Nice, Dan. I remember those ships. I spent several years working in Baltimore, and was down there a couple of weeks ago seeing The Titanic Exhibit in The Power Plant bldg.
Jim
I remember the Bicentennial, but just snippets as a young kid, such as the big parade in our town where everyone got a nice sized flag on a stick to wave as the floats and bands passed by...
My first visit to Baltimore's Inner Harbor was ~2013-2014 when a friend moved to Fells Point and joined a sailing club nearby. I accompanied him on his first 'solo' sailing outing (without an instructor) and we sailed across the Chesapeake to Rock Hall. The trip back though was under power through a pretty fierce storm, which was a veerrryy memorable experience for us sailing newbies. Well, he'd been sailing for some time and taking lessons. It was my first time sailing a sailboat of any kind, let alone a ~30-footer. As I was the least susceptible to motion sickness and had actually brought rain gear along, I ended up at the helm most of the way back through that storm!
I didn't pick up photography seriously until about 1977 or so, so I don't have any pictures of the Bicentennial. Thanks for sharing.
Though an F-1 user, I also owned an AT-1 (and later an A-1) back in the day. Great cameras if you managed to avoid the shutter squeak. The AE-1 was in a large part responsible for the "SLR boom" of that era, I think.
jgoetz4 wrote:
Nice, Dan. I remember those ships. I spent several years working in Baltimore, and was down there a couple of weeks ago seeing The Titanic Exhibit in The Power Plant bldg.
Jim
I lived in B'more when the Inner Harbor was a dream Jim! Had all those very old buildings and of course "the Power Plant" and one of thee best seafood resturaunts, Connolly's!
Sorry for the rotten film pics..will clean them up,
Thanks Jim!
Dan
Very nice Dan, Enjoy seeing images from the film days using AE-1 ad FD glass. I had an Ae-1 P before moving onto the 88 Olympics F1 model. I am back to using my FD glass often on the R5.
rscheffler wrote:
I remember the Bicentennial, but just snippets as a young kid, such as the big parade in our town where everyone got a nice sized flag on a stick to wave as the floats and bands passed by...
My first visit to Baltimore's Inner Harbor was ~2013-2014 when a friend moved to Fells Point and joined a sailing club nearby. I accompanied him on his first 'solo' sailing outing (without an instructor) and we sailed across the Chesapeake to Rock Hall. The trip back though was under power through a pretty fierce storm, which was a veerrryy memorable experience for us sailing newbies. Well, he'd been sailing for some time and taking lessons. It was my first time sailing a sailboat of any kind, let alone a ~30-footer. As I was the least susceptible to motion sickness and had actually brought rain gear along, I ended up at the helm most of the way back through that storm! ...Show more →
You missed some of the gud ole daze Ron! The Inner Harbor was an "eye sore" for some. I loved it!
Fells Point was the "Natty Boh"(old time Baltimore beer, Natl. Bohemian) of Baltimore!
I am sure your adventure back across the Bay was not without some trepidation in a storm! Gotta watch out for the huge cargo ships while navigating through the raindrops.
garyvot wrote:
I didn't pick up photography seriously until about 1977 or so, so I don't have any pictures of the Bicentennial. Thanks for sharing.
Though an F-1 user, I also owned an AT-1 (and later an A-1) back in the day. Great cameras if you managed to avoid the shutter squeak. The AE-1 was in a large part responsible for the "SLR boom" of that era, I think.
Good times.
We all start somewhere Gary! After going to dslrs from a Kodak Instamatic, the Canon TLb was my 1st....When in Vietnam, everyone was buying Nikons dirt cheep but where I was serving destroyed any camera with the heat and humidity! I didn't indulge in 35mm until I came home.
Thanks for stopping by!
Dan
burningheart wrote:
Very nice Dan, Enjoy seeing images from the film days using AE-1 ad FD glass. I had an Ae-1 P before moving onto the 88 Olympics F1 model. I am back to using my FD glass often on the R5.
I apologize Robert, and to everyone for posting these "dirty" images. I found a whole shoe box filled with these and some other images from Baltimore's Tall ship celebration.
I will clean them up as I have very many!
The tall ships heading out of the Inner Harbor were taken from Ft McHenry and the Domino Sugar plant.
Thanks!
Dan
Danpbphoto wrote:
I apologize Robert, and to everyone for posting these "dirty" images. I found a whole shoe box filled with these and some other images from Baltimore's Tall ship celebration.
I will clean them up as I have very many!
The tall ships heading out of the Inner Harbor were taken from Ft McHenry and the Domino Sugar plant.
Thanks!
Dan
Nothing to apologize for. They have that Nostalgia look to them. Takes us back to a time when captured images did not rely on modern day clinical edge to edge tack sharpness and a time when film grain added to the final image. You may say dirty I say these are refreshing they tell a story of a different time.
burningheart wrote:
Nothing to apologize for. They have that Nostalgia look to them. Takes us back to a time when captured images did not rely on modern day clinical edge to edge tack sharpness and a time when film grain added to the final image. You may say dirty I say these are refreshing they tell a story of a different time.
Thank YOU Robert!
Dan
Well, he'd been sailing for some time and taking lessons. It was my first time sailing a sailboat of any kind, let alone a ~30-footer. As I was the least susceptible to motion sickness and had actually brought rain gear along, I ended up at the helm most of the way back through that storm! 
