By the way, nice work on your blogspot page. You don't need another camera.

This just an expression, right? Or do you actually require darkness for some aspect of digital printing?

Here is my snide take: Yes, you require a darkness of the soul in order to embrace any aspect of digital printing.

But no, it is just an expression. After the divorce, digital decided to keep the name darkroom since it didn't really have a maiden name to which it could revert.

Let me just climb up on this soap box for a moment:

The comparisons between digital photography and "traditional" or "wet" or "silver" photography are specious at best. The only thing they have in common is using a lens to focus light. One isn't better or worse than the other; they each have their merits.

It reminds me of the 80's "CDs are better than vinyl" crap.

blah blah blah :sniff:

the pic on the left in post #2 is scary for some reason. Something almost menacing about the left one in post #4 too. Maybe I shouldn't have watched scary stuff on the internets last night...

Hmm. On my screen post number 2 is over and under.

A good friend of mine was distrubed to the point of nausea by the left picture in the first thread.

When I made the photo I was deep in the woods on an autumn day about sunset. The exposure was over two minutes long. I began to get really creeped out for some reason as I waited for the exposure to finish. When the time was up I pretty much ran all the way out of the woods, the hair on the back of my neck was standing up.

Well, Duh! It's not every photographer that can get a demon to stand still that long just to be photographed!

Unless they belong to the same lodge, Wolf. :lol:

All four posts have the pictures side by side on my screen (19"diag)

Thanks footness.. I think I am gonna invest in a new laptop next summer and some noise reducing software and stick with this camera. I don't think I'm ready yet for a full dSLR, plus my pockets aren't exactly deep enough to get a range of decent lenses either after paying over a grand for the body & kit lense plus case, lens and sensor cleaning supplies, CF cards, etc.

I scanned three more prints the other night.

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Thank you for the glads...I needed that.

The shot of the flowers is amazing. I love the composition.

Thanks guys. Glads are a favorite of mine. Which reminds me I need to dig up the bulbs if they haven't frozen yet...

here are a couple more. that's prolly it for a while. there's still much buttoning ahead.
The scans are not quite up to par, but it's what it is.

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