Posts in Category: travel photos
Walk
Fall pictures seem like cheating as there’s so much beauty in the trees, the long autumn afternoon light… The world hands photographs amazing texture this time of the year.
Sunlit walk
walk
One of my favorite temples in Kyoto. Such a sunny day, and I took enough photos to fill an album.
Koto In
Volta
Taken a few years back on Lake Volta, near the Akosombo Dam. I remember it was nearly too dark for the speed film I was shooting, but I took a deep breath, nestled my elbows in close to steady my hands, and hoped. I’d been shooting in bright sun all day or else I would have just pushed it one stop.
Back in the day… no changing ISO as you went – had to go with what ISO film you’d loaded. I sometimes forget how much I take for granted with a DSLR camera in my hands: “Too dark? Speed up the ISO!”
I used Velvia 50 – as I often did for travel in this part of the world – because I love the high contrast in this film. The scan below doesn’t do that justice, but that’s my fault. I was still learning the scanning equipment.
Volta
Taken with my faithful, nearly indestructible Pentax K-1000, 50mm, Velvia-50
Gajillion
Man, I took this picture 8 gajillion times, from every angle I could think of… and I never liked it. I loved the basin, the leaves, the bamboo – loved all of it. Didn’t like the picture.
Then I realized it was the contrast of the soft wood and leaves against the stone I was really after. Hence, black and white. I like this shot now (PS in CS3 conversion from .cr2 color file, changed WB a touch) and am in the process of revisiting some of my old B&W film shots from Charleston days. Might have to bust out the scanner… or better yet some of the Ilford film I still have in the fridge.
cleansing
