Marnie: Very glad you popped in. And I loved reading your story. I can imagine the beauty you describe. It must have been incredible to see. Glad you're getting things done. Don't be away for too long. Cheers, Christine
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? > Been checking PDML Archive now and then to see what's happening. Thought > I'd > pop in to answer this. Then unsubscribe again (yes, getting things done). > > My greatest moment was when I was in my thirties and still using a P&S > camera (Pentax) and taking not so good pictures. > > I went to Club Med Tahiti. When we got off the small plane from Tahiti to > Bora, Bora, there was a pier right near the plane. The airport landing > field > was on a long skinny peninsula (built up reef) and one went by boat over > to the > rest of the island. > > It was so beautiful I was almost literally dropped to me knees. I was > stunned. Camera came out naturally, everyone brought theirs out. Not sure > I didn't > drop to my knees to take a shot of the island -- struck down by beauty. > :-). > Blue, blue (turquoise) water, craggy mountain literally covered by green > (native trees in Tahiti are actually like Monterey pines, but coconut > palms were > introduced around the time of captain cook) and palms, palms palms. > > We had been chattering a lot on the plane, but on that pier people were > silent... for about 5-10 minutes, just taking it all in and taking > pictures. > > Of course, none of my pictures turned out that well, but some I got on > that > vacation were sort of decent. Later I stuffed them away. After I moved to > my > present location I pulled them out and discovered water had gotten on the > prints and they were stuck together. (I had framed the best right after > the > trip.) Negatives are okay. I have a flat bed scanner so I scanned the > prints > (negatives don't scan that well on it) and printed up some. Lots of > degradation > in quality due to age and bad storing and maybe water. But it reminds me. > > That trip is really what made me want to become a better photographer, so > the next time I ran across such beauty I could do it more justice. > Although I > didn't really get around to it until about 25 years later. > > Marnie aka Doe :-) Leaving again, back later. > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. > (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 > 48) > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
