Shadow Shot Sunday / SOOC - Olympics by day

Swim stadium, USC, L.A., August 1984

The past is back at Shadow Shot Sunday 2 - and given the amount of prints from the past scanned, I revert to August 1984 and the Olympics held in Los Angeles. This is the swimming venue is on the campus of USC. This print was buried in a box and in good shape for scanning and as it appears a nice day in the LA basin - not too hot, nor humid and kind of smog free. If only winter in the Northeast US were this nice, sunny and shadowy...

As I have not edited this old print (save for cropping it), I am also adding it to the new SOOC Sunday (Straight out of the Camera), hosted by MMT and Gemma. I like multitasking...

Ruby Tuesday 2 - Tally Ho, ruby wool

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back for te week - and as I am in the mode of scanning old prints lately, I am ready with a bold ruby. It is from August 1984 at an equestrian showjumping event at te Los Angels Olympics. I love the splendor of the beautiful horses, some with braided manes. And the olde world ruby wool uniforms are probably uncomfortable to wear at the very hot Santa Anita Park. However, what price/style is matters not here...

Tina's Pic Story - Clouds

United 108 in 1984, perhaps over Nebraska

Tina’s Pic Story arrives for the week – Tina kindly supplies the weekly theme and we provide a picture that explains our take on that theme – which this week is Clouds...

This is a scanned view from 1984 on my way home from the L.A. Olympics on a United DC-10. Here is between LAX and Chicago. Only about 100 passengers, two aisles, a seat by the door, no bathroom lines, you could buy something from the bar cart at the bulkhead. It was undoubtedly the best flight ever.

I chose this cloudy view because the ride was so smooth because the clouds were down there - not up here (fewer clouds = better ride).  With the Pentax on hand all those years ago, I captured a frame that meets the weekly theme in 2012. Thanks for the memories :)