On Point

On Point

2000. Exact date unknown. On Point. Taken somewhere just west of Orlando, probably Clermont, Florida.

Back in 2000, I had the opportunity to go quail hunting with a bird dog trainer, a friend, several English Setters, and a German Shorthaired Pointer. Not having a shotgun, I decided to shoot film instead of shooting bird shot. Few photo walks have been as relaxing as this one was.

These shots were taken on my Pentax student camera when I was first starting to learn photography and were scanned by E-Z Photo Scan in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Pentax ZX-7 35mm Kodak Gold film, ISO 200, unknown settings. Print scanned using a Kodak s1220 Photo Scanner. Scanned photo had mild processing done in LR 2.

Devil's Millhopper - Photo Scan

Devil's Millhopper - Photo Scan

November 26, 2003. Devil's Millhopper, near Gainesville, Florida.

Going through some of my old photos that I had scanned a couple years ago, I came across this shot taken almost a decade ago at Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park near Gainesville, Florida.

The Devil's Millhopper is a deep sinkhole a couple hours north of Orlando. It's not on many tourist maps, but it should be.  The special conditions here give it a rainforest appearance year-round, and it hosts some unusual plant species that aren't normally found in Florida.

It's not a street shot, and it's not a particularly clear shot. It does make me want to go back to the Millhopper to shoot again sometime soon, and it makes me appreciate just how much I learned using that old Pentax ZX-7 film camera, not knowing whether my shot was good until I got my prints back from the lab.

Pentax ZX-7 35mm film, unknown settings. Print scanned using a Kodak s1220 Photo Scanner. Scanned photo had mild processing done in LR 2 to compensate for fading over time.