The River and the Sun

[herron]

Another 1968 picture. This one was on Kodakchrome, and had to be shot
with my Mamiya 1000DTL (it was brand new in 1968, and I shot everything
with it)!

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I know I hung on to this in 1968 because I thought, at the time, that it was
kept from being a pretty dull shot only by that blast of sunlight. Not sure how
I feel about it now. What do you think?

[PeterW]

Hi Ron,

This could have been just a dull shot, but it's got something, even though I can't pin it down. Something that obviously you saw at the time and which prompted you to take the picture. I don't know what time of day it was taken, but to me it suggests early morning before the sun has had time to clear the mists in the background.

Peter

[herron]

Peter:
I originally felt the same way...and I couldn't pin it down either. There is nothing about that particular scene that is exciting -- except that overexposed blast of sunlight, coming over the trees.

I was going fishing with my grandfather that morning, and this is the last shot I took before we got in his boat. I left the camera in his truck, because his old wooden boat leaked so badly everything in the bottom of it always got wet! We always had two buckets with us, one for bait and the other (bigger one) to bale! ;D LOL

[John Parry]

Mmmmmm.....

Sorry Ron, this is one of those where you see something that looks exciting, take the shot. blast away the rest of the film 'cause you know you've got something special, send it off for processing, and wait with baited breath for the results.

Then you get the pictures or slides back, shuffle through to see the masterpiece, and then go through them more carefully because you must have missed it on the first pass. A bit harsh?
How many times have we all done it?

Best regards - John