When my brother Ron was stationed aboard the Kitty Hawk in 1970, we were involved in that "conflict" called Vietnam. We got the bright idea for Ron to shoot some takeoffs and landings and send the film home for me to develop and print. Since we were both interested in photography at the time, we figured the quality we could get would be better than what you see in the newspaper.
I had been working for the News for about 5 years and I knew the quality of the photos that were sent back from the war and printed on the old AP and UP machines was not too good. Sure enough Ron got some really good shots. I showed the pictures to the folks at work and it really stirred up interest. I forgot how many pictures they published but I do remember it was a full page.
I found the negatives the other day and decided to scan them. It dawned on me immediately why I didn't print too many of the negatives back in 1970. They were badly fogged and at the time I didn't have any idea what to do about it. The photograpers at the News used some tricks in the darkroom to fix the fogging problem.
Well, now we have computers and Photoshop. I corrected the contrast and fogging problems as best as I could.
Hope everyone enjoys seeing these. Share the link with friends. I know a lot of folks will get a kick out of seeing these.
Wayne