Snoozles™ From 1973
I just scanned a batch of 30 (or so) slides from around 1973, and wound up having to reject a handful of them due to unacceptable blurring. Many of them were taken as the sun was setting, and I guess the shutter speed was too slow for lower-light situations. D'oh. Both of today's scans have issues, but they are not terrible - in fact they are perfect for a Snoozle Sunday.
See? Even the blur isn't that bad, and I do like the end-of-day lighting, with the Sub Lagoon in cool blue shadows, while the Peoplemover (it appears that our photographer was on the Peoplemover when the picture was taken) and Monorail tracks are lit by the warm setting sun. The Skipjack and the Nautilus glide silently, one about to enter the "dark ride" portion of the attraction, and the other heading back to port.
Another Peoplemover view finds us above the entrance to Tomorrowland, with a look at the desaturated swirling flower pattern. Psychedelia in Disneyland!
3 comments:
Major-
The swirling yellow and purple flowers cannot be ruined by a little blurriness; they always look outstanding.
Thanks, Major.
Nanook, I agree. I LOVE that extra-swirly purple and yellow floral pattern! I bet Bu [and others] will say the same thing.
Thanks, Major.
Like you said, blurry, but not too blurry. And besides the nice lighting, we get the multiple layers of track, which I always like. Something's happening over there on the Ethan Allen. Looks like one of the Crew Members is trying to drag Donald Duck forcibly out of the hatch. I can hear Donald quacking angrily!
Interesting that the photographer purposefully made the swirly flowerbed his main subject. Usually we get the flowerbed in a photo as an afterthought; just another pretty, curious, exciting thing to include in the photo. As you noted, the desaturated colors makes the photo have a little less impact, but still quite good.
"Not terrible" is a good description of these photos. Just barely Snoozles. Thanks, Major.
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