Thanks Dominic!Half
A very interesting read, you've explained the concept well, as I had no idea of it before.
Thanks Stuart!Very interesting, photographers are nothing if not innovative especially if it’s a saving can be made.
I think the original Olympus Pen used half frames didn't it? Did you put the negatives on a light box to photograph them?
Thanks Tim!I'd never heard of that either, and I did grow up with film too (although the cameras were used to record activities, and less for the love of cameras).
Always good to see a bit of film.
Thanks Ian! I agree on all points.Camera portraits are hard! Looks slightly blurred to me (although I've been at a screen all day so could be my eyes). I'd also take the strap off (which is usually a faff, so maybe not...)
Nice camera! (and very on-theme too!)
Very nice camera it looks slightly under exposed I know your going for low key but the metallic elements of the camera seem a little dull
I like it, particularly the blue reflection in the lens in otherwise a pretty monochrome image. Only other comment is that on viewing large their seems to be a bit of light spilling into the top right corner, although could be my screen on the laptop doing something weird.
Nice old camera Paul, suits the theme well, I won't comment on how sharp it is as I'm viewing on a naff laptop.
A lone Ikoflex may have made a stronger image.
Oh dear, sorry @Bebop I think I must have confused people - apologies for that everyone. This is one camera side on, and its reflection in a mirror. The lighting was very subdued and diffused by closing the curtains and letting light spill from the next room behind me. The black background is a large piece of black velvet to the left of the camera, and hence behind the reflected image.Nice old cameras - presumably two cameras? And on theme. I'd agree with David that one camera (on the right) might have been enough, especially where the writing is an obvious reflection.
Just curious, as I have been playing with flash this morning to take my camera and me in the mirror, how did you light it?
Ah thank you for explaining. It is only because I am so ignorant and don't know what one side of an old camera looks likeOh dear, sorry @Bebop I think I must have confused people - apologies for that everyone. This is one camera side on, and its reflection in a mirror. The lighting was very subdued and diffused by closing the curtains and letting light spill from the next room behind me. The black background is a large piece of black velvet to the left of the camera, and hence behind the reflected image.
Perhaps I should have taken a "behind the scenes shot".
Ah thank you for explaining... I understand now,
I like the muted nature of this shot - it has the sense of old so suits the subject.
Both good and i like the strong black background, but the crop for me really shows the texture off.
Crop for me too Paul, as there is more detail
Thanks Paul! Your description of the first one is just as I saw it. I completely get the meteor, that's what I was thinking as I worked on it.I prefer the first one to be honest as I like the space. Plus my eye is drawn from bottom left toward the brighter upper end of the stone along the grain and then the darkness, somehow it feels almost dynamic like a meteor.
Thanks Ian! Your crop suggestion is certainly not one I had thought of. When I have tried things like that in the past I have been castigated for not having context - who knows it those judges/commentators were right.I'd consider getting even closer and losing that edge on the left. It would make it a different image of course which might not be what you're interested in, but for me, this sort of "rough" is all about close up detail. Very much the crop is the better image (for me) because it's not immediately obvious what it is. Could even be the moon. 1st image is just a rock, which is bang on theme, but not setting the world on fire. (In My Opinion of course!!)
I was seeing a whole different picture.
But it very much is a different picture. Question is are you ok with that?
Sounding dangerously like a photographer there Paul.Yes, I am, because it was closer to what I had visualised before I started.
Ha, ha! Not if I lose track of my vision, and I'm only photographing a small bit of rock. But thanks for the thought!Sounding dangerously like a photographer there Paul.