rpostss Loc: Bethesda, MD

Hi, I'm Ron from DC. Just stumbled onto this forum, sure glad I did. I lived and learned the craft and art of photography as a young man in the 70's and was an avid hobbyist (in between real jobs). Burned thru film like there was no tomorrow. I had some great mentors, amateur and pro, and was encouraged to make a career of it but I decided to go in other directions. I shot a lot of Kodachrome mainly, loved my 35mm Pentax gear and big tripod, all sorts of subject matter. All my equipment was stolen some yrs ago and I have yet to enter the "serious" digital world, though I'm heavily into computers. All I've had since '05 are a Kodak 4mp point & shoot to document daily life. My focus now in semi-retirement, is procuring a high quality scanner to digitize 100's of slides and negs (any advice appreciated, something in the $200-300 range). So, please excuse the image quality of any photos I post. They are scans of std quality prints using an HP Photosmart all-in-one that now has some fogging on the underside of the glass. I look forward to learning so much more about digital photog from you all and hope to pick up a DSLR in the near future - I miss the fever

Poinsettia


Walloon Dawn


Yellow Rolls

photo guy Loc: Chippewa Falls, WI

Welcome to the HOG and nice Rolls Royce.

Zerbphlatz Loc: Southern New Hampshire

Welcome to the forum, Ron.

I was looking at your photos before reading your post and figured either you were taking pictures of pictures or were scanning pictures in. I like the Walloon Dawn best - sort of impressionistic :)

Sorry to hear you lost all your equipment.

rfbccb Loc: Central Mississippi

Welcome to the "HOG".

markar Loc: Michigan

Welcome. You will get a lot out of this site.

photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ

Welcome aboard....nice shots,love the Poinsettia.

Bunny-Jean Loc: Wisconsin

Welcome Ron!!!! Not only will you have a fever, you are now on the path to addiction!

pjreed Loc: Tonopah, Arizona

Welcome to the UHH :thumbup:

Meives Loc: FORT LAUDERDALE

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Hello rpostss, Welcome to the HOG. Your poinsettia is as nice a picture as can be. I live in Florida and seeing white snow and red flowers makes a nice scene. David

AuntieM Loc: Eastern NC

Welcome, all your pictures are very good, and I look forward to seeing more of your work.

rpostss Loc: Bethesda, MD

Thanks photo guy. It's a 1927 Springfield Phantom I Brewster Regent Convertible Coupe, only 17 made. Was my grandfather's, had to sell it some years back.

1927 RR Regent

rpostss Loc: Bethesda, MD

That's funny. Yea, it's frustrating right now with just having scans of std quality prints knowing the incredible resolution that's on the original K25 and K64 slides. The Walloon shot... I always thought of it as almost surreal. Was all natural light, using just a skylight filter and a tripod of course.

I miss the equipment if nothing more than sentimental value, since I certainly wouldn't actually be using it much in this day and age.

Basic gear - insurance doc

rpostss Loc: Bethesda, MD

Thanks. Yea, that poinsettia shot I was told during one of my critiques was my best. I set it up in the back forty, overcast sky, polarizing filter, K25 film, tripod.

rpostss Loc: Bethesda, MD

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Thanks David. I love south FL on these cold bones - but I sure would miss the seasons.

rpostss Loc: Bethesda, MD

Much thanks to all you regular here's for the warm welcome. I like this forum. I've been very active on forums of other interests (mainly cars) for a lot of years, but with more time on my hands now, I'm reviving a loved hobby that I set aside many moons ago.

Having a few problems retrieving a lot of my work, but I'll get there. And hopefully I'll soon be able to purchase an entry level DSLR to really have fun. I think I'm going to go the route of having a prof service do the scanning of slides and negs since I want max resolution to make up to 16x20 enlargements and can't justify the cost of buying my own high end scanner. Cheers....Seeya' on the HOG.