Haunted Fountain

August 1982, and it's evening on Loch Promenade in Douglas, Isle of Man. This fountain was only turned on and illuminated for a short time each evening so I was fortunate to catch this view.

As I took the original transparency, with a 20 second exposure, a young girl ran up towards the fountain, stopped, and then realised I was taking a photo so she moved away again - hence the faint figure of a young girl to the right of the fountain.

Another shot from my long term project to scan all my transparencies.

Ian

[Shanne]

amazing shot of that fountain

[Peter H]

A lovely shot. I've had a similar experience with strangers crossing a long exposure night shoot - it is eerie!

(If you're interested, it's here http://365project.org/peadar/365/2013-01-11)

[gloria jones]

Wonderful night shot...

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful night capture of those impressing fountains. Fav,

[Dione Giorgio]

You got a wonderful shot then and it is still very clear after all these years.

[Beth]

This is a hauntingly beautiful capture. Very nice.

[carol white]

A lovely nighttime capture. Fav!! 😀

[Fisher Family]

@shannejw @peadar @seattlite @pyrrhula @sangwann @vernabeth @carolmw

Thank you all for your comments and favs, they are appreciated.

It's an interesting challenge scanning and restoring old images, and I still have a lot to learn, but I am quite pleased with this shot.

Ian

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Beautiful photo but it does look a bit eere fav:)