Old Dog Photography

I’ve been scanning some old family slides, just to get them into the digital realm before they completely fall apart.  I thought the process I went through to rescue these slides may be of interest to somebody else facing a similar situation…

Getting ready for steer wrestling at the stock show:

This isn’t an action shot in the least, but I like how all the cowboys are interacting. They’re all looking at the lead rider, who seems to be telling them something…
For me, this interaction *barely* overcomes the visual distraction of the yellow railings. Just barely.

Another shot from the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles; this one is the ceiling over the observatory’s Foucault pendulum…

A bengal tiger at the Los Angeles Zoo:

When I was at the zoo, the attendants had just set out food for the tigers — but only the adult male was in their outdoor area, his kids were nowhere to be seen. Instead of eating the food, he would sniff at it from time [...]

Another L.A. shot, also from the Griffith Observatory — I primarily wanted to capture the darkening sky, but also some of the people looking out from the East Observation Terrace…