Rowboats stored away from the evening as shot from the end of a jetty looking back towards the bank.

Center frame is a composite image form the two frames either side. I wasn't sure which one I liked so I decided to post all three images together. Which do you prefer?

Note on Exposure:

I knew this was going to required a long exposure (bulb mode). I guessed that the camera would default to it's widest aperture and metered accordingly. I think I ended up exposing for 5-10s after accounting for reciprocity failure.

Film stock: Ilford HP5 Plus

ISO: 400

Format: 135

Camera: Pentax17

Lens: 25mm F3.5

Digitised: Plustek 8100

Developer: 510-Pyro @20degC 1:500

Time: semi-stand 60min

Starting off with an odd duck, Acros II is better known for its long reciprocity, but not for its ability to go beyond box speed. So how will it fair in such a strong movement in either direction?

Nikon F5 - AF Nikkor 28mm 1:2.8 - Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II @ ASA-100 (+/- 2-Stops)

Diafine (Stock) 5:00 + 5:00 @ 20C

Scanner: Epson V700 + Silverfast 9 SE

Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC

Vase from the 'Blossom' Series by Peter Layton at his London Glassblowing Workshop made in 1998. The range was first introduced in 1994. This vase is 13cm high. For a macro detail (posted earlier) see here.

More information on Peter Layton and his studio can be found at www.londonglassblowing.co.uk

Shana, Claire, and Jennifer are extraordinary ordinary people who are bona fide heroes. It's not every day that you meet three vivacious, intelligent, transparent, kind, wonderfully empathetic, competent, and uniquely beautiful women relaxing on a picnic blanket who are each in their own right heroes. They'd never say that they are because they are all humble. I was invited to sit with them and spent two and a half hours in sublime enjoyment, sitting on their blanket conversing and soaking in the beautiful sunlight. I was refreshed with their life force and what I call "the bounce." Which is essentially positive reciprocity. I don't have to persuade because the photos of them that ensue speak power to truth. Their heart for humanity, care for each to include a stranger (former stranger now) is uncommon grace. Shana teaches at Howard University a historical black college/university where she's changing lives in young people of an entirely different demographic. She's perfect for it. Then there is charming Claire who is full of life, passion for learning and sharing, and she's super eloquent and equally funny, but she also defends and ensures justice for devastated women who've fallen victim to or should I say survivor to violence and sexual assault. Here's the heroic catch, she does it through a not-for-profit organization. She's an attorney who left the lucrative attraction of corporate law after earning her Juris Doctor from one of the best law schools in the United States, to help some of the less fortunate. That's heroic! She's also an incredible listener, and travels extensively taking in and giving away her love to and for humanity. And then there is the intrepid and warm Jennifer who teaches 8th graders. She's super cool and brave enough to step away from her current teaching job to set sail into uncharted waters of new career opportunities in which she can touch even more lives. She's also very accomplished in yoga and soon to become an instructor as I recall. These three women are pillars of inspiration. They live out something that gives me greater faith in humanity and our inherent capacity to do go for others. In meeting them, I was unexpectedly finding heroes. Washington DC, 18 March 2018.

27-Jul-2023 18:13

Adox CHS100 II ISO 100 rated @ EI 100

Ebony 45SU

Rodenstock APO Sironar S 150mm f5.6

Developed in 510Pyro 1+100 for 8 mins (N) @ 20C

Pre-Wash 5mins

Inversions first 30 sec then every 30 sec

Two water Stop Baths - 1 min each

John Finch Alkali Fixer (1+4) for 4 mins

Front Shift 5mm up

Mid tone LV = 13

Highlight = 17

Shadow = 11

Filters : Yellow (-2/3)

Final LV=12

Reciprocity : 2 sec goes to 3 sec (times using app on phone)

3 sec @ f24

A macro detail of the internal structure of a multi-layered studio glass piece by British artists Brian and Jenny Blanthorn. The whole piece is a triangular tall pyramid shaped optically polished piece consisting of over 60 layers of fused flat glass coated with a specially prepared iridescent surface.

Ego psychology is a school of psychoanalysis rooted in Sigmund Freud's structural id-ego-superego model of the mind.

An individual interacts with the external world as well as responds to internal forces. Many psychoanalysts use a theoretical construct called the ego to explain how that is done through various ego functions. Adherents of ego psychology focus on the ego's normal and pathological development, its management of libidinal and aggressive impulses, and its adaptation to reality.[1]

Contents

1History

1.1Early conceptions of the ego

1.2Freud's ego psychology

1.3Systematization

1.3.1Anna Freud

1.3.2Heinz Hartmann

1.3.3David Rapaport

1.3.4Other contributors

1.4Decline

2Contemporary

2.1Modern conflict theory

3Ego functions

4Conflict, defense and resistance analysis

5Cultural influences

6Criticisms

7See also

8References

9Further reading

History[edit]

Early conceptions of the ego[edit]

Sigmund Freud initially considered the ego to be a sense organ for perception of both external and internal stimuli. He thought of the ego as synonymous with consciousness and contrasted it with the repressed unconscious. In 1910, Freud emphasized the attention to detail when referencing psychoanalytical matters, while predicting his theory to become essential in regards to everyday tasks with the Swiss psychoanalyst, Oscar Pfister.[2] By 1911, he referenced ego instincts for the first time in Formulations on the Two Principles of Mental Functioning and contrasted them with sexual instincts: ego instincts responded to the reality principle while sexual instincts obeyed the pleasure principle. He also introduced attention and memory as ego functions.

Freud's ego psychology[edit]

Freud began to notice that not all unconscious phenomena could be attributed to the id; it appeared as if the ego had unconscious aspects as well. This posed a significant problem for his topographic theory, which he resolved in his monograph The Ego and the Id (1923).[3]

In what came to be called the structural theory, the ego was now a formal component of a three-way system that also included the id and superego. The ego was still organized around conscious perceptual capacities, yet it now had unconscious features responsible for repression and other defensive operations. Freud's ego at this stage was relatively passive and weak; he described it as the helpless rider on the id's horse, more or less obliged to go where the id wished to go.[4]

In Freud's 1926 monograph, Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety, he revised his theory of anxiety as well as delineated a more robust ego. Freud argued that instinctual drives (id), moral and value judgments (superego), and requirements of external reality all make demands upon an individual. The ego mediates among conflicting pressures and creates the best compromise. Instead of being passive and reactive to the id, the ego was now a formidable counterweight to it, responsible for regulating id impulses, as well as integrating an individual's functioning into a coherent whole. The modifications made by Freud in Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety formed the basis of a psychoanalytic psychology interested in the nature and functions of the ego. This marked the transition of psychoanalysis from being primarily an id psychology, focused on the vicissitudes of the libidinal and aggressive drives as the determinants of both normal and psychopathological functioning, to a period in which the ego was accorded equal importance and was regarded as the prime shaper and modulator of behavior.[5]

Systematization[edit]

Following Sigmund Freud, the psychoanalysts most responsible for the development of ego psychology, and its systematization as a formal school of psychoanalytic thought, were Anna Freud, Heinz Hartmann, and David Rapaport. Other important contributors included Ernst Kris, Rudolph Loewenstein, René Spitz, Margaret Mahler, Edith Jacobson, and Erik Erikson.

Anna Freud[edit]

Anna Freud focused her attention on the ego's unconscious, defensive operations and introduced many important theoretical and clinical considerations. In The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense (1936), Anna Freud argued the ego was predisposed to supervise, regulate, and oppose the id through a variety of defenses. She described the defenses available to the ego, linked them to the stages of psychosexual development during which they originated, and identified various psychopathological compromise formations in which they were prominent. Clinically, Anna Freud emphasized that the psychoanalyst's attention should always be on the defensive functions of the ego, which could be observed in the manifest presentation of the patient's associations. The analyst needed to be attuned to the moment-by-moment process of what the patient talked about in order to identify, label, and explore defenses as they appeared. For Anna Freud, direct interpretation of repressed content was less important than understanding the ego's methods by which it kept things out of consciousness.[6] Her work provided a bridge between Freud's structural theory and ego psychology.[7]

Heinz Hartmann[edit]

Heinz Hartmann (1939/1958) believed the ego included innate capacities that facilitated an individual's ability to adapt to his or her environment. These included perception, attention, memory, concentration, motor coordination, and language. Under normal conditions, what Hartmann called an average expectable environment, these capacities developed into ego functions and had autonomy from the libidinal and aggressive drives; that is, they were not products of frustration and conflict, as Freud (1911) believed. Hartmann recognized, however, that conflicts were part of the human condition and certain ego functions may become conflicted by aggressive and libidinal impulses, as witnessed by conversion disorders (e.g., glove paralysis), speech impediments, eating disorders, and attention-deficit disorder.[5]

Through Hartmann's focus on ego functions, and how an individual adapts to his or her environment, he worked to create both a general psychology and a clinical instrument with which an analyst could evaluate an individual's functioning and formulate appropriate therapeutic interventions. Based on Hartmann's propositions, the task of the ego psychologist was to neutralize conflicted impulses and expand the conflict-free spheres of ego functions. By doing so, Hartmann believed psychoanalysis facilitated an individual's adaptation to his or her environment. Hartmann claimed, however, that his aim was to understand the mutual regulation of the ego and environment rather than to promote adjustment of the ego to the environment. Furthermore, an individual with a less-conflicted ego would be better able to actively respond to and shape, rather than passively react to, his or her environment.

Mitchell and Black (1995) wrote: "Hartmann powerfully affected the course of psychoanalysis, opening up a crucial investigation of the key processes and vicissitudes of normal development. Hartmann's contributions broadened the scope of psychoanalytic concerns, from psychopathology to general human development, from an isolated, self-contained treatment method to a sweeping intellectual discipline among other disciplines" (p. 35).

David Rapaport[edit]

David Rapaport played a prominent role in the development of ego psychology and his work likely represented its apex.[5] In Rapaport's influential monograph The Structure of Psychoanalytic Theory (1960), he organized ego psychology into an integrated, systematic, and hierarchical theory capable of generating empirically testable hypotheses. According to Rapaport, psychoanalytic theory—as expressed through the principles of ego psychology—was a biologically based general psychology that could explain the entire range of human behavior.[8] For Rapaport, this endeavor was fully consistent with Freud's attempts to do the same (e.g., Freud's studies of dreams, jokes, and the "psychopathology of everyday life".)

Other contributors[edit]

While Hartmann was the principal architect ego psychology, he collaborated closely with Ernst Kris and Rudolph Loewenstein.[9]

Subsequent psychoanalysts interested in ego psychology emphasized the importance of early-childhood experiences and socio-cultural influences on ego development. René Spitz (1965), Margaret Mahler (1968), Edith Jacobson (1964), and Erik Erikson studied infant and child behavior and their observations were integrated into ego psychology. Their observational and empirical research described and explained early attachment issues, successful and faulty ego development, and psychological development through interpersonal interactions.

Spitz identified the importance of mother-infant nonverbal emotional reciprocity; Mahler refined the traditional psychosexual developmental phases by adding the separation-individuation process; and Jacobson emphasized how libidinal and aggressive impulses unfolded within the context of early relationships and environmental factors. Finally, Erik Erikson provided a bold reformulation of Freud's biologic, epigenetic psychosexual theory through his explorations of socio-cultural influences on ego development.[10] For Erikson, an individual was pushed by his or her own biological urges and pulled by socio-cultural forces.

Decline[edit]

In the United States, ego psychology was the predominant psychoanalytic approach from the 1940s through the 1960s. Initially, this was due to the influx of European psychoanalysts, including prominent ego psychologists like Hartmann, Kris, and Loewenstein, during and after World War II. These European analysts settled throughout the United States and trained the next generation of American psychoanalysts.

By the 1970s, several challenges to the philosophical, theoretical, and clinical tenets of ego psychology emerged. The most prominent of which were: a "rebellion" led by Rapaport's protégés (George Klein, Robert Holt, Roy Schafer, and Merton Gill); object relations theory; and self psychology.

Contemporary[edit]

Modern conflict theory[edit]

Charles Brenner (1982) attempted to revive ego psychology with a concise and incisive articulation of the fundamental focus of psychoanalysis: intrapsychic conflict and the resulting compromise formations. Over time, Brenner (2002) tried to develop a more clinically based theory, what came to be called “modern conflict theory.” He distanced himself from the formal components of the structural theory and its metapsychological assumptions, and focused entirely on compromise formations.

Ego functions[edit]

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Reality testing: The ego's capacity to distinguish what is occurring in one's own mind from what is occurring in the external world. It is perhaps the single most important ego function because negotiating with the outside world requires accurately perceiving and understanding stimuli. Reality testing is often subject to temporary, mild distortion or deterioration under stressful conditions. Such impairment can result in temporary delusions and hallucination and is generally selective, clustering along specific, psychodynamic lines. Chronic deficiencies suggest either psychotic or organic interference.[11]

Impulse control: The ability to manage aggressive and/or libidinal wishes without immediate discharge through behavior or symptoms. Problems with impulse control are common; for example: road rage; sexual promiscuity; excessive drug and alcohol use; and binge eating.

Affect regulation: The ability to modulate feelings without being overwhelmed.

Judgment: The capacity to act responsibly. This process includes identifying possible courses of action, anticipating and evaluating likely consequences, and making decisions as to what is appropriate in certain circumstances.

Object relations: The capacity for mutually satisfying relationship. The individual can perceive himself and others as whole objects with three dimensional qualities.

Thought processes: The ability to have logical, coherent, and abstract thoughts. In stressful situations, thought processes can become disorganized. The presence of chronic or severe problems in conceptual thinking is frequently associated with schizophrenia and manic episodes.

Defensive functioning: A defense is an unconscious attempt to protect the individual from some powerful, identity-threatening feeling. Initial defenses develop in infancy and involve the boundary between the self and the outer world; they are considered primitive defenses and include projection, denial, and splitting. As the child grows up, more sophisticated defenses that deal with internal boundaries such as those between ego and super ego or the id develop; these defenses include repression, regression, displacement, and reaction formation. All adults have, and use, primitive defenses, but most people also have more mature ways of coping with reality and anxiety.

Synthesis: The synthetic function is the ego's capacity to organize and unify other functions within the personality. It enables the individual to think, feel, and act in a coherent manner. It includes the capacity to integrate potentially contradictory experiences, ideas, and feelings; for example, a child loves his or her mother yet also has angry feelings toward her at times. The ability to synthesize these feelings is a pivotal developmental achievement.

Reality testing involves the individual's capacity to understand and accept both physical and social reality as it is consensually defined within a given culture or cultural subgroup. In large measure, the function hinges on the individual's capacity to distinguish between her own wishes or fears (internal reality) and events that occur in the real world (external reality). The ability to make distinctions that are consensually validated determines the ego's capacity to distinguish and mediate between personal expectations, on the one hand, and social expectations or laws of nature on the other. Individuals vary considerably in how they manage this function. When the function is seriously compromised, individuals may withdraw from contact with reality for extended periods of time. This degree of withdrawal is most frequently seen in psychotic conditions. Most times, however, the function is mildly or moderately compromised for a limited period of time, with far less drastic consequences' (Berzoff, 2011).

Judgment involves the capacity to reach “reasonable” conclusions about what is and what is not “appropriate” behavior. Typically, arriving at a “reasonable” conclusion involves the following steps: (1) correlating wishes, feeling states, and memories about prior life experiences with current circumstances; (2) evaluating current circumstances in the context of social expectations and laws of nature (e.g., it is not possible to transport oneself instantly out of an embarrassing situation, no matter how much one wishes to do so); and (3) drawing realistic conclusions about the likely consequences of different possible courses of action. As the definition suggests, judgment is closely related to reality testing, and the two functions are usually evaluated in tandem (Berzoff, 2011).

Modulating and controlling impulses is based on the capacity to hold sexual and aggressive feelings in check with out acting on them until the ego has evaluated whether they meet the individual's own moral standards and are acceptable in terms of social norms. Adequate functioning in this area depends on the individual's capacity to tolerate frustration, to delay gratification, and to tolerate anxiety without immediately acting to ameliorate it. Impulse control also depends on the ability to exercise appropriate judgment in situations where the individual is strongly motivated to seek relief from psychological tension and/or to pursue some pleasurable activity (sex, power, fame, money, etc.). Problems in modulation may involve either too little or too much control over impulses (Berzoff, 2011).

Modulation of affect The ego performs this function by preventing painful or unacceptable emotional reactions from entering conscious awareness, or by managing the expression of such feelings in ways that do not disrupt either emotional equilibrium or social relationships. To adequately perform this function, the ego constantly monitors the source, intensity, and direction of feeling states, as well as the people toward whom feelings will be directed. Monitoring determines whether such states will be acknowledged or expressed and, if so, in what form. The basic principle to remember in evaluating how well the ego manages this function is that affect modulation may be problematic because of too much or too little expression. As an integral part of the monitoring process, the ego evaluates the type of expression that is most congruent with established social norms. For example, in white American culture it is assumed that individuals will contain themselves and maintain a high level of personal/vocational functioning except in extremely traumatic situations such as death of a family member, very serious illness or terrible accident. This standard is not necessarily the norm in other cultures (Berzhoff, Flanagan, & Hertz, 2011).

Object relations involves the ability to form and maintain coherent representations of others and of the self. The concept refers not only to the people one interacts with in the external world but also to significant others who are remembered and represented within the mind. Adequate functioning implies the ability to maintain a basically positive view of the other, even when one feels disappointed, frustrated, or angered by the other's behavior. Disturbances in object relations may manifest themselves through an inability to fall in love, emotional coldness, lack of interest in or withdrawal from interactions with others, intense dependency, and/or an excessive need to control relationships (Berzhoff, Flanagan, & Hertz, 2011).

Self-esteem regulation involves the capacity to maintain a steady and reasonable level of positive self-regard in the face of distressing or frustrating external events. Painful affective states, including anxiety, depression, shame, and guilt, as well as exhilarating emotions such as triumph, glee, and ecstasy may also undermine self-esteem. Generally speaking, in dominant American culture a measured expression of both pain and pleasure is expressed; excess in either direction is a cause for concern. White Western culture tends to assume that individuals will maintain a consistent and steadily level of self-esteem, regardless of external events or internally generated feeling states (Berzhoff, Flanagan, & Hertz, 2011).

Mastery when conceptualized as an ego function, mastery reflects the epigenetic view that individuals achieve more advanced levels of ego organization by mastering successive developmental challenges. Each stage of psychosexual development (oral, anal, phallic, genital) presents a particular challenge that must be adequately addressed before the individual can move on to the next higher stage. By mastering stage-specific challenges, the ego gains strength in relations to the other structures fothe mind and thereby becomes more effective in organizing and synthesizing mental processes. Freud expressed this principle in his statement, “Where id was, shall ego be.” An undeveloped capacity for mastery can be seen, for example, in infants who have not been adequately nourished, stimulated, and protected during the first year of life, in the oral stage of development. When they enter the anal stage, such infants are not well prepared to learn socially acceptable behavior or to control the pleasure they derive from defecating at will. As a result, some of them will experience delays in achieving bowel control and will have difficulty in controlling temper tantrums, while others will sink into a passive, joyless compliance with parental demands that compromises their ability to explore, learn, and become physically competent. Conversely, infants who have been well gratified and adequately stimulated during the oral stage enter the anal stage feeling relatively secure and confident. For the most part, they cooperate in curbing their anal desires, and are eager to win parental approval for doing so. In addition, they are physically active, free to learn and eager to explore. As they gain confidence in their increasingly autonomous physical and mental abilities, they also learn to follow the rules their parents establish and, in doing so, with parental approval. As they master the specific tasks related to the anal stage, they are well prepared to move on to the next stage of development and the next set of challenges. When adults have problems with mastery, they usually enact them in derivative or symbolic ways (Berzhoff, Flanagan, & Hertz, 2011).

Conflict, defense and resistance analysis[edit]

According to Freud's structural theory, an individual's libidinal and aggressive impulses are continuously in conflict with his or her own conscience as well as with the limits imposed by reality. In certain circumstances, these conflicts may lead to neurotic symptoms. Thus, the goal of psychoanalytic treatment is to establish a balance between bodily needs, psychological wants, one's own conscience, and social constraints. Ego psychologists argue that the conflict is best addressed by the psychological agency that has the closest relationship to consciousness, unconsciousness, and reality: the ego.

The clinical technique most commonly associated with ego psychology is defense analysis. Through clarifying, confronting, and interpreting the typical defense mechanisms a patient uses, ego psychologists hope to help the patient gain control over these mechanisms.[12]

Cultural influences[edit]

The classical scholar E. R. Dodds used ego psychology as the framework for his influential study The Greeks and the Irrational (1951).[13]

The Sterbas relied on Hartmann's conflict-free sphere to help explain the contradictions they found in Beethoven's character in Beethoven and His Nephew (1954).[14]

Criticisms[edit]

Many[who?] authors have criticized Hartmann's conception of a conflict-free sphere of ego functioning as both incoherent and inconsistent with Freud's vision of psychoanalysis as a science of mental conflict. Freud believed that the ego itself takes shape as a result of the conflict between the id and the external world. The ego, therefore, is inherently a conflicting formation in the mind. To state, as Hartmann did, that the ego contains a conflict-free sphere may not be consistent with key propositions of Freud's structural theory.

Ego psychology, and 'Anna-Freudianism', were together seen by Kleinians as maintaining a conformist, adaptative version of psychoanalysis inconsistent with Freud's own views.[15] Hartmann claimed, however, that his aim was to understand the mutual regulation of the ego and environment rather than to promote adjustment of the ego to the environment. Furthermore, an individual with a less-conflicted ego would be better able to actively respond and shape, rather than passively react to, his or her environment.

Jacques Lacan was if anything still more opposed to ego psychology, using his concept of the Imaginary to stress the role of identifications in building up the ego in the first place.[16] Lacan saw in the "non-conflictual sphere...a down-at-heel mirage that had already been rejected as untenable by the most academic psychology of introspection'.[17] Ego psychologists responded by doubting whether Lacan's approach is ever applied to clinical work with real patients who have real illnesses, specific ego functions mediating those illnesses, and specific histories.[18]

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I forgott to take reciprocity failure into consideration. The result was couple of 1,5 stops underexposed negatives. I tried to remedy the fault by push development in DD-X and Xtol.

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I believe that this is African Lily ( Agapanthus africanus). Corrections will be appreciated.

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"Agapanthus africanus, or the African lily, is a flowering plant from the genus Agapanthus found only on rocky sandstone slopes of the winter rainfall fynbos from the Cape Peninsula to Swellendam.[2] It is also known as the lily-of-the-Nile in spite of only occurring in South Africa.

"The plant is a rhizomatous evergreen geophyte from 25 to 70 cm (10 in to 2 ft 4 in) in height. The leathery leaves are suberect and long and strap shaped.[2] Flowers are broadly funnel-shaped, pale to deep blue, and thick-textured with a dark blue stripe running down the center of each petal. Paler flowers are more common in Agapanthus africanus walshii while Agapanthus africanus africanus flowers tend to be darker.[2][3] The flowers grow in large clusters, with each flower being 25–40 mm (31⁄32–1+9⁄16 in) long. This species flowers from November to April, particularly after fire.[2] Peak flowering occurs from December to February.[3]

"Unlike the more common Agapanthus praecox, this species is less suitable as a garden plant as it is far more difficult to grow. A. africanus subsp. africanus may be grown in rockeries in a well drained, slightly acid sandy mix. They seem to be best when grown in shallow pots and will flower regularly if fed with a slow release fertiliser.[3] A. africanus subsp. walshii is by far the most difficult Agapanthus to grow. It can only be grown as a container plant and will not survive if planted out. They require a very well-drained, sandy, acid mix with minimal watering in summer.[3] Both subspecies require hot, dry summers, and winter rainfall climate. It will not tolerate extended freezing temperatures.[4]

"The name A. africanus has long been misapplied to A. praecox in horticultural use and publications across the world, and horticultural plants sold as A. africanus are actually hybrids or cultivars of A. praecox.[3]"

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Zero Image Eco Alkali Fixer

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Danube,

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10 Ev - 23 sec. (measured in a shadow)

Calculated exposure :

7,75 Ev - 120 sec.

( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart for Polaroid film)

Dev. : 180 sec. (Instead of 90 seconds)

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POST WORK : (26.05.2009.)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1200 dpi)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

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I find the color pencils are a lot like human beings. One can find various colors of pencils at the box set. Our society is more like a pencil box. In society, there live people of various colors and beliefs. Some are good, some are bad. Some are optimistic, some are pessimistic. Some are crooked. Some are not. The world is filled with people with these reciprocities.

Life is more like a box of colored pencils. You know different colored pencils will be there. Just like you know, you’ll come across all kinds of people on the way of living.

আমার কাছে রং পেন্সিলগুলোকে অনেকটা মানুষের মত মনে হয়। একটা বক্সে বহু ধরণের বহু বর্ণের কালার পেন্সিল থাকে। অনেকটা হিউম্যান সোসাইটির মত। এখানে মানুষ আছে নানা বর্ণের, নানা বৈশিষ্ট্যের, নানান মূল্যবোধের বৈপীরিত্যের।

মেডিকেল লাইফ পুরোদমে চলতে থাকলে একটানা লেকচার, টিউটোরিয়াল, আইটেম এক্সাম, ওয়ার্ডে ডিউটির চাপে ক্যামেরা হাতে নেয়ার সময় তেমন হয়ে ওঠে না। ফটোওয়াকে তো বের হওয়া হয়না বললেই চলে। তখন হাত নিশপিশ করে ছবি তোলার জন্য। বেশ কিছুদিন আগে ঠিক এরকম এক দিনে বাসায় বসে থাকতে থাকতে হঠাৎ ড্রয়ারের কোণায় পড়ে থাকা রঙ পেন্সিলের বক্সটা দেখে ছবি তোলার ভূত চাপল মাথায়। তুলে ফেললাম বেশ কিছু।

ছবিগুলো তুলতে ১৮-৫৫মিmm আর ৫০mm প্রাইম ইউজ করেছি।এটা ছারাও আর কিছু ছবি আছে "Color pencils" সেটে। চেক আউট করলে ভালো লাগবে। লিঙ্কঃ

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Abir Shaqran Photography

www.facebook.com/abir.shaqran

Barisal, Bangladesh.

Starting off with an odd duck, Acros II is better known for its long reciprocity, but not for its ability to go beyond box speed. So how will it fair in such a strong movement in either direction?

Nikon F5 - AF Nikkor 28mm 1:2.8 - Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II @ ASA-100 (+/- 2-Stops)

Diafine (Stock) 5:00 + 5:00 @ 20C

Scanner: Epson V700 + Silverfast 9 SE

Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC

AUTHOR : IMRE BECSI

'fü1b' On Black

Location of shoot : Tahitótfalu, Hungary, Central-Europe

Time of shoot : 22.04.2007.

PICTURE MADE WITH :

( Home-made assembled pinhole camera be composed of

few original photography equipments )

Camera body : IKEA plant pot

Film back : 450 (Pack film holder to 4x5 back)

Film back holder : Cambo Revolving Back Assembly

Grip : IKEA handle

Viewfinder : I made it myself from Super 8 mm Titel maker and HAMA flash holder

Focus : 85 mm

Pinhole : 0.35 mm (from Lenox laser)

Diaphragm : 243

Shutter : Compal Polaroid MP4

Matte Box : Arriflex 3X4 (from my Eclair s16 movie camera set)

Tripod & Head : Velbon

Quick release plates : Manfrotto

Film : Fuji Fp 100c 45

Filter : Circular Polar, Ultra Contrast 1/2, Orange, Nd6 Sofr Gradual

Light : Hard afthernon sun

Metered exposure : 14,5 EV (Minolta Light Meter III with diffusor)

Calculated exposure : 10 EV / 56 sec.

( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart )

Dev. : 75 sec. ( normal )

POST WORK :

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (900 dpi)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

If interesting for you my other work please see my all pictures on one page :

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Pinhole/Camera Obscura /Lensfree/Loch camera/Lensless / Without Lens/Sténope/Estenopeica/Lyukkamera Photography

In all size is better!

or

View On Black

Taken with a homemade 4x5 camera.

Designed and fabricated by myself.

Shoot to expired 3x4 Polaroid Color instant film.

AUTHOR : IMRE BECSI

© All rights reserved

Location of shoot :

Csobánka,

Hungary,

Central-Europe

Time of shoot : 16.04.2007.

PICTURE MADE WITH :

( Home-made assembled pinhole camera be composed of

few original photography equipments )

Camera body : IKEA plant pot

Film back : 450 (Pack film holder to 4x5 back)

Film back holder : Cambo Revolving Back Assembly

Grip : IKEA handle

Viewfinder : Mamiya 75 mm

Focus : 85 mm

Pinhole : 0.35 mm (from Lenox laser)

Diaphragm : 243

Shutter : Compal Polaroid MP4

Matte Box : Arriflex 3X4 (from my Eclair s16 movie camera set)

Tripod & Head : Velbon

Quick release plates : Manfrotto

Picture from the camera :

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2697851395/in/set-72...

and

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2836345529/in/set-72...

Film : Polaroid Studiocolor (Expired !)

Metered exposure : 8 EV (Minolta Light Meter III with diffusor)

Calculated exposure : 3 min 50 second

( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart )

Dev. : 90 sec.

POST WORK : (23.04.2010.)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1200 dpi)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

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Lyukkamera, Pinhole Camera, Appareil à sténopé , Cámara escura, Camera obscura, Estenopeica, Foro stenopeico, Hålkamera, Kамера опскура, Lochkamera, Otworek, Pinhole fotoğraf makinesi, Stenopeica, φωτογραφία, Пинхол Фотография

Author : © IMRE BECSI

© All rights reserved

Location of shoot :

Horány,

Hungary,

Europe

Time of shoot :

19.05.13.

Info of Shooting :

Film : Fuji FP-100C Color Instant (expired)

Format: 3.25 x 4.25 in. (8.5 x 10.8 cm) "Regular Size" pack film

Image Area: 2.88 x 3.75 in. (7.3 x 9.5 cm)

Filter : Wratten 85b (Tiffen 4,5 round) & Double Fog 1/2 (Tiffen S9 round)

Metered expo.:

(Metered with Minolta Spotmeter)

Calculated expo.: 10 Ev

Shooting : 180 second

(I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Fuji Color Instant film)

Dev.: 90 sec. (25° C)

The camera :

Body is a Film Back Adapter Plate from a Polaroid 203 camera

- focus : 33 mm

- pinhole : 0,25 mm (Lenox Laser)

- diaphragm : 132

Film back from my Polaroid 600se camera.

Shutter and Pinhole holder is a "pu(s)h" from Dr. Kai Fuhrmann with filter thread (homemade).

Picture from the camera :

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2837193476/in/set-72...

The parameters of camera :

(when I use 95x73 mm format instant film)

- Angle of view : 90°

- Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 1,8

- Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 959

Post work : (20.05.2013)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (480 dpi)

File Size : MB (TIF)

Pixel :

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

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rolleiflex 2.8c

planar 80 2.8

delta 100

xtol 1:1 10.5m

honolulu hawaii

A gravity well or gravitational well is a conceptual model of the gravitational field surrounding a body in space. The more massive the body, the deeper and more extensive the gravity well associated with it. The Sun is very massive, relative to other bodies in the solar system, so the corresponding gravity well that surrounds it appears "deep" and far-reaching. The gravity wells of asteroids and small moons, conversely, are often depicted as very shallow. Anything on the surface of a planet or moon is considered to be at the bottom of that celestial body's gravity well, and so escaping the effects of gravity from such a planet or moon, (to enter outer space,) is sometimes called "climbing out of the gravity well." The deeper a gravity well is, the more energy any space-bound "climber" must use to escape it.

In astrophysics, a gravity well is specifically the gravitational potential field around a massive body. Other types of potential wells include electrical and magnetic potential wells. Physical models of gravity wells are sometimes used to illustrate orbital mechanics. Gravity wells are frequently confused with embedding diagrams used in general relativity theory, but the two concepts are distinctly separate, and not directly related.

Both the rigid gravity well and the rubber-sheet model are frequently misidentified as models of general relativity, due to an accidental resemblance to general relativistic embedding diagrams,[citation needed] and perhaps Einstein's employment of gravitational "curvature" bending the path of light, which he described as a prediction of general relativity. In particular, the embedding diagram most commonly found in textbooks (an isometric embedding of a constant-time equatorial slice of the Schwarzschild metric in Euclidean 3-dimensional space) superficially resembles a gravity well.

Embedding diagrams are, however, fundamentally different from gravity wells in a number of ways. Most importantly, an embedding is merely a shape, while a potential plot has a distinguished "downward" direction; thus turning a gravity well "upside down" (by negating the potential) turns the attractive force into a repulsive force, while turning a Schwarzschild embedding upside down (by rotating it) has no effect, since it leaves its intrinsic geometry unchanged. Geodesics following across the Schwarzschild surface would bend toward the central mass like a ball rolling in a gravity well, but for entirely different reasons. There is no analogue of the Schwarzschild embedding for a repulsive field: while such a field can be modeled in general relativity, the spatial geometry cannot be embedded in three dimensions.[citation needed]

The Schwarzschild embedding is commonly drawn with a hyperbolic cross section like the potential well, but in fact it has a parabolic cross section which, unlike the gravity well, does not approach a planar asymptote. See Flamm's paraboloid

Yashica Mat 124, Yashinon Wide Angle Lens Attachment + 55mm IR720 & CPL filters, Rollei Superpan 200

Metered ISO 6

Kodak XTOL 1+1, 9:30 mins @ 24C (14 mins @ 20C)

Not the best lighting for infrared but a good idea of this film's IR capabilities. Exposures 1 second or longer were doubled for reciprocity failure.

The wide angle attachment gives a vignette at the edges I quite like on B&W film but I don't think it would look quite as good on color film. Funny the OEM auxiliary lens is of such poor quality while the other aftermarket lenses I have produce no vignette and only minor distortion. Oh, Yashica.

No matter who you are, where your from, music will have some form of impact on your life. You might listen to it on the daily bus ride, or turn on some tunes while you are studying. It defines who we are as a culture and reflects many of the values we hold today. Heck it's even fun to dance to.

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I'm not going to lie, I've been on an apple push on my photo stream for the last while.

I received my new iSock as an reciprocity exchange experiment. I bought Sebastian S. Chai tea, he in turn gave me an iSock. How nice of him!

It keeps my iPod touch snug and warm!

Pinhole/Camera Obscura /Lensfree/Loch camera/Lensless / Without Lens/Sténope/Estenopeica/Lyukkamera Photography

Author : IMRE BECSI

© All rights reserved

Model : Móni

Location of shoot :

Csobánka,

Hungary,

Europe

Time of shoot :

2014.12.

Info of Shooting :

Film : Fuji Fp-100c (new)

Light : 800W Redhead

Metered expo.: 11 EV (peak)

Calculated expo.: 300 second

( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Fuji Color Instant film)

Dev.: 120 sec. (21° C)

PICTURE MADE WITH :

Home-made assembled pinhole camera be composed of

few original photography equipments.

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/15342162107/in/photo...

Camera body (the base) : Polaroid 600se camera back spacer no.1

(from my Polaroid 600se camera set, made by Mamiya)

Film back : Instant pack film holder (made by Polaroid)

Shutter : Polaroid MP4 (made by Compal)

Pinhole socket : Homemade (fit to filter holder)

Filter holder (82mm) : Homemade (fit to shutter)

Grip : I made it myself

Viewfinder : Door peeping (from OBI store) calibrated to the 3x4 format instant pack film size (I made it myself)

Cable releasers : Nikon

Matte Box : Old bellows style Arriflex 3X4 (from my Eclair s16 movie camera set)

Rods mount : Homemade

Rods : Homemade

Tripod & Head : Velbon

Quick release plates : Manfrotto

Focus : 55 mm

Pinhole : 0.3 mm (from Lenox laser)

Diaphragm : f 183

Angular field (horizontal) : 83°

Angular field (vertical) : 67°

Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 2,5

Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 799

Post work : (2015.02.09)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (400 dpi)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

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Ondu 6x9 pinhole f133

Ilford Delta 400

7 minutes

I took my time to play a bit here. The idea of making this bad panda picture come in my mind a day when flickr was down for nearly all the day... and I also wanted to try my Ondu with a close subject.

A little background:

I turned on the lights in the room. I put two gold metallic foil board on the floor under the tv to get some reflected light as well from below. For the TV I turned down the brightness to decrease contrast to its surrounding.

Of course I put my Ondu 6x9 on the tripod first. To choose the desired frame I used my tape measure to extend the field of view indicators on the side and top of my Ondu and after finding the place of my tripod I used its bubble level to get the wooden beauty straight.

I used my Pentax K20D with kit lens at 55mm, left on multi-segment metering mode to measure around zones here. (At least I can use it for something as it is out of order, it is unable to take pictures.... but who cares if you already have this beautiful pinhole camera LOL) So my measurement was made using AV mode set to ISO1600 and f/8.

Results:

yellow wall right to the TV: 1/30s

green leave of plant in the white pot: 1/10s

white part on TV: 1/45s

black part of panda on TV: 1/4s

Finally I chose 1/15s for my EV. I converted the ISO1600, f/8, 1/15s trinity to ISO400 and f/133 and got 72s. For this convertion I used the exposure calculator from google play store. I made the correction with the given 1.41 reciprocity failure factor of lford Delta400: 72^1.41 is about 416s, so finally I opened up the pinhole cover for 7 minutes.

I got the film developped in the local lab, scanned with my Epson V500. Et voilá!

Connected links:

ondupinhole.com/products/6x9-classic

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Lyukkamera, Pinhole Camera, Appareil à sténopé , Cámara escura, Camera obscura, Estenopeica, Foro stenopeico, Hålkamera, Kамера опскура, Lochkamera, Otworek, Pinhole fotoğraf makinesi, Stenopeica, φωτογραφία, Пинхол Фотография

Author : © IMRE BECSI

© All rights reserved

Location of shoot :

Szentendre,

Hungary,

Europe

Time of shoot :

04.15.12.

Info of Shooting :

Film : Fuji FP-100C Color Instant (expired)

Format: 3.25 x 4.25 in. (8.5 x 10.8 cm) "Regular Size" pack film

Image Area: 2.88 x 3.75 in. (7.3 x 9.5 cm)

Filter : ND6 (Tiffen S9 round)

Metered expo.: 10 EV - 56 sec. (Tree)

(Metered with Minolta Spotmeter)

Calculated expo.: 8 EV = 225 sec.

Shooting : 3 X 225 sec. = 12 minute

(I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Polaroid Color Instant film)

Dev.: 180 sec. (15° C)

The camera :

Body is a Film Back Adapter Plate from a Polaroid 203 camera

- focus : 65 mm

- pinhole : 0,25 mm (Lenox Laser)

- diaphragm : 260

Film back from my Polaroid 600se camera.

Shutter and Pinhole holder is a "pu(s)h" from Dr. Kai Fuhrmann with filter thread (homemade).

Picture from the camera :

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2837193476/in/set-72...

The parameters of camera :

(when I use 95x73 mm format instant film)

- Angle of view : 90°

- Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 1,8

- Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 959

Post work : (15-16.04.2012)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1200 dpi)

File Size :

pixel (the original TIF file)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

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03-Feb-2023 15:15 - Ilford Ortho+ 80 @ EI 50

2 min pre wash @ 20C

Developed in Pyrocat HD (A=2.5ml + B=2.5ml + Water=625mm)

Semi-stand - 40 mins (N) @ 20C

2 post dev water wash of 5 inversions @ 20C

John Finch Alkali Fix 1+4 : 4 mins @ 20C

5,5,10,15,20 inversion washes (12 minutes)

Final Water bath with 1ml of Ilfotol

This film doesn’t look to have an antihilation layer as nothing dark was in the water after the prewash

Bronica SQAi + 80mm

Highlight = 12

Shadow = 9

Midpoint = 10

Filter : None

Final EV = 10

Reciprocity 1s -> 2s

2 sec @ f22

I gave a couple of dozen nice self-capping beer bottles to an old student of mine and, by way of reciprocity, she dropped off a few of her homebrew to me (not in the bottles I gave her).

This was the first I've opened and it's very nice. Labelled simply with a marker on the cap, it says BIPA 5.8%. Unlike me when I made beer, she is careful to note the specific gravity and knows precisely the alcoholic content; this Black IPA was 5.8%. Its bottle was a half-litre bottle that looks a little like lab bottles I have known. But it has a capping lip.

Did I say it was very nice? It was delicious. And since she pays attention to specific gravity, she also bottles her beer knowing how much sugar is left, so it carbonates in a much more sophisticated way than my old beer -- I'd put a half spoonful of sugar in each bottle when capping it, and resultingly it had a thick scum of sedimentary yeast when you opened it. Hers is clear to the last drop. Mmmm.

Bending Light #36: A series of refraction patterns of light through glass objects.

Another one for your imagination.

Polaroid Super Colour Swinger III, Fujifilm FP-100c.

09-Dec-2022 12:38 - Ilford Pan F @ EI 50

2 min pre wash @ 20C

Developed in PyrocatHD (A=2.5ml + B=2.5ml + Water=625mm)

Semi-stand - 35 mins (N) @ 20C

3 post dev water wash of 5 inversions @ 20C

John Finch Alkali Fix 1+4 : 4 mins @ 20C

5,5,10,15,20 inversion washes

Final Water bath with 2 drops of Ilfotol

Bronica SQAi + 150mm

Highlight = 14

Shadow = 10

Midpoint = 12

Filter : None

Final EV = 12

Reciprocity 1/2sec goes to 1 sec

1 sec @ f32

Pinhole/Camera Obscura /Lensfree/Loch camera/Lensless / Without Lens/Sténope/Estenopeica/Lyukkamera Photography

Author : IMRE BECSI

© All rights reserved

Model : Eszter & Éva

Location of shoot :

Mai Manó House,

Budapest,

Hungary,

Europe

Time of shoot :

2014.10.11.

Info of Shooting :

Film : Fuji Fp-100c (new)

Light : Arri ARRILITE 850W Redhead

Metered expo.: 11 EV (peak)

Calculated expo.: 300 second

( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Fuji Color Instant film)

Dev.: 120 sec. (23° C)

PICTURE MADE WITH :

Home-made assembled pinhole camera be composed of

few original photography equipments.

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/15342162107/in/photo...

Camera body (the base) : Polaroid 600se camera back spacer no.1

(from my Polaroid 600se camera set, made by Mamiya)

Film back : Instant pack film holder (made by Polaroid)

Shutter : Polaroid MP4 (made by Compal)

Pinhole socket : Homemade (fit to filter holder)

Filter holder (82mm) : Homemade (fit to shutter)

Grip : I made it myself

Viewfinder : Door peeping (from OBI store) calibrated to the 3x4 format instant pack film size (I made it myself)

Cable releasers : Nikon

Matte Box : Old bellows style Arriflex 3X4 (from my Eclair s16 movie camera set)

Rods mount : Homemade

Rods : Homemade

Tripod & Head : Velbon

Quick release plates : Manfrotto

Focus : 55 mm

Pinhole : 0.3 mm (from Lenox laser)

Diaphragm : f 183

Angular field (horizontal) : 83°

Angular field (vertical) : 67°

Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 2,5

Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 799

Post work : (2014.10.29)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (400 dpi)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

Important note:

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Bending Light #42.

The next one in the series of refraction patterns of light through glass objects.

Lyukkamera, Pinhole Camera, Appareil à sténopé , Cámara escura, Camera obscura, Estenopeica, Foro stenopeico, Hålkamera, Kамера опскура, Lochkamera, Otworek, Pinhole fotoğraf makinesi, Stenopeica, φωτογραφία, Пинхол Фотография

Author : © IMRE BECSI

© All rights reserved

Location of shoot :

Csobánka,

Hungary,

Central-Europe

Time of shoot :

30.10.13.

Info of Shooting :

Film : Fuji FP-100C Color Instant

Format: 3.25 x 4.25 in. (8.5 x 10.8 cm) "Regular Size" pack film

Image Area: 2.88 x 3.75 in. (7.3 x 9.5 cm)

Filter : Wratten 85b & Polar

Metered expo.: 14,75 Ev (white)

(Metered with Minolta Spotmeter)

Calculated expo.: 11,75 Ev

Shooting : 80 second (III.zone)

(I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Fuji Color Instant film)

Dev.: 180 sec. (15° C)

The camera :

Body is a Film Back Adapter Plate from a Polaroid 203 camera

- focus : 33 mm

- pinhole : 0,25 mm (Lenox Laser)

- diaphragm : 132

Film back from my Polaroid 600se camera.

Shutter and Pinhole holder is a "pu(s)h" from Dr. Kai Fuhrmann with filter thread (homemade).

Picture from the camera :

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2837193476/in/set-72...

The parameters of camera :

(when I use 95x73 mm format instant film)

- Angle of view : 120°

- Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 1,8

- Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 959

Post work : (03.11.2013)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (50x40 cm/480 dpi)

File Size : 257259 KB (TIF)

Pixel : 10509 X 8355

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

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31-Jul-2022 16:00

Rollei Infrared400 rated at EI=6

Developed in Perceptol (Stock) for 11 minutes @ 20C

Ebony 45SU

Rodenstock 150-S

IR72 Filter

4 second base exposure before reciprocity

9 Seconds @ f22

Horseman SW 617 Professional

Schneider Kreuznach Super Angulon 72mm f/5.6 XL

Kodak Ektar 100

The reciprocity rate calculated doesn't seem to be very accurate, maybe I should forget about it and just do a normal exposure to begin with.

The Daasanach (also known as the Marille or Geleba) are an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan. Their main homeland is in the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, adjacent to Lake Turkana. According to the 2007 national census, they number 48,067 people (or 0.07% of the total population of Ethiopia), of whom 1,481 are urban dwellers.

There are a number of variant spellings of Daasanach, including Dasenach and Dassanech (the latter used in an episode about them in the TV series Tribe). Daasanach is the primary name given in the Ethnologue language entry.

The Daasanach are also called Marille especially by their neighbours, the Turkana of Kenya. The Daasanach are traditionally pastoralists, but in recent years have become primarily agropastoral. Having lost the majority of their lands over the past fifty years or so, primarily as a result from being excluded from their traditional Kenyan lands, including on both sides of Lake Turkana, and the 'Ilemi Triangle' of Sudan, they have suffered a massive decrease in the numbers of cattle, goats and sheep. As a result, large numbers of them have moved to areas closer to the Omo River, where they attempt to grow enough crops to survive. There is much disease along the river (including tsetse, which has increased with forest and woodland development there), however, making this solution to their economic plight difficult. Like many pastoral peoples throughout this region of Africa, the Daasanach are a highly egalitarian society, with a social system involving age sets and clan lineages - both of which involve strong reciprocity relations.

The Daasanach today speak the Daasanach language. It belongs to the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. The language is notable for its large number of noun classes, irregular verb system, and implosive consonants. For instance, the initial D in Daasanach is implosive, sometimes written as 'D.

Modern genetic analysis of the Daasanach indicates that they are more closely related to Nilo-Saharan and Niger-Congo-speaking populations inhabiting Tanzania than they are to the Cushitic and Semitic Afro-Asiatic-speaking populations of Ethiopia. This suggests that the Daasanach were originally Nilo-Saharan speakers, sharing common origins with the Pokot. In the 19th century, the Nilotic ancestors of these two populations are believed to have begun separate migrations, with one group heading southwards into the African Great Lakes region and the other group settling in southern Ethiopia. There, the early Daasanach Nilotes would have come into contact with a Cushitic-speaking population, and eventually adopted this group's Afro-Asiatic language.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daasanach_people

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Until now, I have not put twitter to any good use for myself. I have a list of followers and I had a list of people I was following. I would tweet about this here blog and others would re-tweet and spread the word if they liked what they saw. Until now, I subscribed to the idea that I should follow you if you follow me. Reciprocity is a good thing, and be assured that anyone who sends me a note gets a response, but I strongly feel that the policy of a follow for a follow is bad. After all, I was ignoring every tweet from the people that I "followed" - effectively killing about 80% of twitter's functionality. The truth is I care about what you have to say and I will listen if you direct a comment or a tweet or an email my way - I really, really like to hear from people who come across this blog. I suspect most twitter users out there act like I did - with 1000s of people that they follow and no interest in 999/1000 tweets. It might seem counter-intuitive that I'll assuredly see and pay attention to more by following fewer, but hey, there it is. The truth is, I'm probably just not your audience.

Today's photograph is from the amazing Rockefeller Chapel. I posted once before about this building, but have known for quite a while now that I needed explore more deeply. I had the good fortune of entering just as the place was being locked up - I asked if I could stay for a bit and was told "sure - just push the door shut and locked when you are done" (gasp - what luck). What's more, the nice woman locking up asked me if I wanted to play with the lights. That's like giving a kid the keys to the candy store. I spent some time gathering all sorts of images, lights on and off. I rather like the spooky feel of this place - the chapel has a tower and a carillon at the top of the tower (which I got to visit - photographs will be posted soon!). As I was setting up - I saw the carillonneur enter the building and head for the tower steps. A few minutes later the cathedral was brimming with a beautiful fugue - the perfect accompaniment for this Gothic space.

Macro detail of small "Azurene" cylindrical vase designed by British Glass Artist Michael Harris (1933-1994) founder of Mdina Glassworks, Malta (1969) and Isle of Wight Studio Glass in 1973 (www.isleofwightstudioglass.co.uk). This detail from the Azurene series made at the Isle of Wight studio in 1983 uses an overlay of gold leaf decoration applied during the glass blowing. As the fluid glass increases in size the thin solid gold layer has to break up to 'flow' with the changing shape of the glass so forming the 'crackle' or 'crazed' pattern typical of gold or silver foil decoration.

06-Sep-2022 12:00

Ilford FP4+ ISO 125 rated @ EI 100

Tachihara Hope 10x8 two-rail (New Bellows)

Rodenstock-N 240mm f5.6

Developed Rodinal R09 1+ 50 for 12 mins (N) @ 20C

Water Stop Bath

Tetenal Neutral Fixer (1+4) for 4 mins

Front shift : 15mm up

Mid tone LV = 9

Highlight = 13

Shadow = 7

Filters : None

LV=9

Requires reciprocity correction

4 Seconds goes to 5.7 seconds

6 sec @ f45

Need by Iranian-Canadian artist Kambiz Sharif is a summation of his experience as a new immigrant, a life based on re-imagining oneself in a new place. The idea for the sculpture came to Sharif during his first year in Canada in 2009. Despite its apparent abstraction, this shape carries deep personal meaning. It reaches upwards with an expression of need and gratitude and the potential of reciprocity, like three outstretched fingers or a seedling pushing upwards. Its core contains the untold desires held by all new immigrants and the continuous re-imagining of one’s home in this new place. Need marks a junction where the converging streets lead the flow of traffic to vastly different neighbourhoods of the city. At these crossroads, the sculpture’s reflective surface makes it come into view like a mirage, or a flash of recognition of shared experience in a stranger’s eyes.

”Whoever makes anything like it to use as perfume shell be cut off from the people.” Exodus 30.34

aka ten dollar bill joint

Lyukkamera, Pinhole Camera, Appareil à sténopé , Cámara escura, Camera obscura, Estenopeica, Foro stenopeico, Hålkamera, Kамера опскура, Lochkamera, Otworek, Pinhole fotoğraf makinesi, Stenopeica, φωτογραφία, Пинхол Фотография

Author : © IMRE BECSI

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Location of shoot :

Budapest,

Kopaszi-gát,

Hungary,

Central-Europe

Time of shoot :

27.04.14.

Info of Shooting :

Film : Fuji FP-100C Color Instant

Format: 3.25 x 4.25 in. (8.5 x 10.8 cm) "Regular Size" pack film

Image Area: 2.88 x 3.75 in. (7.3 x 9.5 cm)

Filter : 81EF+Polar+Soft Contrast 2

Shooting : 180 second (III.zone)

(I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Fuji Color Instant film)

Dev.: 120 sec. (22° C)

The camera :

Body is a Film Back Adapter Plate from a Polaroid 203 camera

- focus : 33 mm

- pinhole : 0,25 mm (Lenox Laser)

- diaphragm : 132

Film back from my Polaroid 600se camera.

Shutter and Pinhole holder is a "pu(s)h" from Dr. Kai Fuhrmann with filter thread (homemade).

Picture from the camera :

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2837193476/in/set-72...

The parameters of camera :

(when I use 95x73 mm format instant film)

- Angle of view : 110°

- Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 1,8

- Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 959

Post work : (14.05.2014)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (50x40 cm/400 dpi)

File Size : 168744 KB (TIF)

Pixel : 8504 X 6772

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

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This images are copyright protected.

Use without permission is illegal!

No reproduction in any way,

no copies,

no editing,

no publishing,

no screenshots,

no posting,

no blogging,

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X-ray film. 25X29 cm

Pinhole 0,4 mm; focal 200 mm. f/250

Exposure @ EI50ISO

not corrected for reciprocity

Development in D-76, under visual control

Sheet have been shot over a computer screen and reversed, with level reset and no other postproduction.

Some scratches, which can be minimized with more attention and some trick, and potentially avoided with a vertical tank that I don’t owe.

Anything at its time.

The great problem is light leakage, even with double black tapering.

There are also a lot of three dimensional spot, with sharp comet shadows: they are visible only in the ghosts of light and I think it is dust, illuminated by the oblique lighting.

X ray are very contrasted, and difficult to be printed even in platinum. I’ll try with collodio chloride.

Pinhole/Camera Obscura /Lensfree/Loch camera/Lensless / Without Lens/Sténope/Estenopeica/Lyukkamera Photography

Author : IMRE BECSI

© All rights reserved

Model : András & Helga

Location of shoot :

Mai Manó House,

Budapest,

Hungary,

Europe

Time of shoot :

2014.10.11.

Info of Shooting :

Film : Fuji Fp-100c (new)

Light : Arri ARRILITE 850W Redhead

Metered expo.: 11 EV (peak)

Calculated expo.: 300 second

( I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Fuji Color Instant film)

Dev.: 120 sec. (23° C)

PICTURE MADE WITH :

Home-made assembled pinhole camera be composed of

few original photography equipments.

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/15342162107/in/photo...

Camera body (the base) : Polaroid 600se camera back spacer no.1

(from my Polaroid 600se camera set, made by Mamiya)

Film back : Instant pack film holder (made by Polaroid)

Shutter : Polaroid MP4 (made by Compal)

Pinhole socket : Homemade (fit to filter holder)

Filter holder (82mm) : Homemade (fit to shutter)

Grip : I made it myself

Viewfinder : Door peeping (from OBI store) calibrated to the 3x4 format instant pack film size (I made it myself)

Cable releasers : Nikon

Matte Box : Old bellows style Arriflex 3X4 (from my Eclair s16 movie camera set)

Rods mount : Homemade

Rods : Homemade

Tripod & Head : Velbon

Quick release plates : Manfrotto

Focus : 55 mm

Pinhole : 0.3 mm (from Lenox laser)

Diaphragm : f 183

Angular field (horizontal) : 83°

Angular field (vertical) : 67°

Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 2,5

Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 799

Post work : (2014.10.19)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (400 dpi)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

Important note:

This images are copyright protected. No reproduction in any way,

no copies, no editing, no publishing, no screenshots, no posting,

no blogging, no transmitting downloading or uploading

without my written permission!

Thank you !

Thanks for looking !

Comments very much welcome !

Lyukkamera, Pinhole Camera, Appareil à sténopé , Cámara escura, Camera obscura, Estenopeica, Foro stenopeico, Hålkamera, Kамера опскура, Lochkamera, Otworek, Pinhole fotoğraf makinesi, Stenopeica, φωτογραφία, Пинхол Фотография

This picture is my submission for WPPD 2012.

Author : © IMRE BECSI

© All rights reserved

Thanks for looking !

Comments very much welcome !

Location of shoot :

Vác,

Hungary,

Europe

Time of shoot :

12.04.29. (WPPD 2012)

Info of Shooting :

Film : FP-100c Color Instant (expired)

Format: 3.25 x 4.25 in. (8.5 x 10.8 cm) "Regular Size" pack film

Image Area: 2.88 x 3.75 in. (7.3 x 9.5 cm)

Filter : Fog 1/2 (Tiffen ser.9)

Metered expo.:

(Metered with Minolta Spotmeter)

Calculated expo.: 30 sec.

(I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Fuji Color Instant film)

Dev.: 90 sec. (30° C)

The camera :

Body is a Film Back Adapter Plate from a Polaroid 203 camera

- focus : 33 mm

- pinhole : 0,25 mm (Lenox Laser)

- diaphragm : 132

Film back from my Polaroid 600se camera.

Shutter and Pinhole holder is a "pu(s)h" from Dr. Kai Fuhrmann with filter thread (homemade).

Picture from the camera :

www.flickr.com/photos/jonespointfilm/2837193476/in/set-72...

The parameters of camera :

(when I use 95x73 mm format instant film)

- Angle of view : 119°24'26"

- Light falloff at the corners [f/stops] : 3,6

- Resolution [lines/diagonal] : 887

Post work : (02.05.2012)

Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (1200 dpi)

File Size : 60,164 mb - 5073X4048 pixel (the original TIF file)

Scanner software : SilverFast SE

Final work : PS

Important note:

This images are copyright protected.

Use without permission is illegal!

No reproduction in any way,

no copies,

no editing,

no publishing,

no screenshots,

no posting,

no blogging,

no transmitting downloading

or uploading without my written permission!

Thank you !

19-Mar-2025 14:15

Rollei IR400 rated @ EI 200 (N-1)

Rated at IE=3 (N-1) for Infrared

Ebony 45SU

Rodenstock 150mm f/5.6 Apo-Sironar-S

Stearman Press SP445 Tank

Pre-wash : 4 minutes

Developed : 510 Pyro 1+100 Semistand 16 mins @ 20C

2 x Water Stop Bath

Alkali Fix - Clearing time 1 minute

Total Fix time 2 minutes

Wash for 8 mins in frequent water changes

Wash in Distilled water for 2 minutes

Ilfotol final rinse (1ml in 500ml distilled water)

Movements

Front Rise : 1.5cm up

Bed Tilt : 15 degrees forward

Back Tilt : 15 degrees back (upright)

Mid tone LV = 12

Highlight = 15

Shadow = 10

Filters : Heliopan IR72

Final LV=12

Reciprocity : 4 sec goes to 9

9 sec @ f22

Bending Light #95