A Facebook friend recently posted about Zanzibar and it took me back nearly 20 years to when I visited the island. This was my first real wildlife trip. I had been traveling on the mainland of Tanzania for three weeks, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and then going on my very first safari. I ran out of film, of course, because that’s what you did on your first African safari before digital cameras. I remember buying some off-brand film from a local vendor in Stone Town in Zanzibar. The scan is bad (also about twenty years old) but I did what I could with the file to fix the strange color cast and grain and all that. As for the monkey, it’s an endangered Zanzibar red colobus monkey. They were quite habituated to people (one of the reasons they are endangered — along with the bigger problem of habitat loss). Nikon FM2 with Nikkor 85mm lens. No idea of the other camera settings.
Somewhat reminiscent of the snow monkeys you photographed in Japan. This is a very handsome monkey. To the untrained eye, like mine, this is a great shot even if it is 20 years old!
Monkeys have so many faces. I like this one’s face and body. I remember that feeling of running out of film. Each photo was chosen with care for the limit was 12, 24 or 36.
Unreal! The diversity of animals that share our globe never ceases to amaze me.
I, too, remember the film days when my husband & I would head to Yosemite for a weekend. He would fish, I would photograph. My Nikkormat would hold a single roll of 36 exposure Kodachrome (ASA 25) film. During later trips, I would have an extra roll. Eventually, I might have 4 rolls, 2 Kodachrome & 2 Extachrome. Unfortunately, I owned only one camera body & could switch to a different (ASA) film only when the current roll was finished.
We are just now going through our old film slides & I am amazed at how well the color has held since 1972. After digitizing the slides & with some tweaking in CC, I expect to find a few wall hangers from our walks down memory lane.
Thanks Sue. I used to get halfway through a roll of 100 speed and then realize I needed 800 So I’d carefully count the frames as I rolled the film back to put it aside for later and load the faster film. I would also sometimes tell my camera I had 800 when I really had 400 and then give the appropriate instructions for processing to the lab. So complicated back then compared to today.
—— Content and technique
——-Encapsulated that we
——-May experience
——-The past through old skills
——-And expectations
——-Had we known then what
——- Now we know
——- Could history ever be revised.
great pic. ) it reminded me, when I was kid i used to take pic. of monkey in the zoo. ) I have 30 years worth of film pic. ) I am trying to find some one that pic. like I do. ) I like you pic. of the monkey. it is great. ) I hope to give all pic. mygrdkids, to enjoyed, so some they sell them and make aliving from them . )
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Somewhat reminiscent of the snow monkeys you photographed in Japan. This is a very handsome monkey. To the untrained eye, like mine, this is a great shot even if it is 20 years old!
Thanks Mom.
Monkeys have so many faces. I like this one’s face and body. I remember that feeling of running out of film. Each photo was chosen with care for the limit was 12, 24 or 36.
No doubt. You had to think about each shot that much more.
Unreal! The diversity of animals that share our globe never ceases to amaze me.
I, too, remember the film days when my husband & I would head to Yosemite for a weekend. He would fish, I would photograph. My Nikkormat would hold a single roll of 36 exposure Kodachrome (ASA 25) film. During later trips, I would have an extra roll. Eventually, I might have 4 rolls, 2 Kodachrome & 2 Extachrome. Unfortunately, I owned only one camera body & could switch to a different (ASA) film only when the current roll was finished.
We are just now going through our old film slides & I am amazed at how well the color has held since 1972. After digitizing the slides & with some tweaking in CC, I expect to find a few wall hangers from our walks down memory lane.
Real nice image, Sean!
Thanks Sue. I used to get halfway through a roll of 100 speed and then realize I needed 800 So I’d carefully count the frames as I rolled the film back to put it aside for later and load the faster film. I would also sometimes tell my camera I had 800 when I really had 400 and then give the appropriate instructions for processing to the lab. So complicated back then compared to today.
Love his expression!
—— Content and technique
——-Encapsulated that we
——-May experience
——-The past through old skills
——-And expectations
——-Had we known then what
——- Now we know
——- Could history ever be revised.
Beautiful! You had your style even 20 years ago!
Ha, always loved those blurry backgrounds. My 85mm was heavy but it was the perfect portrait lens for people and, in some cases, animals.
great pic. ) it reminded me, when I was kid i used to take pic. of monkey in the zoo. ) I have 30 years worth of film pic. ) I am trying to find some one that pic. like I do. ) I like you pic. of the monkey. it is great. ) I hope to give all pic. mygrdkids, to enjoyed, so some they sell them and make aliving from them . )