Wild Grass macros

Macro images of wild grass. Used my Pentax and a macro lens but I cant remember the film used. I really need to start making note of that sort of thing but most likely it was Neopan 1600 or Tri-x developed at home in either Rodinal or HC 110.

Image selected for the Center for Fine Art Photography Black and White show

One of my Hungtington Library images was selected by Andrea Modica to be in the Center for Fine Art Photography's Black and White show. Im very excited!!! Here is the first paragraph from the email:

Congratulations! Juror Andrea Modica selected your work out of 2,558 images submitted for the Black and White exhibition at The Center for Fine Art Photography.

And the image selected is:




The image will hang in the Center in September.

Digital Harinezumi 2

Got a new toy camera yesterday. A toy digital camera! I love it! The Digital Harinezumi 2 is so much fun to use and the colors are just amazing. I am finding myself retaking images that never worked with my dSLR or film SLR cameras and Im liking the images now.

None of these images were processed in PS to look like this. All I did to any of them was boost the blacks and contrast just a little because these images didnt need much more contrast than how they came out of the camera. But other than that, what you see here is what the camera made. And this little guy has video mode that shoots in both black and white and color, and when shooting in color, the colors are just as bright in video mode as they are in these shots. There is no live view mode when taking still shots but there is when you're in video mode. So when you are taking still shots you are pretty much guessing on what you're going to get and that did that on purpose.

A few things that I did notice though about this camera is that with my camera, the video mode has sound and read in more than one place that it shouldnt have sound. Also, the brighter the light you shoot in, the more saturated the colors get. When shooting in shadow or low light situations, the color the camera captures is pretty close to how you saw it originally.

But this is a really great camera and a lot of fun to shoot with. I've been shooting pix every day with it and Im hooked!

Vignettes

This is a collection of images taken in and around my home. I've been trying to capture the little places around my home where the light reaches in and wakes things up in a special way, but I just havent been able to do it, until now.

I got my Pentax working and when I combine it with some other lenses, well, I got what I was looking for.

Starting off this set with Spencer the rat dog. His image was taken with just the Pentax but all the others were combos of lenses.

Reverie Options

These are the first group of selections I've made for the show. I have to narrow this list down to one image. I really want to go with film but I like the abstract ice images as well. Im stuck and need some help. If anybody looking at these images wants to offer a suggestion of their 3 favorites, I would be much obliged.

My top 3 are second from the top, third from the top and the last image in the list.

B&W Klick color film conversion

This was also shot with the Klick film but I converted it to B&W because it was mostly all green and I felt that B&W would better serve the mood I was going for when I took the shot and it really did.

Getting a little more accurate

These shots were done on the 135BC with expired Klick film, ASA 200. Again, like the other color films, it seems to have better color results depending on how much light there is. Of course, some of these shots are just of monochromatic, or near monochromatic, scenes.

I have also used the Holga telephone lens on at least one of the shots. I really must keep a journal so I will remember what lens was used on what shot. I never want to deal with the hassle of it and so keep telling myself I'll just remember this time. I never do! LOL! Time to bite the bullet and keep a damned journal.

Oh yeah, and I probably should talk a little bit about the meaning behind the title of the post. Most of these shots are framed really close to what I was hoping for. I discovered that very little correction is needed to line the lens up with what I saw in the viewfinder with these 135 cameras. Before I was way overcompensating for the difference and shooting way too high, if shooting landscape, or too far right if shooting portrait. I think I have a handle on that now.

And another oh yeah, post script. The second image down is the only image that I used the tele lens on. At least I think so. I know for a fact I used it on that shot but cant recall if I used it on any of the other shots. And my favorite shot of the bunch is the one just below.

Cheers!