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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sugar maples along the Superior Hiking Trail basking in the glow of a brisk fall morning - what could be better? Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #superiorhikingtrail #maples #Ektar100 #4x5

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Sylvan Siblings" A golden maple forest is punctuated by the occasional dark green of a balsam fir, catching and wearing fallen leaves like seasonal hand-me-downs. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor 120mm f/8 | Kodak E100 1/8 sec | f/11 | swing + tilt #Minnesota #fall #Ektachrome #Kodak #largeformat

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Reuby-Hued View" Rolling hills of bright red maples, awash in morning light and framed by mature pines, as seen from Carlton Peak. “Reuby” is a reference to Reuben B. Carlton. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon W 300mm f/5.6 | Kodak E100 1 second | f/16 | 0.6 Very Hard GND #Minnesota #Ektachrome #Kodak #4x5

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"Four Eagles" Perched atop Eagle Mountain, four conifers withstand the elements and witness fall colors from Minnesota’s highest point. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 1 second | f/22 | Warm CPL #Minnesota #EagleMountain #largeformat #Ektar100

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"Quiet Kettle" A calm, cool morning on the banks of the Kettle River in St. Croix State Park. Fragments of incoming fall color signal the end of summer. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektachrome E100 4 seconds | f/32 | 0.6 Medium GND + 812 warming #Minnesota #4x5 #Ektachrome

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Terra Vitae" A richly colorful dawn in a marsh teeming with life. Mamiya RB67 | 50mm f/4.5 | Kodak Ektar 100 8 seconds | f/22 | 0.6 Medium GND #Minnesota #wetland #MamiyaRB67 #Ektar100

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Prickly Bloom Moon" Prickly pear cacti bloom among the Sioux quartzite of Blue Mounds State Park. A waxing gibbous moon rises to light up the short midsummer night. Mamiya RB67 | 50mm f/4.5 | Kodak Gold 200 4 seconds | f/22 | 0.9 Medium GND #Minnesota #MamiyaRB67 #KodakGold200

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Free at Last" Released from winter’s grip, the Gooseberry River surges under footbridges, past small caves, and over multiple waterfalls on its way to Lake Superior. Mamiya RB67 | 50mm f/4.5 | Kodak Gold 200 #KodakGold200 #madewithkodak #Minnesota #MamiyaRB67

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"Misty Moonset" A fresh drum scan of an image from 2019. I forgot to note my settings, but 1 second at f/16 is likely, with a 2-stop grad filter. Mamiya RB67 | 127mm f/3.8 | Fuji Velvia 100 #Minnesota #MamiyaRB67 #Velvia100

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Rhapsody in Pink" Mirroring a peachy sunset, wild bergamot blooms on a bluff top prairie alongside the deeper violet blossoms of hoary vervain. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Portra 160 #Minnesota #largeformat #kodak #portra160 #wildflowers

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Milkyway Lane I took advantage of a recent moonless night off work to capture a fun image that had been bouncing around in my head for a little bit. Nikon D750 | Nikon 35mm f/1.4G 9 x 4 sec. | f/2 | ISO 3200 #astrophotography #milkyway #nikond750

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Previous Prairie Dormant shrubs and billowy, dried-up waves of the last season’s prairie grasses in Camden State Park catch the final rosy rays of sunset. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #prairie #largeformat #madewithkodak #Ektar100

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Prairie Smoke One of the earliest flowers to emerge after winter in Minnesota. Nikon N80 | 50mm f/1.8 (reversed) Kodak Vision 3 250D #Minnesota #wildflower #prairiesmoke #35mmfilm

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Sublunar Savanna Over a 6-hour exposure, the Moon descends onto an oak savanna in western Minnesota. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #startrails #moon #longexposure #Ektar100 #largeformat

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Moon Marches On In the pre-dawn blue hour, a golden full moon sets behind the rolling hills of Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #largeformat #Kodak #Ektar100 #fullmoon

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Sentinels of the North Dramatically lit white pines tower over the frozen shoreline of Rose Lake, gracing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with their majestic stature. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #BWCA #BoundaryWaters #largeformat

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Snowshrooms Wandering around local a woodland that is very picturesque in the snow, I struggled to find a wider composition that wasn't too busy for my taste. Sometimes you just have to look closer! Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Ilford FP4 Plus #largeformat #Minnesota #ilfordphoto

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Let's Not Pollute This Place The title is simply how I feel about the BWCA, especially in light of Resolution 140, which if passed by Congress will allow toxic sulfide-ore copper mining to move forward immediately upstream. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #BWCA

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A New Light Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Ektar100 #largeformat #Minnesota

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Temperament A chilly, blustery morning on the rocky Lake Superior shoreline of Temperance River State Park. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 | Ilford FP4 Plus #Minnesota #LakeSuperior #largeformat #ilford #fp4plus

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Leveaux Expo 🍁 Moody clouds cast scattered shadows on vibrant fall colors in Superior National Forest, with Carlton Peak looming in the distance. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon W 300mm f/5.6 | Kodak E100 #largeformat #kodak #ektachrome #Minnesota

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Pincushion Flame Receding rain showers over Lake Superior are set ablaze by the setting sun, casting Grand Marais and the forests of Pincushion Mountain in a radiant amber glow that bolster fall foliage. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #Kodak #Ektar100 #largeformat

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Sunset on a sunflower field in central Minnesota. Mamiya RB67 Pro-S | 50mm f/4.5 | Kodak Ektar 100 #Minnesota #sunflowers #Kodak #Ektar100

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

St. Croix Smolder A sultry summer sunrise over small islands in the St. Croix River. Intrepid 4x5 | Kodak Portra 160 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 1/15 second | f/5.6 | 0.6 Medium GND #Minnesota #largeformat #kodak #portra160

