{"id":3831,"date":"2016-02-20T00:18:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T23:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3831"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:46:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T13:46:38","slug":"found-film-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=3831","title":{"rendered":"Found Film:  Safari!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This latest roll of found film is a 35mm roll of (I think) slide film. \u00a0I say &#8220;I think&#8221; because I actually developed this some time ago and have been carrying the digital versions only. \u00a0They were pretty dark and I had to use a <a href=\"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=2272\" target=\"_blank\">homemade lightbox<\/a> to photograph the negative, invert it and change it to monochrome using Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>The first picture really surprised me. \u00a0Ostriches! \u00a0Having lived in southern Africa, I thought I might have come across someone&#8217;s vacation photos from a safari trip abroad.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24069538824\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24069538824_ae15a3a9d6_z.jpg?resize=640%2C424&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>But as I worked my way through the remaining photos, I concluded that this is likely some sort of safari park in the United States. \u00a0The biggest clue was this giraffe trying to break out of its enclosure. <a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24070871483\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24070871483_80de31216d_z.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24604186571\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24604186571_0f6a8d00f7_z.jpg?resize=640%2C421&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Clearly way too many fences for this to be out in the wilds of Africa. \u00a0From the cars, I&#8217;d guess that this roll of photos is from the mid-70s. \u00a0Well, not just from the cars. \u00a0If you&#8217;re old enough to have owned one of these bikes, you&#8217;ll know what I&#8217;m talking about. I think I had one circa 1974! <a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24579935422\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24579935422_2cff2d4ce2_z.jpg?resize=640%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The owners of this roll of film they never bothered to develop were also into horseback riding. I&#8217;d guess the kid in the portrait should be in his early 50s now.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24069538554\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24069538554_a7e6c7ae02_z.jpg?resize=640%2C430&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24697706695\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24697706695_08b3a1a7df_z.jpg?resize=640%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The final grouping of photos was of the kids diving into the pool. This may have been a part of the same trip. If all of the photos were taken in the same part of the country, I&#8217;d guess these people lived in the southwest. This suggests the safari park in San Diego as a possible location &#8211; but nowadays that park does not appear to offer &#8220;self-drive&#8221; tours. Not many do. It may have been different in the 70s. Nowadays you have to worry about lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24697706495\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24697706495_c0b64333cf_z.jpg?resize=640%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24697706585\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24697706585_7a0446c988_z.jpg?resize=640%2C430&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nice midair capture!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d appreciate any ideas. I&#8217;ll include some of the remaining photos below. \u00a0You can always click on them to enlarge them &#8211; but there&#8217;s not going to be much more resolution as these are all digital photographs of the negatives.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24070871663\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24070871663_997182686c_z.jpg?resize=640%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24697706475\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24697706475_515c3dacd8_z.jpg?resize=640%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24671498476\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24671498476_8417eaf064_z.jpg?resize=640%2C429&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a title=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tazmpictures\/24402166850\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/24402166850_e9d99699a3_z.jpg?resize=640%2C431&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Found Film:  35mm Ektachrome\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This latest roll of found film is a 35mm roll of (I think) slide film. \u00a0I say &#8220;I think&#8221; because I actually developed this some time ago and have been carrying the digital versions only. \u00a0They were pretty dark and I had to use a homemade lightbox to photograph the negative, invert it and change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[856],"tags":[1774,356,842,1773,1033],"class_list":["post-3831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-found-film-vintage-cameras","tag-1970s","tag-animals","tag-found-film","tag-safari","tag-swimming"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6645,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3831\/revisions\/6645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}