Even in August . . .

These are pictures of me wading in the water at Outer Cove, about ten

km north of the city, and where the temperature of the water in late

August is at its annual highest, perhaps six or eight degrees Celcius.

This was an evening in August 1985 and it was already getting dark, so

the camera chose pretty long shutter speeds. My wife had the camera

while I stepped gingerly into the water and then rushed back to shore.



I just scanned these pictures this week, 30-odd years later. The film

was "Sooter's" brand 100-speed film. For seveal years Sooter's (a

chain of photo shops) used Agfa film, but my note on this roll of film

says it was made by Fuji. There is no indication on the negatives

themselves. In any case, it was good film if only for its ability to

remain perfectly flat for thirty years (unlike typical Kodak films of

the same era many of which have curled, making them hard to scan).