Posted by Photo regret of my life
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Nov 7, 2010 at 5:23 am

I will never forget one moment in my "missed moment" history...It was just after a rare rain in Death Valley, driving back to Furnace Creek Hotel, and suddenly there was a full-on rainbow framing the hotel..in Death Valley!!!

Where was my camera? Back in the room, of course, protected from the rain!

By the time I got it and went back outside, all was gone.

Definitely a "fish that got away" story, but true.

Posted by Walter_E_Wallis
a resident of Midtown
on Nov 7, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.

Compare Mathew Brady's camera that he followed the Civil War with, the darkroom tent where he had to sensitize the plate just before the exposure, then the Crown Graphic, then the 35 made popular in WWII, and now the digital which, like the new Civil War repeating rifles they said you load on Sunday and shoot all week. The person behind the camera still makes the picture.