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by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 05:48:41 AM EST
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So what's the story to this one? I think it looks great whatever you did with it.  Did you sneeze in the developing tray?

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 08:55:26 AM EST
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Well, to start with, it was taken with the horizon askew: easier to do than you'd think with a 15mm lens.

Then I had a few problems loading the film onto the reel, which I think might be damaged, and the film got a bit screwed up with fingerprints and kinks and scratches. That's one of the worst frames of the lot.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 09:03:08 AM EST
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The scuffs and stains of our intrinsic mortality beach like flotsam before the uncompromising oblique that slants the way to pebble-dashed darkness. And oh, the poignancy of that round thingie on the right that looks like a doughnut except it's black with a shiny hole!

(Brilliant. You should sell it!)

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 09:02:27 AM EST
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This looks like the sky has been layered over the lower half of the photo like with a Photoshop layer or where a hard edged ND filter has been used and left the horizon line uneven due to the hills.  It's an interesting effect, even if unintentional. I kind of like it, even the doughnut.  

Speaking of the doughnut, I once took a photo at Vic Falls and scanned it.  When viewing the digitalized image I noticed some sort of small aberration in the middle of the falling water.  Upon zooming in further the aberration appeared to be a definite object falling within the cascade. The closer I zoomed the more it appeared to look like some kind of animal skull, maybe a wildebeest, complete with eye sockets.  I began to wonder about the possibility that I had released the shutter and accidentally captured a rare but not impossible event.  Then I had an idea to go back and check the negative.  Sure enough, there was a physical abnormality on the negative itself. So much for fortunate events.

I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. _ Blood Sweat & Tears

by Gringo (stargazing camel at aoldotcom) on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 at 01:11:26 PM EST
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