Shel, Certainly a high contrast scene. For me, the shot looks more like a snap (of course, you were testing), but there looks to be lots of potential here - angle, composition and lighting could combine for a very nice image. Seems like one to visit multiple times.
-- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, May 15, 2005, 7:48:07 AM, you wrote: SB> There's a gun shop located in a nearby town that has a fence made of stone SB> and old wagon wheels surrounding it. Last week, while testing some film, SB> the light seemed about right to photograph a section of the fence. Here's SB> a frame from that test. SB> http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/wagwheel.html (250K file) SB> Tech stuff: Pentax LX on original Tiltall tripod, SMC Pentax 30mm/F2.8 @ SB> 5.6, Agfa RSX II 50, Adjusted color balance in PS CS to get as close to the SB> slide as possible. SB> My monitor's a little out of calibration, so comments about shadow detail SB> and sharpness are certainly welcome, as are any other comments. SB> Shel