Au Train - Zero Image 2000 Pinhole

TMX 100 and 4 seconds with my Zero Image 2000. - Sean

Me gusta la sensacion de soledad y dejadez agria que desprende la foto.

Great job with this. It turned out super.

Beautiful bw composition. Nice tones. regards.

There's just something about your pinhole images. They have such an endearing quality of timelessness.

 

The cloud and grass movement combined with the decaying fence make a very interesting subject. Quite beautiful too. Nice photo all around!

 

 

Sean,

 

these pinhole images are beautiful, wow. they look great on screen, but have you tried making any prints yet? i wonder how the softness carries over to a print?

 

they have a lovely dreamy quality about them.

 

Thanks for the inspiration Sean! you have a wonderful portfolio.

 

on another matter - can i ask you advice re. placement of brightest highlights on velvia 50? where would you place something such as the brightest part of a sky or reflection where you wanted tone if not detail? (I've tried 1/2 a stop above midtone )but perhaps 2 stops is more accurate. i must experiment with velvia more but i keep getting drawn back to Delta 100.

 

thanks mate,

 

ben

Thanks for the stop Ben. I doubt a traditional print of this would look very good. There were three sharpening steps in this image, and I don't think the results are something that can be achieved in the darkroom. For Velvia 50 or any other slide film, I usually add 1 stop for the highlights. If I need a GND filter I adjust from there, +1 + the GND. With Velvia it could get tricky if there is a lot of contrast in the scene, which is where my ambient light meter saves the day. - Sean

Ian has said it most eloquently already. This is excellent as are your other pinhole images. Have you tried printing them yet? They look as though they should be great.

Jeff, I've only printed the image of a dock, and it turned out nice, I sold it. I will let you know how they come out. Thanks - Sean

Hi Sean,

 

thanks for the advice regarding exposure with slide film. When i was on Eigg i tried 1 1/2 stops for the brightest highlights (i.e 1 stop more than i mentioned in the previous post), But i still seemed to have some room for a bit more exposure. I'm surprised by your suggestion of 1 stop above mid tone - your images look so carefully balanced from brightest delicate highlights down to the shadows I assumed you had pushed the brightest highlights beyond 1 1/2 to 2 stops above mid tone. Interesting. I wish I could obtain your level of skill at balancing the exposures. May be it is something to do with how we go about metering?

 

 

thanks again,

 

Ben

Ben, I use a handheld meter along with my spot meter in my F4. I take my meter reading with my handheld, and a reading of the highlights with my handheld. The highlights with slide film is usually +1 or a little more depending on the lighting situation. I do bracket 1 stop when I'm guessing a little more. Thanks for all of the positive comments and encouragement Ben. Happy Holidays - Sean

Thanks Sean, that's really helpful advice. I keep coming back to those P67 shots of yours and marvelling at the colours and that way you have expertly got the exposure right on. I use a Sekonic spot meter (1 degree) which works great, but I have very little experience with slides so I'll bear your advice in mind on my next outing.

 

thanks again my friend - have a great Christmas.

 

cheers,

 

Ben