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From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] Where I live - was [OM] How to photograph starry
night skys?
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 16:25:01 -0600, Jon Wichman wrote:
>
> >> Even on a moonless night,
> >> there is plenty of light to get around with.
>
> >How about under trees in the woods?
>
> Yup. Just takes a little extra adjusting
>
> >Ok. Come show me.
>
> Come on over the next cloudy moonless night.
>
> >> In all seriousness, have you ever done any darkroom work?
> >Yes.
> >If you can see in a darkroom, it's not really dark or, you're not human.
>
> But the point is that after a few minutes, you can function
> remarkably well in light that you didn't even know was there before
> you turned out the lights. If i'm in the darkroom long enough, I can
> read from my timer, and can see shapes from the light of my radio/CD
> player power LED.
Do you load your bulk film next to it?
>
> >>There are lots of folks who can testify to the
> >> ability of the human eye to adapt to low light conditions.
>
> >Yes, there are lots who can testify that they saw Elvis last year also.
>
> He's easy to spot without a light. Those rhinestones still sparkle.
>
> That said, I can assure you that normal functioning in the woods, on
> cloudy moonless nights is still entirely possible.
I'm sending agent Mulder out to check on you.
I still think that you're an alien, mutant, or something...
>
>
> -
> B.B. Bean bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Bean & Bean Cotton Co http://www.beancotton.com
> Peach Orchard, MO
>
>
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