Exploring
Western Kentucky
Jones-Keeney WMA

 

 

The picture on the right was made with the camera in the other photo. It is an old Polaroid roll film camera, model 75 I think. I found it at a yard sale in the early 1990s. I was interested in medium format and managed to modify this camera to use Kodak 120 film. It works. The only hinderance is advancing to the next frame correctly. I had to count revolutions of the film advance knob (which I made and attached). As the roll was used, the number of revolutions had to be increased to get to the next frame, without overlapping. Sometimes I got a bit of overlap. Sometimes it came out ok. I ran several rolls through this camera, mostly B&W, but used 2 or 3 color positive rolls. I used a light meter and an exposure chart. It all worked fairly well. It was interesting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This waterfall is in the Jones-Keeney Wildlife Management area, located between Princeton and Dawson Springs, KY. These pictures were made in the early 1990s. I haven't been there since. At that time, you could go east on 62, from Prianceton, and turn right onto a gravel road. There was a sign there. An archery club had a range back in there too, with their own sign. The road went back a half mile maybe; maybe a quarte,r to where I had to park. From there I walked on the old road the rest of the way to the rocky area where this falls is. The road is on high ground. You come out at the top of the falls. There is a way to get down to the bottom. It wasn't very difficult. A person could go around another way, that is easier, but longer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This photo was made with slide film, in a 35mm SLR camera. It shows the top of the falls, and some of the rock up there, and a bit of the opening underneath.

There are other webpages on this place, with much more information. Since I last visited, the area has been expanded. I think it goes all the way over to Mount Hebron Church Rd. It has a number, but I don't remember it. That is a pretty good size area, with a big pine woods. I walked through it once. Lost a Kodak 110 film camera out there somewhere. It is a nice area for walking, exploring; it is interesting. I recommend taking a compass and topo map out there, if you are not familiar with the area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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