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SOL•STICE::T-11 (355/365)
[Yesterday's project shot hasn't been developed yet :lol:]
Today is the Winter Solstice up her in the hemisphere where it counts (j/k y'all southerners). The movement of the sun––both horizontally along the eastern horizon for sunrises and the western horizon for sunsets, and vertical position at noon in the southern sky––comes to a stop, a standstill, hence sol (sun) + stitium (stationary).
What you're seeing here is a near 3-month exposure outside our south-facing living room window. The exposure started just a couple days after the autumnal equinox (due to a later-than-expected arrival of the pinhole cameras) and ended after sunset today. The curved lines represent the movement of the sun across the sky. The lower-most line (in reality, just a thin portion of the blob there), therefore, represents the sun today, rising from the southern most spot along the eastern horizon (left) and hitting the lowest spot in the southern sky at noon. Today was a sunny day, so, although you can't pick up the precise line, the solstice sun is definitely represented here.
How cool.
I've just started a new shot today which I'll expose for at least 3 months till the vernal equinox, if not for 6 months till the summer solstice. I had this elaborate plan to go place pinhole cameras all over Boston today, but dissertation writing and this stupid cold thing I caught prevented me from doing it. Maybe in the spring :-D
Thanks to Tarja Trygg's for supplying the pinhole camera as well as making me part of her global solargraphy project. The scanned images as well as the original photographic papers will be sent back to her for archival purposes.
Read up on what solargraphy HERE
Weapon of the Day: Pinhole Camera + no lens
SOL•STICE::T-11 (355/365)
[Yesterday's project shot hasn't been developed yet :lol:]
Today is the Winter Solstice up her in the hemisphere where it counts (j/k y'all southerners). The movement of the sun––both horizontally along the eastern horizon for sunrises and the western horizon for sunsets, and vertical position at noon in the southern sky––comes to a stop, a standstill, hence sol (sun) + stitium (stationary).
What you're seeing here is a near 3-month exposure outside our south-facing living room window. The exposure started just a couple days after the autumnal equinox (due to a later-than-expected arrival of the pinhole cameras) and ended after sunset today. The curved lines represent the movement of the sun across the sky. The lower-most line (in reality, just a thin portion of the blob there), therefore, represents the sun today, rising from the southern most spot along the eastern horizon (left) and hitting the lowest spot in the southern sky at noon. Today was a sunny day, so, although you can't pick up the precise line, the solstice sun is definitely represented here.
How cool.
I've just started a new shot today which I'll expose for at least 3 months till the vernal equinox, if not for 6 months till the summer solstice. I had this elaborate plan to go place pinhole cameras all over Boston today, but dissertation writing and this stupid cold thing I caught prevented me from doing it. Maybe in the spring :-D
Thanks to Tarja Trygg's for supplying the pinhole camera as well as making me part of her global solargraphy project. The scanned images as well as the original photographic papers will be sent back to her for archival purposes.
Read up on what solargraphy HERE
Weapon of the Day: Pinhole Camera + no lens