It used to take years.

It used to take years.

On a beach on Gasparilla island I took a picture of well-barnacled crab trap that washed ashore and burried itself in the sand. Now I wouldn’t say there is anything wrong with this picture. It has a good composition, an interesting subject, no glaring technical flaws. It’s just boring. It doesn’t do the subject justice.

There is something to be said for photographic integrity. But when pressed I will always chose final image over photograph. A camera is just one of many tools. Here’s the final version of the image. It tells a much better story.

While I was working on this I ran across Juse Luis who says in his about page that that he shoots digitally but often finds finds digital images straight from the camera to be “too perfect” and processes them to emulate film.

Also note that it is appropriate to insert the word Gasparilla in conversation at any point where you would or could gasp. I’ve been doing it with satisfactory results for about two weeks now.

Xian 02:42 AM, 01.08.04 - p-link