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Posing for the Omon Ra cover shoot?

A cover for the English translation of the book “Omon Ra” by Victor Pelevin, comprised of a photo illustration of a cosmonaut or astronaut in a silver suit with a birds head, set on a solid red background.

Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 06/10/2026

The tree I reported down across a trail yesterday was amazingly already cleared this morning, only DPW cones left as a calling card. further along that same trail a service truck (not DPW) was parked on the path, and then a construction gate was blocking the path. But at least the tree is gone.

A large broken tree limb lays across a paved multi-use path running alongside a two-lane road with trees lining both sides

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 04/10/2026

Threshing Indiana State Fair Pen D with Lomo Metro

A wagon piled high with grain stalks covered in a colorful tarp. A wooden ladder rests against the pile. The grain is staged to be fed through the thresher in the pioneer village antique farm machinery demonstrations.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 03/10/2026

Rats Indiana State Fair Pen D with Lomo Metro

Looking into a shack selling kettle corn, the purveyor animatedly talking to a customer over stacks of bagged popcorn. Fake rats hang from the ceiling.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 02/10/2026

Pickup and tuneup Pen D with Lucky SHD50 Overlapping exposures

Black and white photo of multiple exposures overlapping like a collage. People sit at a table handing out time chips on the left. A bike sits on a repair stand under a tent in the middle. Various bike and farm scenes fill in the rest indistinctly.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 01/10/2026

Let’s take my bike Pen D with Lucky SHD50 Overlapping exposures

Bicycles lean up against a bright white wall. A person is standing next to theirs, reaching for it. Their shadow on the wall, which has a texture from another exposure, reaches for the bike too.
Another shadow is seen, with almost face-like features visible.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 30/09/2026

To catch the sun Holga 120N with Lucky SHD400 #ShittyCameraChallenge

A gravel road running between two lines of trees that arch over the road, extending into open fields in the distance. Sun rays stream down from the top of the photo, and internal reflections create curving rays that arc upwards like fingers or wings.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 30/09/2026

Many moons since the last harvest Holga 120N with Lucky SHD400 #ShittyCameraChallenge

An antique farming implement, perhaps a spreader, that hasn't seen use in many years, sits among tall grasses in an open field.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 30/09/2026

Bicycle race Pen D with Lucky SHD50 Overlapping exposures

Multiple photos overlapping showing cyclists getting ready for a rural gravel race. You can see the start-finish arch, a barn, and what may be some corn.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 28/09/2026

Caught up on my backlog of film, it’s mostly pictures! Pen wasn’t advancing properly for one roll so those ended up heavily overlapping, which could make something interesting. Or not.

Four strips of film hanging in front of a tile wall. A strip of 35mm half frame black and white film with images overlapping, two rolls of color half frame, and a roll of 120 black and white.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/09/2026

I made these this morning from an overnight enriched sourdough recipe, just so much better than boxed, worth the extra time when you have it.

A cooktop with four pancakes frying in a large cast iron pan, a stack of finished pancakes on an orange plate, and a measuring bowl half-full of bubbly batter.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 26/09/2026

Harvest 50 gravel race, last of the season, is tomorrow. TBH I’m not really feeling it but if nothing else it will be a nice ride, forecast is for a beautiful late summer day.

Weather forecast graph showing sunny all day, low of 52 F and high of 73 F

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 19/09/2026

Neat, so they used inclined planes with counterbalanced carriages instead of locks, clever engineering. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbląg_Canal#…

Drawings of the Elbląg Canal By Hermann Penner - http://www.navicula.org.pl/366-hermanna-pennera-reportaz-z-pochylni, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115539239

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 18/09/2026

Someone needs to do something about these roving shirtless gangs. I ran into another one this morning downtown.

Sunrise glints off skyscrapers, as a group of runners emerges from a tree-covered brick path

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 14/09/2026

this hotel needs to work on their messaging

a hotel gym reflected in a mirror that has "rules are meant to be broken" written on it. A person is seen taking the picture with their phone with a perplexed look on their face.

A plaque that reads "fitness center rules" and a long list of rules, which they surely do not expect you to break.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 02/09/2026

Processes and procedures being subverted at the whim of a single person is not a good thing. "The process [to change a name] takes a minimum of six months. Each proposal is thoroughly reviewed and researched before the BGN Domestic Names Committee renders a decision." www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-...

