TT-06
CATALOG REF:
BOX 84 : CONTACT SHEETS — SIERRA GORDO (JUNGLE)
CONTENTS: (TIGER FORCE) RECONDO + OUTBACK — STASHING RAM / MAP STUDY
STATUS: ACTIVE SEQ — (ROLL R-402)
CONDITION: STABLE (HUMIDITY) — detail preserved
Dates: 2024-02-04 [MEMORY RECALL: 1988-07-19]
Film Stock: / Medium: Tri-X 400 // Canon Capture
Location: Sierra Gordo jungle, ‘canopy’ sector
Subjects: Outback camouflaging Tiger RAM; Recondo w/ map (analog)
Notes: Frame 06 — map detail visible, contour lines marked. No digital equipment present.
Stored: Box 84 / Sleeve 4D
Print: TT-06
Cross-Reference: Drawer 4 — “Contact Sheet Massacre” (terrain overlap noted)
PHOTOGRAPHER’S LOG:
Three ways to keep from getting swallowed up out there, or so the handbook said.
First, terrain association — look at the map, look at the ground, pretend the lines and bumps matched up. Simple if the jungle hadn’t already swallowed all the landmarks.
Second, the General Azimuth method — pick a straight line, stick to it, let the compass boss you around.
And third, point navigation, or as the lifers still call it: dead reckoning. Start from where you were, march into the void with nothing but the math in your head, and hope the distance didn’t kill you before you reached your destination.
Each method had its virtues, each one would screw you if you leaned on it too long. The smart ones mixed all three, juggled the tricks like a hustler with some loaded dice. That’s what the manuals taught, what the ol’ jungle warfare schoolhouse hammers into trainees.
Recondo always played the game, he’d even quote the curriculum if you asked him. But when it was time for boots to hit the ground, he tossed the compass, guides, and rulebook. It was all instinct, experience, and mustachioed intuition from there on out.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Lens: Canon RF 50MM F/1.2 L USM LENS
Shutter Speed: 1 sec
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100
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