Monthly Shooting Assignment - Nov/Dec 2014: "How to catch a light beam"

[StoneNYC]

Hi Barbara Ann,

I have attached a step by step instruction to this reply. It's a PDF, which you should be able to open and read.

It's not that difficult. Let me know if you need further assistance.

- Thomas

Thomas, I THINK she already knows how to upload to the forum threads, as I've seen her post images before, but I think she doesn't know how to post to the galleries themselves? I failed at getting to the computer the other day to take some screenshots, yours seem to be better anyway, would you show her a step-by-step guide in how to get to the profile area where you can upload photos to your gallery? I thought that was the confusion in the first place? I could be wrong and just mixing things up myself. That was a great PDF by the way really simple and I wish I thought of it and we're capable of executing it as well as you did.

 

[jeffreyg]

I thought this will work.

http://www.jeffreyglasser.com/

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I thought this will work.

http://www.jeffreyglasser.com/

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Beautiful! I love that ray of light. So much angular content, and then a gorgeous woman with all her natural round shapes. Very cool contrast and juxtaposition.

 

[TheToadMen]

I thought this will work.

http://www.jeffreyglasser.com/

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Ah, the first and so far best entry!

Seriously, a very nice and interesting image. Lines and forms, darkness and (ray of) light, hard and soft, and so much more.
Very good interpretation of the theme.
Thanks,
Bert

 

[StoneNYC]

I shot 4 sheets of HP5+ in 8x10 for this today... Only to discover I had never re-loaded the holders.... So upsetting.... Another lesson learned about having better habits.... I'm pretty anal retentive as it is but still screwed up... Ugh...

 

[JRoosa]

I caught too many beams in this one. This is from my Nikon FM with a 50mm E-Series shooting Tri-X.

I had it apart to deal with some squeaky dry helicoids, and the aperture was sticky after reassembly, but I didn't know it.

This is from just sitting in the shade eating hot dogs at a fall festival, but with the aperture stuck open, it blew out everything but her eyes. There's a yellow filter in place, and that probably brought the eyes down a stop or so. The contact sheet looks bizarre with half the frames totally blown. I was using an EI of 400, but this is probably shot around 25 or 50.

It works here...too much light.

The print looks better. My scanner is trying to "fix" the overexposure, and I can't for the life of me get the JPG adjusted back just right. I might re-post if I can get the digital version to match the analog version.

 

[TheToadMen]

I shot 4 sheets of HP5+ in 8x10 for this today... Only to discover I had never re-loaded the holders.... So upsetting.... Another lesson learned about having better habits.... I'm pretty anal retentive as it is but still screwed up... Ugh...

Sorry to hear that. That's definitely not the way to catch a light beam.
I had a similar problem once and now I always put a Post-it on the dark slide and write down what is inside.
When I start shooting in the filed I simply remove the Post-it so I also know what film back is used and what film back still can be used.

 

[TheToadMen]

I caught too many beams in this one. This is from my Nikon FM with a 50mm E-Series shooting Tri-X.

I had it apart to deal with some squeaky dry helicoids, and the aperture was sticky after reassembly, but I didn't know it.

This is from just sitting in the shade eating hot dogs at a fall festival, but with the aperture stuck open, it blew out everything but her eyes. There's a yellow filter in place, and that probably brought the eyes down a stop or so. The contact sheet looks bizarre with half the frames totally blown. I was using an EI of 400, but this is probably shot around 25 or 50.

It works here...too much light.

The print looks better. My scanner is trying to "fix" the overexposure, and I can't for the life of me get the JPG adjusted back just right. I might re-post if I can get the digital version to match the analog version.

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Our mistakes - sometimes - give us the best shots, don't they?

 

[sly]

I shot this while out for a Saturday morning walk on November 1st. You didn't announce our MSA topic until the next day, Bert; but it still counts, right?

Two great entries so far. I love JRoosa's high key portrait.

 

[StoneNYC]

Sorry to hear that. That's definitely not the way to catch a light beam.
I had a similar problem once and now I always put a Post-it on the dark slide and write down what is inside.
When I start shooting in the filed I simply remove the Post-it so I also know what film back is used and what film back still can be used.

Thanks, yeah I have a similar system, I don't put a posted note on it unless for some reason I leave the holder empty and then I put a posted note that says "empty" but normally when I remove the sound to process it I immediately add newfound to the holder, and I don't turn the Darkside around to the "unexposed" Side until it actually has film in it, but for some reason it said "unexposed" but yet had no filming it, I must have gone to put filming it, and then switched the holder side so that I wouldn't have to fiddle with it reversing in the dark, and then change my mind about what I was going to put in the holder maybe and then never loaded them?

Anyway either way it's really frustrating.

But a lesson learned for sure, thanks for the tip and hope you're having a wonderful day

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

What a beautiful print!

I caught too many beams in this one. This is from my Nikon FM with a 50mm E-Series shooting Tri-X.

I had it apart to deal with some squeaky dry helicoids, and the aperture was sticky after reassembly, but I didn't know it.

This is from just sitting in the shade eating hot dogs at a fall festival, but with the aperture stuck open, it blew out everything but her eyes. There's a yellow filter in place, and that probably brought the eyes down a stop or so. The contact sheet looks bizarre with half the frames totally blown. I was using an EI of 400, but this is probably shot around 25 or 50.

