While testing Aperture, Apple’s professional answer to iPhoto, I imported some old photos that include the sea plane trip Marlin and I took to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas in March 1999. I’ve posted them all in a Dry Tortugas Gallery over in the gallery section. These photos were all taken with my old Minolta XG-1 and scanned from 35mm negatives a long long time ago. I didn’t do any more color manipulation, so the color correcting I did nearly 10 years ago remains. I sort of like the beautiful saturation … it fits the trip. Aperture was fantastic in cropping and straightening these, and I was extremely impressed with the program while organizing several hundred other photos I imported. After extensively playing with early and recent versions of both Aperture and Adobe Lightroom, Aperture wins my endorsement (and my business).
Fort Jefferson is the largest masonry structure in the western hemisphere, and served as a prison during the U.S. Civil War. It’s one of the most beautiful places you can visit, if you can get there — it’s only accessible by boat or sea plane.
PS: The new banner image of the sunken ship also comes from our sea plane flight to the Dry Tortugas. There are several sunken wrecks in the area.
It looks absolutely beautiful buddy! such a great picture!
Added a note to mention the new banner image of the sunken ship also came from the Dry Tortugas trip.