Been checking PDML Archive now and then to see what's happening. Thought I'd pop in to answer this. Then unsubscribe again (yes, getting things done).
My greatest moment was when I was in my thirties and still using a P&S camera (Pentax) and taking not so good pictures. I went to Club Med Tahiti. When we got off the small plane from Tahiti to Bora, Bora, there was a pier right near the plane. The airport landing field was on a long skinny peninsula (built up reef) and one went by boat over to the rest of the island. It was so beautiful I was almost literally dropped to me knees. I was stunned. Camera came out naturally, everyone brought theirs out. Not sure I didn't drop to my knees to take a shot of the island -- struck down by beauty. :-). Blue, blue (turquoise) water, craggy mountain literally covered by green (native trees in Tahiti are actually like Monterey pines, but coconut palms were introduced around the time of captain cook) and palms, palms palms. We had been chattering a lot on the plane, but on that pier people were silent... for about 5-10 minutes, just taking it all in and taking pictures. Of course, none of my pictures turned out that well, but some I got on that vacation were sort of decent. Later I stuffed them away. After I moved to my present location I pulled them out and discovered water had gotten on the prints and they were stuck together. (I had framed the best right after the trip.) Negatives are okay. I have a flat bed scanner so I scanned the prints (negatives don't scan that well on it) and printed up some. Lots of degradation in quality due to age and bad storing and maybe water. But it reminds me. That trip is really what made me want to become a better photographer, so the next time I ran across such beauty I could do it more justice. Although I didn't really get around to it until about 25 years later. Marnie aka Doe :-) Leaving again, back later. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48) -- 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.