A flowchart of the six broad steps that should be followed for any domestic name changes. See the link in the post for more details on this process.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 01/09/2026

Moser Hill H35N, Lomo Color '92

A dust-covered gravel bike lays on its side on a bright gravel road, looking down a long hill with trees on one side and a cornfield on the other.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 01/09/2026

H35N with star filter, Lomo Color '92

A copse of trees closes in around a gravel country road that stretches into the distance, the sun blazing above and streaking down due to the filter on the camera.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 01/09/2026

The photographer caught in the wild H35N, Lomo color '92

A person holding a camera hides in the foliage to get artistic shots as cyclists race past.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 26/08/2026

This interview with Tim Curry on CBS Sunday Morning last year stuck with me. Hopefully he found his comfort, he certainly earned it.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 24/08/2026

Feeling better today so got to take my new bike build out for its first spin! It's a parts-bin drop-bar commuter built around a State 4130 Single Speed frameset with self-built 700c wheels that have a stealth two-speed kick-shift hub with coaster brake, which I originally built for my city cruiser.

I bright high-vis yellow bike leans against the railing on a wooden boardwalk heading towards downtown Indianapolis in the background.

Close-up wide-angle view from the front of the bike. The color really stands out, which is the point.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 24/08/2026

50% whole wheat, 85% hydration, overnight autolyse. Sweet and tangy.

A dark round loaf of bread with a spiral score pattern sits on a wood board, another loaf mostly out of frame.

Looking at the cut side of the loaf, showing a dark medium-density crumb.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 11/08/2026

Bike sprint through the Bottleworks. I seem to struggle to hold this camera level but I like the effect here. Kodak H35N, SHD400 dev FPP-110 1+31 5.5 min.

Two cyclists blur past the camera on a narrow cobblestone street in front of a group of spectators.

Two bicycles with a large gap between them race down a narrow cobblestown street, spectators lining both sides behind barriers.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 10/08/2026

This is really glorious. Indianapolis welcomes all, even assholes of many sorts.

Another angle of the poster going up saying “We______ As______”

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 07/08/2026

Adventures with SHD50 continue. Rebel G at ISO 12 seems to work well. Dev FPP-110 1+31 for 5.5 min.

A baby white rhino plopped in the grass next to its mother.

A mother and baby white rhino standing among rolling hills crossed with roads, a feed shed stands in the background.

A bright gravel road crosses over rolling hills, in the distance a bus descends while some animals graze along the road.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 05/08/2026

Dustbowl 100 Sprocket rocket Lomo color ‘92 CineStill CS-41

A line of cyclists come out of a corner on a gravel road surrounded by soybean fields, kicking up a cloud of dust.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 01/08/2026

Where the buffalo [bison] roam. Canon R6 / 7Artisans 35mm f1.4 III

A lone scrubby tree sits in a green field under a clear blue sky, casting a long shadow on the grass, with a herd of bison in a fenced pasture behind.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/07/2026

Man of many talents, MC Tony C @cherolis.bsky.social wrangled the troops and rocked the mic with the Close Enough barbershop quartet.

A person in a central Indiana cycling shirt speaks to a group of volunteers in high-viz clothing who are sitting in their bikes in preparation of heading out to their course assignments.

A bearded person wearing a floppy hat speaks into a microphone to the huge crowd of participants in the NITE ride, as a quartet in traditional barbershop straw hats and American flag shirts prepares to sing the national anthem.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/07/2026

Huge thanks to the organizers and all the great volunteers and groups who made the NITE ride happen!

Participants check in and get their wrist bands

Course marshals head out on their bikes to their assigned corners.

A bike tech from Bicycle Garage Indy helps a volunteer with an issue with their bike before the ride

A police car with lights flashing leads riders across a lit-up bridge

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/07/2026

The ride then continued north to the Indy Cycloplex and the Major Taylor Velodrome. I was exhausted and headed home. Hard to beat two great rides in a day!

Cyclists with lit-up bikes climb a small hill in front of a block of apartments

A dense group of cyclists on the road at night, one in the foreground wearing pajamas making a funny face for the camera.

Pack of cyclists with bikes and taillights aglow stretches into the distance, in the foreground one pops a wheelie.

The tail end of a pack of cyclists fills the road in the foreground, while the Indianapolis skyline rises in the background over the tree-lined street.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/07/2026

The ride regrouped (again) and had a rest break just over the bridge at 16 Tech

A person wearing a shirt that says “on your left” in backwards font rides a bike with glowing rims in front of cyclists gathered around the main 16 Tech building.

A crowd of cyclists mills around in front of the AMP food court building.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/07/2026

Then cut through the hospital campus to the new fall creek bridge… Where we waited. Apparently the police decided to regroup the ride (which was very split up through downtown)?

