Exhibition update and lens accident

Exhibition update:

It seems there has been a slight delay with the exhibition in Cracow, Poland. Apparently they have been celebrating Easter there, and my exhibition will start on May 2nd and end at June 2nd. The exhibition is held in Norwid's Centre of Culture, will have 22 of my photos on display in A3 format and is named "Seasons of Finland", with photos from every season.

Lens accident:

Last Monday I had the weirdest waking in my whole life. I woke up really early in the morning sitting on the floor next to my bed, to the sound of my Sigma 80-400mm EX OS lens hitting the floor. I had had my camera backpack open on a chair next to the bed. At first when I looked at the lens I saw the glass had several cracks in it. "Aha", I thought to myself and started to laugh - Come on, it was quite hilarious after all! This is what the lens looked like at that point: www.elektroni.fi/solkku/slirr.…

I went back to bed and slept to noon. When I woke up it was time to look closer at the lens; I noticed the only thing broken on it was the UV-filter. I peeled off every piece of glass and removed the filter ring from the lens. "Time to test the lens" I thought to myself and attached it to the camera; worked like a dream! That was a great relief as you all can imagine.

What do we learn from this? - Well, never ever leave the camera backpack open next to your bed if you are known to be sleepwalking or doing other kind of activities during sleep.

I originally found this really handy monitor calibration chart in Maddame's journal and thought I would share it with you all. Please check it out and make sure your monitor settings are correct.

"The strip shows a range of greys from pure black to pure white. You should be able to see a clear difference between each shade of grey, ranging from pure black (left) and pure white (right)."

First print sold:

Yesterday I sold my first ever print here on dA. I would like to thank the person that bought my print Solace. That was very kind of you!

I have submitted prints of some of my work, and will be adding some more in the near future. Also from now on, I will add the print at the same time I submit a deviation if the resolution is good enough. Here are my current prints:

  

Here are some pretty nice photos by amazing artists I've found. Please check them out!

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...Over and out...

Solkku