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March 08, 2008
Success!
Down Under the Manhattan Bridge.
I've been meaning to scan that photo all week--it was my first successful print, removing dust from the negative, centering the print properly on the paper, exposing it correctly and dodging appropriately (a technique to bring out detail in the dark areas). Now if only I could've gotten the scan to turn out as nicely as the print.
Today was one of the crappiest weather days in recent memory. I should have used the free time to take my laptop to get fixed--some keys are still sticking now a couple of weeks after my clumsy paws knocked over a bottle of beer, despite following up with an isopropyl alcohol bath. ( By 'bath', I mean just that; I poured a bottle of it on my keyboard. On purpose.) Instead, I decided to go to the beach, on this unlikeliest of beach days. There were at least three other photographers there, including one person shooting with a trashbag-covered large format camera.
Then I came home and made some tea and watched multiple episodes of Northern Exposure. Haven't really moved since.
By the way, Astroland opens next weekend already.
Posted by Missy
Comments
Great photo! Funny, I just got the Northern Exposure bug after a trip to Alaska. Back to back episodes ya!
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at March 18, 2008 10:24 PM
love this shot!
ah, i remember good old northern exposure. how i yearn for quirky small towns like cicely and stars hollow not to exist just in tvland...
Posted by: matthew at March 22, 2008 04:22 PM
Thank you both!
Matt, I remember your fondness for Cicely. I think you wrote me letters around the summer of '92 mentioning as much.
Posted by: Missy at March 23, 2008 07:52 PM