Michael Cash wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:42:37 -0800, Dan Rempel <drempel@islandnet.com>
> brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>
>> Michael Cash wrote:
>>
>>> Come on in, the water's fine.
>>>
>>> Be sure to click on the "Community" link and check out the thumbnails
>>> of the shots posted each day. There are always at least 3 or 4 that
>>> are eye-catching enough to make you want to click on them. Fortunately
>>> the total number of shots posted each day only runs around 130 or so,
>>> so it isn't overwhelming like Flickr is. Also, even more fortunately,
>>> there are only one or two people who obviously use it to post crap
>>> shots that should never have seen the light of day.
>> Well, I jumped in; here's the link: http://drempel.aminus3.com/ The lens
>> flare was unintentional, but once I saw it I decided to leave the lens
>> hood shadow in as well. Not sure if it works, though.
>
> Very nice indeed.

Thenk you.

> That's not the sort of flare I was talking about, and maybe I have the
> wrong idea of what flare is. If I got those neat ones like that I'd be
> thrilled. In my case it is a milky white pall over parts of the image.

I'm a total amateur at this stuff, and unfortunately have no idea what
to do about something like that. I've got an old Kodak book somewhere in
my depressingly disastrous basement that has all kinds of good
information; as soon as I can find it I'll see if they have any sage
words of advice.

> If you get a chance, check out Duncan Galbraith's stuff
> (http://duncangalbraith.aminus3.com/archive/). He's the only
> gaigin-doing-pics-in-Japan whose shots I have ever liked well enough
> to actually recommend them like this.

That guy is good, and refreshingly free of the "gee-whizz ain't this
place weird" attitude, which is not to say that Japan isn't weird.
Besides just enjoying the photos, I love stuff like that because it
helps me understand how to get my stuff to look bearable.

Dan

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