POTW June 01, 2014

<p>This week's pictures are now 17 years old and, in the sense that lenses make photographs and camera bodies are simply a light proof box with a lens mount and a means to hold the sensor (film in this case) in place, I was using a Pentax lens for these. For me it's a bit of unashamed bragging.<br>

In October 1997, I was working in Ghana and came across an interesting flower, which I was unable to identify, photographed it and buried the slide somewhere with all the others. It resurfaced about 2 years ago so I scanned it. A year ago I was looking at it and, wondering what it was, posted it on a flower forum, looking for an ID. Someone suggested an arum, which didn't help much and nothing happened for another year.<br /><br />On the 2nd of May this year, I got an email from the forum, notifying me of a reply. This month has seen quite a bit more back and forth traffic and suddenly I discover that I have taken pictures which someone finds interesting. <br /><br />The lesson here is that someone, somewhere may be interested in what you do.<br /><br />For the gear-obsessed, these were taken on my <strong>least favourite camera body</strong> of all time - a Chinon CP9AF - with one of my favourite lenses - a Pentax M 50mm 1.7 - most likely on Agfa RSX100.<br>

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This is the letter I got acknowledging that these are being used.</p>

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<p>Dear Mr. Coetzee,<br>

<br />What a wonderful collection of images! We have absolutely no images of <em>Lasiomorpha senegalense</em> as clear as these, to say nothing of the development of the inflorescence. To our knowledge, no where in the world does there exist such great images of this particular species. We will be using one of these photographs, with a photo credit to you, for the entry on<em>Lasiomorpha senegalense </em>in Tropicos, a program created and run by the Missouri Botanical Garden with the purpose of creating one central database of all the world's plants, to be available to all researchers. <br /><br /><br />Thank you so much for your great contribution!<br /><br />Amy Redfield<br /><br />Missouri Botanical Garden<br />Aroid Team, Digital Image Manager<br />4344 Shaw Boulevard<br />ST. Louis, MO 63110<br /></p>

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<p>What a nice story, Henk! Slides do tend to last forever, unlike digital files whose ephemeral nature is well documented.</p>

<p>OTOH, if you're out in a rainstorm and all ya got is a Pentax Q, you use what ya got :)</p>

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<p><strong>Pentax Q</strong></p>

<p>nice story, indeed, Henk Coetzee.<br>

Eventhough its awfully quiet in this corner of the forum, I'll carry on with some holiday pics :<br>

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<p>Great story Henk and terrific images.<br>

Here' a quick shot from this week...</p><div></div>

<p>Taken with a Pentax ME Super and Vivitar/Komine 35-70mm close-focus lens; Portra @ EI 160.</p>

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