Accepting Failure & Moving On...

[Andrew O'Neill]

That is all we can do. It doesn't matter how much experience you have, you can still make mistakes...big mistakes...You just have to move on and remember only the good bits.

 

[gorbas]

Good work & hard Andy! Full of suspense! Those moving rock were scary. Watched it until end but still don't know what happened with your film? Saw a few footnotes on the negative but why is blank?

 

[Sharktooth]

More heavy breathing than a porn film. ...... and you got your rocks off too!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Good work & hard Andy! Full of suspense! Those moving rock were scary. Watched it until end but still don't know what happened with your film? Saw a few footnotes on the negative but why is blank?

I was shocked at how much erosion has occurred there over the past decade.
The issue with blank film wasn't figured out until after the video was edited. I sat down and had a hard think. At first I thought it was because of me not being able to access bulb mode due to forgetting the cable release... Then I realised that the shutter speeds were way off. One second was about half second! I tested it in bulb setting with cable release and mirror up. No issues. So, the lens is slated for repair.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

More heavy breathing than a porn film. ...... and you got your rocks off too!

 

[pentaxuser]

Wow that trestle turns at a pretty scary angle for a train, Andy. I like the Efke IR shot. It was particularly atmospheric of an area where I imagine an injury to a lone hiker could be particularly problematic

pentaxuser

 

[Sirius Glass]

Some of my best work is when the camera was not loaded with film or the lens cap was left on [part of why I greatly prefer SLRs].

Your workout during the your hike allowed me to sit in a well padded computer chair and count it as my exercise for the month.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Wow that trestle turns at a pretty scary angle for a train, Andy. I like the Efke IR shot. It was particularly atmospheric of an area where I imagine an injury to a lone hiker could be particularly problematic

pentaxuser

Believe it or not, I had to be airlifted out of there in Summer 2011. I suddenly passed out for a brief second. Luckily I was with a friend at the time who was able to get a signal and called for help. Got a nice ride in air ambulance to Royal Columbian, and ended up with a stint stuck in some tiny little vein on my heart. The irony is, my mum was on the highway down below stuck in traffic heading home from Kamloops, as they had to land the helicopter on the highway that plucked me from the mountain, and toss me in the air ambulance Imagine her surprise when she found out it was me that was the cause of massive traffic jam! Anyways, my poor friend had to lug all his gear, and mine down, drive my car back to my place, and tell my wife. He took pics of the rescue crew trying to get me in the first helicopter, on the mountain side. I was terrified of those blades! On the bright side, I didn't have to go in to work for a month!
Three months after that ordeal, I hiked back up with my 8x10...and same friend. Yes, he was worried! The photos at the end of the video were from then. I'll go up again with the 14x17 in Autumn If I'm going to suddenly croak, that is how I'd want to go... or sitting in Tim Horton's with an Apple Fritter in my gob! Or in my darkroom, developing film, with an Apple Fritter in my gob!

 

[pentaxuser]

Believe it or not, I had to be airlifted out of there in Summer 2011. I suddenly passed out for a brief second. Luckily I was with a friend at the time who was able to get a signal and called for help. Got a nice ride in air ambulance to Royal Columbian, and ended up with a stint stuck in some tiny little vein on my heart. The irony is, my mum was on the highway down below stuck in traffic heading home from Kamloops, as they had to land the helicopter on the highway that plucked me from the mountain, and toss me in the air ambulance Imagine her surprise when she found out it was me that was the cause of massive traffic jam! Anyways, my poor friend had to lug all his gear, and mine down, drive my car back to my place, and tell my wife. He took pics of the rescue crew trying to get me in the first helicopter, on the mountain side. I was terrified of those blades! On the bright side, I didn't have to go in to work for a month!
Three months after that ordeal, I hiked back up with my 8x10...and same friend. Yes, he was worried! The photos at the end of the video were from then. I'll go up again with the 14x17 in Autumn If I'm going to suddenly croak, that is how I'd want to go... or sitting in Tim Horton's with an Apple Fritter in my gob! Or in my darkroom, developing film, with an Apple Fritter in my gob!

Quite an experience and one I fortunately have never had. There has to be a lot of worse ways to go than munching an Apple Fritter in the darkroom. Just remember to lock the door in case "Big Jim" smells it and still has his axe

pentaxuser

 

[guangong]

Some of m;y best work is when the camera was not loaded with film or the lens cap was left on [part of why I greatly prefer SLRs].

Your workout during the your hike allowed me to sit in a well padded computer chair and count it as my exercise for the month.

The best part is that we can imagine those no film lens cap pictures as being better than they probably were.
Churchill had it right: pour a drink and rest until the urge to exercise passes.

 

[kl122002]

It happens. Just like some foolish stuff : ortho film with a orange-red filter on , my Canon 7 with the lens cap on , using TLR's direct view finder ding street photography but forget the taking lens being blocked (especially on bus,) , the expired B&W film did not work or having marks from the back paper.

And that's why during that day I would also look for good food or other staff, at lease that would gives me some happy memories.

 

[Vetus]

Fold away walking poles are great to assist your balance on tricky ground, I never head for the hills without mine.

 

[Rick A]

Thanks Andy, I enjoyed watching this whilst eating an apple fritter and a good cuppa cuppa.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Because the Hasselblad 903 SWC is not an SLR, it is easy to leave the lens cap on while taking a photo. Therefore I put bright yellow gaffers tape around the lens cap edge and on the lens hood. That way I see the yellow tape before taking the photograph to remind me to check that I took the lens cap off.