Today was day 4 in my one film photo a day challenge. Days 1 through 3 went pretty well (I'll save the stories for the blog entries at the end of the project). I made my first big mistake today. I was waiting for a swan to pose for me on Bass Lake and noticed a change in the light intensity. While pressing the shutter button half way to get a new meter reading, I applied a hair too much pressure and tripped the shutter. The F100's shutter button requires less pressure to fire than my digital cameras and I am not used to that. I have no idea what the exposure will be like. I can imagine it will be too dark, and maybe the swan will be in focus...maybe not. I wont know how big my mistake is until the film comes back after I complete the 24 days project. All I can do now is move forward and take it one frame at time. Lesson learned. There is always tomorrow.
After botching the film shot, I switched out the film camera for a digital body and shot a few exposures of a group of Black Ducks dozing by the lake. So, the day wasn't a total loss.
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| American Black Ducks (Male), Bass Lake, North Carolina |
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