World Pinhole Day

[John Allen]

I sort of cheated. I didn't build my own pinhole camera. Nor did I make my own pinhole "lens". I bought a Holga pinhole lens cover on Amazon and put it on my dslr. In the end, I still recorded an image using a pinhole instead of a lens.

These two hats have seen some interesting times. If only they could talk...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheating, maybe, but it really works great. I love this! I'll have to get one as well.

 

[Pete Askew]

Perfectly valid and a super shot. I like the feel of it very much.

 

[Pete Askew]

Well, one shot worked! And one was lost due to the supposed refurbished New55 holder - why I gave it another go I don't know (it's going back )!

2 second exposure f/300 ish, film rated at ISO 200. This is from the scanned negative (the positive was a bit too thin) and exposure / clarity adjusted in LR. Frame and splodges etc courtesy of New55!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Still, it has a certain something which is attractive. Pity the others didn't work out. I haven't got around to sending mine off yet, but I'd better do it today or tomorrow. I fear there might not even be one shot in the can, so to speak.

That's a nice composition, with the T-junction foreground. Is that your croquet lawn on the left?

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, Rob. The others were of the same scene as it was too windy to get away with long exposures outside that day.

Actually we did play croquet (or something similar) on that lawn once. It is the garden of Ina's mother.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Ah, at the mother-in-law's hoose. What does the somewhat schizophrenic garden tell us about her? One side is minimal, the other site fecund, though carefully cultivated. Your married her daughter - beware! Only kidding!! She's doubtless a wonderful woman.

 

[John Allen]

Love that view. Does the black border have to do with the New55 film or is it something applied in LR?

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, John. The border is from the film.