Somewhere Over The Pacific by wysiwig
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When my father came back from the war he brought back an appreciation for Japanese culture and art. My mother soon grew to like it as well and so I was raised surrounded by Asian art and furniture. In 1976 I finally had enough money and vacation time saved to take my first trip overseas. Being a huge fan of Asia I naturally made plans to visit Portugal. My friend Larry and a married couple we knew, Allan and Amy, were going to Japan. “Why don’t you come with us to Japan?” he had asked. “It’s too expensive.” I replied. “Let me see what I can do.” he answered. That June they flew Japan Airlines to Tokyo. I couldn’t get a seat on their flight so I flew on Korean Air. I remember the pilot coming on the intercom and saying, “Cabin crew, prepare for takeoff. Play ball!” And with that we were on our way over the Pacific.
I am not happy with the quality of the pictures I will be uploading but thought you might like to see a little of Japan. I have discovered that color film does not keep well. Bits of color drop out of the negatives and create white spots. The clarity also suffers. Dispite this I hope you will enjoy them.
Comments (14)
Fantastic capture, even with age! Very beautiful, Mark!
Of course, Portugal! LOL! A year later and I was there (Japan, not Portugal). Too bad about the deterioration. You captured some beautiful cloud patterns. I enjoy seeing older shots even if quality suffers somewhat. And I love reading your narratives about your experiences. I look forward to our trip to Japan!
It has a certain 'je ne sais qoi'! I love sharing your experiences.
Beautiful clouds, too bad for the film deteriorated! Now wait for the others.
very dramatic... :-)
thanks for sharing never been there and wonder a lot how different places see warm hugs, Linda
TERRIFIC IMAGE ! maybe you can use a 'darken' tool or something like that for the higher part, i use a try and error method until i like the outcome
i like this
It's a great photo, made no less so by age. Sometimes, aging can add to the feel of something that happened long ago. It places us not only in a location but at a time. And your text places us in that times as well. Well done!
A great mixing bowl of a sky
I also love your histories that you're telling and charing to us. Love to know how everything 'put / came together'. Thanks for sharing, also this photo. It 'speaks'!
wonderful to see ! I would love to visit over there also
Wonderful story! Again, I think the graininess gives them charm and character. The clouds look like typhoon clouds, at that elevation I guess they all do. I can't wait for the rest of the pictures and stories.
"I have discovered that color film does not keep well." Color film from this period should still be holding up well. The degradation in this image looks very much like damage cause by the early X-Ray machines common at international gates during the 70s. Several bombings in the early to mid 70s led to the swift employment of poorly tested scanners. They always told you, late into the 80's, that one or two pases would not harm your film. This was bulls*%t! Even if you could not see immediate damage in your initial prints the foundational structure of the film was literally blasted apart. Sometimes the effects of this would not show up until years later but when it did it would look like an old tv screen with poor reception. But hey!.. who of us really imagined we would still be around and caring about our snapshots forty years on? Now don't worry!... our cell phones and WiFi sweet spots are perfectly safe. ;-) As always Mark, I am happy to see you digitize and share works from your earlier years. I am looking forward to this trip to Japan. Terry