Ellis Island 1976

That would be an interesting series to view.

Very interesting. I like the semi submerged ferry boat in the foreground.

Kino said:

That would be an interesting series to view.

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I shot two rolls and only have the negs from one. The other roll was all interiors, but I have some prints from that roll that I could scan. It was spooky; kind of like an abandoned hospital.

Kodachromeguy said:

Very interesting. I like the semi submerged ferry boat in the foreground.

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Thankfully they had a newer ferry boat for the tour...

Kino said:

That would be an interesting series to view.

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Just made an album on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/terry276/albums/72177720331691238/

Tel said:

Just made an album on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/terry276/albums/72177720331691238/

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Thanks!

A puzzler though: these negs were out of my possession for 40 years and look a lot more grainy than they should. Can poor storage affect grain even after development??? (I have film that's older than this but looks perfect.)

Tel said:

A puzzler though: these negs were out of my possession for 40 years and look a lot more grainy than they should. Can poor storage affect grain even after development??? (I have film that's older than this but looks perfect.)

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Are the negatives pretty dense? Might just be down to exposure.

Added 5 more...one more interior shot

loccdor said:

Are the negatives pretty dense? Might just be down to exposure.

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No, they look like good exposures. I had a look at the prints made from another roll shot at the same time (same subject) and the prints look really clean. Thought it might be a scanning artifact but when I look at the negs with a loupe I see the grain. Not a big problem--I think the grain adds something--but just curious if bad storage could cause this even after a develop and fix. I do suspect that the negs were stored in abysmal conditions--several are water damaged and have other kinds of schmutz on them, and they spent several years in a closet in New Mexico. I'm just wondering how vulnerable negatives could be post-development.

Oh, and they were shipped here from Scotland at one point, so they may have been x-rayed too. Whatever, I'm just thankful that I got them back.