Nice Dan. I love that region, and that's one clean pano. Here is one a little south of your perspective shot from the valley floor of Chamonix France after a great day in the high peaks off te Aiguille du Midi. The light just kept turning to this beautiful pink, with Les Drus as a back drop and a 500 year old church in the foreground, I couldn't resist. I love alpenglow, but there's something about european light in the winter.
HERE'S TWO MORE, SAN FRANCISCO AND JAPAN, CAN YOU GUESS WHICH IS WHICH? [attachmentid=10777] [attachmentid=10778]
This was taken with a pinhole camera I made with three pinholes at different angles focusing on a 4X5 curved negative back in my hippy days. No photoshop back then.
A lot of nices ones posted here. This was taken a few years back during a quick trip to Japan. On my first morning there, I woke up at 4:00am with a serious case of jet-lag induced insomnia. I picked up the guide book and it said something like "Tokyo - Day One. Since you're up at 4:00am anyway, go to the Tsukiji fish market". I looked at the clock; it was 4:10. I hate cocky tour books. Tsukiji is the largest fish market in Japan, and supplies most of the fresh fish consumed in the country. The market seemed to be an auction of sorts, where the fisherman would hawk their catch as soon as they arrived back in port. Anyway, I took the subway to the fish market, and found myself standing over palettes of fresh fish taking pictures. Can't remember the technical specifics, but they were shot with a Canon D60, and probably a 28-135 zoom lens. I used a handheld flash, and held it off the camera. The other lighting was either fluorescent or those large industrial lights you find in stadiums. <div align="center">[attachmentid=10780] </div> <div align="center">[attachmentid=10781] </div> The prawns photo has actually earned a little money as stock. Somewhere in the country, someone apparently used it on a menu, and a couple of other people have bought it for some other unknown purposes (shrimp fetish, perhaps)? The eels shot was a bit more esoteric. The fisherman had apparently cut their necks enough to kill them, but not enough to completely behead them. It looked a bit eerie and repulsive, but the picture is kind of compelling. Dan
All of these were taken with a Pentax *ist D. The storm and double rainbow photos were in the Napa valley, between Silverado and Stags Leap. The big gorilla is the big adult male at the San Francisco zoo. [attachmentid=10784] (ISO 200, F-11, 1/350sec, 50mm, +1/2 stop) [attachmentid=10785] (ISO 200, F6.7, 1/250sec, 18mm) [attachmentid=10786] (ISO 200, F4.5, 1/45sec, 220mm, +1/2 stop, polarizing filter)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(koa @ Aug 19 2007, 11:02 PM) [snapback]498966[/snapback]</div> Excellent shot! A 3 exposure pin-hole photo!!!! Unfortunately not many people appreciate that anymore. Give us some more! And you too efusco. Here's my offering. Again with the N80 at 50mm. Tmax 400 film. I had to bump up the contrast in the lab, but I cannot remember how much. Maybe just a +3. About half of this roll had the girls head in the frame. The pics did not get good until I moved the camera to the right. Now you can focus on the forms instead of trying to engage the subject. [attachmentid=10787]
Thank you. I saw the shower picture and before I read the post, thought: That guy might enjoy the pinhole photo. Only have two others that survived the years. They were all taken around 69-70. Waikiki Beach
You don't have a photo of your pinhole set up do you? I think those shots are quite creative. While I grasp the general concept I can't quite picture what the box looks like and where you put the pin holes, nor how, exactly, you bent the film. Ok, here's one more from me, I think I showed this a few weeks ago, but it's a favorite out of my recent stuff.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 20 2007, 02:15 AM) [snapback]499015[/snapback]</div> I recently participated in a solargraphy project for a student in Helsinki, Finland. Here is the website with Solargraphy details:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 20 2007, 02:15 AM) [snapback]499015[/snapback]</div> I don't know what koa's setup looked like, but the few times I tried my hand at it this is exactly what I used. [attachmentid=10788] This is a random building here in Dallas. If I ever print it again, I will burn the right to get some more contrast. This was printed w/o adjustments. [attachmentid=10789]
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PA Prius @ Aug 18 2007, 08:07 PM) [snapback]498488[/snapback]</div> My guess is that this is a milkweed.....probably Asclepias syriaca.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 20 2007, 03:15 AM) [snapback]499015[/snapback]</div> That's really cool. Where was this taken?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 19 2007, 09:15 PM) [snapback]499015[/snapback]</div> I don't have any pictures of the camera I made. Here's a very rough sketch of the layout. It was made out of balsa wood painted flat black. I made little doors that slid up/down to cover pinholes in tinfoil. With the separate doors and pinholes I could take separate shots at different times and places. The back slid off to put the film in. It also had a nut glued to the bottom so I could use a tripod (a must). The camera body was just a little less wide than the 4X5 negative which just wedged into the corners and became curved. I just recently found these pictures again and when I showed them to my 17 yr old daughter she thought they were pretty cool so I'll probably build another one with her and post the pictures when it's finished. BTW I had also built a devise that I could take pictures of faces reflected through and broken up by the movement of water. Kinda like when you're underwater in a pool and look up at people outside. I just thought of it so if your interested I can draw a picture of that. I no longer have any pictures.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tekn0wledg @ Aug 20 2007, 02:59 PM) [snapback]499317[/snapback]</div> Thank you very much. That was taken from the dock owned by a good friend of mine who lives on an isolated island off the coast of Maine. <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(koa @ Aug 20 2007, 03:03 PM) [snapback]499322[/snapback]</div> thanks for the diagram and explaination. While I could see the uniqueness getting a bit old after a while it certainly is a creative way to use film and a pinhole. I fear that now that I've 'gone digital' a lot of my old film photography aspirations will be lost...
Snow Flower Desolation Wilderness, June 2000 Not too terribly far from Incline Village , mentioned in the first post.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom_06 @ Aug 26 2007, 01:00 PM) [snapback]502447[/snapback]</div> That's great! :lol:
Spring 2007, my backyard, inground swimming pool. Heard a big splash...they spooked after I took their picture. [attachmentid=10976]
