This LJ is in shambles. The archives are being rebuilt in a nicer form here at SkyDrive . I also set up flickr account dno1967 for arty slide shows. I'll be copying text out of here and deleting the site when I'm done.

Imageshack and Tinypic are deleting more and more and more old photos. This photoblog is dissolving. I put a lot of effort into preparing web sized files and tagging, so it's a shame this site is becoming useless as a historical document. For the first time, I'm thinking of pulling the plug and deleting it all. It's pointless to have tags linking to dead entries. I chose Imageshack and Tinypic a...

I experimented with overexposed ISO 80 photos yesterday. This one at EV +0.7 delivered the lighting effect I wanted --that of a black and white snapshot print from the 1960s. Normally I underexpose everything to control highlights. I like the feeling of letting in more light and smoothing out the Kodak M753's sensor noise.