On 11/12/05, Mat Maessen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/testscans/img011-1web.jpg.html > > Scanned this today from a slide that I shot in 2002, while on a work > trip (yes, really!) to the island of Tortola in the Caribbean. Dug out > some of the old Velvia slides from that trip and scanned them today. > This is really the only keeper, unfortunately. > > Was shot on the cheapest K-mount body one could buy new in 2002 > (Kalimar K-90), with the cheapest lens that Pentax sold at the time > (A35-80/4-5.6). There's a bit of chromatic aberration visible on the > full-resolution scan at 3200 DPI, but the lens still impresses me > every time I look at one of the pictures I've taken with it. > > Yes, I know the clouds at the right are a bit distracting, but my > Photoshop-fu still isn't strong enough that I can burn them in > effectively. Still working on that... > > -Mat
Strong composition. The tropical greenery in the background contrasts nicely with the "European" sign. Plus, beer is always a good thing! <g> Nice one, Mat. -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
