BlogNote:
I probably have a few readers who, no
matter at which point they began reading this blog, have gone back and read
every post from the beginning. Most probably have not, so just for fun (and
because I'm in the midst of a big family gathering to celebrate my youngest
grandson's graduation from high school)
I'm repeating that first post from August, 2011.
More than any other photograph
I’ve ever made, this represents what photography, for me, is all about – beauty
and mystery.
The year was 1989 and I was at the
mission hospital at Abak, Ibom Province, Nigeria, on assignment for Church of God World
Missions. Evening chapel service had just ended
as the setting sun, its beams parallel to the ground, threw a splash of flame
against the chapel wall.
I seldom used auto-exposure back
then, but there was no time to do anything except raise my Olympus OM2n and
click off three quick shots with the lens that was on it – a Tamron 100-300 f4
zoom at the 300mm setting. I noticed that the exposure on Fujichrome RD100
slide film was 1/15th second at f4, so I had little hope of getting
anything usable. No chimping in those days!
Back in the US, when the
film was processed I was pleased to find that I had one very sharp exposure and
another that was usable. This is the best one.
(Photograph copyright David B. Jenkins 2020)
Soli
Gloria Deo
To the
glory of God alone
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