National Geographic: The Last Roll of Kodachrome

[gary]

In 2009, Steve McCurry asked Kodak if they would bequeath him the last roll of
Kodachrome ever manufactured.

This 30 minute National Geographic story follows Steve as he shoots those last 36 shots in 2010.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUL6MBVKVLI

Note that it may not be the entire original video as it finishes before the roll is complete, but nevertheless the 30 minutes provide a nice insight into
how this talented photographer pursues his art.

Gallery of shots here -
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/fe...201102#slide=1

[Octane (Humayun)]

Steve McCurry is one of my heros.

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[Dennis]

Thanks Gary, although I had anticipated that he would be using the 25 ASA version and not K64?

Cheers

Dennis

[barx1963 (Malcolm)]

Some brilliant shots in the gallery. Loved the one of Grand Central Station. I have tried taking shots in there and it is soooooo hard!

Malcolm

[Shark Bait (Stu)]

I learnt something today. I did not know that the 'Afghan Girl' photo was one of Steve McCurry's images.

[gary]

Originally Posted by Octane

Steve McCurry is one of my heros.

He's a great photographer.

A few years ago a family member was thrilled to meet McCurry when he
presented her with a trophy that had been awarded to her.

Originally Posted by Dennis

Thanks Gary, although I had anticipated that he would be using the 25 ASA version and not K64?

Hi Dennis, Hope you have been keeping well. I checked up on that and
found out that 25 went out of production much earlier in 2002.

I guess when the likes of Fujichrome Velvia gained more market share, it helped bring about its end.

Originally Posted by Stu

I learnt something today. I did not know that the 'Afghan Girl' photo was one of Steve McCurry's images.

Hi Stu,
If you Google around you will find a nice story about where he tracked her down many years later.

[Steffen]

I still have a dozen or so rolls of Kodachrome (KM and KR) that I failed to use before the drop-dead date. I can't bring myself to throw them away. If anybody has a use for them, let me know.

Cheers
Steffen.

[Dennis]

Originally Posted by gary

>snip
Hi Dennis, Hope you have been keeping well. I checked up on that and
found out that 25 went out of production much earlier in 2002.

I guess when the likes of Fujichrome Velvia gained more market share, it helped bring about its end.
>snip

Hi Gary

Thanks for the info and I am keeping well, apart from a couple of bumps on my head care of the floorboard joists under the house, acquired whilst investigating why only the lighting circuits came on after the localised 36 hour power blackout…

The ELCB kept tripping and I traced the fault to one ring main where ants had invaded 3 power points and their now-moistened, charred remains were causing some minor Earth Leakage which kept tripping the ELCB. After cleaning the power points, everything came on nicely. It seems the recent flooding rains had driven these ants into the power points in search of a dry spot.

Need to add yet another maintenance task to my annual “Honey-Do” list!

Hope that you and Mai are well.

Dennis

[gary]

Originally Posted by Dennis

Hi Gary

Thanks for the info and I am keeping well, apart from a couple of bumps on my head care of the floorboard joists under the house, acquired whilst investigating why only the lighting circuits came on after the localised 36 hour power blackout…

The ELCB kept tripping and I traced the fault to one ring main where ants had invaded 3 power points and their now-moistened, charred remains were causing some minor Earth Leakage which kept tripping the ELCB. After cleaning the power points, everything came on nicely. It seems the recent flooding rains had driven these ants into the power points in search of a dry spot.

Need to add yet another maintenance task to my annual “Honey-Do” list!

Hope that you and Mai are well.

Dennis

Hi Dennis,

Thank you. Mai and I are both well.

That doesn't sound like much fun. Ouch - and a couple of bumps on the head for your troubles!
Plus when we come back inside after inspecting the job and point to our
bumped heads, bruised thumbs or bleeding cuts, it often gets misinterpreted
as us wanting to shirk from the task at hand when all we were after was an ice pack or a
band-aid.

And of course it will all be there waiting when Honey-Do Day rolls around.

Hope you get a chance to take more wildlife shots this year. They certainly are
among the best photographs I have ever seen on IceInSpace and I always look
forward to them.

[Dennis]

Thanks Gary!
I recall using K25 on my 1st visit to the French Alps in the days prior to Auto TTL metering and recall chanting the mantra “must underexpose” so that I retained the saturated colours of the rich red granite and deep blue skies, but not by so much that the white snow turned a dull grey!

Cheers

Dennis