Categories: all aviation Building a Biplane bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater
Thu, 17 Nov 2011
With a bit of scanning and tweaking, I give you the Contrasy Negative:
This was shot at Hurricane Ridge in May 2011. In order to get this picture, I found myself standing on the side of the road as rain pelted my umbrella, which was carefully held to cover myself and the (wooden) camera. I was also, as is normal, juggling the light meter, focusing loupe, dark cloth, cable release, film carrier, dark slide, and focusing and re-focusing. Even so, the dark slide (which is what keeps the film from being exposed in the carrier before it's in the camera) was stiff to pull out, and I think that in struggling with it, I managed to bump the camera out of focus. As a result (although it's hard to see at this resolution), there is not actually a single element in this photo which is in focus.
Still, it's a cool photo, and at small resolutions (the opposite of why 5x7 photos are neat), I quite like it. I'll take it as a learning experience, though, and also take it as a hint to retire that film holder.
Posted at 08:56 permanent link category: /photography
Categories: all aviation Building a Biplane bicycle gadgets misc motorcycle theater