Selinunte, Sicily. Greek Ruins

 

Cheap thrills

These images were all made with a Spiratone semi fish eye lens. Some of you may remember Spiratone, the king of all gadgets and cheap lenses. This was a very inexpensive and totally manual lens. It didn't even focus. It was neat and although it had all sorts of aberrations it was fun to use.  The camera was the Fuji S-1 Pro my first serious digital camera.

Conversion necessary

There are times when black and white conversion is necessary especially when you are dealing with slides that aren't Kodachromes. These are shots taken in the summer of 1972 with the Canon Ft. The place is Siracusa in Sicily. It's definitively not Syracuse, NY.
The interesting thing is how the ruins have survived and are right next to the city's streets.