Old times, good times

[David Paterson]

I'm still not able to do much new photography so I have taken refuge in my archive of images on film - seeking out a few worthwhile images which were lost, forgotten about or ignored. These are scanned or slide-copied, so the best bits of the film archive get slowly digitised.

The attached image is the Langtang Valley, north of Kathmandu, shot in 1987 (35mm Kodachrome).

[Birna Rørslett]

You made it back to NG -- capital.

A nice landscape veiled in mists. My guess is scanning old Kodachrome can be a challenge, or not? Never had much success with this film myself.

[David Paterson]

A nice landscape veiled in mists. My guess is scanning old Kodachrome can be a challenge, or not? Never had much success with this film myself.

It could be tricky, though not always. Perhaps because the chemistry of K'chrome was so unique, it scannned quite differently too. The result could be anywhere on the scale from wonderful to horrible.

[Akira]

I can feel the asperity of Himalaya.  A spectacular image!

[David Paterson]

I can feel the asperity of Himalaya.  A spectacular image!

Thank you, Akira. The terrain certainly is rough, harsh, abrasive . . . but I think the image is soft and romantic, thanks to the rising mists of early morning.

[golunvolo]

It is the contrast of both that makes it so appealing to me. And the grand scale


  Thanks for sharing it!
 

[David Paterson]

Thanks, Paco.

The scale is big - the tallest peak - Langtang Lirung - is over 7300m (24,000 feet).

[Akira]

Thank you, Akira. The terrain certainly is rough, harsh, abrasive . . . but I think the image is soft and romantic, thanks to the rising mists of early morning.

Dave, I would think that the asperity is part of the nobleness of the mountain in the area.

[David Paterson]

Dave, I would think that the asperity is part of the nobleness of the mountain in the area.

Yes, I agree, of course. Scenes like this contain - or cause - competing and/or opposing feelings and ideas. This is one of the factors which make mountains and mountaineeering so appealing to the human spirit. ("I am, therefore I climb").     

[Imagelover]

Kodachrome, both the 64 and 25, were great! But I didn't really liked the colors the films created... When the Fujichrome Velvia 50 came, I made the swift (and newer looked back)!