As you found the film on a mountain path in Scotland - try a post to uk.rec.walking. get there from http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&q= A lot of enthusiastic walkers use this group. Norrie Wallace Only taking photographs, only leaving footprints. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Qkano" <wildimages@lineone.net> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@ase-listmail.rit.edu> Sent: 17 June 2002 23:13 Subject: Found Film ... > OK > > What would you do? > > A friend of mine has found a film (exposed negative) on a mountain > path in Scotland. > No means of ID except that someone had obviously taken the trouble to > take it. > > Should he > a) throw it out in the trash > b) get it developed out of curiosity > c) get it developed because he was intrigued by the challenge of > locating the owner. > d) get it developed because it might contain an award-winning > landscape shot > > > On the down side of course > d) it would cost him a few dollars to get it processed > e) it might contain "unsuitable" images and the boys in blue would > come knocking > f) the reality is it is highly unlikely he could ever locate the > owner. > > > I suppose if it contained people someone might notice, but even for a > site with thousands of hits it is unlikely to be seen when there are > hundreds of millions of photographers ... > > > Q? > > > > > >