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.

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.

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.





--

Michael Cash

"Clowns to the left of me and jokers to the right, Mr. Cash.
Clowns and jokers."

                                Prof. Ernest T. Bass
                                Mount Pilot College