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Audii-Dudii
13-Aug-2021, 23:22
As some here know, my genre of choice is photographing urban and suburban street and alley scenes late at night / early in the morning. I've been photographing this subject matter almost exclusively for going on 13 years now and I haven't even slightly begun to tire of it!
Here are a few recent samples from my latest project documenting the F.Q. Story historical neighborhood in downtown Phoenix, as well as my long-running 85258 project, wherein I photograph on foot -- no "drive-by shooting" for me, thank you! -- within the boundaries of my zip code:
https://i.imgur.com/s4hXeLE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ady2MFe.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gZuYSML.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4tIyFl1.jpg
All of the above photos were taken using a Sony A7R in combination with my D.I.Y. FrankenKamera VII shift lens adapter and various C/Y lenses.
Please feel free to post your nighttime photos of any kind to this thread as well ... the more, the merrier! 8^)
Kool!!!
I like the dark, surreal "something in suburbia is amiss" look to this series...
Keep it up!!! Great work!!!
Steve K
fotopfw
14-Aug-2021, 05:24
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The huge mountain of stone that came out of the coal mines created this hill, more than 600 feet high.
A perfect place to ski.
Rollei 6x6 Agfa 50S
Michael R
14-Aug-2021, 06:42
Cool. I’m into similar subject matter (urban landscape etc.), also mostly overnight and just before sunrise. Nice to run into someone else crazy here :)
My stuff has almost always been black and white but there was a guy who used to post a lot here several years ago who worked mostly in colour.
As some here know, my genre of choice is photographing urban and suburban street and alley scenes late at night / early in the morning. I've been photographing this subject matter almost exclusively for going on 13 years now and I haven't even slightly begun to tire of it!
Here are a few recent samples from my latest project documenting the F.Q. Story historical neighborhood in downtown Phoenix, as well as my long-running 85258 project, wherein I photograph on foot -- no "drive-by shooting" for me, thank you! -- within the boundaries of my zip code
All of the above photos were taken using a Sony A7R in combination with my D.I.Y. FrankenKamera VII shift lens adapter and various C/Y lenses.
Please feel free to post your nighttime photos of any kind to this thread as well ... the more, the merrier! 8^)
Audii-Dudii
14-Aug-2021, 09:06
Cool. I’m into similar subject matter (urban landscape etc.), also mostly overnight and just before sunrise. Nice to run into someone else crazy here
My stuff has almost always been black and white but there was a guy who used to post a lot here several years ago who worked mostly in colour.
From 2008, when I started photographing at night (after I found myself stranded in Superior, AZ* while on a mini-road trip and having nothing else to do) and continuing until 2016 or so, I converted my all photos to B&W.
I enjoyed working with B&W again after moving away from it as soon as I could afford to buy and process color film, even if the digital process was completely different.
But the truth is that I was doing so as a practical matter, because the majority of the light in my photos comes from streetlights and with the bulbs that were in use at the time, the light they produced was an ugly amber color. Worse, it was essentially monochromatic, which meant the tint couldn't be color-balanced away, because there were no other colors to be re-balanced!
It was in sometime in 2014-15, IIRC, when I noticed the City of Phoenix, among others where I was photographing regularly, had begun to convert their streetlights from using low-pressure, sodium-vapor bulbs to LED bulbs, which projected light that was nearly full spectrum and much closer to color neutral than had ever been the case before.
Although I continued to convert my photos to B&W for a few more years for the sake of consistency -- see a few samples below -- when I imported them into my computer, I always saw them in color and eventually, for grins and giggles, I started to process them as color photos occasionally.
https://i.imgur.com/iGyWi4N.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/mhIbzFJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Q5PUAPu.jpg
In late 2016, I began photographing a new project in one of the many historical neighborhoods of downtown Phoenix and decided to do it in color instead of B&W because the scenes I was photographing were so colorful that IMO, my photos, such as the one below, lost a lot of their impact otherwise.
https://i.imgur.com/Z78639C.jpg
And thus it has been ever since!
* Movie and/or Jennifer Lopez fans may recall Oliver Stone's 1987 movie U-Turn, which was shot in and around Superior, AZ, a small, economically moribund mining town located in the mountains an hour's drive east of Phoenix that appeared to exist in a 50s-60s time-warp. Although they covered the paved streets with dirt for the movie, the town is actually depicted quite accurately otherwise.
