A7RIV pixelshift, Zeiss Loxia 25mm

The day I saw a group of coyotes chasing a group of deer and turkeys in the woods. I had never been in the middle of such a hunt before. The coyotes saw me and kept their distance to pursue their prey, for a moment I thought I might have to fight. Later, after the coyotes had moved on, I got trapped in a group of large male deer, but was able to make a detour to get around them, and they did not pursue me as some braver ones had in the past. An exciting and unusual day.

The Bass Rock sits just beyond the mouth of the Firth of Forth in East Lothian, a volcanic outcrop now uninhabited but previously home to a hermit.

1938 Voigtlander Bessa with Voigtar 11cm f/4.5 lens, 1/150 shutter, and leather case. Beside it, 1972 Fuji Neopan SSS J120 200 ASA film box, wrapper, and instruction sheet. This black and white film was developed in the 50's as Fuji's answer to Ilford HP and Kodak Tri-X. Fuji started making film in the 30's, beginning with roll film and then 35mm, with speeds of around 40 ISO.

As seen looking southwest from Cat Bells, showing the pass towards Buttermere, and the Grasmoor, Robinson and Red Pike peaks in the distance.

Linhof Technikardan S45

Schneider-Kreuznach Apo-Symmar L 5.6/150

Lee 0.6S GND

13mm front fall

f25

1/15th second

Fuji Provia 100F

Gitzo GT3532LS

Arca-Swiss Z1

Lab development

Digitised using 16-shot pixel-shift capture with a 99 CRI light source and an IT8-calibrated custom profile.

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Part of the Daily In Challenge on Pentax Forums

Day 25

Shot with the In Camera Pixel Shift resolution

Lens: Pentax DA 50mm f/1.8 with the Raynox M-250

Crayfish Pool, Blue Mountains, NSW.

One of my favourite trees - I like the angle at which it reclines into the wind and the pure emptiness into the distance.

Unusual tricks: custom home-made sensor ICC profile; the ground is shot at 1/30s but the sky merged from a second exposure of over a minute. Fast and slow in one image.

My entry for this months 'Landscape in Color' comp from Pentax Forums.

The rich colours come from RNI (Really Nice Images) Preset Fuji Velvia 50 -03 and tweaked to taste.

Smerinthus ophthalmica

Hasselblad 501CM

Carl Zeiss Sonnar 5.6/250 Superachromat CF

Hasselblad 81B filter

f11

3 seconds

Gitzo GT3532LS

Arca-Swiss Z1

Fuji Velvia 50

Lab development

Digitised using 16-shot pixel-shift capture with a 99 CRI light source and an IT8-calibrated custom profile.

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Landscape and Pixel Shift

I found a beautiful scene of snowflakes falling on the lanterns in my garden, but I had Double-X 200 speed loaded in the camera. However, I heard that it's a very flexible film, so I changed the ISO to 400 for these night shots and developed it at 200.

Linhof Technikardan S45

Fujinon C 12.5/450

2mm front fall

f32

1.5 seconds

Ilford FP4+ (EI 80)

Gitzo GT3532LS

Arca-Swiss Z1

Self developed in Pyrocat-HD 1:1:100 at 22 °C for 12.5 mins (minimal agitation) using a modified Paterson Orbital

Digitised using 16-shot pixel-shift capture

Toned

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JPEG FROM THE CAMERA

SHOT WITH PIXEL SHIFT RESOLUTION

If you move the camera during pixel shift, you can get a 'funhouse mirror' effect. Might try this next time I see a band play. :)

Hasselblad 501CM

Carl Zeiss Distagon 3.5/60 T* CF

f11

1/250th second

Hand-held

Kodak T-Max 400 (at EI 800)

Hasselblad Orange filter

N+1 development in DD-X 1:4 at 19.5 °C for 10.75 mins.

Digitised using 16-shot pixel-shift capture

Toned

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