A volunteer sits on a railing with their bike in front of a lit-up curving steel bridge.

Cyclists cross a bridge in a tight group, two people on a cargo bike smile for the camera.

Cyclists crossing a bridge at night in a wide-angle shot.

A cyclist pops a wheelie on a lit-up bridge.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/07/2026

I briefly joined up with the ride down New York street.

First-person view on a bike riding down a street surrounded by other cyclists.

A line of cyclists rides down a tree-lined street towards the camera

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/07/2026

The monument wasn’t lit up for some reason so the circle was pretty dark and I didn’t linger there.

A fisheye photo of a few cyclists riding around monument circle, panning with one cyclist in the foreground so the rest of the scene is motion blurred.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 27/07/2026

Great turnout for the NITE ride!

Cyclists with their bikes lit up fill a street to the distance, moving towards the camera, which is standing on a plant-filled median.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 24/07/2026

Couple more. I can only set up at one of these locations, thoughts? Though the streetlights were malfunctioning (the bright light is from a stadium) so if they were fixed then lighting will be a bit different tomorrow. Actually I’m not sure if the stadium will be lit up either…

The Indianapolis skyline in the distance over a bridge, where an out of focus bicycle sits in the foreground.

The tallest building in the Indianapolis skyline peek through trees over a brightly lit street.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 24/07/2026

Tomorrow I’m riding 100 miles in the Dust Bowl 100 gravel race. Afterwards for recovery I’ll be… riding more for the @centralincycling.org NITE ride around Indy (registration still open!), where I’ll be taking photos. Night street photography is tough! Here’s a couple shots from my recon ride.

The Indianapolis skyline rises over trees at the end of a long telephoto shot down a quiet street, where a lone pickup truck drives towards the city.

The soldiers and sailors monument lit up at night.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 17/07/2026

Maybe I misunderstand what you mean by "open," as it's behind the paywall for me.

screenshot of a newspaper website paywall in front of an article

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 14/07/2026

Thanks! No, I was pretty wiped after an intense ride that morning in the Honor Major Taylor fondo.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 13/07/2026

Momentum Indy Parkside Throwdown

A group of female cyclists in colorful team kit turn a corner at high speed after descending a hill in a park circuit race.

Cyclists blur past the timing tents at the finish line, seen through a hole in the trees.

A long line of male cyclists in team kit makes a sharp turn under the hot July sun.

The lead riders in a line of cyclists lean into a high-speed turn, as the line extends into the distance.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 02/07/2026

Get in, we're showing off photos of real state fairs. Indiana 2025

Looking down the covered bridge a the Indiana state fairgrounds, people crossing in both directions, lit up midway ride in the background.

A line of game booths at the midway, people playing to win the colorful stuffed animals and other stuff.

An ice cream stand at dusk, lined with colorful lights

Two old steam tractors lined up, puffing smoke, driving belts running harvesting equipment.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 02/07/2026

Indianapolis Portals III

An underpass, alternating dark and light rectangles , plants spilling down the right side, long curving wall with once-colorful murals on the left.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 01/07/2026

Indianapolis Portals II

A line of giant rings marks the under-construction bridge leading across the White River to Lucas Oil Stadium, as evidenced by the road construction equipment in the foreground. The Indianapolis Skyline is washed out in the background.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 01/07/2026

Indianapolis Portal I Kodak H35N · SHD400

A ring-shaped sculpture with gear-like protrusions sits in a grass section of a pedestrian bridge with the brightly lit and washed-out Indianapolis skyline in the background.

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 01/07/2026

Riding 160 miles is a lot easier with friends. Get in the paceline! @centralincycling.org Ride Across Indiana June 27, 2026

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 30/06/2026

Yes, please! I actually have a whole album of them on my website: www.kmr.me/posts/rain_2... Here’s a few more of my favorites if you don’t want to go through them all :) Also a short video coming soon!

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 30/06/2026

Thanks! I should try to make some of those. Here’s a shot with him in focus.

A group of cyclists, one in the middle smiling and waving

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Kevin Retzke @kmr.me · 28/06/2026

This guy needs a beer. So does the person photobombing him! Mile 72 of the @centralincycling.org Ride Across Indiana (RAIN) yesterday.

A person siting up on their bike and smiling, wearing a jersey that says “this guys needs a beer” with two hands holding up thumbs pointing backwards. Another person behind them is smiling and waving enthusiastically.

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