posted on Sep, 10 2018 @ 05:28 PM
You have to realize that this photograph was taken in 1975, and on film. Back then, the standard speed would most likely been a high of 100 ISO;
maybe 400 ISO tops. At night and with a typical camera of the day, it would still have had to have been a longish exposure to capture a picture such
as this. I'm thinking 1/10th of a second or longer. Most likely the photographer didn't have a tripod if he was carrying three cameras, so this shot
would have been handheld, resulting in a somewhat blurrier than normal picture, due to the exposure length. It could cause the subject to look
brighter than it was depending on the exposure length. So, the fact that he was able to capture anything at all on film with a handheld camera at
night in 1975 is saying something. For an example of what I mean, here's a picture I took of the Washington Monument, handheld at night and around a
1 second long exposure, back in 1979, using Kodak Kodacolor II film, which was rated at 100 ASA (ISO). Notice how bright it is and how blurry it
actually is:
You've got to realize why there aren't a lot of good (older) pictures of weird stuff because most photograhers back in the day were using sub-standard
equipment, coupled with the fact that there were a lot of substandard photographers.
edit on 10-9-2018 by TrulyColorBlind because: Clarifying
my example.