Great work, as always, Jeff. You've inspired me to get a color conversion done later this year.
Audii-Dudii
14-Aug-2021, 09:31
Kool!!!
I like the dark, surreal "something in suburbia is amiss" look to this series...
Keep it up!!! Great work!!!
Thanks for the kind words!
Audii-Dudii
14-Aug-2021, 09:32
218614
The huge mountain of stone that came out of the coal mines created this hill, more than 600 feet high.
A perfect place to ski.
Rollei 6x6 Agfa 50S
Keep 'em coming! 8^)
Oren Grad
14-Aug-2021, 20:07
http://www.orengrad.com/LFF/JM4-2.11.17c.jpg
Tokyo, February 1993
Audii-Dudii
16-Aug-2021, 08:58
A few more from my 85258 project:
https://i.imgur.com/cOCuB2X.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/u3aacA2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/iqDYhvE.jpg
Michael R
24-Aug-2021, 09:37
I wish I had some better scans of prints to post, but anyway, here's an oldie example of my stuff for Audii:
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tgtaylor
6-Sep-2021, 14:36
Mel's - San Francisco
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51431336853_26b95413da_z.jpg
Pentax 67II
Thomas
Some evening work in Chile.
5x7 platinum/palladium print.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51445745865_820b5983a7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mo5TUn)
Bellevue Downtown Park (https://flic.kr/p/2mo5TUn) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
500C/M, CB 60mm, Acros
Audii-Dudii
11-Sep-2021, 08:53
I'm amazed by what the posters here have captured using film!
If I had to deal with the many hassles of using film for this type of photography, I'm almost certain I wouldn't bother with it. <shrug>
If I had to deal with the many hassles of using film for this type of photography, I'm almost certain I wouldn't bother with it.
Apart from a longer exposure time, it's no different than a daytime shot to meter, develop and scan.
Audii-Dudii
11-Sep-2021, 10:38
Apart from a longer exposure time, it's no different than a daytime shot to meter, develop and scan.
The longer exposures required due to reciprocity failure effects are certainly troubling enough, but the lack of dynamic range that can be recorded using film compared to what can be recorded by a top-of-the-line CMOS sensor is the real deal-killer for me.
YMMV, of course!
The longer exposures required due to reciprocity failure effects are certainly troubling enough,
True but if you missed it I was using Acros. No reciprocity failure for the first 120 seconds and optional if you want to apply their 1/2-stop correction recommendation thereafter.
SergeyT
11-Sep-2021, 10:49
...but the lack of dynamic range that can be recorded using film compared to what can be recorded by a top-of-the-line CMOS sensor is the real deal-killer for me.
I have the opposite sentiment about digital sensors compared to film
Try color negative...
... but the lack of dynamic range that can be recorded using film compared to what can be recorded by a top-of-the-line CMOS sensor is the real deal-killer for me.
The lack of DR from your film may be due to your scanner. Typically, BW film can record measurable density differences way up in the 2.5 and 2.8 range. The problem becomes reproducing it on the second generation image if you also want to include density around the base + fog too.
Audii-Dudii
11-Sep-2021, 11:16
The lack of DR from your film may be due to your scanner. Typically, BW film can record measurable density differences way up in the 2.5 and 2.8 range. Your problem becomes reproducing it on the second generation image if you also want to include density around the base + fog too.
For a start, I shot color film, not B&W.
And the last scanner I owned was a Howtek D4000 drum scanner, which while not the best-ever drum scanner, was certainly better than all the other dedicated film scanners I used before it.
While I embraced digital scanning and printing in the mid-to-late 90s, I resisted digital capture until 2005-6, when the economics of shooting 8x10 color transparencies left me no choice to pursue other options.
My opinion is just that -- my opinion -- and my comments were not intended to be critical or disrectful of the opinions of others.
As I wrote, I'm amazed at the nighttime photography others have done / are doing using film and I meant that in a positive, complimentary way.
But it's not for me. Heck, medium-format digital isn't for me, either ... btdt a decade ago.
For better and worse, my present outfit -- A7R | DIY FrankenKamera VII | various film-era, 35 mm format lenses -- has proved to be the best, all-around compromise for the type of photography I do and I've been using it (mostly happily) for more than seven years now.
