Windows on the World

The Images

The first set is of pictures taken in Scotland during the years that I lived in the Findhorn Community.

The second set is of photographs taken in England where I am currently based.

The third set portrays the Kingdom of Morocco with its amazing variety of sun, hotels, beaches, and dramatic landscapes.

Next, there is the sunny island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.

More countries will be added soon. Planned are: United States, Israel and the Netherlands.

I welcome your feedback, questions, praise (!) etc on akzwart@yahoo.co.uk.

Technical Details

These pictures were taken on Kodachrome 64, using a Canon manual focus camera (Canon EF and Canon AE1 Program) with Canon lenses. I have now switched to a Nikon F60 with Sigma 28-70mm 2.8 lens.

I started scanning my slides using the transparency adaptor on a HP Scanjet 5370C. But I soon realised the limitations of this method, and bought a Minolta Dimage Scan Dual, which is a great machine to use.

Even after modifying the settings on a good quality scanner, I have found that further adjustments are necessary, e.g. colour balance, contrast, gamma, sharpening. Corrections were made using PHOTO-PAINT and Paint Shop Pro.