I don't think I've seen lighted rock like that down here, or at least one in a long time on the east coast. Thanks for bringing back some memories with that shot. I used to live down by the shore. Always a magnificent spot for photos when you live oceanside. You could just go down to pray and it immediately gave you that sense of awe and immensity.
But I only rarely took photos back then, always had something special to it for me to capture some beautiful scenes and share that, but it wasn't a regular hobby yet. So no dark room for me, I missed out.. Still I should scan some of the rare quality photos from back then.
I'd like to do the darkroom someday still, wallet allowing, at least while it's still possible, they just regulated out another old film due to 'environmental regulations'. I'd like to get an old medium or large format camera, try something special.
I got into photography seriously only a couple of years ago with a Sony A3000. That really let me let go and get serious, since I didn't have the limitations of a small roll of film, and it was an ILC. Before ILCs my shots were just not ones that paid any attention to depth of field, which is normal enough. Once depth of field and bokeh clicked and the other benefits of an ILC, I knew I had a nice part of my recreation covered and I could take it seriously finally.
Then I stepped up to an A7RII, so I could find photos in photos. With a modern lens, I find birds and planes and things in sky photos I didn't know were there when I took them, and this adds some fun surprises, rather like unexpected developments with film. Happy accidents. Deo gratias.
Here's the full sized shot I later recomposed to be a closer up of the bird. Still dark without detail on the bird but you can't have it all, especially with accidents. I'm still happy with it.
Topic: panoramic & macro photography (Read 3700 times)