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Fun with MF images - ARCHIVED - FOR VIEWING ONLY
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dave.gt
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Michiel Schierbeek
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CARTE POSTALE REVISITED # 3 Fresnoy-FolnyDoing a little project for our village here in France. Collecting old postcards is a big hobby over here.
I am now photographing the same scenes as the old postcard photographers did in the old days.
Finding the exact point of view and give it that unreal postcard look.
Pentax 645Z + 45-85
I am now photographing the same scenes as the old postcard photographers did in the old days.
Finding the exact point of view and give it that unreal postcard look.
Pentax 645Z + 45-85
I find this type of specific project fascinating. Here in the States and I'm sure elsewhere, there are books entitled "Then and Now", or some similarly themed title. Side by side are a pair of photographs, one taken decades ago and another taken recently from the same spot, showing the development, changes and/or progress made at that location or simply depicts how time has marched on. It often opens the doors to simple questions, like are the external red bricks of the building in your image, simply covered up with present day wood (and why?), or have the original red bricks for some reason removed and replaced by the wood?CARTE POSTALE REVISITED # 3 Fresnoy-FolnyDoing a little project for our village here in France. Collecting old postcards is a big hobby over here.
I am now photographing the same scenes as the old postcard photographers did in the old days.
Finding the exact point of view and give it that unreal postcard look.
Pentax 645Z + 45-85
Definitely sounds like a fun project to work on, especially when a bit of the history is known about the evolving changes depicted.
Dave (D&A)
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tashley
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Working for a commission to do a houseful of large images in California and didn't have enough images that would print large enough and to the quality I'd expect.
Macro of a piece of sliced and polished agate. The original image was a ten focus stack on IQ3-100 with XF and 120mm macro @ f11 with twin profoto heads in a carefully controlled setup so as to remove reflections. The stacked image was then photoshopped so as to double the canvas size and paste , rotate and flip the image on a new layer and join it up with itself.
The resulting file is over 17,000 pixels wide and will print to 2.4 metres. Let's hope it proves acceptable when I've finished tinkering....
Macro of a piece of sliced and polished agate. The original image was a ten focus stack on IQ3-100 with XF and 120mm macro @ f11 with twin profoto heads in a carefully controlled setup so as to remove reflections. The stacked image was then photoshopped so as to double the canvas size and paste , rotate and flip the image on a new layer and join it up with itself.
The resulting file is over 17,000 pixels wide and will print to 2.4 metres. Let's hope it proves acceptable when I've finished tinkering....
athimbleofdan
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So...Am I the only one who's not loving the 50mp CMOS backs/cameras? Ive been really underwhelmed after playing with them and looking at files. If it wasn't for firewire at the end of its lifespan, Id continue to rock these older P backs. Tempted by the IQ160..the LCD upgrade is definitely welcomed.
I have no direct experience with the 50 Mp CMOS backs. I'm still loving the IQ160, however...
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501CM | 250 SA | IQ160
Dusk, Valley of the Gods by John Ngai, on Flickr
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mjr
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Morning
In the last couple of days everything has burst in to life here, all the waterfalls are in full flow again.
In the last couple of days everything has burst in to life here, all the waterfalls are in full flow again.
Michiel Schierbeek
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Hi Dave, A friend of mine from the village came to me with a bunch of photo copys of old postcards to photograph them again. I hope to scan the originals as well soon.
A lot of houses are covered with artificial wood (plastic) with insulation behind it. Relativly there doesn't change much in these villages. A lot is still the same or renovated.
And new houses are build of course.
Michiel Schierbeek
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CARTE POSTALE REVISITED # 3 Fresnoy-FolnyDoing a little project for our village here in France. Collecting old postcards is a big hobby over here.
I am now photographing the same scenes as the old postcard photographers did in the old days.
Finding the exact point of view and give it that unreal postcard look.
(Our house on the left)
Pentax 645Z + 45-85
I am now photographing the same scenes as the old postcard photographers did in the old days.
Finding the exact point of view and give it that unreal postcard look.
(Our house on the left)
Pentax 645Z + 45-85
photo-bowman
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I Think that ome is amazomg. Seems getting up early was worth it!
tashley
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And a different piece of agate today - I'm getting this down to a couple of hours from setup to print. XF focus stack function and profoto integration make this such a pleasure. This would fill a large wall (say up to 10 feet wide) without breaking sweat and in enormous detail.
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Yes I have done this trip a few times and left with nothing. The only trouble with shooting in the spring/summer is getting up at daft o clock. All the elements I wished for came together. The inversion grew from a fairly small patch to covering the entire valley within an hour, amazing to watch
Afterglow 30 minutes or so after sunset at Yosemite Falls, IQ3100 and 75-150 @ 75mm ISO 50. Click on link for larger view, I give up on trying any other way, sorry.
Paul Caldwell
Bill Caulfeild-Browne
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Very few of the old grain elevators still exist - and these have a distinct tilt! Herbert Saskatchewan. XF/100/40-80 @60mm.
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