I've been out of town (nothing interesting) and coming in late to this discussion, but I wanted to tell you that I love your 40-year-old image. To me, the content ("is the place interesting in some way?") is far more important than the technical quality. The atmosphere of the old Pokhara, as successfully communicated in your photo, is wonderful. I wish I'd seen it then. That image is definitely worth the work to make it as good as possible, and, if it's not up to your modern DSLR technical standards, then so be it. Keep it anyway!
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Lisa,
Thanks for your kind encouragement. Is Pokhara interesting in some way? I guess so. It's the second largest town in Nepal, nestled in a valley with views of the Annapurna range. When I was there 42 years ago there were only two methods of getting there. You either flew or you walked. I walked, from Kathmandu. It took me 2 or 3 weeks, although I can't remember the precise number of days. But I flew back .
I was very surprised when visiting the place a few months ago to see paragliders soaring above Machupichre like birds. If I'd had my 20D with me, a 500mm lens and a couple of extenders, I might have been able to catch the expression of excitement, joy and wonderment on these guys' faces. Unfortunately, a 5D with a 24-105 zoom was the best I could manage. I was travelling light. The following image is heavily cropped.
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Of course, there's a bit of optical illusion going on here. That's a 23,000 ft peak and those guy are not above it.
I'm really impressed with the longevity of my 42 year old Kodachromes. They are faded a bit for sure, but not seriously.
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Apologies to those who do not use Internet Explorer. I've tried downloading images from my workspace at photo.net (which I subscribe to), but for some reason, the images appear in the post at the time of download, giving me the imression that everything has worked okay, but the nex time I visit the LL site, the images refuse to appear. What's happening here?