On 10/13/07, Rebekah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I finally made it out to the gardens at the Magnolia Plantation. > I can't say enough about the place - everywhere I looked there was a > beautiful scene, animal, or flower to photograph, and the weather > turned out to be perfect - first foggy, then sunny with everything > covered in dew, and then it showered lightly for ten minutes, and the > sun came out again and everything was covered in rain drops. Most of > my shots were taken on Velvia, so it may be quite some time before I'm > able to show any of them here. However, I did shoot one roll of > regular color film, and this picture is my favorite from that roll. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO/photo?authkey=W1C-i05p28o#5120829586467132594 > > That was 400 speed film and a 15-30mm lens. I straightened this > picture out a bit; it seems the bridge I was standing on wasn't quite > level or else I had my tripod improperly set up. > > Interestingly, as a side note, this film is actually some generic film > I grabbed at a sale at Walgreens going for 99 cents a roll. I shot it > mostly out of curiousity, but I can't say the results were horrible. > > Thanks everyone for looking! And come with me next time, I'll > probably be going again next Sunday :) >
It's a lovely shot. My only problem with it is that the sky's a bit washed out. The glass-like reflection of the sky is about perfect, though, so if that's the trade-off, I'm fine with that. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
