March Photography Thread
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all part of my course work the more i understand the more i love..
Great stuff enumbers. Glad to hear you are on a course, enjoy it, you should get some very good pictures as you go. I prefer the colour one in this set, but there is also a good tonal range in the monochrome one.
alef
Needs to take more photos
all part of my course work the more i understand the more i love..
Another vote for the b+w version. The lighting is lovely. Crop isn't quite right to my eye. But I must say, eNumbers, your photography has really come a long way since you first started posting here.
alef
Needs to take more photos
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Lovely pic.
alef
Needs to take more photos
That is very nice. Don't think I've seen you take any night shots before, time to check out your site again...
Messing around with my Dacora Digna I, a German point and shoot 6x6 from the 50s with no metering - well you can pick bright day or cloudy (f/8 or f/11), one shutter speed (1/50) or bulb, three focus settings (5ft-10ft, 10-25ft, 25ft - inf, and no ISO setting, you 're advice to use 100 ISO for summer, 400 for winter..
and that's it..
and that's it..
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
That first one's pretty damn good considering you've no real control 
oooh.. and it does multiple exposures..
gonna shove some provia 400 in it next and do some more multiple stuff..
only thing that's bugging me is the fact I can't get the bulb setting to work right.. is there different kinds of cables (i.e old fashioned style) or are they all generally the same..????
the screw fits but the shutters firing as normal when I press and hold.. gah.. (was thinking of using it on a tripod to do some late night shots even..
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gonna shove some provia 400 in it next and do some more multiple stuff..
only thing that's bugging me is the fact I can't get the bulb setting to work right.. is there different kinds of cables (i.e old fashioned style) or are they all generally the same..????
the screw fits but the shutters firing as normal when I press and hold.. gah.. (was thinking of using it on a tripod to do some late night shots even..
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Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Holding the shutter won't make any difference at all if the setting on the camera isn't changed to bulb or if i isn't working properly.
All the cables are the same I believe. Unscrew it, and look what happens when you press the button. A pin should come out and stay out for as long as you hold it down.
All the cables are the same I believe. Unscrew it, and look what happens when you press the button. A pin should come out and stay out for as long as you hold it down.
oooh.. and it does multiple exposures..
gonna shove some provia 400 in it next and do some more multiple stuff..
only thing that's bugging me is the fact I can't get the bulb setting to work right.. is there different kinds of cables (i.e old fashioned style) or are they all generally the same..????
the screw fits but the shutters firing as normal when I press and hold.. gah.. (was thinking of using it on a tripod to do some late night shots even..
I want one of these! They sound like experimental fun-ness
Cable's fine.. I think it could be a mistranslation though.. These were marketed in teh UK as the Ilford Sporty, but for some reason the entire Ilford manual comprises about half a dozen pages.. The German manual about double that.. I read somewhere that the B setting might be brief but it wouldn't explain why you'd have a cable screw on the shutter button on a camera with effectively a constant 1/50 shutter speed...
stowpirate
skinflintish camera nut
Shadows above the walking sticks cannot be explained
but it wouldn't explain why you'd have a cable screw on the shutter button on a camera with effectively a constant 1/50 shutter speed...
you don't have to be viewing through the eyepiece to take a shot...in fact a lot, if not the majority, of studio shots are not taken whilst viewing thru the camera. This can apply to ALL cameras and all situation eg...set up scene composition of shot, camera of tripod,firm standing...wait for action inside shot to happen..take shot when you "see" what you want to record.
Personally I even do a slightly different thang..but vaguely the same with digi & Action shots...freehand...I prefocus, prealigned/compose...then pan/follow with the subject for the shot...looking mostly at the subject with briefly glances at the live action on the back Live screen....obviously this is somewhat negated for dSLR use...but with mid range digis it's a useful technique.
also...hence this>>>
but yoooz lot is this.....
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
My first attempt at a stitched pano. Over processed, and slightly blurry in places (wind) but defo worth more trys!
First attempt it may be but it's still very nice.
Maybe not top end photography but it tells a story.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Refused as fuck
"ethnic pakistani tosser"
You're my inspiration.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
lol, ya daft apeth.
Refused as fuck
"ethnic pakistani tosser"
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Aw, give us a smile
you don't have to be viewing through the eyepiece to take a shot...in fact a lot, if not the majority, of studio shots are not taken whilst viewing thru the camera. This can apply to ALL cameras and all situation eg...set up scene composition of shot, camera of tripod,firm standing...wait for action inside shot to happen..take shot when you "see" what you want to record.
Personally I even do a slightly different thang..but vaguely the same with digi & Action shots...freehand...I prefocus, prealigned/compose...then pan/follow with the subject for the shot...looking mostly at the subject with briefly glances at the live action on the back Live screen....obviously this is somewhat negated for dSLR use...but with mid range digis it's a useful technique.
also...hence this>>>
but yoooz lot is this.....
Right.. no offence.. I've done studio.. it doesn't really interest me but I know how to do it - albeit roughly.. .. I was one of two people out of a class of 20 to get a distinction in my last studio module, simply because I understand (kind of) how a studio works.. there's no point shooting until you're happy with what you see.. (and I am seriously in love what you see through a waist-level viewfinder, trust me - I'm spending £1k plus on 'Blad kit or similar ASAP since I have the chance...)
I had people taking about 100 images and not having feck all to work with.. I shot one roll of 120, 24 full-frame digital images and I was happy.. simply because I planned and knew what I wanted to shoot.. the biggest mistake most people seem to make in my view is they go into the studio with an idea and they change it.. half the battle is getting it fixed in your head and pursuing it to that conclusion..
no, my point is this.. this camera is about half a level above lomo.. it's not the kind of thing you'd put on a tripod - 1/50th, not really a tripod speed, nor is it a studio camera.. it's more a 120 point and shoot from the 50s with sod all assistance.. the bulb mode must be bulb since there's really no other use for it.. I figure it might be a mechanical issue.. I'll have to check.. otherwise 1/50th at f/8 for night landscapes is useless..
(even with Provia 400f, which I know can be pushed to 3200 ISO with no serious detriment.. :/ there's a few articles on how far you can push Provia 400F and generally it's a 400 film with the resolution of 100 with teh potential for much pushing.. )My routine in studio is this, firstly, compose my space, check my lighting and then bring the subject in, change the lighting to suit the subject, then shoot.. and thankfully that's got me through whatever so far..
anyhoo.. I'm counting the months till I get my serious MF kit and can start on my industrial landscape stuff..
(check Ami Curtiss, Who is my current hero, end off.. 
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Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
telephone, check
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