Duh, well I'm being a dork here not to post the links. It's been a while since I took those shots. Two of them in 2004 and one in 2005.
Here they are, so you don't have to wade through: Jerusalem, February 2005: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artist/galleryimages/gallery_image_232203.jpg Outer Banks, June 2004: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artist/galleryimages/gallery_image_237374.jpg First snow crystal I dared to show anyone: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=148106 While writing this, I can still connect to the feeling of having a real keeper from each particular moment... :-) Good luck in your own endeavours, Christine. Best, Jostein 2008/2/9, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jostein: I hope to have a "Cassino Moment" as well. I aim to get the kit > together & try snowflakes. I've got his site bookmarked for my attempt at > snowflakes. I'll look for photos at the Pentax gallery. I had a dry spell > yesterday--couldn't get in the groove--came home down in the dumps about > too. But these stories have cheered me up. Thanks!!! Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "AlunFoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 8:02 AM > Subject: Re: Your Great Photographic Moments? > > > >I think such moments come in at least two distinct flavours. > > > > One is where I've put down loads of effort in preparing to photograph > > a particular subject, and the effort is crowned by photographic > > success. The other is where an opportunity finds me out of the blue > > and I come away surprised and lucky. > > > > There are many moments to look back at, of both flavours. The memory > > of "kick" induced by those moments is one of the main drives to keep > > on photographing, especially through the inevitable dry spells. > > > > Two particular memories of return-for-preparations: > > My first successful photo of a snow crystal came after first envying > > Mark Cassino's shots for several years, then looking into what kind of > > gear I needed, figuring out how to handle those brittle little things, > > and finally seize the opportunities when they arose. It took many > > opportunities to get the first one good enough to be proud of. > > In 2004, Adelheid von Kirschten and I toured the East Coast of USA. We > > had been to GFM, and meandered out to the Outer Banks. It was on our > > first morning out there the Venus Passage took place, and I rose early > > to get a glimpse. Rising early is a particular personal challenge for > > me... :-) As the morning fog rolled in from the Atlantic, I realised > > that I would either miss it or get a wonderful opportunity to > > photograph it without the need for any special filters. So I prepared > > by finding a sand dune with some nice straws on it and waited for the > > sun to shine through the fog some time before the passage was over. It > > got exactly _one_ shot. And it worked out. > > > > One example of the other flavour is from when we (the whole family) > > visited Boris Liberman and family in Israel in 2005. They took us to > > Jerusalem one day, and wandering around I observed a couple of > > schoolkids playing and stopped to take a pic. They noticed me, thought > > I was funny or something and shot back. Not with a camera, but with a > > toy gun. > > > > I think I've shown all the mentioned pics here... The latter two have > > been accepted into the Pentax gallery too. > > > > Jostein > > > > > > 2008/2/9, Christine Aguila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Hi Everyone: > >> > >> I hope you don't find this request tiresome, but given the great > >> international reach, the delightfully varied life experiences and > >> photographic interests, and the endless talent of the list, I'd love to > >> hear > >> stories about your greatest photographic moments. Anyone willing to > >> share a > >> story or 2? > >> > >> Cheers, Christine > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > >> follow the directions. > >> > > > > > > -- > > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
