Thank you strubbles. If ever I find my way back there again, I'll sure take your suggestions. I tend to move on but I'm sure I can find other situations in the future to which I can apply your ideas. Never without a variety of examples, I may have some that would appease you more other than the iris which was a one-time shot but I wouldn't bother you with them even if I knew where they were. You've made your point well and I've taken it accordingly. Thanks.

Of course, my suggestions were meant for general information, not that anyone should go back to reshoot... keep shooting as will I.

I know, and that's the way I took it, totally. I can't go back there because those shots were all made with equipment I'm disinclined to shoot with and my interests have changed a lot from then. While I thoroughly enjoyed my time doing that, I'm enjoying my time equally as much or more doing what I'm doing now and the urge to live in the past hasn't hit me yet. I will, as I said, try to retain your valued comments in future situations. My mind is only broadening at a time when I hear it's supposed to be shutting down. I heard you loud and clear. Thanks.

Thank you strubbles. If ever I find my way back there again, I'll sure take your suggestions. I tend to move on but I'm sure I can find other situations in
the future to which I can apply your ideas. Never without a variety of
examples, I may have some that would appease you more other than the iris
which was a one-time shot but I wouldn't bother you with them even if I knew
where they were. You've made your point well and I've taken it accordingly.
Thanks.

Awwww, DB, good morning. I think I need to be quiet and let others post pictures, especially new members. There's getting to be so many members and so many threads to look at, that I have a hard time thinking about tossing more into the mix at this point. I'd rather see what others are doing so I can get some inspiration than to keep looking at my stuff all the time and spending a lot of time fielding the comments. I'm kind of enjoying being a semi-lurker for a spell and tossing in a few words now and then. :-)

1. May I plead with you to drop down to lower case letters. All upper letters case connotes yelling on the Internet. I don't care to be yelled at. I have a wife. :-)

2. I envy you and your romp through Deb's garden.

3. I'm betting that your Canon 9000f film scanner is at least 4 & 1/2 times better'n mine which is a Nikon 2000, let's see 2 into 9 will go 4 times and carry the 1 and that leaves, lets see, what's half of 2... plus a "f" (yay me) and I bet you'll soon learn how to use it. Like riding a bike, you only have to be successful once to become a real bike rider.

4. Happy for you and the classes. Do good, ya hear!

5. So, if time permits, develop your own. Since you have a film scanner, you could develop your own film in a bathroom, scan 'em into your computer and print your own prints if you have a printer - and you can do all of that pretty inexpensively. All you need is a small one roll stainless developing tank for the film and the chemicals which were being packaged in single application packs. Perhaps that's your plan is. It'd be simple to do if you can get away with printing your own - I mean if the quality is up to what your profs demand. If not and you choose to do it the old way, as you may already know, in addition to the developing tank you need a timer, an enlarger which you can find cheap used at garage or yard sales, craigslist.com, three trays, 3 plastic mixing/storage bottles for the chemicals, some paper, and a red light bulb. In fact, in the adverts, or on Craigslist, if you find an enlarger for sale there's an odds on chance that the rest of the stuff will be available too. Don't overlook thrift stores. I just donated two enlargers. You can do it in your bathroom if in an apartment or wherever. You don't need temp control with b&w so you're good to go.