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Untitled - Jerome Belthrop
A miniature view of a wide open space.
| Camera: | Contax G1 |
| Lens: | Carl Zeiss Hologon 16mm f/8 |
| Film: | Ilford FP4 125 |
| Exposure: | Unrecorded |
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| Posted: | 26-May-2002 |
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Comments
Pure fantasy
The thumbnail does not resolve the skyline on the horizon. A look at the hi res, for me, took this from a pleasant landscape to a much more fantastic image full of mystery and symbolism. I WANT a 21mm!
Bruce McKinney 27-May-2002 at 00:10Filter?
A very nice B/W landscape photo. I noticed that the sky and grass are in a dark tone, so I guess you had put a red filter when you shot this. Good work!
Frankie Leung 27-May-2002 at 00:18Nice job
Good clouds. The tonal range is very good. This image works very well.
MARK MILLEN 27-May-2002 at 04:45Untitled comment
My eye wants this wider, but I can't see cropping the top or bottom any to achieve that effect. This is a very good 'destination' shot, i.e., the road leads clearly to a place and the eye is taken there by the vanishing perspective. This gives the viewer a sense of going somewhere (open doors have this quality too, I think). Great contrast and tones.
Anker Heegaard 27-May-2002 at 05:32Filteration of OZ. .
No, I didn't use a filter on this image, Frankie; fortune smiled upon me--as did the rain-- fall upon me--before I managed to walk up that hill to my flat. I did adjust the levels in PS to bring out the ---lumbering--quality of the clouds.
Bruce and Mark, yes, the clouds are dramatic this time of they year--and I tried my darndest not to post this image--because so many of you have posted such excellent cloudy-scapes. There is an OZ like quality to this landscape.
Twilight Zone--Anker-wide-angle miniature
Anker, while sharpening this image from the raw scan of 3800 pixels wide--I noted the very same visual anomaly--I wanted it wider, too.
As I downsized the image--I noted that no matter what reasonable size it was enlarged by or reduced to--the same nagging urge to see more was present--however the image elements were all sharp and appealing and the contrast and definition was still present.
Perhaps this will be the cornerstone of my next -- project--wide-angle miniature images-of a similar ilk.
If you or any one has a good reference either in photography or another medium--of similar projects-- please share with me.
Follow up
A few thoughts: (1) When I want to use an expensive camera, often I rent it. There are at least three places here in DC that rent the Hasseblad XPan, and you might see if that option is available where you are. The cost here is about $50/day (it is a $2,000 camera). (2) You can shoot two or three frames, and stitch them together. I find this works best when done at a level perspective (rather than pointed up 10 degrees or so). This would provide you with better resolution (two would equal 24mmx70mm, less overlap). You'd have to use a tripod. --Anker
Anker Heegaard 27-May-2002 at 13:38Atmosphere
Great shot, I like the atmosphere and the peacefulness of it.
Federico Spinola 13-Mar-2003 at 23:39