Zenit ET: January 2004 Archives

Dave Marquis Zenit ET

 It was a little warmer today. When I mean a little warmer, I mean that is wasn't horribly below zero like it has been for about 4 days now. I hope it is a trend that will continue on into Spring. I bet we have a long road ahead if last year is an indicator. It is tending lately to snow a lot in the last months before Spring, whereas 10-15 years ago the major portion of the snow fall was in the earlier months of winter. This is a picture that I took at the Minnesota Zoo's Dolphin Exhibit. Not to bad, I think for a begianer in photography with a all manunal Zenit ET and $.75 rolls of film bought on E-Bay. I used the Helios 44-4 58MM lens set on infinity and I beleive the aperture was set at F4. I don't remeber the speed, maybe 1/125.

Dave Marquis Zenit ET

 It is a very cold night here in my 'hood, Minneapolis MN. When I mean cold, I mean temps at -14F and they are saying that we will hit -18F by the morning. And then we will only warm up to -4F maybe. Well it is going to be a long hard week. I am posting a picture I took last summer to warm our chilled bones. This is a picture of one of our friend's boy, who loved playing in his little sand box. He is in his own little world with his toy trucks. I have felt our baby many times now. She/He is such a kicker. I think Yuko is going to be in trouble if this baby keeps up the kicking. Maybe we are going to have a boxer... Time will only tell.

Dave Marquis Zenit ET

 Well it is snowing here in Minneaota and the roads are horrible. What is this state's government thinking? They have cut back on the plowing of the streets causing it to be very dangerous out on the interstate with the crazy drivers thinking that they can drive as fast as they wish with 4X4 trucks. They spin off the roads and crash into whatever is in their way. I just hope that they don't take me with them. This is a picture from our trip to the Minnesota Zoo, taken with my trust Zenit ET and a tripod on Polaroid HD 400 ISO film.