YMMV, of course, and that's just fine by me! You do your photography and I'll do my photography and we can both live happily ever after. 8^)
tgtaylor
11-Sep-2021, 11:56
This is an enlargement thru the window on the extreme left of the image above:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51447201177_a32198a032_c.jpg
It was probably taken with the 105mm lens and scanned with the now ancient Epson 3200. Tuco is correct about Acros for night photography which I have been using for years. Just received my first 3 rolls of 120 AcrosII which is supposed to be as good as the original.
Thomas
Michael R
11-Sep-2021, 16:17
The vast majority of low light/extreme high contrast subjects will easily fit on a wide variety of films. 12+ stops easy, and more on Acros or TMY-2 which have high highlight contrast and a short shoulder. Colour neg films like Portra also have a huge range.
Recording all the information on the film isn’t the challenge. It’s the printing.
The longer exposures required due to reciprocity failure effects are certainly troubling enough, but the lack of dynamic range that can be recorded using film compared to what can be recorded by a top-of-the-line CMOS sensor is the real deal-killer for me.
YMMV, of course!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5460296582_16a77f0c22_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/9jvrWw)
Seattle Under A Full Moon (https://flic.kr/p/9jvrWw) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
Pentax 67, 67 M* 300/4 EDIF, Portra 400, Jobo C-41 Press Kit
Audii-Dudii
12-Sep-2021, 10:25
The vast majority of low light/extreme high contrast subjects will easily fit on a wide variety of films. 12+ stops easy, and more on Acros or TMY-2 which have high highlight contrast and a short shoulder. Colour neg films like Portra also have a huge range.
Recording all the information on the film isn’t the challenge. It’s the printing.
To be fair, my film knowledge is now 15 years out of date, so it's entirely possible the capabilities of modern films are vastly different / better from those I was using up until 2005, when I switched to digital capture (hence the reason I appended my comment with "YMMV"!)
That said, though, even the first-generation 4/3 and m4/3 cameras I initially used after switching to digital capture had noticeably greater exposure latitude than the 8x10 sheets of Fuji Provia and Astia (in their original formulations) that were my mainstays ... no ifs, ands or buts!
No doubt some of the B&W and color negative films available back then behaved differently and quite possibly better than the reversal films I used, but I wasn't using any of those, thus stand by my comments about my personal experiences.
As for modern film formulations, they may well perform better than the films of yesterday, but I have zero experience with them, so I wasn't commenting on the performance of those one way or the other.
And while I am well and truly done with wet chemical photography of any type -- my last attempt at it involved directly exposing 8x10 sheets of Ilfochrome in the camera at ISOs ranging from 3 to 6! -- I have no issues whatsoever with those photographers who continue to work with and embrace film today.
(As a related aside, lest you think I'm all aboard the high-technology train, as ao many photographers are these days, I actually prefer to use vintage, film-era lenses instead of new, modern designs, precisely because they imbue my photos with a smoother, rounded, more film-like character than the harsh, clinical, sterile qualities I find to be a byproduct of working with lenses from, say, the Sigma Art and Zeiss Otus families. These lenses are brilliant in their own way, to be sure, but they don't render my photos the way I want them to look, thus are of absolutely no use to me despite their much-vaunted technical superiority. <shrug>
And -- once again, just be absolutely clear -- my comments reflect my personal experience of using film for more than 30 years and nothing beyond that should be read into them. Because -- as I noted previously -- YMMV! 8^)
Michael R
12-Sep-2021, 12:07
Oh - you were using slide films. They have significantly shorter exposure scales than negative films so I’m not surprised you found them unsuitable for night photography.
In any case, don’t get me wrong I’m not anti-digital or anything like that. In fact I’m starting to get into certain aspects of digital because I think it might be a potentially powerful tool for helping in the darkroom when it comes to very high contrast subject matter.
When it comes to digital cameras/capture, I don’t know a whole lot about the latest sensors but regardless, you more or less have unlimited latitude because you can always stack a few exposures to cover whatever luminance range the scene has.
To be fair, my film knowledge is now 15 years out of date, so it's entirely possible the capabilities of modern films are vastly different / better from those I was using up until 2005, when I switched to digital capture (hence the reason I appended my comment with "YMMV"!)
That said, though, even the first-generation 4/3 and m4/3 cameras I initially used after switching to digital capture had noticeably greater exposure latitude than the 8x10 sheets of Fuji Provia and Astia (in their original formulations) that were my mainstays ... no ifs, ands or buts!
No doubt some of the B&W and color negative films available back then behaved differently and quite possibly better than the reversal films I used, but I wasn't using any of those, thus stand by my comments about my personal experiences.
