P365Day 90
- At July 24, 2013
- By Neil Creek
- In p365
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1/80sec f2.8 ISO320
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Shooting on Film – Southbank via TLR
- At February 04, 2009
- By Neil Creek
- In Experimental
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I have been inspired by my friend and exceptionally talented photographer Brian Auer, and a growing number of other photographers, to try shooting film. Retro cameras are back in style, and I’ve been keen for a while to experiment with them. I asked Dad if I could borrow his Twin Lens Reflex cameras, which I photographed in another post. I thought that experiencing photography as it used to be – nothing auto, no preview, hand-held exposure meter – might help me learn more about photography.
Unfortunately, it took me a while to get around to shooting, and even longer to get the photos developed, but below you can see my first roll of medium format photography, taken on a short, solo photo walk along Melbourne’s South Bank. Eleven out of twelve photos worked out, not too bad for a first effort.
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The Atrium, inside Crown Casino. Significant dust contamination on this negative and several others. I’m not sure what the source was.
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Also inside the Crown Casino atrium, at exactly the same location as the last shot, but this time looking directly up. I really liked the circular lens flare that serendipitously appeared.
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A large (approx 8-10m) metal sculpture, in front of Eureka tower, currently the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere.
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A deliberately slow shutter exposure of a carousel. This was under exposed, but scanning the film at 16bit (greyscale) gave me the latitude to recover the photo in Lightroom.
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This is one of my favourites from the shoot. The geometric structures caught my eye, and I was impressed with the dynamic range in the 16bit greyscale scan.
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A “busker” blows giant soap bubbles with detergent, rope and dowels, and sells the devices. One little boy was fascinated for many minutes.
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I had to squeeze my way to the front row to get the angle I wanted for this shot, but I think it worked. I like how the audience watches on, and the volunteer’s head is cut off. Naomi thinks it would have been better with the face in shot. What do you think?
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The arch of the iconic South Bank footbridge acts as a dynamic element to draw the eye into the composition.
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I liked the symmetry of this starkly geometric, architectural photo of part of the South Bank mall.
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Old and new stand side-by-side. Eureka tower in the background.
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Looking down the covered walkway in front of the famous Flinders Street Station. By this time I was really enjoying myself and was disappointed when I realised that this was the last photo on the roll.
3D Dryer – P365 Mar14
- At March 31, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In 3D
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After the experiment a couple of days ago with the fisheye photo of the dryer, it occurred to me that it might make a good 3D photo. I’ve never tried a fisheye 3D photo, so I thought I’d try it out. I’m not sure it works well though. I thought the reflections might look cool in 3D, but instead I think they just confuse the whole thing. What do you think?
Learn how to see 3D photos like this.
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I definately want to try a fisheye 3D photo on a more suitable subject, however.
Inside the Dryer – P365 Mar12
- At March 26, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Fisheye
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A fisheye photo of the inside of our clothes dryer.
Both the camera and the flash were held just inside the door. The flash was below the camera in the blind spot for the lens caused by the cropped sensor. The head was angled down to shoot at the (camera) bottom of the dryer. This made all the light bounce around nicely and minimising the hotspot reflection.
I love the science-ficion look to the photo. This is enhanced by the exaggerated saturation of the colours, which came out of the camera subdued, but I enhanced because I liked the look.
This is part of a series of unusual fisheye perspectives of ordinary objects. Here are the others from the series:
Inside the letterbox – P365 Mar07
- At March 19, 2008
- By Neil Creek
- In Fisheye
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Inspired by the oven photo I took yesterday, here’s another HDR fisheye photo taken from an unusual perspective, inside the mail box.
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