Summer of 1983

In July of 1983, when this was taken, everyone in this picture was

about thirty years old. Luckily, we're all in our early or mid-sixties

now.



This beach, one of the most beautiful ones on the Avalon Peninsula,

was recovering from an oil spill a couple of months before and even

though we could see no oil, as we walked around, the little bits below

the surface of the sand would stick to our shoes or bare feet.

Thirty-four years later, it is fully recovered today.



I can't remember which camera I used, nor which slide film I used, but

I over-exposed almost every slide that day. Based on that fact, I

suspect I was using my Zenit E which required manual stop-down after

focussing, and I didn't know that. So most things were shot at f/2.8

when they should have been shot with smaller apertures. Sigh.