Daily Photo – Jackup at Sunset 2

Daily Photo – Jackup at Sunset 2
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The image below was taken a few minutes after yesterday's shot with the sun bisected on the horizon. The film stock was Fuji Provia 100 ISO. I'm not sure if the film now 23 years old, is suffering from aging or original reciprocity failure.

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Daily Photo – Jackup at Sunset

Daily Photo – Jackup at Sunset
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Of course, I was in Brunei to look for (more) oil. This is a shot I took of a jackup drilling rig and supply boat at sunset one evening. I'm standing on the beach and my best guess is I used a 500mm for this shot.

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Daily Photo – Windsurfing at Sunset Beach

A little way north up the Atlantic Coast from Cape Town is the beach community of Sunset Beach. On the day we went up there they were having a windsurfing (sailboarding? - Anyone know the difference? Anyone care?) competition that we stayed and watched for a while.

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Daily Photo – Meisho Maru No. 38

At 3:00 am on the morning of November 16, 1982, the crew of the Meisho Maru No. 38 issued an emergency call for help. Their ship had run aground about 1.5 km west of Cape Agulhas, the most southerly point in Africa.

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