I discovered this lovely view nearby our house while “geocaching” some time back. Yes, I know my tastes are strange.
Late afternoon, available light exposure of 1 second on an older roll of original FUJI Astia film (maybe, I believe, marked on slide mount. Not Astia100F.), at f32, with a Sputnik on loan from Chuck Holzner. This is the original slide, and I really like the color response of this film better than the newer Astias.
Ektachrome 200 (I think, check slide mount notation). A little over exposed, handheld with a Sputnik on loan from Chuck Holzner.
Old Rag Mountain is about a five hour hike in the foothills of the Shenandoah (8.5 miles), north of Charlottesville. Here’s a picture of my betrothed Michele as we near the summit, with the ridge along which we climbed in the background. In some places, the trail involves some surprisingly challenging rock-scrambling (I would jest, “we forgot our ropes!”).
Ektachrome 200 (I think, check slide mount notation). A little under exposed, handheld with a Sputnik on loan from Chuck Holzner.
This is the view from the summit at Old Rag Mt., again looking back from the way we came. Off in the distance, you can see the rocks upon which the earlier image was made – notice the other hikers there? Getting from there to the summit took about a half hour. It was crowded and hot when we did this hike in the summer of 2010. I rather like the under-exposure in this view, as it gives detail to the sky.
This is a digital “dupe” made by Gammatech from a file I sent them. The file for each of these images was about 2500 x 2000 pixels, about 1200 pixels per inch. I had them “print” eight stereo pairs like this onto an 8×10 inch transparency. They offered two resolutions for this, “8k” and “16k.” I asked them to print my file at “16k” because my file had a resolution around 12k. I might try doing it onto 70mm film next time – the cost is about the same either way. This imagery was obtained and processed digitally. Cameras: twin rig Canon D60 (6MP DSLR) with 28mm lenses, stereobase for this view about 9 inches.
Using a multiple exposure technique, buildings are rendered magically translucent, revealing the structure beneath the facade, and the foundation beneath the structure. Images were obtained over a period spanning 12 to 18 months, each time from a platform carefully repositioned, so that the camera(s) would be in exactly the same spot, matching position, direction and orientation in six axes. From about 2007 to 2010, I recorded the construction of a half-dozen buildings like this in and around Charlottesville. With its requirement for extreme accuracy, digital post-processing was almost as much work as the photography itself!
Ducks Lake Winnebago
Velvia 100 and TL120(used for all) Exposure f16 1/30
I used the reeds as a 3d frame for the ducks. I like to underexpose velvia a bit to saturate the color.
My son, Efke 25, Nikon Sb 28 flash on auto f8
I love this film for portraits, grainless with excellent latitude. Please try it and DR5 if you haven’t yet.
Purple Tree at Riverside Park Neenah Velvia 100
Also slightly underexposed to saturate the color. I think trees are the perfect subject for 3d, I think this was f16 1/125
Myrtle Falls Mt. Rainier Velvia 100
I used f8 and 1/500 for this to eliminate the need for the tripod. Probably one of the few shots that I’ve used the top shutter speed for. Still adequate depth of field at infinity, but if you are really looking for it. Some forground needles are slightly soft. I love this place and hopefully will get to use the Tl- 120 in few more National Parks. Long Live Slide Film!
All my images this round were taken with my trusty Don Loppified sputnik. I used Kodak film, normally it was the 100vs or 100gx. I hand held the camera and shot f/22 at 50 shutter speed. Light is natural.
This was shot at Little Wild Horse Canyon, Utah. There are some neat slot canyons here as well.
All my images this round were taken with my trusty Don Loppified sputnik. We traveled to Utah & Colorado in September 2011. I used Kodak film, normally it was the 100vs or 100gx. I hand held the camera and shot f/22 at 50 shutter speed. Light is natural.
This was shot at Ohio Pass, Colorado. It was such a treat for us to see the changing colors in the trees as we only have 2 seasons in Texas: hot and hotter than hell-o 🙂
All my images this round were taken with my trusty Don Loppified sputnik. We traveled to Utah & Colorado in September 2011. I used Kodak film, normally it was the 100vs or 100gx. I hand held the camera (tripod didn’t make it in either) and shot f/22 at 50 shutter speed. Light is natural.
This was shot at Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde, Colorado.
This was shot at Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde, Colorado.
The Giant Wheel at the Evergreen State Fair, now in LED!
The outfit that provides the rides for the Evergreen State Fair and Central Washington Fair is Butler Entertainment. This year they’ve outfitted their Giant Wheel with LEDs. I prefer the incandescent lights, but I know the LEDs will save a lot of energy. And the LEDs look pretty cool in my time-lapse movies. On film they can have nice patterns (or some with nauseating color) but they often look like big TV sets.
The rides always look (to me) like some great engine of science fiction when captured on film, and of course people should be mesmerized by it. So I’m glad the fellow on the left is doing his part.
Shallow DOF in a long exposure at night.
Normally I don’t think to use shallow depth of field for my stereoscopic photos but I’ve been inspired by the work of my friend Frank Roberto. It was very late, around midnight after the Evergreen State Fair was closed, that I took this shot. It was obviously a long exposure — it came out looking like noon! I miscalculated the light as I didn’t expect it to be this bright but I was pleasantly surprised to see it.
Shot with TL-120 at f2.8 using Velvia 50. Shutter unrecorded.
Captured at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, Washington, August 2011.
Last year there were fireworks at the Evergreen State Fair and I didn’t know about it until it was happening. I was in a rotten spot to capture them and it all ended in tears.
This year I got the dates for the fireworks beforehand and guesstimated some good spots for shooting.