In Brief:
by Sergei UpstateNY, last time modified:
Photography has been my hobby since I was 12 when I began learning on my own the basics of picture developing process in a dark room. Back in the 1980s, as the color film was not available, one could take only black and white pictures. Even a simple and cheap camera required a manual setting of exposure, distance to the object, etc. Although it was sometimes painful to optimize the settings, the learning process was indeed exciting!
Back then, I had a simple 35mm film camera so it was often a challenge for me to capture on film beautiful stills the way I wanted without wasting many film exposures. Finally, at the end of the 1990s, the digital photography arrived and opened many doors for amateur photographers like myself. I still do not have a good professional camera but, with features that a simple digital camera incorporates, and the easy-to-use, available software for editing digital images, I can easily achieve the desirable results.
Being highly diverse, the hobby of metal detecting provides limitless opportunities for taking many fascinating pictures of places that one travels to, people that one meets along the way, and finds unearthed. Nothing to say about one's developed ability of noticing the details that are not visible to people with "untrained" eyes, and photographing such "furtive" details.
Not long after I started metal detecting, it had become my habit to observe and examine the surroundings for any signs of potential sites for detecting. On daily basis, I have been doing the same in terms of looking for a good theme to be photographed. Many times I wished I had a camera with me. But when I do, and something interesting or outstanding catches my attention, I take numerous pictures in attempt to capture one fantastic moment. The following thematic photo galleries include pictures that I took during my treasure hunting trips both in the US and abroad. Enjoy!
