Snoozles, August 1970
Here's a pair of Snoozles™, with "issues" that are typical with these less-than-wonderful photos. Both are from August, 1970.
I enjoy a nice Keelboat photo, especially when the boat is passing the waterfalls of Cascade Peak. Both the Keelboats and Cascade Peak are long gone, sadly. This isn't even a terrible photo, some of the focus is off, though small portions are relatively clear, which is due to Dark Energy. If you look carefully, you can see some guests on their Pack Mules in the upper right.
In general, don't point your camera at somebody when the sun is practically in the frame with them! I learned this from Alfie Adams (Ansel's evil twin brother). A woman is posing near the top of Castle Rock, but we can barely see her. Sure, she has her cloaking device turned to 50%, but even so.
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The couple sitting inside the keelboat, on the lower right, look like they’re from an early 1960s romance movie filmed in Italy or France. I can even hear the background music playing, too….
I think those burros are blurry because they’re running at breakneck speed.
Thanks, Major. Another fun Sunday.
Dark Energy. Tricky stuff, that. The cause of many GDB Snoozles. Blurry photos aren't blurry when they are taken, nope. They only become out of focus when a cloud of Dark Energy drifts by. Then.... WHAM! Blurry. The pack mules got hit especially hard in this photo. It IS a nice, close-up view of the Bertha Mae.
Cloaking devices. Tricky stuff. Another cause of many GDB Snoozles. Invented by Sir Albert Cloak in 1853 while fiddling with his camera obscura, then lost to time (due to a spilled glass of sherry), until the Romulans re-invented it in the 23rd century. The rest is history.
In some ways, the silhouette effect makes the picture more interesting. Without the people ruining the scale, this could be a large rock formation in the southwest desert.
Sue, I had sort of the same thought about that couple. Except I imagined them as part of a French Impressionist's painting.... I didn't hear any music though. (Maybe you should have that looked into.) :-D
Major, the pictures may have been Snoozles, but your commentary elevated them to a higher dimension (Dark Energy again). Thanks.
It's actually quite a lovely photo of the only Disneyland attraction I didn't experience when possible. Keel boats sudden departure was a lesson in 'live while you can'! You never know when or where dark energy will strike. TRE you know.
MS
Sue, I hear that music too, it’s the “Third Man Theme” played on a bouzouki, I think. All that is missing is a pack of Gauloises and a half-bot of coarse vin rouge.
It’s a perfectly functional pic of the Bertha Mae, and I like it very much. Would have been nice to get the whole boat, but since they are all no more, I’ll take what’s here.
I don’t blame photographer no. 2 for wanting a picture of the pretty girl, and the silhouette makes a dramatic view. Hopefully he got a better pic somewhere else that day. This view does highlight how the rocks were “shiny” somehow. Maybe they got the same treatment as Shiny Boy over in the FIV.
Good stuff Major, brings back a memory or two for certain.
JG
^ JG……and an old wine bottle with a drippy burning candle in it, too, maybe. BTW, I’m glad you hear the music, too, as JB had me a little worried.
Lou and Sue, ha, I now picture that couple speaking to each other (with big gestures), and subtitles to explain what they were saying! I’ve heard that a frisky burro can run at over 1,000 mph.
JB, I have tried to develop an anti-Dark Energy gizmo for old slides, it would restore them and make them crisp and clear (like a diet Sprite!). But it turns out that it can only run on Dark Energy, which is ironic. I’d like a nice cloaking device, I’m not really sure WHY, but it would be cool. But if I cloaked my car, somebody would run into it because it would literally be invisible. So maybe I don’t want one? NOW I am seeing those people as if painted by Renoir or Monet, or the best Impressionist of all, Frenchie LaFleur.
MS, you are right, if you think you want to experience an attraction, especially one you’ve never done, you’d better do it ASAP! The whole river debacle in Florida makes me worry about our own river. I feel like I’d be wise to at least visit Tom Sawyer Island the next time I’m at the park.
JG, “The Third Man” is one of my all-time favorite movies (right after “Ernest Goes to Camp”), but I imagine cool go-go music. Your imaginary movie was made in the 1940s, while mine was made in the 1960s! We didn’t get all of the Bertha Mae, but we did get 97% of it, so I can’t complain. Well, I can, but I won’t. There are other photos of that same young lady who is a silhouette, and most are better than this one (a low bar to be sure).
Lou and Sue, do you (like me) also hear voices telling you to smoke cigarettes and misbehave??
I definitely hear voices....since the late 60's. That being said: some lovely Snoozles(tm) today. Always good to see a Keel Boat shot. For those who didn't experience, it was a great "ride" of the river: much better than the Mark Twain or the Columbia: with a snarky captain 'ala Jungle Cruise...and since they were kind of "solo" out there on the River without a lot of supervision: well: sometimes that "official spiel" was not official at all. I can see why the boat went tippy....doesn't seem like much is happening down stairs other than the Rom-Com in progress. It could have been saved, but they were probably hoping to close it anyway due to capacity limits, labor cost, etc. etc. I always sat down below: maybe my psychic powers knew something was up: out in the sun is no bueno in a wool sportcoat...and my skin thanks me for it. Unfortunately, with WDW's demise of Tom Sawyer Island, I think Disneyland is not far behind: as sad as that is to say. I see revolts in the street: and what may save it..is Fantasmic...or another night river extravaganza. Monetized of course. I'm happy as a clam to see any Island photo no matter how dark. 45 Years ago today was my first day employed by Disneyland. That first day is probably the best of any Disneyland career...lots of smiles and magic, before the reality of 65,000 people come pouring into the gates on a hot Summer day. Thanks Major for taking me back in time most days on GDB!
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