I scanned the negatives, taken 100 plus years ago, & developed by my old gran pop.

Again these two pics are from my grandfathers collection, from the 1920 period, that’s 100 plus years old.
They’re from celluloid negatives, but the subject matter is the highlight. This depicts the method of hauling these monster logs to the mill for processing. The loading method when explained to me, was fascinating. All done by man power & leverage.
The little guy in the first pic, standing on the ground, was Stan Cassidy, a mate of G father. Beautiful pics, all taken with a Kodak Bellows camera, I think the model was like K3 or similar.
Grandfather was Latvian by birth, went to sea as a youngster, but when he met his love, an English rose, they migrated to Australia to raise their son, my dad, & became a farmer when the Timber Mill closed down.

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Recently, I saw a post asking about Glass negatives. These 3 following are from my grandfathers collection, from the 1920 period.
He worked & lived on a timber mill in Western Australia, his hobby was photography & he also developed is pics.
I have inherited his collection. These are a few glass images from that time.
The man on horseback is the boss doing his rounds to ensure progress is ongoing. The Axeman has a job in front of him to drop that monster tree.
The woman was a pic for her family as a gift. The reason for that post is the depth & clarity of the image.
When I zoomed it up in my computer after scanning it, I was amazed in the clarity in her eyes. I could still see into her eyes, zoomed up to full screen in one eye.
The Third pic is from the same period, of an Afghan hawker bringing service to the mill community where travel to town was 8-9 miles & no transport. Afghans were a part of our early history, likewise the Chinese.
Hope the poster recently sees these from glass negatives.

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I saw some time ago, a guy collected castings of Vaginas. They came in all shapes & sizes, in contradiction of the old adage, “Seen One, Seen ‘em All”. He had a wall of plaster casts & the article displayed how it was done.
I found it interesting, not sexual at all, quite surprising really?

These pics are a series of the life & decline of a flower from the Banksia tree. It’s a native to Australia, quite wide spread around the country, blooms like this each year.
Starts off with the prickly exterior which falls off gradually, revealing the softer flower. It all deteriorates to leave the hard core which dries up & falls off. They grow mainly on Sandy soil, as in most Australian plants. The country is mostly Sandy.

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Yes, me too. I have a V500 Epson & I scanned numerous glass negs my grandfather took & developed himself. The beauty of it was to preserve the neg, having scanned it then tidy up the digital image.

I posted Wreath flowers recently, unique to Western Australia. While surfing my archives, I came across pics I have of Kangaroo Paws, also unique to Western Australia. Found in the South west corner of the state.
I believe they have been used in the cut flower industry in other parts of the world.
They also come in slightly different varieties & colours, but these are the most dramatic in appearance.

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These flowers are unique to a Midwest region of Western Australia. They thrive in Sandy soil, this patch along the side of a road to Sheep stations. They’re a tourist attraction this time of year, quite a distance from towns or civilisation.
Because of its uniquity, I felt obliged to post it here on a world stage. Enjoy.

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The look in her eye suggests, she’s scared of falling off. The knuckles are white from holding on.
Interesting pose in the jumble of timber structure, very creative.

And where is it, I hear one asks?? Yep, you guessed it, on the beach. Just joking, nice pic.

Very pleasant on the eyes. Lovely images of a beautiful young lady.

I also believe in the courtesy of acknowledging the photographer, dead or alive, or the owner of said pic.
A small watermark as mentioned last post.

I had a recent experience where a local museum published some pics I’d donated from my grand folks collection.
I saw they’d put their museum name plastered across the pic as a watermark. It ruined the image of the subject matter.
I sent them a nasty letter about the disrespect. I suggested what I’ve done my self on others, choosing a neutral area of the pic, foreground or sky, out of the main subject of the pic, & use small text, & unobtrusive colours.
The image is the story, not the poster. It made me angry, but I think they got my message.

Oh you old charmer, you’ve got a way with words. Localised Fatty deposits?? Perky little ones at that??

It’s getting a bit Ho hum Jim babe. Even a front on shot of the sweet lady, but we need some variety mate.
They’re nice pics but getting boring.