It works here...too much light.

The print looks better. My scanner is trying to "fix" the overexposure, and I can't for the life of me get the JPG adjusted back just right. I might re-post if I can get the digital version to match the analog version.

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[Thomas Bertilsson]

Thomas, I THINK she already knows how to upload to the forum threads, as I've seen her post images before, but I think she doesn't know how to post to the galleries themselves? I failed at getting to the computer the other day to take some screenshots, yours seem to be better anyway, would you show her a step-by-step guide in how to get to the profile area where you can upload photos to your gallery? I thought that was the confusion in the first place? I could be wrong and just mixing things up myself. That was a great PDF by the way really simple and I wish I thought of it and we're capable of executing it as well as you did.

(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Read it again, Stone. I don't have time to write another tutorial for how to post images to the gallery...

 

[TheToadMen]

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I shot this while out for a Saturday morning walk on November 1st. You didn't announce our MSA topic until the next day, Bert; but it still counts, right?

Two great entries so far. I love JRoosa's high key portrait.

Yes, it absolute is, since it was shot on or after November 1st. And a beauty it is! How was it made?
Btw: How good of you to anticipate on my theme.

Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

 

[sly]

Sorry, I included the details in the gallery post. Shot on my Yashica LM, on HP5+, developed in DIY rodinal, printed on Oriental warm tone, in Arista Lith, smidge of selenium toning.

 

[Bertus]

I posted a few citric acid shots in the gallery today as an example how you can catch citric acid in polarized flashlight. Details in the gallery, thanks.

 

[TheToadMen]

I posted a few citric acid shots in the gallery today as an example how you can catch citric acid in polarized flashlight. Details in the gallery, thanks.

Hi Bertus,
Beautiful series (and experiment). I like the "Kristal 1" best: like the wing of an angle.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

I posted a few citric acid shots in the gallery today as an example how you can catch citric acid in polarized flashlight. Details in the gallery, thanks.

Those are so cool! Well done. Really digging Kristal 3. Looks like a Tuscan landscape. A really weird Tuscan landscape, which is the best compliment I can think of. Very creative.

 

[TheToadMen]

I just saw a (there was a url link here which no longer exists) that sneaked into the MSA Gallery.
Sly caught a beautiful ray of light in a dark forest, illuminating some mushrooms. She wondered if she caught this ray of light through the pinhole or because of a (well placed) light leak. It might also be caused by a roll not properly/tightly winded upon the take up spool in the camera. With a Holga you'll never know
But however it was done, it is done well!!

 

[TheToadMen]

How is everyone doing? Still over a month to go in this MSA.

In an other thread about making people disappear this image came up:

(Dead Link Removed - St. Petersburg, Russia, 1992-1994)

I thought I share it here. Also a nice way to catch a light beam. If i'm correct, he divided the calculated exposure time into multiple exposures on one negative, thus catching several light beams in one image, like some sort of time laps.
I must try this myself sometimes.

 

[NedL]

I'm working on something... my daughter and I made three exposures today but we needed better light. We'll try again when it is sunnier. Another idea is much more difficult and I've only made a few similar photos in the last 15 years ( digital, alas... ), but with great luck it might happen, it's the right time of year for it.

 

[sly]

Light beams on a few grapes missed in the harvest.



The man who planted this vineyard died a few years ago, and it was purchased this year by a young couple with big plans. We were glad to help with the fall clean up on a gloriously bright November day. If hard work and smarts have anything to do with it, they will have a great success. Look forward to supporting another local business.

 

[StoneNYC]

Light beams on a few grapes missed in the harvest.

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The man who planted this vineyard died a few years ago, and it was purchased this year by a young couple with big plans. We were glad to help with the fall clean up on a gloriously bright November day. If hard work and smarts have anything to do with it, they will have a great success. Look forward to supporting another local business.

Nice! Show off!!

Details? Film? Is this Transparency?

 

[TheToadMen]

Light beams on a few grapes missed in the harvest.

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The man who planted this vineyard died a few years ago, and it was purchased this year by a young couple with big plans. We were glad to help with the fall clean up on a gloriously bright November day. If hard work and smarts have anything to do with it, they will have a great success. Look forward to supporting another local business.

That must have been a fine day. I can almost feel the sunlight and smell the earth on this day in the fields.
I like your shot, also catching the colours of the fall.

And by helping this young couple, to them you might have been a ray of light yourself.

Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

 

[sly]

Thank you Bert. Those pretty leaves are all on the ground now.

Stone the film was Velvia. Aren't we all showing off here whenever we share a photo? Or did you mean something else? I am very lucky to be living outside a city, on beautiful Vancouver Island, 2 properties away from a vineyard.

 

[StoneNYC]

Thank you Bert. Those pretty leaves are all on the ground now.

Stone the film was Velvia. Aren't we all showing off here whenever we share a photo? Or did you mean something else? I am very lucky to be living outside a city, on beautiful Vancouver Island, 2 properties away from a vineyard.

The sentiment "show off" is expressed to infer that your skills are very high and or that your life is very grand because you have such beautiful imagery to produce and beautiful scenes to capture that surround you.

Not a negative comment, but one of amazement.