Hi Jeff, The flare in your photos is from having the sun striking the pinhole directly, which bends or flares the intense light onto the film. As a rule, try to not have the sun hitting the pinhole when making an exposure.
Throwing out the rules... the sun causes the flare; but why follow rules? Your images are beautiful with the flare, maybe especially because of it. I think is works wonderfully in the photo of the old buildings; and the placement of the sun and subsequent flare accentuates the subjects in all three photos. Sun flare is another tool in the pinhole bag or tricks. Tom ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Spirer" <j...@spirer.com> To: <pinhole-discussion@p at ???????> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:20 PM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Weird Flare Effects > I've only used one pinhole camera, and not for that long, so maybe I'm > encountering something that I should understand, but I don't. I'm using > the Zero2000, it seems that plenty of people on the list are familiar with > it. I get this very strange flare effect in bright sunlight when I use it, > and I'd be interested in figuring out what is causing it. I have three > photos here, two color, that demonstrate the effect. > > http://www.spirer.com/images/sunflower.jpg > http://www.spirer.com/images/desparation.jpg > http://www.spirer.com/images/home.jpg > > > Jeff Spirer > Photos: http://www.spirer.com > One People: http://www.onepeople.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Pinhole-Discussion mailing list > Pinhole-Discussion@p at ??????? > unsubscribe or change your account at > http://www.p at ???????/discussion/
