Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: willow

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. ========== 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. ========== 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. ========== 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. ========== 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.

A bit north from our yard. This tree's long been one of my regular photo subjects (examples here [1992], here [2012], here [2005], and here [2012 again]), particularly in autumn and winter. (Those are all flickr links.) Before our next-door neighbor built his garage and the developers built Mulliken Meadows behind our house, this was an easy photograph. These days I need to stand in someone else's yard.

Taken from Second Island in downtown Grand Ledge.

Two trees I've shown you before, and a shed or two....

Another picture from Second Island in Grand Ledge. It seems to me that the willows are the first trees with leaves in the spring and the last in the fall.

Shot from Second Island in Grand Ledge.

One of my favorite photographic subjects, in it's early-spring glory.

Better large. I've shown you this tree before. It's likely I'll do so again.... Mulliken, Michigan.

Another photo from my New Year's Day 1992 photo shoot; this of the willow tree in the back yard of one of my neighbors. The tree's still there, and I've several photographs of it. This is the best. Camera: Minolta Freedom 100 This scan's better than the earlier one .

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. ========== 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. ========== 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. ========== 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. ========== 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.

This house belonged to Sabrina Nickel in 1895. Like the George Potter house at the end of my street, it likely predates the village of Mulliken. Actually, this house is just outside Hoytville, but it was the next farm over from Potter's when the village moved. I eventually posted a similar photograph to 366 Snaps on December 22. And there's another version in the Outtakes queue . I'll try to remember to point you back here when it shows up. ========== Last March 28 was a busy day. I took a few flower pix around the yard, then went on what can only be called a scouting trip around the local backroads, looking for potential photographs. Then I dug out my old FujiFilm F200--destined to be my April camera--and played with it a bit (this perhaps proves I can learn from mistakes). And I took the Nikon 1 and the F200 to a ballgame. ========== I briefly discuss the 366 Snaps photo in the day's other outtake. ========== This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps . Number of project photos taken: 24 Title of " roll :" Local Farmyards, mostly Other photos taken on 3/28/2012: As noted above, I played around with the F200. About 60 photos worth of play, in two or three sessions. Here's the best of that set . I also gave the V1 a workout at the ballpark-- judge for yourself .