Rolls 57, 58 & 59: Classic SLR and Delta on the Delta, plus… HP5 Plus

It’s a long story, but my wife was doing some research on Ancestry.com. She discovered that her half-brother, Salim, has relatives in the Yucatan and in Lousiana. It is an amazing thing that she found his living relatives and connected with them. We traveled to New Orleans  and Baton Rouge to meet some of them.  None of us had been there before.

Despite a few days of soul-crushing humidity, I discovered that I love New Orleans. We also rented a car and drove to Baton Rouge, a typical state capitol city -clean, tidy, slightly boring.

I shot lots of pinhole, but took my Nikon too, mostly for portrait work. I had a 75-200 zoom, but didn’t really use it.

Film: Ilford Delta 400

Camera: Nikon FM SLR, 50mm 1:1.8

Salim

Long Lost Relatives Found

Seen in Baton Rouge

Pam

Suzi

Seen in Baton Rouge

Doña Maria Elena

Doña Maria Elena and Salim

Sandi

Margaret

Laura Plantation, a Creole Plantation

Magnolia Debris

Tonight!

Royal Street Musicians, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA

 

Film: Ilford Delta 400

Camera: Nikon FM SLR, 50mm 1:1.8

Double Shotgun Houses, Bywater, Upper 9th Ward, New Orleans, LA

Salim

Sandi

Beehive

Voodoo Priestess Marie Laveau’s tomb, St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.

Agave, Crescent Park

Iron and stone, St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.

St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.

St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.

St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.

St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans.

Picnic Table Chess, Voodoo Alley

Laura Plantation, a creole plantation

Lonely Banana

Mask?

Film: Ilford HP5 Plus

Camera: Nikon FM SLR, 50mm 1:1.8

Parms, Canal Street, New Orleans

The Joint, best barbecue in Bywater

Sternwheeler

Bourbon and Iberville, New Orleans

Still Life with Tacky

Down by the river, Crescent Park, New Orleans

A genuine Mississippi Snag

A genuine Mississippi Snag II

Huge greenery

Down by the river, Crescent Park, New Orleans

Sunset on Eucalypus

Riding the Streetcar

These rolls were processed and scanned by Moon Photo in Seattle; all images are as scanned without alteration.  More photos from this and my other 52Rolls can be found HERE.