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My B&W film class is almost over and I honestly don't know what I'm going to do. I love the darkroom so much and I don't think I can go back to just shooting digital. I wish I had my own place so I could just make my own darkroom. In the time that I have left I'm going to pump out a ton of prints. Enjoy.
35mm Film
Oooooo, aaaaaaahhhh :-)
Type "L" to see the image on black (highly recommended).
I've been struggling all year to bring things up into a new level with my star photography. It's been difficult to do that because 1, I'm not quite sure who/what/where/when I want to go to this "new level" and 2, I've been trying to put attention and effort in so many other areas, I haven't been out relentlessly shooting and experimenting as I want to be.
But, I feel like this one is stepping out into that new area I'm trying to find. Still not sure what it is- but I feel like with this image, I'm closer than I was before.
That's exciting to me :-)
Once I become stagnant, I'm done. Experimentation is my fuel.
What do you think?
This was taken earlier in the month, an hour after leaving a "Star Party" up on Mt Hood. It was fun! Telescopes, binoculars- all kinds of stuff set up to share and learn from. Around midnight, we were ready to move on, so following Gary Randall, we all headed down here to Trillium Lake. This place is beautiful. And, Gary is the master of Trillium Lake/Mt Hood shots!
Since some of you are intrigued with the light from the Experimentation set, I decided to let you see it in real life.
:)
Covering two pieces in one build here:
15070 - Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Tooth Vertical in LBG
50950 - Slope, Curved 3 x 1 No Studs in DBG
The roof technique is basically what I thought was interesting here. Then I figured that a stand-alone roof is not that exciting to look at, so added an upper story of a townhouse to bring it together. I'm quite happy with how snugly I was able to fit the chimney in, since usually tedious techniques like these usually falls apart at any break in the pattern.
The curved slope was one of those "why did I buy this?"-pieces for me. I guess I intended to use it for mountains maybe? The vertical tooth I think can be very useful for decorative purposes, so I'm happy with that one :)
Tried a little experimentation today, to see if I could modify the Arcade Cabinets to light from within. Not sure how I feel about it. Hmmm...
Jasper tries different bait to snare a human. He hopes to domesticate one for play. This time a ChuckIt ball. The last time, a purple octopus (see first comment).
...with polaroid.
I took one of my polaroid sx-70s out to the field this morning. it was loaded with some old duotone magenta film. dunno how long it had been in this camera or how old the film was.
even with the dial set to dark, the film came out an unreadable pale pink.
so...I converted it to b&w and played a bit. I actually like the results. they look like grungy old photos.
on the left, leon and three of the dogs, one is louie louie.
in the middle, nellie playing with a fetch toy. as usual.
on the right, bulbs and brambles.
no need to comment.
This series has gone through many iterations of processing to get the right "look" to fit the concept. I had a bit too much fun playing around and experimenting and wound up with a few shots like this one, which I felt like sharing here. These are all for my friends school project, which is a series of imaginary shots for a vintage fashion label.
I've done a whole lot of Spring Cleaning this week. The ranch fence here was full of bird feeders all through the winter, and until a week or so ago. Now I've been hosing it down, and sprucing it up for the summer.
And, after much cleaning and sprucing up, I took my first image of the old Praktica camera that a friend gave me recently. In its life it has seen much excitement and experimentation - as it was used to shoot the aurora, and noctilucent clouds way back in the 1970s. So it has been stuck out of attic windows in all weathers to record the night sky! Now, in its retirement I can use it as a photographic subject ;o)
I thought it might be fitting as my SOOC shot for the 52 group - shooting an old camera with a new Sony RX10iii. The shot is as requested, SOOC. I only added a signature.
So HFF and have a lovely holiday weekend.
Also for the 52 in 2017 group. week#21 "SOOC"
Shot taken on May 23rd 2017.
My Fence Friday photos set: Elisa Fence Friday
My 52 in 2017 set: 52 in 2017
My Bokeh set: Elisa's bokeh set
My Everyday Things set is here: Elisa Everyday Things
I've been kind of hesitant to experiment with High Dynamic Range (HDR-like you didn't know, lol) photography because I see a lot of photos that are so heavily processed with this technique that they don't appeal to me. But on the other hand, I have seen some really well done HDR photos and so.... Tonight i took the plunge, lol. Setting up my camera (Canon 60D) was easy and I have heard of Photomatix software and the free trial so I downloaded that and took a set of three auto-bracketed shots of my good friend Draco. The rest was pretty easy. (Though in hindsight, I wish I would have used a little better lighting than the dining room light when I took the shot, lol). And what I came up with was kind of cool. At least for a first effort. I tried not to over do it, but I also wanted to make sure it had a visible HDR touch... Above is the result, Original SOOC is below. If anyone knows of any other good (free trial, lol) HDR software I could try it would be greatly appreciated if you could pass it on. Thanks in advance :)