bill_somerville

I haven't decided whether this is good enough to put on the wall.

What do you think?

Do you guys always go at it like this?

Some of the comments are real eyebrow-raisers. ("Fundamentally hopeless" if you like it? Jeez!)

Actually, I was already prepared for that. My wife never thought it was anything special either!

Man! That's some pretty intense commentary a few posts up!

Truth is, I have no pretensions of being a great photographer - not even a serious hobbyist - and I certainly wasn't out to prove some point by using the Stylus Epic. My "serious" camera is an Olympus OM-1, purchased 25 years ago, and I take both with me these days when I travel. (The Stylus Epic is usually in my shirt pocket for quick shots while hiking in the boonies or walking around a city.)

When I woke up that morning, the sunrise was already near its prime, I think. I hadn't really planned on taking photos at dawn (as I sometimes do on trips), but the supernatural light was pouring in the window, so I grabbed both cameras after pulling on my clothes. The Stylus had 100 ASA film in it (practically the end of the roll), while the OM-1 had 800 ASA film that I was using for interior shots of the old hotel (foreground of the pic) the previous day. I decided to finish off the roll in the Stylus Epic before "getting serious". It was the first time I had ever put it on a tripod, but have done it a few times since. (Yes; it looks pretty silly perched on even a compact backpacking tripod!) I finished the roll in a minute or two. I got the mountain without the buildings in one of the shots, but I really like the muted building in the foreground, and the way the little spire mimics the mountain. I think they help give scale to the mountain.

Unfortunately, by the time I had changed the film in the OM-1 and put it on the tripod, the sunrise was starting to fade. I have another dozen shots, none as good as this one. And, yeah; it looks GREAT as an 11 x 14 print, box-mounted on the wall of my office just behind my computer monitor.

Per a request made above, I rescanned it for a larger image. The new scan is in the same folder. I still haven't really gotten the hang of scanning... very new thing for me, with rather low-end equipment. I guess I ought to get the negative scanned someplace.

- Bill

I wish I had taken this with slower ASA film, but it was existing

light, inside, with a long lens. Kodak Royal Gold 1000, I think. Does

it still work?

It may be a fun souvenir from a vacation, but is it ever a "good

photo" when you merely take a picture of a picture?