Art wrote:
>Usually they won't even both[er]
to open the canisters, although sometimes they will.
It may (or may not) be worth mentioning that smugglers have been using film
canisters for quite some time. Occasionally, there's going to be an
overzealous customs inspector, especially when you travel from country to
country (and Norman listed 3 US Ports of Call--Miami, Puerto Rico, and The
Virgin Islands). If he carries a Jamaican passport, that would make him an
automatic suspect (albeit unfairly). This doesn't deal with the problem at
hand, though, which is the salvage of Norman's underwater pictures.
Is there enough visible image, Norman, that you can pull some of it out in
Black&White, using Lab or RGB colors? You *might* be able to demonstrate
your point this way, or (with a heckuva lot of work), you may be able to
reconstitute the colors to a semblance of what you saw while you were
diving. This, unfortunately, will diminish the "legal" credibility of the
photo (which any digital manipulation would do, anyway), but it might
provide enough evidence to get a second documentary attempt started, or even
financed.
I feel for you, man. That was a piece of really rotten luck. But I think the
comments it elicited from the List members will give you a better shot on a
second attempt, if you can manage it.
Best regards--LRA
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