Filmwasters
Which Board? => Photo Essays => : DonkeyDave September 05, 2013, 08:43:55 AM
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I tried pinholes for the first time last year, with a Harman Titan - I got a few successful shots, but to my mind I didn't really like the effect. Problem is the HT is almost too good, there is no vignette and although soft, not soft enough to look like pinhole, it almost looks like a normal LF wide angle image, with a knackered lens. Too good to be a pinhole, and not good enough to be a conventional image. As it's expensive to fuel with sheet film, I've left it alone a bit.
In the winter, I converted a broken Holga to a pinhole with a needle through a ginger beer can. ran a film through it, and it worked. Again I left it alone for a while, only resurrecting it with a trip to the beach where I made some successful hand held images.
I started to appreciate the long exposures, the way they can show a story of the passage of time, and also the abstraction that results.
My wife has wanted to go to Versailles for ages so we got on the train , and in an incredibly short time we were in Paris. Images of Paris have been done to death, and the idea was to have a break with my wife rather than take pics, so I took along the homebrew holga and some film, and no tripod.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/9673556992_4dc78ee5bb_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673556992/)
louvre (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673556992/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2835/9673559404_9b729d9f2d_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673559404/)
some bridge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673559404/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7393/9670323103_eac12d1dc4_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9670323103/)
versailles2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9670323103/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3682/9670324267_e93bc1e28b_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9670324267/)
versailles3 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9670324267/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7295/9673549168_6fd8085857_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673549168/)
versailles (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673549168/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/9670327919_e3ec5488de_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9670327919/)
versailles5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9670327919/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7297/9673553850_8d30339065_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673553850/)
versailles4 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673553850/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5529/9673556068_64eb7e8ec1_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673556068/)
versailles6 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673556068/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/9673552668_99e6214312_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673552668/)
forest (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9673552668/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/9670331279_a9a0a3c453_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9670331279/)
selfie (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9670331279/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
more to come later
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Really really nice stuff Dave. There seem to be no end to your talent.
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you should hear me sing - awful! :P
thanks
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Beautiful images Dave. I have a few pinhole cameras around here (one is even loaded), but I never seem to find the time to shoot them.
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:)
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Dave, pictures of Paris have, indeed, been "done to death" - but seldom as superbly as these. Really nice work. Particularly love the ever-so-mysterious "forest".....
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Dave, these are really quite excellent. I've enjoyed viewing them.
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Brilliant stuff Dave. I made a 4x5 pinhole earlier this year. And it too does not vignette, and is quite sharp for a pinhole. It is nice, but I too miss the vignetting especially, but also that misty air to good pinhole shots. That´s why I ordered the 6x6 ONDU, and why I most likely will dismantle the 4x5 pinhole camera. Put the Sinar back to better use.
Keep it up. Paul and you really have a knack for this, really.
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splendid shots! I couldn't even imagine my gf having the patience to let me roam around versailles with a pinhole camera.
though I wouldn't mind going back and doing just that ;D after these inspiring shots :)
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shot a roll of Ektar
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5511/9700911788_76e1e89d20_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9700911788/)
musee d'orsay (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9700911788/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5454/9697790121_a0e8011699_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9697790121/)
Pompidou (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9697790121/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
(http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/9701961408_07a98d80aa_c.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9701961408/)
van gogh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/37385617@N00/9701961408/#) by donkerdave (http://www.flickr.com/people/37385617@N00/), on Flickr
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Tremendous, man. I'm inspired to pop some film in my pinholga as well!
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A really lovely set - especially the interior shots.
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I venture a bet that the first Ektar shot could make you a penny or two.
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The black & whites are lovely. Very, very nice.
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well done DonkeyDave,
really like all of the images, even the shakey ones :)