Hey, Grandma Moses started late!
Jasper, Canada, some years ago now ...
It's a Nikon Coolscan V ED, and it's great - I can feed it film strips and it'll just scan them in while I do other stuff.
This godforsaken spot is Reilly Lake, where we experienced more bugs per cubic cm of air than I have ever seen before or since:
Great and intelligent gift :-) "What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
Intelligent? I not so sure:
and I want one of these:
A Voightlander Bessa R2M to be exact. Though a nice Leica M4 or something would be fine too.
I always wondered about the Bessa vs the Leica ? I still have my father's Agfa Ambi Silette II I leraned photgraphy with, that looks a lot like the Bessa ( A 1950 version) with a circular iris shutter, the lens mount being the shutter ring that stays with the camera...
My M6 was great but I found that it's level of goodness wasn't related to it's level of price ! I miss it, but wonder if I'm missing a good rangefinder more then one of that peculiar brand...
If I shifted back to film, I think the Bessa would my my choice for a travel, street, everyday camera (I can't easily find lenses for the Ambi-Silette!)... :-) "What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
I don't intend shooting colour film much - though slides scanned at 4000 dpi are sort of nice if you want to print on the side of the house - so it would be B&W, which I enjoy developing.
Prague, Czech Republic
Is there an auto-constraint (to 600 pix wide) feature built in to the site yet?
I seem remember there being some discussion about this, no?
Sorry...
I just discovered that one can edit the image online on the photobucket site and save over existing image and it will not change the image url or anything...
in short: I resized it online and it's fixed!
Those kittens were hungry and I managed to lure them nearer (I had an FM2 and the 180mm with a 100 ISO film at almost noon under the pine trees...) The female (forefront), taking risks, while the male one was much harder to get closer till he assumed a protecting position on his sibling.
While they look just like ordinary kittens, they grow with bigger ears, whiskers, and "fatter" cheeks and keep the distinctive stripes. They are crossed between an authentic wild species (that has disappeared)and the common straycat.
"What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
The Iranians have arrived - armed ! :-)
M. in the Jardins Bioves with the fixed dsplays:
More at: http://nice-jours.blogspot.com Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
The corsican chariot folkloric dresses looks a lot like the one from Nice, minus the hat ???
What's your camera (just curious) ? "What can I do, What can I write, Against the fall of Night". A.E. Housman
While I knew about Nice's carnaval, I didn't know Menton had a "citron" festival ?
Tut tut :-) It's in 75th year and broke record this year with 250,000 paying visitors.
Nice Carnaval photos are here:
http://nice-jours.blogspot.com/2008/02/battle-of-flowers-nice-carnival.html
What's your camera (just curious) ?
Used to have film SLRs, Olympus and Canon. I now use Lumix LX1 - very pleased with quality in general (Leica zoom) and it will even take about 50mins of not bad video! SO many menus! - I find automatic mode fine for most pics. I take a lot more photos, as I can just put it in my pocket and carry it around most of the time. Also I'm in less danger of the back problems which affect a lot of pro phots carting round a bag of camera bodies and lenses on one shoulder :-) Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
Monterroso Al Mare Vernazza Corniglia Tiny, sleepy Manarola and lastly, Rio Majore
Together they are called the Cinque Terre- the five lands. We used to fly from Paris to Genoa and take the train after- the Albenga radio beacon right at the very top of the Ligurian sea was our transition point into a different world.
Grape monorail- miniature monorail train for hauling grapes
Our little apartment behind the church in Rio Majore
Stormy afternoon in liguria.
All are scans from old film. Capitalism searches out the darkest corners of human potential, and mainlines them.
The same one as the lightning rod was on from last week's Fri. photo-blog.
Around the other side is the entry and full set of stone stairs until the very top when it becomes a tiny spiral staircase of steel.
It was renovated/retrofitted in 2002.
It's called Friedrichsturm
The looking up at the staircase
The steel stairs
A view from afar, note the man (half of him) at the top of the tower...
Quick grabshot but I'm fond of it :-)
Naxo, Greece, seven or ten years ago.
