A Rainbow for the New Zimbabwe

Best Wishes and Hope for a brighter future:

From our 1998 Trip to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

Sundays Overseas: Origin of the Falls

So why does the Zambesi River 'Fall' into such a deep, narrow crack in the Earth?

Well it literally IS falling into a crack in the 180 million year old basalts that cover the area.  Part of the East Africa Rift System.  As these basalts cooled they formed cracks or fissures.  These weak zones are preferentially eroded to form the Falls.  This is the most recent of perhaps 5 earlier water falls that have formed in the area, having an estimated age of about 100,000 years.

Victoria Falls Overflight #4: Over the Brink

You also get some interesting angles and perspectives when you fly over........

Victoria Falls Overflight #3: On the Brink

Victoria Falls Oveflight #2: The Zambesi River

An upstream view of the Zambesi River just above the Falls:

Sunday's Overseas: A Hazy View of a Country with an Equally Hazy Future?

My Visit to Zimbabwe in 1998 only included the region around Victoria Falls.  Here below a hazy view of the Town of Victoria Falls from our overflight:

By the way, I highly recommend taking an overflight whenever possible........Gives you an entirely different perspective.  This week we'll look at more from the Overflight.

Print Comparisons Continued......

Both again are cropped, but the aspect ratio and color balance should allow you to tell them apart:

 A

B

Print Comparisons Continued

Above is the scanned negative and below the scanned print.  Both have been cropped, however you see a slightly different aspect ratio for the images because the negative was cropped from a full-frame image, and the print was not full frame.

Scanning Test: Prints vs. Negatives

We've previously shown one scanned print vs. negative comparison for Black and White. Continuing that series we review a few images that I'd wanted to post (but could not find the negative).  Some of you may recognize these, because I'd scanned prints that I was able to find.  But a recent search and rescue mission in by thankfully cool, dry basement (very good for storage), I did find some of my overseas images. More on Sunday Overseas....

Now on to the Comparison:

 A

B

Can you tell which image is the scanned print and which is the scanned negative?  HINT: the film processor changed the color balance quite a bit from what I consider the natural color.

Image A = Scanned Print

Image B = Scanned Negative

This is ENC-II film which we discussed in the article on Acetate Films.  Both the negatives and the positives from the film tend to be colder.  The print processor (SFW) tended to warm these images up for printing.  We'll look at a few more examples............

Sundays Overseas: Victoria Falls, Overflight

If you ever have the chance to do an overflight when you are traveling, it's definitely worth it.  The perspective from the air is completely different.  In this case much more dramatic:

 

Quiz:  What river forms Victoria Falls?

Sundays Overseas: Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls at ground level:

Always a Rainbow...............

Camera: Minolta X-700
Lens: Tamron 28-200. f/3.8 zoom
Film: ENC-II exposed at ASA 400

All Victoria Falls photos have the same conditions...........