My mother and sister, 1986

HFF Andy ! Merci pour le partage !

Getting the sun cream on in a nice catch Andy,

I hadn't intended this to be my HFF shot but I saw the railings and thought, what the heck!

Boro,
Roger,
Thank you both!

This is a lovely family photo from the archives, Andy. Well done to have kept them...HFF to you. Have a nice weekend.... John.

Thank you, John.
I found about 50 slides in a box when I went home this summer for a couple of weeks. I just had them scanned here in Madrid to find that some, like this, had become somewhat degraded. Poor storage conditions probably, damp, too much light, or something. A pity. I tried to edit the few that were rescuable and will be posting them shortly - a few of Skye and that is about it!

Hello Andy some great memories found in the box i am sure

wishing you an HFF here also

Best wishes ... Steve

True, but on exhumation, only about 4 or 5 that are publishable! My best ones of the Cuillin Ridge are the ones that were totally zonked.

HFF

Thanks Nick. I've just posted another HFF shot. I trust two in one go isn't considered a shocking breach of etiquette!

Good old thing (the image!!!) - HFF Andy.

Thank you, Leon!

Many thanks, Steve!

:-) HFF, und im Hintergrund klang aus den Lautsprechern "Touch Me (I Want Your Body) von Samantha Fox :-)

Lovely to meet your mother and sister. Too bad about the slides.
By the way, I too found some old slides from Lebanon (where I'm originally from). Some of them, taken in 1975-76, show the destruction in Beirut . They show how horrific war is. I don't even remember actually walking downtown and taking those pictures.

They must be very far removed from your current photographic work! Would still be intereresting to see. Are they publishable?

Andy, yes, far, far removed. I recently bought a slide duplicator that I adapted to my camera, and duplicated them into digital form with a view to posting some here. But after I saw them I cannot describe the emotion they evoked. Memories of living with the nightly shelling and fear of being abducted or killed came back, although I still don't remember actually shooting those pictures. I don't know if it would be appropriate to post them here. Maybe, if there is a group dedicated to the unfortunate effects of war; I'll check. Many thanks..

I doubt there will be such a group (I wish there were!).
The majority of folk use sites such as ipernity as pure escapism from daily tedium or as escape from the horrors they see on the news.To be interested in the horrors that occur in too many places is one thing; to activate against ... well that requires a strength of character and purpose that is beyond most of us.

It's a treasure! I love finding old pic too.

HFF, Andy. :)

HFF - enjoy your weekend

family affair ;) HFF for you Andy!

I have some that have degraded somewhat Andy, but Ian says, the memories are always with you.
HFF and Best wishes for the weekend....Rosa.

Thanks Rosa! At least there is a now a face behind the garden!

Erhard,
Lothar,
micritter,
Larry,
Karen,
Erika,
Ian,
Tanja,
Rosa,
Very many thanks to you all!

The Old times....

HFF and a great weekend Andy! Greetz, Christien.

Wonderful view in the past ! HFF and a nice weekend, Andy !

So sorry that time has taken its toll on your precious slides! I hope you will be able to salvage at least enough to keep you memories strong; HFF and a good weekend to you, Andy. :-)

Hi Valerie, This is a reply to a comment by Paul (autofantasia) who was worried about his own historic slides:
" I feel more detail is required, Paul.
And think I can re-assure you!
I fear it may have been partly my fault and partly poor circumstances surrounding storage, rather than any intrinsic issues with the slides themselves.
I seem to have left them in their plastic boxes but the lids had come half off, exposing them to the elements. Cornwall is a notoriously damp part of the world and I only spent about 2 weeks, every 2 years in my room and then in summer. So it was never heated in the winter. My room was (is) situated under the roof - a converted attic. It is also a 'flying freehold' which means it extends over the neighbouring property. They had a coal fire until very recently and the smoke used to escape straight into my bedroom in winter. It seems that the damp + smoke particles attached themselves to the slides and ate into them, accounting for the blotches and speckles on many of them and much worse on others. A few escaped relatively unharmed.
That's my best guess!
So, unless you have these adverse conditions or similar, I bet your slides are quite safe!!
:o)
Best wishes,
Andy"

Despite the damage to the slide you can still tell that is is a happy family scene.

HFF Andy.............i hope you enjoy the weekend.

Thanks Steve. Please see my reply to Valfal above!

................and stop calling me Steve :-))

Why I did that I have no idea! :o(
A senior moment! Many apologies, Keith!!

Nina,
Chris,
Percy,
Fred,
Valerie,
Keith,
Emma,
Many thanks to you all!

O, I see, I've been at #1 allready ... Brain! Where are thou?

Hello Leon.
What on earth do you mean?????
:o)

I wrote at your second HFF-pic that I will go to your first one. About 2hrs ago. But I have seen your first one - this one - already yesterday night. And forgot it! This very circumstance lead to the question about MY brain. Sorry for being so ... chaotic. Will surely become better again. Hopefully. ;-)
Have a good weekend.

:o))))))))))))
You too have a good weekend!!

Hi Roger, Nice image from a time when things were more relaxed than now I'd say.. I too have many slides from in the 1970' , all degraded to some extent as well. Picked out a few memorable ones and managed to restore them with Photoshop.
Regards Peter.

Thank you Peter and welcome! I don't have Photoshop - maybe I should get a basic version and play around with it first.
Best wishes,
Andy (not Roger!)
:o)

Sorry Andy, I have no idea where I got "Roger" from. Regards ,Peter

It happens all the time! :o)
I do it at least once a week!