You've given me hope. I want to do do pinhole closups of my hammock, but that wiggles all the time too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Dvoracek" <dvora...@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu> To: <Pinhole-Discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:13 AM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Sometimes I'm just stunned
> I've often told beginners to not be too surprised if close up shots > of plants don't work out, because even the slightest breeze will move > flowers enough too blur them with a long pinhole exposure. > > Last night sitting on my back porch in the heat, wishing for a cool > breeze, I realized that it actually was absolutely still. This Peace > rose had been blooming it's little heart out and had some huge > honkin' blossoms way out at the end of some pretty long stems. Common > sense told me it would never work, but fortified by the shorter > exposures available on a new wide angle (f125, 4 x 5, 2.5 inch F.L.) > camera, I gave it a shot. That late in the evening it took a four > minute exposure. The picture is uploaded to the discussion list > gallery at > http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?pic=dvoracek _rose.jpg > > I will fess up to giving it one pass at sharpening in Photoshop, but > I do that with every picture I scan, pinhole or not. > > I still can't believe that flower held that still for that long. > > Nick > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nick Dvoracek dvora...@uwosh.edu > Director of Media Services Voice: 920-424-7363 > University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Fax: 920-424-7324 > http://idea.uwosh.edu/media_services/home.html > http://idea.uwosh.edu/nick/handouts.htm > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >
