When I received the Dragon Folio, I realized that I hadn’t taken any MF stereo images since it last came my way. (Shame on me!) So on a beautiful sunny afternoon in early October, I took my TL-120 (original 80mm lenses) down to the National Gallery of Art in the center of Washington, DC. I shot 3 rolls of Provia 100, mostly at f/16, 1/60 sec. I didn’t totally flub any of the exposures, but many of my 18 pairs were marred by excessive contrast, usually with my main subject being too dark. I have some very powerful battery-powered strobes, which could have helped some of those pictures. But I imagine the security guards would have chased me away if I’d shown up with an assistant & flash units & no commercial photography permit. I don’t think they even allow tripods unless you have a permit, so these were all hand-held.
It’s a very sad state of affairs that there are no longer any E-6 processors in the Washington, DC area. I tried out a lab in Manhattan called the Color Resource Center. Their price was very reasonable ($7.50/roll + $6.75 return shipping), and I thought they did a good job, with a fast turnaround. But the post office really fell down on the job, taking a full week to get my package from the DC suburbs to NYC.
NGA Sculpture Garden
Two Modern Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. On the right is Four-Sided Pyramid by Sol Lewitt, from 1999. I couldn’t figure out the name or the sculptor for the tall piece on the left. To me, this slide looks okay in a viewer, but perhaps it will have too much disparity for some people.
National Archives
The South Entrance of the National Archives Building, seen from the Sculpture Garden across Constitution Avenue. I wished that my camera had a wider lens for this shot.
Flowers in the Sculpture Garden
I think these may be some of the same flowers seen in the foreground of my first image.
Fountain, National Gallery of Art
One of two matching fountains on either side of the great staircase to the South Entrance of the National Gallery of Art’s West Building.
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