I don’t just use my eyes, but other senses too. A lot of what I shoot comes out of a camera which has a lens on a rotating drum and that requires patience and intuition about what might be happening when the drum gets around to exposing the last 2-3 inches of film after the slit has taken almost 4 minutes to get there. Working with the setting sun is always a nightmare as on long exposures, the drum is racing the sun. For a good example of what I am referring to, see my shot titled “Bunessan sunset over Iona” or “Arromanches Light”, or “Rail Stop” for the b/w effect. My eyes ain’t what they used to be. I began with cataracts in both eyes so now I have two heparin-coated plastic lenses and they’re better than before, but not perfect. For starters, they’re moderately color correct and my eyes were not. Our lenses yellow with age and for a bit I had one natural lens working alongside a plastic lens and by closing one eye it was apparent that one was not color correct. I found that my real lens was offering me an almost 20Y discoloration and it reminded me a bit of shooting Polaroid 8x10 outdoors when the film is set up to be shot under studio flash light.
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