Posted by Phillip Noll on March 21, 2011 at 8:02 PM
As I was going through my archive of photos the other day trying to decide what is good enough to post on my website, I thought it would be fun to see the oldest image you all have that you feel is still good enough to put on your website or still try to market. In other words, it still meets your standards today and is not in the recycle bin!
Please tell us about the photo and what equipment you used to make it.
I'll start off by posting my Alabama Sunset photo. I took this in 1979 (Yeah, I'm gettin' old!) while driving my siblings to Pizza Hut for dinner. My family went to Gulf Shores, Alabama on most years for Spring Break and while on the way out for pizza I saw this incredible sunset so I jumped out of the car and shot it hand held with a completely manual Ricoh (XR10??) camera, Vivitar zoom lens (something like 35-350mm!) and Kodachrome (I think) film while my brothers and sister complained that they were hungry!
Great sunset, Phillip. A good photograph is timeless.
Flamingo, 1993- oldest photo on my website.
At Sea World in Florida. Nikon N2020, Nikon's first AF Camera (aka F501) and Nikkor AF 80-200 f4, a first generation AF lens (unbearably slow AF); Provia 100
The flamingo was my sister's totem, so while the rest of my family were hanging out with high school cheerleaders at the annual national championship, back when my daughters were doing that sort of thing, I was determined to get a good flamingo picture. Printed at 20"x30", it hung over my sister's bathtub for years. Maybe it still does.
Posted by Bill Chambers on March 21, 2011 at 11:08 PM
Great shots guys, and a great idea. I'll have to look back and find one. Buck, that's the nicest Flamingo shot I've EVER seen. Nearly knocked me out of my chair.
Posted by Dan Roberts on March 22, 2011 at 12:35 AM
Here's one taken circa 1995 in Ocean Shores,MS. Nikon N6006, 400 print film, can't remember what lens. Scanned with HP S20 film scanner. One of the first photos I ever took that was more than a snap shot.
Posted by Paul DeCesare on March 22, 2011 at 2:51 AM
I display this one from time to time, but never to profit in any way, often just as a reminder around September... not exactly nature photography I realize! But unless I come across anything older, this is my first image that I'm not embarrassed to display, lol.
Shot in 1988 from the Jersey side with a Minolta X-700 and some kind of inexpensive 75-300mm zoom, possibly with a 2x TC on it, can't remember. Kodak print film and a cable lockup exposure of probably 60 seconds or so. I didn't have a tripod so I rested the camera on top of a short cement pylon at the Hudson River's edge, on a bunched up scarf that I had in the car. Amazing the details we DO remember.
This was taken in 2001 when I went to a few different spots in Seattle to test my then-new Sigma 50-500mm lens. It was taken at the Woodland Park Zoo. Shot with a Canon Elan IIE using Kodak Max 400 film. Cheap print film, cheap scanner and lousy processing (I haven't reprocessed it since I originally uploaded it ), but I still love the light and the staring eye.
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5 repliesPlease tell us about the photo and what equipment you used to make it.
I'll start off by posting my Alabama Sunset photo. I took this in 1979 (Yeah, I'm gettin' old!
So, let's see what you got!
Flamingo, 1993- oldest photo on my website.
At Sea World in Florida. Nikon N2020, Nikon's first AF Camera (aka F501) and Nikkor AF 80-200 f4, a first generation AF lens (unbearably slow AF); Provia 100
The flamingo was my sister's totem, so while the rest of my family were hanging out with high school cheerleaders at the annual national championship, back when my daughters were doing that sort of thing, I was determined to get a good flamingo picture. Printed at 20"x30", it hung over my sister's bathtub for years. Maybe it still does.
Shot in 1988 from the Jersey side with a Minolta X-700 and some kind of inexpensive 75-300mm zoom, possibly with a 2x TC on it, can't remember. Kodak print film and a cable lockup exposure of probably 60 seconds or so. I didn't have a tripod so I rested the camera on top of a short cement pylon at the Hudson River's edge, on a bunched up scarf that I had in the car. Amazing the details we DO remember.
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