The "Secret?" It's not much at all!
Keith
The "Secret?" It's not much at all!
Keith
I was shooting way over my head with the Busch Pressman, and due to some glare, I couldn't see that part of the fence was still in the image. After the tintype dried, I decided the little twists of wire added to the industrial/alien look of the photo, so I decided I'd keep it. Titling it either "Alien Landscape No. 1" or "Fenced In (For Your Protection)."
Rockland Tintype (ISO 3)
Busch Pressman D
Good one! Could pass as good.
This is what happens when you're so dumb you turn the film holder upside down instead of flipping it around to the other side ... doh!
At least she's a lovely model and perhaps some of the other work wasn't so..... upside-down...Originally Posted by GPX
This is what happens when you're so dumb you turn the film holder upside down instead of flipping it around to the other side ... doh!
Here's one that went "right", but I think I'm still not happy with it. It's a good example of the sort of mild mistakes we all make where things are not exactly wrong, but not really right either. I had trouble with backgrounds. In front of a dark background the horns disappeared, in front of a light background the tonality of the photo has become too flat and boring. And I'm not quite happy with the tilt-shift - I don't like the way the horns go out of focus at the top. Never mind, not every photo can be a hit ...
I completely agree
I know what you mean with the "mistakes" that bother you. I feel the same way about many of my photos. Trouble is you expect to obtain what you planned or thought of. Once some time goes by and you forget what your initial idea was you see the photo with different eyes and, sometimes, come to the conclusion "well, that wasn't that bad at all.
My only problem with your image is the horns. Same image without them would have been great, tilt included. The model is very good and even the same composition would have worked for me. I know you probably wanted the horns for a reason though.
Ok... A long list of problems here.... where to begin...
#1 This was originally supposed to be an 8x10 tintype portrait of a Great Barred Owl in a fenced enclosure at a raptor rescue facility near my home.
#2 Said Owl agreed to be photographed until the dark slide was removed and the shutter was cocked... he quickly decided the background at his location wasn't good enough and quickly flew to another spot trying to "help" me.
#3 This behavior repeated 3 times before I gave up on him.
#4 Trying to salvage the plate I attempted a portrait of 3 owls under an enclosure that had very little light. I exposed the owls for 45 seconds and hoped for the best considering the plate to be almost dry at this point.
#5 I poured the developer on too aggressively creating the flame effect from the bottom. The developer also created channels and uneven development throughout the plate.
The good news is that I did get a decent plate of the trio with a reflector and an exposure time of 60 seconds.
The owls did not move for the entire time except for blinking. The blinks were so short in relation to the over all time that the portrait still looks pretty good.
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