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Blast from the past

by John Robinson

Gallery: AvianPosted May 17, 201799 views6 comments
Blast from the past!
Cleaning out  one of my transparency  cabinets today I came across a folder which had fell off the rails. Thety were all Gannet slides which I,d forgotton all about.
They were taken on a memorable trip to Bass Rock which supports the worlds largest Northern Gannet colony. It was a long time ago so the equipment was what you might say “a little basic” (Nothing changes.) The trip was  47  years ago- 1970.
My wife had to stop on the mainland all day as no dogs were allowed on the island..
Jumping off the boat was a little hairy. Some folks never got off.
The camera was a Pentax S1A and the lens a Tamron 70-210mm (Remember them?)
Film was ecktachrome 200 ASA – wow-200ASA!!!
That’s all I can remember.
I copied these on my D7100 with a home made copier and a Nikor 40mm macro.
Techs are rubbish but a little bit of nostalgia.
Cheers
JohnR
And thanks of those who looked and commented on my  last shot posted.
 

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 17, 2017 at 6:05 PM
Beautiful detail in the plumage, John.  The eye is gorgeous.  Glad you found that folder and posted this.
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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 17, 2017 at 6:30 PM
Thanks Dennis
Just a bit of fun really. Heres one of part of the colony.
Thanks
John
Ps
Didn,t have time to take  out all the spots,scratches and fungus !!!
 
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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 18, 2017 at 12:32 PM
Great colors in this John! I like how the eye color matches the water.
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Comment posted by John Robinson on May 18, 2017 at 1:01 PM
Cheers Steve
Amazing how things have changed in photography. Flight stuff would have been so easy with todays gear. The birds just hang in the wind !
John
Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments
Comment posted by Peter J. Morrissey on May 18, 2017 at 3:22 PM
Hi John
For all your work, the photograph looks great.  I remember ecktachrome 200 ASA and the really fast 400 ASA. People should think about that when they are setting the ISO to 1600 and above.
Peter
 
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Comment posted by Ken Watkins on May 19, 2017 at 6:31 AM
John,
Great quality to this, but equipment still worked back then, just very much harder.
 
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