This was my find while walking the dog yesterday morning. As you know, I can't resist a found strip of film negatives, and when I saw this lying in the gutter I had to pick it up. Unfortunately, just as I did so, Olga stooped to pee on it. I grabbed it but not before she got a few drops on it.
It's Kodak GT800-5 film, which I believe is the type generally used in Kodak FunSaver disposable cameras. I think those cameras are still available, so these may not be old negatives. They could be from last week, or from ten years ago. It's all part of the mystery!
Back home, I put the film in my negative scanner to see what's what.
Ah, someone's trip to Brighton! That's definitely the Pavilion in the background.
(See that ghostly patch to the right? Thanks, Olga.)
A picnic on the grass. I love it when photographers manage to get their shadows into the shot.
Are we still in Brighton? Who knows. A few of these may be the same people, like that guy in the navy blue shirt in the foreground of the middle picture, who also seems to be at the rear of the last one.
Speaking of cameras, I've decided to not take my big camera to Pevensey Bay when we go today. I'm just taking my phone. We're already going to be juggling luggage and the dog, so one less bag is better for everyone.
When I told Dave, he said, "You don't want your long lens, to focus on Olga as she's swimming out into the English channel?"
"Like Shannon!" I exclaimed. Dave looked perplexed. "You know, Shannon. That '70s song about the dog who swims out to sea and dies."
"That is not something I was listening to when I was four," he replied.
(For the record, he would have been eight, but whatever.)
Speaking of getting one's shadow into a picture, I took this very haphazard video yesterday when I saw the first comma butterfly of the season. (My long lens would have come in handy!) You can see how weedy our patio is at this time of year -- but hey, I am all about embracing our weediness.
Only you could turn a soggy strip of film from a dog walk into a miniature mystery and a trip down musical memory lane
ReplyDeleteWell done for capturing that comma video, butterflies always close their wings and hide their lovely pattern when I try to take a picture! Did you know that at Saltdean Lido, Brighton for four weeks in September you can swim with your dog? It's called Dogtember, I think you might be near there judging by the places you mention in your blog. If I had a dog I would go - might even borrow one! I think its good you embrace your weeds btw, many have medicinal properties and you are helping the insect population which has to be good. Betty.
ReplyDeleteI don't see weeds, I see greenery.
ReplyDeleteLucky you spotting the Comma - a Big butterfly shortage in my small Mid Suffolk garden
ReplyDeleteand with the disease that's hit all Buddleias this year - with fewer flowers - don't think I will see many at all.
I like the way the butterfly flaps its wings in greeting at the end.
ReplyDeleteLuckily Olga didn't wee on the butterfly! My boy would have been chasing it!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to some sea photos tomorrow. Hope the journey goes well.
I agree with you about the guy you mentioned in the photo. It even appears to be wearing the same tee.
ReplyDeleteThere's something about the last found photo that suggests to me a university setting but why are there no drinks on the tables and very little sign of bags or rucksacks? Anyway, they all seem pretty happy. Perhaps they were studying psychedelic mushrooms. It doesn't appear to be too long ago.
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