I used to be an avid f295er but got seduced by LF.
Anyway, I built an 8x10 foam-core camera from scratch, used some old, very fogged,
Kodak polymax and made some images, nothing fancy but fun nonetheless. Gotta
get some new RC paper!
the homestead:
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-Tim
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Seems like it was raining in a few places around the world. I had limited time yesterday so went to the park at the bottom of my street.
Around 180mm focal length is my guess, but that's half the fun, making intelligent guesses!
Thank you Bert ... the negative is pretty thin, though, so it remains to be seen if I can print it as well as I can post-process itI love your shot: composition and exposure. Almost if you had a viewfinder on your camera. The Zero is a fine camera, isn't it?
I only ever use a single frame, so it's a 25mm focal length, and it has taken a while to get used to the angle of view (about 120° diagonal) and visualise what it'll actually look like ... I still end up with too much foreground quite often.
Bert from HollandI only ever use a single frame, so it's a 25mm focal length, and it has taken a while to get used to the angle of view (about 120° diagonal) and visualise what it'll actually look like ... I still end up with too much foreground quite often.
OK, as promised ...
My WPPD 2014 activities
I actually took ten shots total, there were multiples of most views, but I whittled them down to five. All in all I'm fairly pleased with the outcome considering competition for time the past few days made it difficult to work in too much experimentation.
I see some good stuff upthread!
Dave thanks for posting the negatives too. That's a great looking camera and great results!
Here are a few on instant film. The first from this morning, the last three from the redwoods this afternoon.
Windy Mustard par Ned, on ipernity
Luck in the Forest par Ned, on ipernity
Deep Forest Flare par Ned, on ipernity
Look Up! par Ned, on ipernity
OK, as promised ...
My WPPD 2014 activities
I actually took ten shots total, there were multiples of most views, but I whittled them down to five. All in all I'm fairly pleased with the outcome considering competition for time the past few days made it difficult to work in too much experimentation.
I see some good stuff upthread!
Hi Bert, my friend was not as happy with the "lensbaby" pinhole on his nice digital SLR, but the zone plate made some really wonderful images... the green in the forest had amazing living glow and highlights. It really makes me want to try zone plate. He might actually submit one of me to the WPPD site... I'll link to it here if he does. You can see the "happy glow" from a day spent pinholing!....
How did the pinhole lensbaby work out?
Hi Bert, my friend was not as happy with the "lensbaby" pinhole on his nice digital SLR, but the zone plate made some really wonderful images... the green in the forest had amazing living glow and highlights. It really makes me want to try zone plate. He might actually submit one of me to the WPPD site... I'll link to it here if he does. You can see the "happy glow" from a day spent pinholing!
That's pretty much the email conversation I just had with my friend, he came to the same conclusions as you. But I still thought some of his zone plate images looked pretty neat..... but the long-exposure/high-iso noise just annoyed me too much, and blowing up from such a tiny sensor just made it all a bit too soft for my liking.
It was FP100-C. It gets that "rainbow flare" pretty easily, sometimes outrageously. Those were actually mild! I think it happens with regular color film too. I like seeing black and white "rainbow flare" but as you said, it doesn't happen on paper all that much..............Which film did you use? Is it really that glossy that it would cause such a flare? I've never seen that with regular film nor (rc/vc/pearl) paper....
Heh, perhaps we try too hard -- check out this one!
Heh, perhaps we try too hard -- check out this one!
So this is me. Be careful pinholing or you might end up like that!
Made with the lensbaby zone plate we were talking about!
Reach for the sky par Ned, on ipernity
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