP5 #vintagecamera
#yashica_tlsuper
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“ Dream, Daffodil, Dream... ”
The shine for so short a time, but are such beautiful little joys in the world.

Of course I underexposed the photo this week!
#52frames_underexposed #52frames_exposure
#sundayframers
#leica_mp240
#voigtlander35f1.4
April 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Legs

Scutigera coleoptrata is one of my all-time favorite inverts. They're beautiful and helpful and scare the dickens out of most people. But they're here to help, honest!

#52frames_details #canonR5 #35mmf18macro #sundayframers
April 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Great Wizard Yashica

I've been on a film kick lately and one of my pick-ups was this Yashica Super-TL
It's a fantastic camera and just feels right in the hand.

#52frames_levitation #yashica #CanonR5 #oooooooh #goshthatsbright
April 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Jonesy!
First 120 roll developed. I got two images. Gotta keep at it and find a better method to scan the images, but for a half-assed first crack with a 5D classic and a nifty 50, it can only get better from here.

#filmphotography #kodakTri-X #RolleicordIII
March 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hope Lies Ahead

Find a path through the darkness and the light will show you the way.
At least, that's the hope.

#52frames_mood
#sundayframers
#Canon5D
#hope
March 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In all my years of shooting film, I never bothered to develop my own. It was just too easy to send it off and get prints in an hour. A lifetime later, I find myself shooting film again, and finally taking a hand in turning those shots into something physical.
#52frames_shallowdepthoffield
#canonR5
March 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
1979

It’s the greatest egg in cinematic history. Full stop.
You all know the reference.

#52frames_egg #sundayframers #OlympusEM5 #food #Alien #xenomorph #iadmireitspurity
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Hot Diggity!

Just wrapped up my first roll of 120 film. Can’t wait to see if there are any light leaks in the Rolleicord III.
First time shooting medium format for me. Wheeeeee!

#mediumformat #rolleicordIII
#takenwithiphone
March 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ghosts

We all have them in our past. This is one of mine. Apex was a department store in my hometown. It was a part of my childhood, and my adolescence. It's closed now, and the building is deteriorating at an advancing rate.
#52frames_blackandwhite #sundayframers #ricohGRIII
#myfavoritecolor
March 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Here’s my first flash. Me. Week 1 of the 52Frames challenge is always a self portrait. I’ll begin my Flashes journey here.
February 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The Magical Torino in the style of Rinko Kawauchi

#52frames_unfinished #sundayframers #olympusEM-5 #inthestyleofRinkoKawauchi
February 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Took me a long time to come to Counting Crows. After seeing them live in 2016 I was sold.
Here there latest…

youtu.be/TplWUkNt0Dw
Counting Crows - Spaceman In Tulsa (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Counting Crows
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
And another from the GRIII
February 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
More photos from the GRIII walk
February 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Some photos this week. Took the GRIII for a walk.

I love the b&w
February 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Looking for a Hookup”
Gina stared at the sign and the standpipe smiling while her inner 14 year old laughed and laughed…

The standpipe and sign just needed a victim to complete the scene. Luckily i had one!

#52frames_trianglecomposition #sundayframers #RicohGR3 #blackandwhitephotography
February 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Tick Tock Cat

There's a little Metronome cat on my shelf that I found at a thrift store. He works just fine.
The ticking and tocking reminds me that our time here is finite, so we shouldn't waste it.

Never waste our time.
#52frames_motionblur #sundayframers #canonr5 #RF50f1point8
February 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Birbs in the snow today!

Cardinal and Titmouse

#birbs
February 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Bitter Pills
February 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM