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Location of shoot :
Esztergom,
Hungary,
Europe
Time of shoot :
2017.04.17.
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 : Yellow, Green, Red
Metered expo.: 15.5 EV (grey cloud)
(Metered with Minolta Spotmeter)
Calculated expo.: 15 sec.
Shooting 1. without filter : 3 sec.
Shooting 2. with Green filter : 5 sec.
Shooting 3. with Red filter : 7 sec.
(I use my reciprocity compensation value chart to Fuji Color Instant film)
Dev.: 120 sec.
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 : (2019.05.10.)
Scanner : Epson Perfection 3200 Photo (300 dpi)
File Size : 160847MB (TIF)
Pixel : 8302 x 6612
Scanner software : SilverFast SE
Final work : PS
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IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Foto presa amb una càmera Linhof Technika II, fabricada entorn 1947; objectiu Schneider-Kreutzag Angulon f6.8 / 120mm; pel·licula Fomapan 100, f13 durant 6:15 minuts, compensant la fallada de reciprocitat
Primeres ocasions per a fer una mica d'urbex.
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Picture taken with a Linhof Technika II 13x18 cm. camera made c.1947; Schneider-Kreutznach Angulon f6.8 / 120mm lens; Fomapan 100 film, 6:15 min. of exposure, at f13 compensating for the large reciprocity failure (the photo meter indicated only 30s., at EV 2).
First trials at urbex.
This album's name is dedicated to my favourite game of all time Elder Scrolls Online and race of all time, The Argonians (reptile humanoids). There's a story for you to read below about some of them towards the bottom.
What does Ku Vastei mean? Read below
By Lights-the-Way, Mystic of the Mages Guild
It is hard to describe the culture of my people. Often my tongue stumbles as I try to explain, but it is my hope that ink and quill will give me time enough to gather my thoughts. And perhaps, though such writing, I will finally connect the parts of me that now feel so divided; my homeland of Murkmire and my new life within the Mages Guild.
These journals are to become my ku-vastei. And, as I write that, I can think of no better topic to begin with.
Ku-vastei roughly translates to "the catalyst of needed change," though such a direct translation in no way does justice to the original meaning. Another translation could be "that which creates the needed pathway for change to occur" or even "the spark which ignites the flame which must come into being."
Perhaps a more direct analysis should be first presented. Ku-vastei is a noun, a thing or person. Vastei directly translates to change, an important part of my culture. Ku is harder to speak of. It is that which leads to change, though not that which creates change. An important role, as stagnation is a fate worse than death.
Take a boulder which sits atop a cliff, teetering in place. It must fall eventually. The ku-vastei does not push the boulder off the cliff; rather, it picks the pebble which holds the rock in place. And so it falls, not by a push, but by a pathway cleared.
Ku-vastei is revered, just as change itself is revered, for to look back at what was means to stumble as you move forward. Sometimes, a little push in the right direction is all someone needs to remember such wisdom. Other times, they may need to be shoved.
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Naka Desh Tribe
by Emmanubeth Hurrent, the Wayfarers' Society of Wayrest
My guide, Names-the-Orchids, took me deep into the swamp to meet a little-known tribe called the Naka-Desh, or Riverbacks. Few Imperials venture far enough into Black Marsh to meet the People of the River, and the Naka-Desh see little benefit in traveling beyond the boundaries of their Hist's roots. For that reason, most perceive them as a secretive and mysterious tribe. This misconception is made all the more amusing by the Riverbacks' boundless hospitality.
We approached the Riverbacks' territory via ferry boats. Our expedition encountered tribal sentries almost immediately. They floated to the surface of the water like turtles or crocodiles. I was struck by the wideness of their faces, the largeness of their eyes, and the broad webs adorning their forearms and throats. The Hist clearly provided the "right skin" for the locale. Riverback territory is more water than land—a drowned marsh navigable by small rafts, canoes, and little else.
Names-the-Orchids greeted them with a series of low croaks. They cheerfully repeated the sound before lifting themselves onto our boat. Neither of the sentries seemed familiar with Cyrodilic, so our guide had to interpret. She told us that the Riverbacks demanded tribute in the form of a riddle before they would grant passage. I detected no threat behind the demand. It seemed like more of an invitation than an order. I've no talent for wordplay, but I shared a children's riddle about doorknobs that practically every Imperial knows. As soon as Names-the-Orchids translated it, the two sentries clapped their hands. One of them pressed his forehead to mine, croaked twice, then both vanished into the water as suddenly as they appeared.
We spent four days among the Riverbacks—all but one of them on rafts fishing. Riverback fishing resembles traditional fishing in name only. Rather than hook and line, the Naka-Desh use large river fish called osheeja gars. Each osheeja is secured by a strange harness and bridle. When the Argonians find an abundant fishing spot, they release the predatory gars and let them snatch up the fish. As soon as an osheeja bites a fish, the Argonians pull their pets to the side of the boat and claim the fish for themselves. I asked Names-the-Orchids how it works. Apparently, the bridle prevents the gar from swallowing. She assured me that the osheejas are well-cared for, though. Until they grow too old, of course, whereupon they too are eaten.
Our time with the Riverbacks was not without frustration. Of all the Argonians I have met, the Naka-Desh were by far the least curious. Other than riddles, they had no appetite for anything we brought. They refused our food, took no particular interest in our tales, and did not even ask for our names. This disinterest combined with their boundless hospitality made most of the expedition uncomfortable. Names-the-Orchids chided us for thinking kindness demands reciprocity. As always, even these small disappointments teach us valuable lessons.
["the tribe is not currently in the game but in the world of the game"]
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Danilo Dolci: Verso un mondo nuovo"
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A story of Sicily: the Sicilian Gandhi (but he was not Sicilian ...).
This photographic story is connected, at least in part, with the previous one, whose link is represented by the nephew of the painter Robert Kitson, Miss Daphne Phelps: in life she was a psychiatric social worker (she collaborated with Anna Freud, daughter by Sigmund Freud), on the death of his uncle in 1948 he moved to Sicily to take care of Casa Cuseni, having inherited it: initially he wanted to sell it and then return to England, instead he ended up falling in love with Taormina and Sicily, deciding to stay there for the rest of his life. Daphne ran Casa Cuseni welcoming paying guests, there are many illustrious names of artists, writers, well-known personalities who have stayed there: Danilo Dolci was one of these guests, and it is precisely about him that I wish to speak. He was born in 1924 in Sesana (Trieste), after a somewhat eventful life, in 1952 he moved to Trappeto (between Palermo and Trapani), a country among the poorest and most disadvantaged in Italy: that same year the first of numerous fasts, going to bed and fasting in the bed of a child who died of malnutrition, a protest that will end only when the authorities undertake to build a sewer. Danilo Dolci continues with numerous initiatives, from the publication of a book ("Banditi a Partinico", which makes public opinion aware of the poor living conditions of western Sicily, to this book and many others will follow), to the "strike at reverses ”, when the workers went on strike, hundreds of unemployed began to work to reactivate an abandoned municipal road, an initiative that was then stopped by the police; Dolci also initiates an activity of denunciation of the mafia phenomenon and its relations with politics. There are numerous certificates of esteem and solidarity that he receives from important personalities from Italy and abroad, but despite this, for others Danilo Dolci is a dangerous subversive, to be hindered, denigrated, locked up in prison. Yet Dolci does not pose as a guru, boss, or teacher, his working method is based on the conviction that change is based on the involvement and direct participation of those concerned, his idea of progress enhances local culture and skills; he tries, working closely with the people and the most disadvantaged and oppressed groups of western Sicily, to free the dormant creativity in every person, calling this research "maieutic", a term coming from philosophy, precisely from Socratic maieutics: it is "the 'art of the midwife ", every educational act is to bring to light all the inner potentialities of the one who wants to learn, like a mother who wants to give birth to her own child from her womb, so no to notions imparted a priori, yes to help the student to bring their knowledge to light, using dialogue as a tool; however, Socratic maieutics is unidirectional, while in Danilo Dolci's "reciprocal maieutics", knowledge comes out of experience and its sharing, therefore it presupposes the reciprocity of communication. During meetings with farmers and fishermen, the idea was born to build the dam on the Jato River, which is important for the economic development of the area, but also to remove a powerful weapon in the hands of the mafia, an instrument of power which controlled the few available water resources; however the request for "water for all" will be heavily hindered, popular mobilizations and long fasts will be necessary to finally see the project realized: now the dam exists, and others have been built, thus modifying the lives of thousands of people, with the development of numerous companies and cooperatives. Among the many activities of Dolci, thanks to the contribution of international experts, the experience of the Mirto Educational Center, attended by hundreds of children, should be mentioned. Returning to Daphne Phelps and Casa Cuseni, here is a lithograph by Tono Zancanaro, dedicated to the birth of one of Danilo Dolci's daughters, but, among the most important, there is a correspondence between the pacifist philosopher Bertrand Russel and Daphne Phelps, in which the English thinker invited Robert Kitson's niece to participate in the gatherings of progressive intellectuals and literary and scientific personalities of the time, among them, besides Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Carlo Levi, there was Danilo Dolci, sociologist, educator, still recognized today as one of the most important figures of nonviolence worldwide.
post Scriptum:
- the images with Danilo Dolci come from the Casa Cuseni archive: they are cuttings from original periodicals, often full pages, from English newspapers, carefully preserved by Miss Daphne Phelp; these images were also taken by photographing some pages of James McNeish's book, "Fire under the ashes - The life of Danilo Dolci";
- the photographs taken in various countries of Sicily, are prior to the covid-19 pandemic;
- thanks to the surgeon colleague dr. Franco Spadaro and his kind wife, Mrs. Mimma Cundari, owners of Casa Cuseni (declared in 1998, Italian National Monument), for their hospitality and availability, having made the Danilo Dolci archive available to me.
Una storia di Sicilia: il Gandhi siciliano (ma siciliano non era…).
Questo racconto fotografico, è connesso, almeno in parte, con quello precedente, il cui anello di congiunzione è rappresentato dalla nipote del pittore Robert Kitson, la signorina Daphne Phelps: lei nella vita era una assistente sociale psichiatrica (lei collaborava con Anna Freud, figlia di Sigmund Freud), alla morte dello zio nel 1948 si trasferì in Sicilia per occuparsi di Casa Cuseni, avendola ereditata: inizialmente la voleva vendere per poi ritornarsene in Inghilterra, invece finì con l’innamorarsi di Taormina e della Sicilia, decidendo di restarvi per il resto della sua vita. Daphne gestiva Casa Cuseni accogliendo ospiti paganti, numerosi sono i nomi illustri di artisti, scrittori, note personalità che vi hanno alloggiato: Danilo Dolci è stato uno di questi ospiti, ed è proprio di lui che desidero parlare. Egli nasce nel 1924 a Sesana (Trieste), dopo una vita un po’ movimentata, nel 1952 si trasferisce a Trappeto (tra Palermo e Trapani), un paese tra i più poveri e disagiati d’Italia: quello stesso anno inizia il primo di numerosi digiuni, coricandosi e digiunando nel letto di un bimbo morto per denutrizione, protesta che terminerà solo quando le autorità si impegneranno a costruire una fogna. Danilo Dolci prosegue con numerose iniziative, dalla pubblicazione di un libro (“Banditi a Partinico”, che mette a conoscenza dell’opinione pubblica delle misere condizioni di vita della Sicilia occidentale, a questo libro poi ne seguiranno molti altri), allo “sciopero alla rovescia”, quando i lavoratori fecero sciopero, centinaia di disoccupati si misero a lavorare per riattivare una strada comunale abbandonata, iniziativa però poi fermata dalla polizia; Dolci avvia anche una attività di denuncia del fenomeno mafioso e dei suoi rapporti con la politica. Numerosi sono gli attestati di stima e solidarietà che egli riceve da importanti personalità provenienti dall’Italia e dall’estero, ma nonostante ciò per altri Danilo Dolci è un pericoloso sovversivo, da ostacolare, denigrare, chiudere in prigione. Eppure Dolci non si atteggia né a santone, capo, od un maestro, il suo metodo di lavoro è basato sulla convinzione che il cambiamento è basato sul coinvolgimento e diretta partecipazione degli interessati, la sua idea di progresso valorizza la cultura e le competenze locali; egli cerca, lavorando a stretto contatto con la gente e le fasce più disagiate ed oppresse della Sicilia occidentale, di liberare la creatività sopita in ogni persona, chiamando tale ricerca “maieutica”, termine proveniente dalla filosofia, precisamente dalla maieutica socratica: è “l’arte della levatrice”, ogni atto educativo è far venire alla luce tutte le potenzialità interiori di colui che vuole imparare, al pari di una madre che vuol far nascere la propria creatura dal suo grembo, quindi no a nozioni impartite a priori, si ad aiutare lo studente a portare alla luce la propria conoscenza, usando il dialogo come strumento; però, la maieutica socratica è unidirezionale, mentre nella “maieutica reciproca” di Danilo Dolci, la conoscenza viene fuori dall’esperienza e dalla sua condivisione, quindi presuppone la reciprocità della comunicazione. Nel corso di riunioni con contadini e pescatori, nasce l’idea di costruire la diga sul fiume Jato, importante per lo sviluppo economico della zona, ma anche togliere un’arma potente in mano alla mafia, che faceva del controllo delle poche risorse idriche disponibili uno strumento di potere, però la richiesta di “acqua per tutti” verrà pesantemente ostacolata, saranno necessarie le mobilitazioni popolari, lunghi digiuni, per vedere infine realizzato il progetto: ora la diga esiste, ed altre sono state poi realizzate, modificando in tal modo la vita di migliaia di persone, con lo svilupparsi di numerose aziende e cooperative. Da menzionare, tra le tante attività di Dolci, grazie al contributo di esperti internazionali, l’esperienza del Centro Educativo di Mirto, frequentato da centinaia di bambini. Ritornando a Daphne Phelps e Casa Cuseni, qui è presente una litografia di Tono Zancanaro, dedicata alla nascita di una delle figlie di Danilo Dolci, ma, cosa tra le più importanti, esiste un carteggio tra il filosofo pacifista Bertrand Russel e Daphne Phelps, nel quale il pensatore inglese invitava la nipote di Robert Kitson a partecipare ai raduni di intellettuali progressisti e personalità letterarie e scientifiche dell’epoca, tra di loro, oltre Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre e Carlo Levi, c’era Danilo Dolci, sociologo, educatore, ancora oggi riconosciuto tra le figure di massimo rilievo della nonviolenza a livello mondiale.
post scriptum:
- le immagini con Danilo Dolci provengono dall'archivio di Casa Cuseni: sono ritagli di giornali originali dell'epoca, spesso pagine intere, provenienti da quotidiani inglesi, accuratamente conservati dalla signorina Daphne Phelp; tali immagini sono state realizzate fotografando anche alcune pagine del libro di James McNeish, "Fire under the ashes - The life of Danilo Dolci";
- le fotografie realizzate in diversi paesi della Sicilia, sono antecedenti alla pandemia da covid-19;
- si ringrazia il collega chirurgo dott. Franco Spadaro e la sua gentile consorte, signora Mimma Cundari, proprietari di Casa Cuseni (dichiarata nel 1998, Monumento Nazionale Italiano), per la loro ospitalità e disponibilità, avendo messo a mia disposizione l'archivio relativo a Danilo Dolci.
and wondering how the instax fares in a typical long exposure of urban city lights.
True, the dynamic range is so narrow and reciprocity failure severe, it is a difficult medium to work with, but it's fun. I also like how the colors are rendered - it's muted like pastel.
Fujifilm instax wide 300
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Danilo Dolci: Verso un mondo nuovo
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click to activate the icon of slideshow: the small triangle inscribed in the small rectangle, at the top right, in the photostream;
or…. Press the “L” button to zoom in the image;
clicca sulla piccola icona per attivare lo slideshow: sulla facciata principale del photostream, in alto a destra c'è un piccolo rettangolo (rappresenta il monitor) con dentro un piccolo triangolo nero;
oppure…. premi il tasto “L” per ingrandire l'immagine;
www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards/winners-...
www.fotografidigitali.it/gallery/2726/opere-italiane-segn...
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A story of Sicily: the Sicilian Gandhi (but he was not Sicilian ...).
This photographic story is connected, at least in part, with the previous one, whose link is represented by the nephew of the painter Robert Kitson, Miss Daphne Phelps: in life she was a psychiatric social worker (she collaborated with Anna Freud, daughter by Sigmund Freud), on the death of his uncle in 1948 he moved to Sicily to take care of Casa Cuseni, having inherited it: initially he wanted to sell it and then return to England, instead he ended up falling in love with Taormina and Sicily, deciding to stay there for the rest of his life. Daphne ran Casa Cuseni welcoming paying guests, there are many illustrious names of artists, writers, well-known personalities who have stayed there: Danilo Dolci was one of these guests, and it is precisely about him that I wish to speak. He was born in 1924 in Sesana (Trieste), after a somewhat eventful life, in 1952 he moved to Trappeto (between Palermo and Trapani), a country among the poorest and most disadvantaged in Italy: that same year the first of numerous fasts, going to bed and fasting in the bed of a child who died of malnutrition, a protest that will end only when the authorities undertake to build a sewer. Danilo Dolci continues with numerous initiatives, from the publication of a book ("Banditi a Partinico", which makes public opinion aware of the poor living conditions of western Sicily, to this book and many others will follow), to the "strike at reverses ”, when the workers went on strike, hundreds of unemployed began to work to reactivate an abandoned municipal road, an initiative that was then stopped by the police; Dolci also initiates an activity of denunciation of the mafia phenomenon and its relations with politics. There are numerous certificates of esteem and solidarity that he receives from important personalities from Italy and abroad, but despite this, for others Danilo Dolci is a dangerous subversive, to be hindered, denigrated, locked up in prison. Yet Dolci does not pose as a guru, boss, or teacher, his working method is based on the conviction that change is based on the involvement and direct participation of those concerned, his idea of progress enhances local culture and skills; he tries, working closely with the people and the most disadvantaged and oppressed groups of western Sicily, to free the dormant creativity in every person, calling this research "maieutic", a term coming from philosophy, precisely from Socratic maieutics: it is "the 'art of the midwife ", every educational act is to bring to light all the inner potentialities of the one who wants to learn, like a mother who wants to give birth to her own child from her womb, so no to notions imparted a priori, yes to help the student to bring their knowledge to light, using dialogue as a tool; however, Socratic maieutics is unidirectional, while in Danilo Dolci's "reciprocal maieutics", knowledge comes out of experience and its sharing, therefore it presupposes the reciprocity of communication. During meetings with farmers and fishermen, the idea was born to build the dam on the Jato River, which is important for the economic development of the area, but also to remove a powerful weapon in the hands of the mafia, an instrument of power which controlled the few available water resources; however the request for "water for all" will be heavily hindered, popular mobilizations and long fasts will be necessary to finally see the project realized: now the dam exists, and others have been built, thus modifying the lives of thousands of people, with the development of numerous companies and cooperatives. Among the many activities of Dolci, thanks to the contribution of international experts, the experience of the Mirto Educational Center, attended by hundreds of children, should be mentioned. Returning to Daphne Phelps and Casa Cuseni, here is a lithograph by Tono Zancanaro, dedicated to the birth of one of Danilo Dolci's daughters, but, among the most important, there is a correspondence between the pacifist philosopher Bertrand Russel and Daphne Phelps, in which the English thinker invited Robert Kitson's niece to participate in the gatherings of progressive intellectuals and literary and scientific personalities of the time, among them, besides Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Carlo Levi, there was Danilo Dolci, sociologist, educator, still recognized today as one of the most important figures of nonviolence worldwide.
post Scriptum:
- the images with Danilo Dolci come from the Casa Cuseni archive: they are cuttings from original periodicals, often full pages, from English newspapers, carefully preserved by Miss Daphne Phelps; these images were also taken by photographing some pages of James McNeish's book, "Fire under the ashes - The life of Danilo Dolci";
- the photographs taken in various countries of Sicily, are prior to the covid-19 pandemic;
- thanks to the surgeon colleague dr. Franco Spadaro and his kind wife, Mrs. Mimma Cundari, owners of Casa Cuseni (declared in 1998, Italian National Monument), for their hospitality and availability, having made the Danilo Dolci archive available to me.
Una storia di Sicilia: il Gandhi siciliano (ma siciliano non era…).
Questo racconto fotografico, è connesso, almeno in parte, con quello precedente, il cui anello di congiunzione è rappresentato dalla nipote del pittore Robert Kitson, la signorina Daphne Phelps: lei nella vita era una assistente sociale psichiatrica (lei collaborava con Anna Freud, figlia di Sigmund Freud), alla morte dello zio nel 1948 si trasferì in Sicilia per occuparsi di Casa Cuseni, avendola ereditata: inizialmente la voleva vendere per poi ritornarsene in Inghilterra, invece finì con l’innamorarsi di Taormina e della Sicilia, decidendo di restarvi per il resto della sua vita. Daphne gestiva Casa Cuseni accogliendo ospiti paganti, numerosi sono i nomi illustri di artisti, scrittori, note personalità che vi hanno alloggiato: Danilo Dolci è stato uno di questi ospiti, ed è proprio di lui che desidero parlare. Egli nasce nel 1924 a Sesana (Trieste), dopo una vita un po’ movimentata, nel 1952 si trasferisce a Trappeto (tra Palermo e Trapani), un paese tra i più poveri e disagiati d’Italia: quello stesso anno inizia il primo di numerosi digiuni, coricandosi e digiunando nel letto di un bimbo morto per denutrizione, protesta che terminerà solo quando le autorità si impegneranno a costruire una fogna. Danilo Dolci prosegue con numerose iniziative, dalla pubblicazione di un libro (“Banditi a Partinico”, che mette a conoscenza dell’opinione pubblica delle misere condizioni di vita della Sicilia occidentale, a questo libro poi ne seguiranno molti altri), allo “sciopero alla rovescia”, quando i lavoratori fecero sciopero, centinaia di disoccupati si misero a lavorare per riattivare una strada comunale abbandonata, iniziativa però poi fermata dalla polizia; Dolci avvia anche una attività di denuncia del fenomeno mafioso e dei suoi rapporti con la politica. Numerosi sono gli attestati di stima e solidarietà che egli riceve da importanti personalità provenienti dall’Italia e dall’estero, ma nonostante ciò per altri Danilo Dolci è un pericoloso sovversivo, da ostacolare, denigrare, chiudere in prigione. Eppure Dolci non si atteggia né a santone, capo, od un maestro, il suo metodo di lavoro è basato sulla convinzione che il cambiamento è basato sul coinvolgimento e diretta partecipazione degli interessati, la sua idea di progresso valorizza la cultura e le competenze locali; egli cerca, lavorando a stretto contatto con la gente e le fasce più disagiate ed oppresse della Sicilia occidentale, di liberare la creatività sopita in ogni persona, chiamando tale ricerca “maieutica”, termine proveniente dalla filosofia, precisamente dalla maieutica socratica: è “l’arte della levatrice”, ogni atto educativo è far venire alla luce tutte le potenzialità interiori di colui che vuole imparare, al pari di una madre che vuol far nascere la propria creatura dal suo grembo, quindi no a nozioni impartite a priori, si ad aiutare lo studente a portare alla luce la propria conoscenza, usando il dialogo come strumento; però, la maieutica socratica è unidirezionale, mentre nella “maieutica reciproca” di Danilo Dolci, la conoscenza viene fuori dall’esperienza e dalla sua condivisione, quindi presuppone la reciprocità della comunicazione. Nel corso di riunioni con contadini e pescatori, nasce l’idea di costruire la diga sul fiume Jato, importante per lo sviluppo economico della zona, ma anche togliere un’arma potente in mano alla mafia, che faceva del controllo delle poche risorse idriche disponibili uno strumento di potere, però la richiesta di “acqua per tutti” verrà pesantemente ostacolata, saranno necessarie le mobilitazioni popolari, lunghi digiuni, per vedere infine realizzato il progetto: ora la diga esiste, ed altre sono state poi realizzate, modificando in tal modo la vita di migliaia di persone, con lo svilupparsi di numerose aziende e cooperative. Da menzionare, tra le tante attività di Dolci, grazie al contributo di esperti internazionali, l’esperienza del Centro Educativo di Mirto, frequentato da centinaia di bambini. Ritornando a Daphne Phelps e Casa Cuseni, qui è presente una litografia di Tono Zancanaro, dedicata alla nascita di una delle figlie di Danilo Dolci, ma, cosa tra le più importanti, esiste un carteggio tra il filosofo pacifista Bertrand Russel e Daphne Phelps, nel quale il pensatore inglese invitava la nipote di Robert Kitson a partecipare ai raduni di intellettuali progressisti e personalità letterarie e scientifiche dell’epoca, tra di loro, oltre Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre e Carlo Levi, c’era Danilo Dolci, sociologo, educatore, ancora oggi riconosciuto tra le figure di massimo rilievo della nonviolenza a livello mondiale.
post scriptum:
- le immagini con Danilo Dolci provengono dall'archivio di Casa Cuseni: sono ritagli di giornali originali dell'epoca, spesso pagine intere, provenienti da quotidiani inglesi, accuratamente conservati dalla signorina Daphne Phelps; tali immagini sono state realizzate fotografando anche alcune pagine del libro di James McNeish, "Fire under the ashes - The life of Danilo Dolci";
- le fotografie realizzate in diversi paesi della Sicilia, sono antecedenti alla pandemia da covid-19;
- si ringrazia il collega chirurgo dott. Franco Spadaro e la sua gentile consorte, signora Mimma Cundari, proprietari di Casa Cuseni (dichiarata nel 1998, Monumento Nazionale Italiano), per la loro ospitalità e disponibilità, avendo messo a mia disposizione l'archivio relativo a Danilo Dolci.
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God of ticks a story about Danilo Dolci in Sicily
La Sicilia povera e Danilo Dolci che digiuna
Passato e Presente Danilo Dolci, il Gandhi di Sicilia
Danilo Dolci Rai Educational 3
Danilo Dolci: Verso un mondo nuovo
#UnFuturoMaiVisto, Danilo Dolci "La Sicilia sognata" 11 giugno 2016 Trappeto (PA)
DANILO DOLCI, L'EDUCATORE CHE INVENTO' LO "SCIOPERO ALLA ROVESCIA"
Danilo Dolci - L'sos di Radio Libera (25 marzo 1970)
DANILO DOLCI IN ITALIANO mpeg2video xvid 1 00
Hai mai ascoltato PIERO CALAMANDREI in una delle sue appassionate difese? Ora puoi!
TONO ZANCANARO E IL GUSTO DELLE STELLE
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Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/16,
Fomapan 100,
Adox FX-39 II
Tried to shoot star trails with the Zeiss Ikon Nettar. Interesting results, a bit much vignetting though. I couldn't get the infinity focus right, so I'll try with a camera that has a viewfinder next time. At least I learned that Fomapan 100 works fine for this, even though you need to compensate a lot for the reciprocity.
19-Jul-2023 18:35
Ilford FP4+ 125 ISO 125 rated @ EI 64
Ebony 45SU
Nikkor SW 90mm f4.5
Developed in Bergger PMK 1+2+100 for 10 mins (N) @ 21C
Pre-Wash 7mins
Inversions for first 15 sec
Two Inversions every 15 sec
Two water Stop Baths - 1 min each
John Finch Alkali Fixer (1+4) for 4 mins
Front Rise : 2cm down
Mid tone LV = 10
Highlight = 14
Shadow = 10
Filters : Yellow (-1), Centre Filter (-1.5)
Final LV=7.5
Reciprocity : 5 sec goes to 8 sec
8 sec @ f22
Photographed April 2020 / Canon AT-1 35mm film camera with Canon FD35mm/2.8 lens, mounted on a sturdy tripod. Film was a Rollei RPX400 bulk stock metered ASA 200 developed in sodium carbonate based PYROCAT-HD with added glycin (5ml A + 50ml B + 0.100g of glycin > 600ml, 6min 15sec, 20*C). The exposure meter indicated 1sec @ f11 so I gave double that ie 2sec to allow for reciprocity failure. It was pouring with rain as I took the photograph. Scanned the negative with a Pentax k3 DSLR and Schneider Componon-S enlarging lens on helicoid extension tubes.
On the grounds of Hotel Sveti Stefan, Montenegro.
Vermeer 6x17 pinhole camera, f/300, Approx. 30 mins
Washi V (120)
Adox Silvermax developer, 1+24, 8' @ 20C, Ilford Rapidfix
Nikon Coolscan 9000ED
The light was fading that evening, and the calculations showed I needed 10 minutes. But as the shot was progressing the light meter said I needed more and more -- a moving target for exposure! So I piled it on and let it run about 30 minutes, which accounted also for a good dose of reciprocity failure.
Neg came out fine.
During this time several people walked down this outdoor corridor. They don't even appear as ghosts.
18-Mar-2024 14:07
Ilford FP4+ rated @ EI 100
Ebony 45SU
Pinhole (0.3mm) - Bellows Extension : 100mm
PyrocatHD 1+1+100 18 mins (N) @ 20C
Stearman Press SP645 Tank
Pre-Wash 5 mins
Inversions first 30 sec then at 4, 7, 10, 13 mins
Two water Stop Baths - 1 min each
John Finch Alkali Fixer (1+4)
Clearing time 90 seconds. Total fix time 180 seconds
Initial wash to remove fixer : 1 min
Washing : 10 mins with frequent water changes
Ilfotol : 1 ml in 600ml for 2 minutes
Bed Tilt : 5 deg forward
Back Tilt : 4 deg back
Mid tone LV = 13.5
Highlight = 16
Shadow = 11
Filters : None
Final LV=13
Reciprocity : 3 sec goes to 4 sec
4 sec @ f150
For me this is one of those working just fine in color.
203 seconds exposure @ f/11 | 17mm ISO50
Heliopan ND3.0 plus Heliopan ND1.2 for 14 f-stops.
© 2012 Stefanie Loges
Virage au Thé Noir avec blanchiment au carbonate de soude. Alternance d'un bain à l'autre.
Papier Stonehenge 92 lb (7,5 X 8,3 cm).
Négatif:
Tea tin Pinhole No.59
Arista Edu ultra 200 à 100 ASA.
6,3 X 6,3 cm.
Avec Daylab Pinhole maison.
Exposition: 45 minutes!
Reciprocity+ Arista Edu 200 D. Aimone.
I shotted those aero films in Shougang, Beijing, using my mamiya-6 folding camera on a tripod. The film is rated iso 32, and I metered it at iso 25 with no reciprocity failure ajustment. i believed that POTA is the best formula to develop aero film, and that's what I used. The bubble-shaped pattern was due to my poor developing skill lol, and I kinda liked it.
05-Jul-2024 15:05
Rollei Retro 80S @ EI 50 (Infra Red @ EI 3)
Rodinal 1+50 : 11 mins @ 20C
Pre-Wash 5 mins
Inversions first 60 sec then once at 10 mins
Two water Stop Baths - 1 min each
Alkali Fixer (1+4)
Clearing time 70 sec mins. Total fix time 140 sec
Initial wash to remove fixer : 1 min
Washing : 10 mins with frequent water changes
Ilfotol : 1 ml in 600ml for 2 minutes
Bronica SQAi + 80mm
Highlight = 13
Shadow = 8
Midpoint = 10
Filters : Red (-3)
Final LV=7
Reciprocity : 4 sec goes to 9 sec
8 sec @ f16
Viciously stalking eBay has its perks! A couple of weeks ago, I came across a fresh auction that was giving away this massive Polaroid 8x10 Processor (looks like an inkjet printer) with a box of Polaroid 809 all for a "Buy It Now" of $50. This may not sound like a great deal to many Polaroid shooters, but for those of us longing for 8x10 Polaroid, that's what it's costing us PER SHOT nowadays. >__<
I was so excited for how this might have turned out, I grabbed Lauren & Strudel, shot, and took this quick video:
Polaroid 8x10 that works!! ^__^
Eastman Commercial B 8x10
Fujinon W 210mm f/5.6
1/8th sec. @ f/6.3 + front fall
Polaroid 809, shot @ ASA 64
Calumet hand-crank processor
Photogram #60
Another image in the experimental work of refraction patterns of light. This one reminds me of swirling electrons, sprites or even a comet cluster. You may have other ideas. :)
This is another 'double refraction' . The refraction pattern of light formed through one of my glass objects is passed through one of my coloured plastic shapes. The result,as you can see, is quite complicated. There is still the basic shape of the glass refraction pattern but this is now broken down again by the second refraction.
For new viewers: these are analog images of the refraction patterns of a beam of light passing through various transparent objects. The image is captured directly on to 35mm film, no camera lens is used ( this is a photogram using film instead of photographic paper). No Photoshop is used only Picasa2 for alignment and cropping. The negative film was lab processed and a print scanned for uploading.
04-Nov-2022 13:45 - Fuji Acros II @ EI 100
3 min pre wash
Developed in 512 Pyro 7 mins 45sec (N) @ 20C
1 min post dev water wash
Tetenal SuperFix Plus 1+4 : 4 mins
Bronica SQAi + 80mm
Highlight = 16
Shadow = 9
Midpoint = 11
Filter : Orange -2
Final EV = 9
Note - Film has No Reciprocity for first 60-120 sec
1/2 sec @ f16
I took advantage of the reciprocity between Desert Botanical Garden and San Diego Botanic Garden for member admission. It is a relatively young and somewhat small botanic garden. It does have a lot of interesting specimina, especially for me coming from the desert.
There were many nice benches around the Garden. Happy Bench Monday
HBM HBM!
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A story of Sicily: the Sicilian Gandhi (but he was not Sicilian ...).
This photographic story is connected, at least in part, with the previous one, whose link is represented by the nephew of the painter Robert Kitson, Miss Daphne Phelps: in life she was a psychiatric social worker (she collaborated with Anna Freud, daughter by Sigmund Freud), on the death of his uncle in 1948 he moved to Sicily to take care of Casa Cuseni, having inherited it: initially he wanted to sell it and then return to England, instead he ended up falling in love with Taormina and Sicily, deciding to stay there for the rest of his life. Daphne ran Casa Cuseni welcoming paying guests, there are many illustrious names of artists, writers, well-known personalities who have stayed there: Danilo Dolci was one of these guests, and it is precisely about him that I wish to speak. He was born in 1924 in Sesana (Trieste), after a somewhat eventful life, in 1952 he moved to Trappeto (between Palermo and Trapani), a country among the poorest and most disadvantaged in Italy: that same year the first of numerous fasts, going to bed and fasting in the bed of a child who died of malnutrition, a protest that will end only when the authorities undertake to build a sewer. Danilo Dolci continues with numerous initiatives, from the publication of a book ("Banditi a Partinico", which makes public opinion aware of the poor living conditions of western Sicily, to this book and many others will follow), to the "strike at reverses ”, when the workers went on strike, hundreds of unemployed began to work to reactivate an abandoned municipal road, an initiative that was then stopped by the police; Dolci also initiates an activity of denunciation of the mafia phenomenon and its relations with politics. There are numerous certificates of esteem and solidarity that he receives from important personalities from Italy and abroad, but despite this, for others Danilo Dolci is a dangerous subversive, to be hindered, denigrated, locked up in prison. Yet Dolci does not pose as a guru, boss, or teacher, his working method is based on the conviction that change is based on the involvement and direct participation of those concerned, his idea of progress enhances local culture and skills; he tries, working closely with the people and the most disadvantaged and oppressed groups of western Sicily, to free the dormant creativity in every person, calling this research "maieutic", a term coming from philosophy, precisely from Socratic maieutics: it is "the 'art of the midwife ", every educational act is to bring to light all the inner potentialities of the one who wants to learn, like a mother who wants to give birth to her own child from her womb, so no to notions imparted a priori, yes to help the student to bring their knowledge to light, using dialogue as a tool; however, Socratic maieutics is unidirectional, while in Danilo Dolci's "reciprocal maieutics", knowledge comes out of experience and its sharing, therefore it presupposes the reciprocity of communication. During meetings with farmers and fishermen, the idea was born to build the dam on the Jato River, which is important for the economic development of the area, but also to remove a powerful weapon in the hands of the mafia, an instrument of power which controlled the few available water resources; however the request for "water for all" will be heavily hindered, popular mobilizations and long fasts will be necessary to finally see the project realized: now the dam exists, and others have been built, thus modifying the lives of thousands of people, with the development of numerous companies and cooperatives. Among the many activities of Dolci, thanks to the contribution of international experts, the experience of the Mirto Educational Center, attended by hundreds of children, should be mentioned. Returning to Daphne Phelps and Casa Cuseni, here is a lithograph by Tono Zancanaro, dedicated to the birth of one of Danilo Dolci's daughters, but, among the most important, there is a correspondence between the pacifist philosopher Bertrand Russel and Daphne Phelps, in which the English thinker invited Robert Kitson's niece to participate in the gatherings of progressive intellectuals and literary and scientific personalities of the time, among them, besides Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Carlo Levi, there was Danilo Dolci, sociologist, educator, still recognized today as one of the most important figures of nonviolence worldwide.
post Scriptum:
- the images with Danilo Dolci come from the Casa Cuseni archive: they are cuttings from original periodicals, often full pages, from English newspapers, carefully preserved by Miss Daphne Phelp; these images were also taken by photographing some pages of James McNeish's book, "Fire under the ashes - The life of Danilo Dolci";
- the photographs taken in various countries of Sicily, are prior to the covid-19 pandemic;
- thanks to the surgeon colleague dr. Franco Spadaro and his kind wife, Mrs. Mimma Cundari, owners of Casa Cuseni (declared in 1998, Italian National Monument), for their hospitality and availability, having made the Danilo Dolci archive available to me.
Una storia di Sicilia: il Gandhi siciliano (ma siciliano non era…).
Questo racconto fotografico, è connesso, almeno in parte, con quello precedente, il cui anello di congiunzione è rappresentato dalla nipote del pittore Robert Kitson, la signorina Daphne Phelps: lei nella vita era una assistente sociale psichiatrica (lei collaborava con Anna Freud, figlia di Sigmund Freud), alla morte dello zio nel 1948 si trasferì in Sicilia per occuparsi di Casa Cuseni, avendola ereditata: inizialmente la voleva vendere per poi ritornarsene in Inghilterra, invece finì con l’innamorarsi di Taormina e della Sicilia, decidendo di restarvi per il resto della sua vita. Daphne gestiva Casa Cuseni accogliendo ospiti paganti, numerosi sono i nomi illustri di artisti, scrittori, note personalità che vi hanno alloggiato: Danilo Dolci è stato uno di questi ospiti, ed è proprio di lui che desidero parlare. Egli nasce nel 1924 a Sesana (Trieste), dopo una vita un po’ movimentata, nel 1952 si trasferisce a Trappeto (tra Palermo e Trapani), un paese tra i più poveri e disagiati d’Italia: quello stesso anno inizia il primo di numerosi digiuni, coricandosi e digiunando nel letto di un bimbo morto per denutrizione, protesta che terminerà solo quando le autorità si impegneranno a costruire una fogna. Danilo Dolci prosegue con numerose iniziative, dalla pubblicazione di un libro (“Banditi a Partinico”, che mette a conoscenza dell’opinione pubblica delle misere condizioni di vita della Sicilia occidentale, a questo libro poi ne seguiranno molti altri), allo “sciopero alla rovescia”, quando i lavoratori fecero sciopero, centinaia di disoccupati si misero a lavorare per riattivare una strada comunale abbandonata, iniziativa però poi fermata dalla polizia; Dolci avvia anche una attività di denuncia del fenomeno mafioso e dei suoi rapporti con la politica. Numerosi sono gli attestati di stima e solidarietà che egli riceve da importanti personalità provenienti dall’Italia e dall’estero, ma nonostante ciò per altri Danilo Dolci è un pericoloso sovversivo, da ostacolare, denigrare, chiudere in prigione. Eppure Dolci non si atteggia né a santone, capo, od un maestro, il suo metodo di lavoro è basato sulla convinzione che il cambiamento è basato sul coinvolgimento e diretta partecipazione degli interessati, la sua idea di progresso valorizza la cultura e le competenze locali; egli cerca, lavorando a stretto contatto con la gente e le fasce più disagiate ed oppresse della Sicilia occidentale, di liberare la creatività sopita in ogni persona, chiamando tale ricerca “maieutica”, termine proveniente dalla filosofia, precisamente dalla maieutica socratica: è “l’arte della levatrice”, ogni atto educativo è far venire alla luce tutte le potenzialità interiori di colui che vuole imparare, al pari di una madre che vuol far nascere la propria creatura dal suo grembo, quindi no a nozioni impartite a priori, si ad aiutare lo studente a portare alla luce la propria conoscenza, usando il dialogo come strumento; però, la maieutica socratica è unidirezionale, mentre nella “maieutica reciproca” di Danilo Dolci, la conoscenza viene fuori dall’esperienza e dalla sua condivisione, quindi presuppone la reciprocità della comunicazione. Nel corso di riunioni con contadini e pescatori, nasce l’idea di costruire la diga sul fiume Jato, importante per lo sviluppo economico della zona, ma anche togliere un’arma potente in mano alla mafia, che faceva del controllo delle poche risorse idriche disponibili uno strumento di potere, però la richiesta di “acqua per tutti” verrà pesantemente ostacolata, saranno necessarie le mobilitazioni popolari, lunghi digiuni, per vedere infine realizzato il progetto: ora la diga esiste, ed altre sono state poi realizzate, modificando in tal modo la vita di migliaia di persone, con lo svilupparsi di numerose aziende e cooperative. Da menzionare, tra le tante attività di Dolci, grazie al contributo di esperti internazionali, l’esperienza del Centro Educativo di Mirto, frequentato da centinaia di bambini. Ritornando a Daphne Phelps e Casa Cuseni, qui è presente una litografia di Tono Zancanaro, dedicata alla nascita di una delle figlie di Danilo Dolci, ma, cosa tra le più importanti, esiste un carteggio tra il filosofo pacifista Bertrand Russel e Daphne Phelps, nel quale il pensatore inglese invitava la nipote di Robert Kitson a partecipare ai raduni di intellettuali progressisti e personalità letterarie e scientifiche dell’epoca, tra di loro, oltre Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre e Carlo Levi, c’era Danilo Dolci, sociologo, educatore, ancora oggi riconosciuto tra le figure di massimo rilievo della nonviolenza a livello mondiale.
post scriptum:
- le immagini con Danilo Dolci provengono dall'archivio di Casa Cuseni: sono ritagli di giornali originali dell'epoca, spesso pagine intere, provenienti da quotidiani inglesi, accuratamente conservati dalla signorina Daphne Phelp; tali immagini sono state realizzate fotografando anche alcune pagine del libro di James McNeish, "Fire under the ashes - The life of Danilo Dolci";
- le fotografie realizzate in diversi paesi della Sicilia, sono antecedenti alla pandemia da covid-19;
- si ringrazia il collega chirurgo dott. Franco Spadaro e la sua gentile consorte, signora Mimma Cundari, proprietari di Casa Cuseni (dichiarata nel 1998, Monumento Nazionale Italiano), per la loro ospitalità e disponibilità, avendo messo a mia disposizione l'archivio relativo a Danilo Dolci.
Compared with the previous wider shot this subsequent detail view produced cooler shadows, probably due to a combination of the fading light and increased reciprocity failure. However I liked the resulting contrast against the warm tones of the foliage.
Padley Gorge, The Peak District, Derbyshire.
Linhof Technikardan S45
Nikkor-M 9/300
1mm front rise
f32
20 seconds
Kodak Ektar 100
Heliopan Slim High Transmission SH-PMC CPL
Gitzo GT3532LS
Arca-Swiss Z1
Lab development
Digitised with DSLR using 9-shot stitch
Note: my images are processed to appear correct on a calibrated, professional grade colour-accurate monitor set to Adobe RGB output / 6500 K temperature / gamma 2.2. Many consumer grade screens (particularly mobile phone screens) at default settings will display these images with too much saturation and contrast, so please bear this in mind when viewing on such devices.
(Best viewed fullscreen in the lightbox)
Film: Ilford HP5+ @EI200
Process: Bellini Hydrofen (updated Rodinal Special / Studional) 1+39, 4min 30 sec @20*C
Camera: Hasselblad 500C/M, 80mm f2.8 C T* Planar, UV (010) filter
Scanner: Optronics ColorGetter Falcon drum scanner, wet-mounted scan.
I have not done much night photography, so I took the chance to capture this image while visiting Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, Kent. Including an allowance for reciprocity failure, exposure time was about 15 seconds.
This is also the first time I have pulled HP5+ and the technique has worked well - I am pleased with the overall creaminess and depth of the tones. The Bellini developer has also worked very well here.
Macro detail of Studio Glass vase by British Artist Peter Layton.
Title: Lapis Vase. Made: 1995. Studio: London Glassblowing Workshop
used the pinhole pointing upwards (= shift)
test with a IR72 filter fixed this tape at the front of the pinhole, not optimal due to reflection on the filter,
exposure measured 10 sec.
used exposure time 10 min. calculating the IR filter and in respect to reciprocity failure
at the end of the exposure the filter fell down - into my bag, as I expected it :)
I tried it for an online competition and like the results. The reciprocity appears steep so it isn't for every situation.
Pin-Debonair f/125, Ilford Delta 100
exposure 22 seconds
Twisting Light #23
Another in the series of patterns from formed plastics. This reminded me of the turbulence of a crashing wave - you may have other ideas :-)
For new viewers: these are analog images formed directly on to film without the use of a camera lens (in the same way as a photogram), of the refraction patterns of light passing through formed and shaped plastics. Normally a b/w image, colour has
been added directly into the plastic. The fine detail of the diffraction patterns can be seen when viewed large.
04-May-2022 13:48
Ilford Delta 100 ISO100 rated @ EI 100
Tachihara Hope 10x8 two-rail
Nikkor M 300mm f9
Developed in ID11 1:1 for 11 mins @ 20C
Bed Tilt : 5 degrees forward
Front Shift : 3.5 cm down
Back Tilt : 2 degrees back
Mid tone LV = 9 (Right of waterfall
Shadows = 7 (dark under-hang)
Highlights : 12 (waterfall)
Filters - Yellow 12 (-1)
LV=8
For the f64 I wished to try, standard exposure is 15 seconds - phone was in the car so guessed at 30 seconds for reciprocity (calculation is 30.3 - close enough)
Shutter speed 30s @ f64
18-Mar-2024 16:00
Ilford FP4+ rated @ EI 100
Tachihara Hope 10x8 two-rail
0.4mm Pinhole (Approx 120mm focal length)
Bellows at 140mm
Approx f/150
Patterson Orbital Tank
Prewash @ 20C : 5 minutes
Developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 12 mins (N) @ 20C
2 x Water Stop Bath for 1 minute
Ilford Rapid Fixer (1+4)
Cleared in under 90 sec. Fixed for for 4 mins
Bed Tilt : 30 deg forward
Mid tone LV = 11 (set at 10 with extra bellows extension)
Highlight = 14
Shadow = 9
Filters : None
Final LV=10
Reciprocity : 30 sec goes to 1.5 minutes
90 sec @ f250
A gauche une fresque d'Auguste Mambour.
Reciprocity Design Liège
Quelques images prises lors de cette manifestation,
The deer was switching her tail a lot, swatting flies away. The bird was flying around the deer catching the scattered flies. Then the bird would perch & gulp down a fly. This was happening over & over. Mutual benefit. Fun to watch. I managed to get this shot of them side by side. The phoebe is to the left of the deer's head.
Female White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)
Heard Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney Texas
My photos can also be found at kapturedbykala.com
- A tribute to all fellow members on Flickr who posted a comment or an award to photos on this photostream! Pensive glance is grateful. Please excuse him for any lack of involuntary reciprocity!
- Un hommage à tous les camarades membres de Flickr qui ont posté un commentaire ou décerné un award à des photos de cette galerie! Regard songeur est reconnaissant. S'il vous plaît excusez-lui tout manque involontaire de réciprocité!
This is Edinburgh, capital of Scotland. Alexander McCall Smith sums the city up perfectly with this quote: "This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again."
Taken with a Vermeer 6x17cm anamorphic pinhole camera on Ilford FP4 Plus 120. Exposure time was around 90 seconds including Reciprocity Failure correction.
Developed in Ilford Microphen and scanned using a DSLR. I cropped the picture to 5x15 as the left, right and bottom edges were disrupted.
Another frost! There had been a little dusting of snow which had partially melted and re-frozen giving the ice surface the texture of leather as it began to melt again.
For the MOST group: Interesting.
Gandolfi with 8 x 10 back and Schneider-Kreutznak, Symmar 300/500 mm.
Fomapan 200,
f 16 and the light meter says 8 sek. Reciprocity App says 37 sek which I used.
Developed in Moersch ECO film developer for ca 11 min. (Developed by inspection)
Printed on Fomabrom in Moersch ECO.
Bleach the candle light and headstone with ferri cyanide
Taming Light #45
It's been a long while coming but at last the new City of Light - Metropolis I is open. The grand opening ceremony was accompanied by a spectacular cosmic 'light show' hailed by many as the best display in recent times. In a thousand years or so, astronomers on Earth will see it as another "small supernova" in that part of the Universe.
Twisting Light #22; Taming Light #2
Most of the Refractographs using plastics already posted have been selected areas from large patterns. Now I am trying to make small but complete 'works of art' within the 35mm frame size.
For new viewers: these are analog images formed directly on to film without the use of a camera lens (in the same way as a photogram), of the refraction patterns of light passing through formed and shaped plastics. Normally a b/w image, colour has
been added directly into the plastic. The fine detail of the diffraction patterns and the rainbow colours can be seen when viewed large.
Late evening shot from the suburbs
Camera: Mamiya C220f Professional
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 65mm F:3.5 (Seiko shutter) with yellow filter
Exposure: 15" @ F/8
(perhaps a bit too much reciprocity failure compensation)
Film: Foma Fomapan 100 Classic developed in Kodak Xtol replenished
#64
A difficult one this; very dense blue glass, the pattern hardly visible. Looks great on transparency film but not sure how it will appear on your monitor.
For new viewers: these are analog images of the refraction patterns of a beam of light passing through various glass objects. The image is captured directly on to 35mm film, no camera lens is used ( this is a photogram using film instead of photographic paper). The film, after development, was lab scanned to CD for uploading.
Long exposure with Olympus 35RC & Pan-F in D76 1:1
Using Ilford's published reciprocity calculations (Tc = Tmp) total exposure was 90 seconds.
It was a light rain with heavy cloud cover at the banks of the Ohio river. I had nothing but a pinhole calculator wheel with light settings and a watch; no phone nor meter. I took a guess on reciprocity for TMax 100, which later turned out to be correct. It was still slightly underexposed, but I blame it on the outdated film. Sometimes a blind squirrel can find a nut!
Of The Oak, is a celebration for the oak tree as a living monument of vital ecological relationships and species interdependence. It is an invitation to witness the oak as a keystone in the web of life, majestic and unassuming, stretching its branches skyward and its roots deep into the soil, embodying both quiet strength and boundless generosity.
Of The Oak is Marshmallow Laser Feast’s inquiry into the hidden world of oak trees. Commissioned by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and created in collaboration with ecologists, biologists, and researchers, the project reveals the oak not merely as a tree, but as a living nexus of connection and reciprocity.
Standing as a pillar of biodiversity, the oak shelters thousands of species within its embrace, from the smallest fungi to winged creatures nesting among its body. Each life form moves in a shared rhythm, a mutual flourishing sustained by the oak’s enduring presence.
Participants are invited to explore the rhythmic interplay of breath, connecting deeply with the oak’s ecosystem and its essential role in sustaining biodiversity.
Taming Light #33
With best wishes to you all for a wonderful Christmas and a very happy New Year.
A complex 'recursive' refraction pattern this time. The light beam is first passed through one of my plastic creations and then through one of my textured glass pieces, giving this 'aurora' of light.
For new viewers: These are light refraction patterns or 'caustics' formed by a white light beam passing through shaped and textured transparent forms. The pattern is captured directly on to 35mm film by removing the camera lens and putting the transparent object(s) in its place. Colours are introduced by placing complex coloured optical filters directly in the light beam.
The processed film is digitally scanned for uploading. Please note these are not computer generated images but a true analogue of the way light is refracted by the objects I create.
See also gallery2C.
18-Jan-2025 14:15
Ilford HP5+ 400 rated @ EI 200 (N-1)
Ebony 45SU
Nikon Nikkor-SW 90mm f4.5
Stearman Press SP645 Tank
Pre-wash : None
Developed : PyrocatHD 1+1+100 for 9 mins @ 20C
2 x Water Stop Bath
Eco Zone Alkali Fix. Clearing time 2 minutes
Total Fix time doubled to 4 minutes
Wash for 10 mins in frequent water changes
Ilfotol final rinse (1ml in about 500ml)
Movements : Front Fall - 2cm down
Mid tone LV = 11
Highlight = 15
Shadow = 9
Filters : Red (-3), Centre Filter -1½
Final LV=6½
Reciprocity : 3 sec goes to 5 sec
5 sec @ f22