Shooting in manual mode with non-metering lenses is an easy way to get lots of under and overexposed pictures. Most of them get ditched but, once in a while, I get a result that has a certain charm:
This is unmodified and looks a little bit jumbled at Flickr medium size; however, I think it comes into it's own at 1024px wide and above. From this and other experiences, I have learned not to delete my apparent failures until I've had a chance to check them out on a bigger screen.
Camera: Nikon D40
Exposure: 1/400s
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 90mm (Vivitar 90mm f/2.5)
ISO Speed: 800
Date: 9 January 2009
For comparison, here is what I was actually shooting for:
Wulf