Yes this is a great help too. I appreciate the information! Catherine --- Howard Wells <sandw...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Catherine, > > I've spent a good bit of time battling the lone > exposure times of > pinhole using a lot of pinholes in the f128 to f150 > range with fast film > but I've also been able to get interesting effects > with lenses without > resorting to filters. > > One method to create pinhole type effects while > reducing exposure times > is to use a lens either focused past infinity (ie > closer to the film > plane than infinity) or to move a lens into the > macro focus area. In > 35mm I use a focusing extension tube (by > Zorkendorfer) with enlarging > lenses for this. Stopping all the way down increases > the "detail" and if > the lens makes a circular aperture the effect can be > quite pleasing. > I've also shot landscapes with a 55mm macro lens > focused at 9 inches and > stopped all the way down. Lately I've been putting a > Russian 28mm leica > thread lens on my nikons. Actual point of focus is > about 3 inches from > the front of the lens. I've also shot portraits by > holding a loupe or > other simple lens in front of the camera. > > Very easy with a 4x5 camera, or any camera with > bellows, of course and > you have more information to play with on the > negative. Hope this helps > a little. I'm a tireless experimenter. > > Howard Wells > > > Catherine Just wrote: > > > > I was wondering about the lighting! Thanks for the > > info. I'm printing it out for a reference! > > > > Sounds like I'm better off doing a long exposure - > > inside - with controlled lighting - with a regular > > lens camera... > > > > Catherine > > --- Colin Talcroft <ctalcr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hi Catherine, > > > > > > Thanks for saying you like my work, and I'm glad > to > > > hear that looking at it was of help. Thought you > and > > > anyone else interested might find it useful to > know > > > that those three nudes (including the one you > > > mention > > > specifically) were all done indoors usually with > one > > > > > > 500 Watt light. The film was T-Max 100. > Exposures > > > with > > > a lens were usually 4 to 16 seconds at f=16 if I > > > remember correctly. The pinhole exposures > usually > > > were > > > about 20 minutes at the least, often more like > 30, > > > and > > > sometimes as long as 40 minutes. It's not a > > > coincidence that the pinhole poses are mostly > > > reclining. That's about the only way to stay > still > > > for > > > that length of time. Often the model would fall > > > asleep! I can remeber a session or two during > which > > > I > > > set up the pinholes, let them go, spent 10 or > > > fifteen > > > minutes doing lens photos, and still had time to > get > > > out a sketchbook and do some drawings before > > > finishing > > > the pinhole exposures and setting up a new pose! > > > > > > Colin > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web > site > > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > > > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > > > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > > > unsubscribe or change your account at > > > http://www.???????/discussion/ > > > > ===== > > Catherine Just Photography > > Weddings~Portraits~Fine Art > > http://www.catherinejust.com > > 619.294.3195 > > > > "Don't just state your intent, Live it." ~Jerry > Seiner Jr. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > > unsubscribe or change your account at > > http://www.???????/discussion/ > > _______________________________________________ > Post to the list as PLAIN TEXT only - no HTML > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.???????/discussion/
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