What Is It? #3 - a photo on Flickriver

What Is It? #3

The first two in this series have been among my most well-regarded photos. I recently came across an old 10X8 print* of a companion shot from the same occasion, 50 years and 1 month ago.

The main purpose of the series was to photograph my then sister-in-law, much loved by her whole family, on a visit to her home town of Melbourne, on a rare holiday down from her farm in northern NSW. For this shot, I must have shifted focus onto her red-headed and blond sons. The other two images can be reached from here
What Is It? #1
and here:
What Is It? #2.

This shot was taken on a now demolished public shelter on the end of Gem Pier in Williamstown, Melbourne. The pier got its name from the paddle steamer Gem that ran a ferry service from Williamstown to Port Melbourne from 1846 to 1886.

Shot with Petri FT EE (beautiful F1.8 55mm lens), Kodak Plus X

* My original upload was only an iPhone shot of the print. I have since replaced it with superior results from a cheap scanner after locating the negative. Since the original is what got the image Explored, I have made a private copy of that with a link here for anyone interested in a comparison...
What Is It #3 -- iPhone copy of print

Taken in: Australia / Victoria / Williamstown (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 1970

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Camera: Film Scanner , f/2.8, 1/60 sec, 0mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Film Scanner
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length:	0mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.66 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Unknown (13924)
Metering Mode:	Multi-spot
White Balance:	Unknown (288)
Sharpness:	Soft
Color Space:	sRGB
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