Cameras, Lenses, Film and Contrast

Three views of the same place, two cameras and two films:

First the Fuji GW690III with Kodak T-MAX 400 (no contrast filter):

The lens for this camera is known for it's higher contrast.......especially in the rocks, but not so much for the sky. No filter used.


Now the Mamiya-7 with Ilford SFX-200:

The dark sky is a tell tales characteristic of IR-sensitive films like SFX-200.  Using a 695 IR filter to allow some visible light through..........


And a second Mamiya-7 with Kodak T-MAX 400:

Much less contrast in the rocks than the Fuji GW690III; less darkening of the sky than SFX-200; using a dark red filter.

Perspectives on Buck Canyon

Buck Canyon at Canyonlands National Park.  Which do you prefer, Portrait or Landscape?

Infrared Change of Pace: Part II

More results from the Front Garden.  Here perhaps the best IR Effect:

The green foliage is clearly reflecting IR.  Again a 4 second exposure @ f/16.  Below, the Snowball Bush again with the same exposure:

And below, what the scanner saw:

I adjusted the levels in the scanner software.  Scanners can save many 

images that are unprintable by other means.

Infrared Change of Pace: Part I

We'll take a break from the Utah Desert and take a look at some recent Infrared Experiments.  This time with Rollei 400 IR Film:

Long exposures mean that there will be some motion, even with a slight wind.  I was using a B&W IR 695 filter.  But am starting to see some IR effects in the whitening of the green leaves.  Below Same exposure f/16 @ 4 seconds, but the wind had picked up during the exposure.

Cropped in the Camera

For 52 Rolls, Week #18, I discussed cropping and showed a tree on the edge of a cliff.  On a later roll I found that I had actually cropped this scene in the camera using my 210 telephoto lens:

This compositions actually works much better than the other image.

52 Rolls Week #20

Here taking a new perspective by trying different telephoto ranges, 150 mm vs. 210 mm with the Mamiya 7:

Do you have a preference?  Be assured I will probably crop out the sky when I print these.

Check out the other shots from this location @ the 52 Rolls Site.

A Tale of Three Crops: Part II

Here an asymmetrical crop.  No reason why the tree has to be in the center.  And I found somethings on the right side (Full Frame Below) that I wanted to eliminate.

The exposure here wasn't great, but I discuss those problems on the 52 Rolls Page.

A Tale of Three Crops: Part I

Second day of Shooting at the Moab Photo Symposium in Hunter See more here at Week #19 of the 52 Rolls Project.

Here we are going to take a look at images not sown there.  More on Cropping, as I prepare to go into the darkroom.  Two take on Cropping.  First the 'uncropped' image:

Several distractions here, like the back pack and the small corner of sky in the upper left.  So Below, I did what you are supposed to do, 'crop in the camera' by moving in closer to the subject:

This is the one that I will print.

52 Rolls Week #18 at the Moab Photo Symposium

First posts from the Moab Photo Symposium.  Here's the best image for photo shooting day #1, an afternoon workshop with Bruce Barnbaum.  He has a fascinating story and philosophy of photography.  So check him out!

I'm going to print this and have taken a first look at two cropping options:

Crop #1 above and Crop #2 below.

And the Full Frame Image:

See the other two images that I've cropped here.