Hardened by acid rain

@dailyshoot #ds237 - Who are you? Make a self portrait today and show the rest of us what you look like.

 

When I saw this assignment my first impulse was to give it a pass.

 

Then I saw a few of the early entries and realized the obvious, that I'm not the only one who loathes self-portraiture, at least of the self-aggrandizing sort.

 

Started with the wrong lens and moved on from there.

 

I.m actually awaiting delivery in the next few days of a 135mm fast-ish prime lens to allow me to do better portraits and available light shots in environments where my F1.4 50mm prime has been my fallback lens for years -- I've owned three, killed one, and still have the first one I bought over 30 years ago -- though it only fits the 35-year-old manual Minolta that was my first SLR, and that no one I've spoken to is willing to repair.

 

I keep thinking I'll just shoot some nearly as ancient film stock with it, just to see what happens.

 

Ref. _MG_5371mortHard

 

Other Daily Shoot images for Assignment #ds237

 

Things look better with B l a c k M a g i c

Done