So........i was hoping to be posting a photo from when I took the fujica out for a spin........however - when I went to collect the negatives there was nothing on them - I would love to blame the camera....or the film....but there is a 95%........or 100% (if I am honest) chance that I did not load the film correctly. SH*T!!!!!!
I was.......to say the least.......quite devastated. To ease my pain I pulled out some old negatives to practice with in the scanner for when - hopefully - I manage to load a film properly.
This is from early 1997 I think when the troupe of Western Lowland Gorillas first arrived at Taronga Zoo (they actually arrived in December 1996 but I imagine were off display for a bit so they could adjust). I have visited the gorillas regularly since then and have become very fond of them.
Some of the originals are now living at Mogo Zoo - some in other zoos around Australia and overseas. They are all part of a worldwide breeding program to save the species from extinction.
The gorilla in this image I believe is Kriba and her baby Safiri. Kriba is now at Mogo Zoo in N.S.W while Safiri is at DUISBURG ZOO in Germany.
I scanned the negative and made slight adjustments in PS.
It's an excellent, professional image, and also deeply disturbing. I'm sorry about your film disaster - the old school equivalent to shooting a whole day w/out a card in. (Yes, I had the option about allowing shots w/out the card in turned off for some reason.)
@annied Just that I wish they could be free in their natural home. I'm sure they're well cared for, and I get that they are being saved from extinction so those are good things! Your photo is beautiful - it just brings out a sad feeling for me.
Ooh Annie , I can feel your pain !! at least you had put the film in the camera --I remember one great dis appointment I had having taken some shots when on holiday ( and not be able to repeat the shots !! ) WITHOUT a film in the camera !!
However this is a beautiful shot taken way back then !! Yet it seems ot be tinged with sadness as the mother cradling her young seems to be glancing out and perhaps yearning for the freedom in the great outside world ! fav
@beryl thank you Beryl ....i am pleased i did have my other camera but was also out and about where i had taken photos many times before.
Sadly gorillas, like many animals are safer incaptivity than in the wild
@teiko i understand the feeling. It is sad they are safer in captivity than in the wild. Many gorillas in zoos now were born in captivity so I guess it is all they know.
This is a super shot. Thanks for the story to go with it too.
Shame about the film, hope you can solve what happened. I bet there were more than a few rude words.
Wonderful shot of these great animals. What a pity they are so much safer in a zoo. It's a sad commentary on the values of some parts of what's supposed to be humanity.
Beautiful image, nice processing and interesting commentary. " Can't have one without the other," I always say - and there, I've said it again now! Fav
I think I need to fly you over for a lesson. I've not mastered scanning yet! I love this shot. He's framed brilliantly. Your problem with the film reminds me of a holiday in Austria. I'd loaded a new film when I saw a medical helicopter further up behind the hotel. Dashed out and got some great shots. Continued to use the camera on a cruise down the Rhine where the castles were super. I began to realise that I'd taken lots of shots and not needed to change the film! You've guessed I hadn't loaded it properly!
Beautiful shot. What interesting information to go with it! Same thing happened to me as Margaret Obey with a slight difference - I hadn't put the film in the camera at all.
@onewing just a few Babs lol @wordpixman Thank you so much Arthur - I am known to love a chat and I love the way words and pictures go together. @ceilidh I have a negative scanner Margaret and all I do is place the negatives in the frame and slide them through the machine - it is as easy as pie - the images copy onto an SD card and then I play with them in my software. @sangwann it seems many of us have had film and card disasters Dione
Ah Annie so sorry to hear this. I still look forward at some point to seeing your film shots :) And meanwhile I have enjoyed this one, like many others here
it was bloody annoying. ..i was so looking forward to it
However this is a beautiful shot taken way back then !! Yet it seems ot be tinged with sadness as the mother cradling her young seems to be glancing out and perhaps yearning for the freedom in the great outside world ! fav
Sadly gorillas, like many animals are safer incaptivity than in the wild
Shame about the film, hope you can solve what happened. I bet there were more than a few rude words.
has a feeling of sadness
@wordpixman Thank you so much Arthur - I am known to love a chat and I love the way words and pictures go together.
@ceilidh I have a negative scanner Margaret and all I do is place the negatives in the frame and slide them through the machine - it is as easy as pie - the images copy onto an SD card and then I play with them in my software.
@sangwann it seems many of us have had film and card disasters Dione
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