TECH DATA:

Even I am a little surprised at how detailed this recollection is. I guess it was that kind of day. I don’t remember much else from then. In any case, for those interested in such details, the picture was taken with an old camera called a Praktina, left over from the 1950’s. I used it out in the wilds so it wouldn’t break the bank if it fell into the river and drowned. While it was hardly state of the art, I have managed to make a fairly decent 24x36” print from it, a real stretch for any 35mm negative . . . I forgot to bring my tripod that day so I had to prop the camera up on top of a nearby boulder. Can't take much credit for the result, having little choice about where and how to place the camera, and given the way it had to be balanced (vertically) on that big old rock, it got to be very tricky to see through. And finally, each time I advanced the film, the whole setup had to be realigned! With all that going on, it’s a minor miracle I came away with anything at all. Now and then you get lucky, even if it does takes half a lifetime(!) to realize it.