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Last Call on Lida As the sun sets in the Leaf Hills of west-central Minnesota, a lone fisherman on Lake Lida casts his line one last time. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 1 second | f/22 | 0.6 Very Hard GND #largeformat #kodak #ektar100 #Minnesota

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Gleaming Wellstone The blazing midsummer sun crashes through the forest canopy and lights up a waterfall in southern MN, creating a dazzling, yet serene light show. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor 210mm f/5.6 | Kodak Ektar 100 4 sec. | f/22 | Warm CPL + BPM 1/4 #largeformat #kodak #ektar100 #MN

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Matthew @frigginhegg.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

My first Trichrome Infrared images. 📷: Bronica SQ-A 🎞️: Rollei IR400 🧪: Ilford DD-X 💾: Lightroom classic and Photoshop #photography #infraredphotography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #analog #analogue #abandoned #abandonedplaces

An image of an old church building by the road with fields of crops behind it.

Two abandoned railcar tankers sitting in a field

A small trailer and a mobile home with some shrubs in the foreground

An abandoned farmhouse in the middle of crops growing

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Bryan Hansel @bryanhansel.com · 09/04/2025

Big news for the northwoods: Senator Tina Smith just introduced a bill to permanently protect over 225,000 acres near the Boundary Waters from copper-sulfide mining. It’s the first Boundary Waters protection bill in the Senate in nearly 50 years. Hands Off the Boundary Waters!

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Silver Creek Sapling A young balsam fir surrounded by an aspen colony basks in the light of a spring sunrise. Intrepid 8x10 | Nikkor 120mm f/8 | Kodak Ektar 100 #largeformat #kodak #ektar100 #superiorhikingtrail

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Rose Cold Sunset A cloudy late-winter sunset atop a cliff in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 Kodak Ektar 100 | 1 sec. | f/22 #largeformat #kodak #ektar100 #BoundaryWaters #BWCA

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Wintry Mix A wet March snowfall gathers on aspens at the edge of a wetland. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon T 400mm f/8 Ektachrome E100 | 1/15 sec. | f/16 #largeformat #kodak #ektachrome #Minnesota

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Post-eclipse full moon setting at a local Wildlife Management Area.

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

So glad I got outside with the camera this morning. With everything that's been happening, it was just what I needed. #largeformat #4x5film

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Ailing Allium A few years back, when 8x10 color film cost slightly fewer appendages, I tried my hand at a still life subject that had been growing on my kitchen counter. Intrepid 8x10 | Fujinon W 300mm f/5.6 Kodak Portra 400 | f/11 | PCB strobes #largeformat #film #kodak #Portra400

Studio lit still life of an onion shooting up sprouts.

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Rose Lake Sunrise One from my 2023 BWCA snowshoeing trip, right on the Canadian border. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8 | Kodak Ektachrome E100 | 1/8 sec. | f/16 #BWCA #boundarywaters #kodak #ektachrome

Sunrise on a frozen lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Brighter Days Fresh snow melting under the strength of a late-winter sun is all the more beautiful for its impermanence. Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor-W 210mm f/5.6 Kodak Portra 160 | 1/8 sec. | f/16 #intrepidcamera #largeformat #kodak #portra160

Fresh snow covers an orange truck on a sunny winter day.

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Matthew @frigginhegg.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Some trees 📷: Bronica SQ-A 🎞️: Portra 400 #filmphotography #believeinfilm #analog #analogue #120film

A picture of trees lit up red with a deep blue cloudy sky behind

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Small Pieces of a Cold Great Lake I was aiming for a more abstract rendering of a common cold-weather phenomenon on Lake Superior, and used rear tilt to wildly narrow the depth of field. Intrepid 4x5 | Fujinon W 300mm f/5.6 Ilford FP4 Plus | 1/125 sec. f/8 #ilfordphoto #largeformat #fp4plus

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Breakwater First Light Curiously, when it’s -15℉ out, I don’t feel the need to try any special large format techniques. Back to the basics: compose, focus, meter, expose, return to warm car! Intrepid 4x5 | Nikkor W 300mm f/5.6 Ektachrome E100 | 1/30 sec. f/16 #largeformat #ektachrome #kodak

On frigidly cold morning, sea smoke rises from Lake Superior behind a small lighthouse.

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Chengwatana Nightscape Venus and the stars of Orion grace the night sky over the Snake River in a 5.5-hour exposure. Mamiya RB67 | 50mm f/4.5 | Fujichrome T64 #mamiyarb67 #startrails #astrophotography

Stars arc over a river in a long exposure of the night sky.

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Illgen Falls Mistaking this roll of Portra 400 for the Rollei IR 400 that was in my other film back, I developed it in B&W chemicals. No harm done though! Mamiya RB67 | 50mm f/4.5 | Portra 400 #Portra400 #MamiyaRB67 #happyaccidents

Black and white film photo of Illgen Falls in northern Minnesota, framed by branches covered in snow and freezing spray.

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Circumpolar Exposure The Snake River slowly freezing beneath the northern night sky in a 10-hour exposure, my longest yet! Shot 4x5 Kodak Ektachrome E100 #Kodak #largeformat #startrails

A long-exposure of the night sky reveals star trails of the northern constellations.

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Dan Dorland @d2photographic.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Boreal Boneyard Roughly halfway to a promising overlook in the Boundary Waters, I was stopped by the sight of these barren trunks catching the sinking sun while lengthening shadows enveloped the forest behind. Shot on 4x5 Ilford FP4 Plus.

Black and white photo of barren pine trees in a boreal bog during the winter.

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