Forgotten negative

[PeterW]

I had forgotten all about this picture until I came across the negative sorting through a box this afternoon.

It was taken one evening in 1977. My late wife Valerie and I were sitting in the room we laughingly called our "office" and which is now my den. She was going through a book of proof prints ready to start printing next morning, and I was checking out a Praktica Nova with Tessar lens which I'd picked up that afternoon.

I loaded the Praktica with FP4 ready to try it out next day, looked up and saw this picture. I took it by ordinary room lighting, exposure guesstimated and now forgotten. I pushed the development a little, fearing underexposure, and this made it a little grainy, but overall I was pleased with the result.




PeterW

[colray]

Peter it's really nice when you rediscover some forgotten images Col

[vintageslrs]

PeterW--great photo!
I just want to look at it over and over again!

thanks for posting
Bob

[daveh]

Rediscovered negatives and suchlike are the best of all. Better in many ways than the discovery of something completely new.

Proper black and white i.e. film has a look to it that digital doesn't match. The large grain adds to the occasion. Digital grain just doesn't work.

On all fronts a lovely photo.

[Randy]

You are lucky Peter. That's a great memory. When I take pictures of Freda like that she get's mad at me.

[mickeyobe]

PeterW,

At last a portrait that says something other than 'Cheese'.

Lovely.

Mickey