I got my Intrepid 4x5 in the post today. I have yet to shoot it, but that is on tap for tomorrow.
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I got my Intrepid 4x5 in the post today. I have yet to shoot it, but that is on tap for tomorrow.
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Make a written check list to follow for your first few shoots. It will make your life easier.
Kent in SD
Sounds like a good idea. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Two23
Congratulations! Let's see the first image.
It was a dreary day today with a solid, flat overcast and off & on drizzle - but I wanted to put at least a few shots through the Intrepid. The lighting was blah, so I went to the local graveyard and shot an interesting marker. I know nothing of the guy beneath, but his marker was unusual, hence interesting.
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interesting grave for sure...maybe a sea captain??
One does not simply walk into Mordor...Quote:
Originally Posted by Shutterbug57
Well done!
What's next?
"Philip H. Carey of Cincinnati, head of the Carey Asbestos Manufacturing Company, and very wealthy, committed suicide by drowning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shutterbug57
Austin Daily Herald; Austin, Minnesota.
June 12, 1896"
Ok, so his next of kin had a macabre sense of humor. I was envisioning a ships captain or a sailor that went down to the sea, hence the anchor. I was not thinking of a guy that may have tied himself to the anchor and jumped. How did you find that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Randy
An anchor was a fairly common symbol at the time--I've seen them too. I think in this case it meant an untimely end to life. A similar symbol was a gravestone craved like a tree stump, which interprets as "cut down in the prime of life." Where's what I found about the anchor:
"The anchor was regarded in ancient times as a symbol of safety and was adopted by Christians as a symbol of hope and steadfastness.
The anchor also represents the anchoring influence of Christ. Some say it was used as a sort of disguised cross. The anchor also serves as a symbol for seamanship and may mark the grave of a seaman, or be used as a tribute to St. Nicholas, patron saint of seamen. And anchor with a broken chain symbolizes the cessation of life."
Kent in SD