Out of Gas

Beautiful. Well done.

Very creative. I like the high-key print (due in most part to infrared). It works. Excellent!

HIE in Xtol, eh? I'll remember that for future considerations. Well done.

You got this in your first roll? That's a great hit ratio Look forward to seeing some more.

Fantastic print! I wish I got something that good first time I ran infrared film through. Great light and atmosphere!
- Thomas

Thanks for the comments!

Vic actually it wasn't my first roll, it was my second. Testing my 35mm-canister loading procedure, I scored this wildlife masterpiece on my first roll Hey, there just aren't enough infrared lawn bunnies, you know, somebody had to do it. But I've been shooting IR for a year or two, this was just the first earnest attempt with HIE because I was doubting that I could find compositions that work with the halation. Oh well, guess I'm too late to the scene!

Brian, about the print, I credit the slavich for the "high-key" look and the clean whites that you see, I really like this paper. I see that I goofed in writing down the grade, it was grade 3. Anyway this is a *very* nice paper and the lack of warmth, I think, avoids making it appear too sentimental.

how did you get the camera to shot past the holes? none of my 35mm will do that it only goes to inside and the outsie is clear. very strange that you can do that without digital help. If you can do this how was the camera adjusted to to it.

mike

Hey Mike, it's a 35mm insert for a Mamiya 6 (which is a 2-1/4" square format rangefinder).
- Thomas

Great image indeed.... I have one of the Mamiya 6 & 35mm inserts. I am assuming you did not use the mask with this?

Indeed, this was done with a DIY insert for the mamiya 6 (or any 120/220 system) that I made one evening with a pocketknife while I was bored. Here it is:

http://www.apug.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=11255&d=1215359574

So with this you just load the roll/canister into the camera as usual, and the film just spools out of the 35mm canister. A more cautious approach might be to remove the 35m film from the canister and wrap it by hand around a spool. But with HIE I had doubts about handling it that way.

I will tell you this, after shooting this one roll I decided that I was running a serious risk by doing so because the mamiya 6 winder is a bit flimsy and if you crank too fast or hard you might well damage it. Also, as I mentioned, 99% or the roll has odd fogging patterns that I haven't figured out, I assume the crank registry got screwed up somehow. But my 120/220 roll strategy works fine in my Mamiya 645 and some other backs though, I'd just be cautious with it in a 6/6/7ii. Test for yourself and verify, in other words...