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They say that the mindset of shooting film is slower than that of digital. For me, this was true, or at least I realized that I started to think differently.
This is the first shot I took.
I saw the Verizon truck when I pulled into the parking lot and saw one man outside. As I was approaching the parking meters to pay for my spot, I saw that there were two men. While at the meter, I saw they they were starting to move the ladders off the top of the truck. There were two and one had been moved as I was paying at the meter.
One ladder remained.
As I waited for one of the men to hopefully come back and get the other ladder, I framed the shot so that I would know exactly where to stand to get in him the archway. When he came back, I waited to raise the camera to my face until I saw him get the ladder.
In all fields, students are often told, "Study the work of the masters!" Henri Cartier-Bresson talks about "the decisive moment," and while taking a ladder of a truck isn't a decisive moment in history, taking that picture and seeing that moment frozen on a piece of film made me realize that whatever work the masters created, with gear that was far less sophisticated than my 20 megapixel fast(ish) digital camera, took real mastery.
Camera: Konica C35AF
Film: Fuji Superia X-TRA 400 @ box speed
developed and scanned by Indie Film Lab
Removing the front sub-frame for detailing.... I thought. The project started snowballing after this.
20x300 second subframes, iso800.
Total exposure 1 hour 42 minutes.
Imaging:
William Optics ZenithStar II 80 ED,
Modified Canon 350D (Baader ACF-2) with Astronomik CLS filter.
Guiding:
Skywatcher Star Travel 120,
Orion SSAG.
All on
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
18th February 2017
Cambridge, UK