American Road Trip 1979 on Kodachrome

AlwaysOnAuto said:
Fantastic images Lynn. Keep 'em coming!
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Thanks, I will...
Richard G said:
#USA27-13 Tower Fall. That is better than National Geographic. You absolutely nailed framing and the foreground elements working the edges of the frame in so many of your shots. I could sit and draw your Mt Rushmore shot from below through the trees, having seen it once many weeks ago. No doubt the US wonders taught the prepared mind. This really is awe inspiring what you’ve done. A book is a must.
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Thanks Richard!
DownUnder said:
Unlike you, Lynn, I spent too little time in Yellowstone. Now, having seen your superb images, I regret that. At my age it's unlikely I will ever return. In 1979 I was young enough that the effort required (eleven months to travel two times across North America, along the coast from California to Nova Scotia in Canada and back again via Montreal and Toronto) is too much for me.

But I'm tempted. At my age, maybe best done in shorter, easier, softer trips? It's well worth considering, but now thanks to other dedicated RFF posters and those who have commented so aptly not heir images, Japan is now on my radar and this year may be taken up with a trip there, my first since the 1980s.

For so many of us life is too, too short, too bad we cannot be like cats with nine lives to play with, but then mine spend all those avatars lying around in sunny places and feeding their faces at my expense, ha to that!

Anyway, I was there (Yellowstone) in October, weary from seemingly endless weeks of driving, more keen to get to San Francisco to meet friends arriving from Sydney for foodie nights and pleasant social times than looking at trees and rocks and waterfalls, as beautiful as those are, also from being at the wheel of a nine-year old Maverick for most of the day.

The northern hemisphere trees had all changed colors and the brilliant multicolored leaves were at their finest, and even though I grew up in Canada where such a phenomenon is entirely common in the autumn, I was totally captivated by all that Technicolor and I spent way too much time photographing landscapes with trees. Also the walks to and from the various places in the park were long and often rough, and by then I was weary of my travels anyway. As you probably experienced, one can get too much of a good thing...

So I passed on many of the best parts of the park. to have had the stamina and the wish to walk, see, and photograph.

I believe there is a book in your 1979 journey. It's a massive effort, especially if self-published, but please consider.
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Thanks. Like you, I'd really like to visit Japan. It's very much on my wish list, once my family health is more manageable. Jan's thread is inspirational
mcfingon said:
I agree with the bloke above, Lynn, your photos should be together on a web page with your description of roof-rack surfing and other adventures.
John Mc
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Thanks John. Good idea :)
 
There should be a digital "exact" duplication of Kodachrome. My 645 PRO app on my phone has Kodarchrome 25 as its chosen "film".
 
I was four years old when you shot these! Its a great portfolio. I was hoping you'd come through Fort Wayne during your transit of northern Indiana, but you passed about 35 miles north of the city. My sister lives in Elkhart now, one of the towns you photographed in Indiana. The round barn is cool, I'll have to go look for it and see if it is still standing.
 
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