Background.
Three weeks ago, I was on the roof of the Kenmore Hotel as the Empire State Plaza 4th of July fireworks blasted through the skies. My Nikon Df captured several fantastic images, but I should let you know that I also brought three film cameras with me to the event – my Nikon F2S 35mm shooter (“Nikon Athena”), my Pentacon Six medium format shooter, and my Kodak Medalist II camera (“Kodak Red”).
Of the three … well, the Pentacon Six had a little issue. Apparently someone in Tokyo rolled a stack of film BACKWARDS on my film spool, so when I loaded it in the camera and shot with it … the film never rolled into the takeup spool . The backing paper did, for sure, but when I opened the camera, there was a big roll of NOW-exposed film staring me in the face. Shots wasted.
Kodak Red didn’t do any better. For some reason, whether I was out of alignment or something, the camera had a bit of a problem advancing the film. I can’t blame the same guy from Tokyo on this one; this might have been someone from Rochester who packed a bad roll of Kodak Ektachrome into his work day. I don’t know.
So that leaves my new-to-me Nikon F2S. You know, the pink one.
And of the 36 shots I squeezed off that night …
These were the three best images I captured with Nikon Athena.
So there they are. Three shots with my Nikon F2S, a roll of 35mm Kodak Ektachrome that I received maybe days before from my friend and fellow blogger Joe Geronimo. He’s over there on the blogroll, look over there, there’s his name.
Of the three images, I think this one is the keeper.
Honestly, this one has much more detail to play with than my previous photos. Heck, I might even consider it for a late entry in Competition Season 2022. You never know.
But I’m glad that of the three film cameras I brought that night, one of them actually came through and got me these swank images.
I’m good with that.
Chuck The Writer 
I’d never have the patience you have to get the right shot.
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