As for modern film formulations, they may well perform better than the films of yesterday, but I have zero experience with them, so I wasn't commenting on the performance of those one way or the other.
And while I am well and truly done with wet chemical photography of any type -- my last attempt at it involved directly exposing 8x10 sheets of Ilfochrome in the camera at ISOs ranging from 3 to 6! -- I have no issues whatsoever with those photographers who continue to work with and embrace film today.
(As a related aside, lest you think I'm all aboard the high-technology train, as ao many photographers are these days, I actually prefer to use vintage, film-era lenses instead of new, modern designs, precisely because they imbue my photos with a smoother, rounded, more film-like character than the harsh, clinical, sterile qualities I find to be a byproduct of working with lenses from, say, the Sigma Art and Zeiss Otus families. These lenses are brilliant in their own way, to be sure, but they don't render my photos the way I want them to look, thus are of absolutely no use to me despite their much-vaunted technical superiority. <shrug>
And -- once again, just be absolutely clear -- my comments reflect my personal experience of using film for more than 30 years and nothing beyond that should be read into them. Because -- as I noted previously -- YMMV! 8^)
Audii-Dudii
12-Sep-2021, 12:59
When it comes to digital cameras/capture, I don’t know a whole lot about the latest sensors but regardless, you more or less have unlimited latitude because you can always stack a few exposures to cover whatever luminance range the scene has.
You should look into how astrophotographers cope with long exposures and high contrast ranges, as many of the techniques they use -- such as median-blending multiple, identical exposures to reduce noise / improve the SNR -- can be readily adapted to nighttime, terrestrial photography.
Personally, I've never had great luck with using various HDR techniques, but median-blending, in particular, has become an essential tool when post-processing my nighttime photos.
And as ever, YMMV!
Audii-Dudii
12-Sep-2021, 13:06
I was up early this morning and took these three photos on my 4:15 to 5:15 am outing / walk with Miss Abby around my neighborhood:
https://i.imgur.com/kXW4gyg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/dQ2RCgw.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zyVxyZU.jpg
All three photos were taken with my A7R | FrankenKamera VII combo, this time using a vintage, Nikon 24-50/f3.3 - 4.5 lens that I purchased last week for just under $65, delivered.
It was initially my intention to use this lens primarily for IR photography with my full-spectrum, Samsung NX500 body, but as the above photos show, it performs quite well for visible-light photography when used with my A7R and its 24x36 sensor, too!
In fact, I think it performs remarkably well considering its very modest price and/or pedigree...
Delta 3200 @ EI 1600
https://live.staticflickr.com/4677/39980493422_4ea1e09e58_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23UWtN7)
Funko (https://flic.kr/p/23UWtN7) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/4758/25142350607_cf3868bb7c_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/EiK7Tz)
Espresso (https://flic.kr/p/EiK7Tz) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
One of those four girls doesn't seem to be having as much fun as the others.
https://live.staticflickr.com/7877/46935894621_d14281ea3c_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2evyJfr)
County Fair (https://flic.kr/p/2evyJfr) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
Df, 35/1.8 G
John Power
12-Sep-2021, 19:15
One of the top 50 tunnels in Canberra.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51367317945_f2e7db3495_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mg9W1R)
GDE by night (https://flic.kr/p/2mg9W1R) by J P (https://www.flickr.com/photos/192855666@N08/), on Flickr
Michael R
14-Sep-2021, 06:35
Supermarket
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51487546374_1b559b2fd8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mrM8JN)
Seattle Center, Center House (https://flic.kr/p/2mrM8JN) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
100 Acros
Tin Can
18-Sep-2021, 04:52
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51489854250_c058aae655_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mrYXML)A Morning (https://flic.kr/p/2mrYXML) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr
Michael R
18-Sep-2021, 15:46
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51489854250_c058aae655_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mrYXML)A Morning (https://flic.kr/p/2mrYXML) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr
Nice one, Mr. Can. My kind of scene.
Audii-Dudii
23-Sep-2021, 21:41
Nice one, Mr. Can. My kind of scene.
Indeed. It has a very Robert Adams-ish feel to it...
Audii-Dudii
23-Sep-2021, 21:42
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51487546374_1b559b2fd8_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mrM8JN)
Seattle Center, Center House (https://flic.kr/p/2mrM8JN) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
100 Acros
Thumbs up!
