Blast From The Past no. 42

Eights Week, May 1980 

Blasts From the Past 

It's Eights Week in Oxford again - this time it's May 1980 and the Hertford College Ladies Schools VIII taking a leisurely paddle up the river.
This is another of my earliest photographs - not the sharpest in the World, but not bad considering it was shot hand-held on my borrowed Rolleicord TLR. It was probably taken from Donnington Bridge. If you find the pink a bit much there's a monochrome version below that may be easier on the eye, although I do like the way the colour has been picked up by the water.


Fortunately the large format Kodacolor II negative leaves lots of leeway for poor technique. Here it is straight from the scanner...

 
Location: Donnington Bridge, Donnington Bridge Rd, Oxford OX4 4BL, UK

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