Audii-Dudii
23-Sep-2021, 21:44
A few from yesterday's early-morning outing:
https://i.imgur.com/94Nbqf5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/R8Kkb5z.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Hr2BtTc.jpg
A7R | FrankenKamera VII | $65 (!) Nikon 24-50/f3.3-4.5 | ISO100 @ f8 and 30, 30, 10 seconds, respectively
John Power
23-Sep-2021, 22:27
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51489854250_c058aae655_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mrYXML)A Morning (https://flic.kr/p/2mrYXML) by TIN CAN COLLEGE (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tincancollege/), on Flickr
Yep, looks quiet, still... and I like it.
Tin Can
24-Sep-2021, 03:35
Thank you
Audii-Dudii
27-Sep-2021, 20:35
A couple from this morning's 2:45 am to 5:25 am outing:
https://i.imgur.com/4W2bN56.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rv1Qssl.jpg
Bernice Loui
26-Nov-2021, 12:49
From Halloween this year, did about 70 pounds of candy in about 4 hours.
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5x7 Sinar P2, 120mm f8 Schneider/Sinar DBM super angulon @ f11,
Elinchrom 404 at 4,000 watt/seconds using a R3000 strip light head, all that to get f11.
(needed more lighting and flash power, not enough time to set up).
Bernice
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51760112679_872da3b4d6_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mRS7cR)
Hotel Monte Cristo (https://flic.kr/p/2mRS7cR) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
GSW690III, 400TMY
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/20763920435_b61206f504_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/xCQw9c)
New Brunswick Hotel (https://flic.kr/p/xCQw9c) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
Fuji GSW690III, 400TMY
Audii-Dudii
23-Dec-2021, 13:15
A few recent photos:
https://i.imgur.com/bSkVr9T.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/07g5JBK.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HZvWfnV.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/X9hSbIs.jpg
Fuji GFX 100S | Pentax 645 45-85/f4.5 |f11 @ ISO100 | exposures varied between 60 seconds and eight -- ! -- minutes
Roger Thoms
26-Dec-2021, 09:22
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wkjm83oq7v4hiru/wheeler-elementry-school-85.jpg?raw=1
Wheeler Elementary School, Valley Stream, NY, Jan. 2010, Speed Graphic, 150mm G-Claron, Tri-X , Rodinal 1:49, Adox MCC-110, LPD 1:2
Delta 3200
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/26047190708_b7e227e8e6_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FFGEjY)
Route 66 (https://flic.kr/p/FFGEjY) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
Delta 3200
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51796329510_f8c146259a_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mV4JcY)
Street View (https://flic.kr/p/2mV4JcY) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
Delta 3200
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/39186915452_cfebb6335f_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/22GPbHj)
Closed (https://flic.kr/p/22GPbHj) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
Audii-Dudii
11-Jan-2022, 22:06
A few from this week and last:
https://i.imgur.com/YxtNv4N.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Z24rCBm.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/dIMVXt9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/i6X8hzx.jpeg
GFX 100S | P645 45-85 @ f11 | ISO 100 and various exposure lengths
(And Yes, a new FrankenKamera to accommodate the 100S and P645 lenses is presently underway!)
It must be those palm trees that influence how it feels to me like a nice and comfortable night for a walk, Jeff.
It was really cold and definitely into astronomical twilight on this one.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51832125955_d349e207de_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mYecf4)
First Street (https://flic.kr/p/2mYecf4) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
Delta 3200
Audii-Dudii
20-Jan-2022, 16:56
It must be those palm trees that influence how it feels to me like a nice and comfortable night for a walk, Jeff.
By and large, it is and I very much enjoy this aspect of my outings.
Except when a herd of javelina has wandered into the neighborhood from the open desert of the nearby reservation, that is.
That can be scary, especially when I'm outnumbered 15:1 (or more!) and/or have Miss Abby with me ... yikes!
It was really cold and definitely into astronomical twilight on this one.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51832125955_d349e207de_o.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mYecf4)
First Street (https://flic.kr/p/2mYecf4) by tuco (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/), on Flickr
Delta 3200
I can feel the cold from here! And you're braver than I am to be shooting film at night ... lol.
Except when a herd of javelina has wandered into the neighborhood from the open desert of the nearby reservation, that is. That can be scary, especially when I'm outnumbered 15:1 ...
Okay nice, comfortable and dangerous! :). If you have a dog, perhaps take it with you on those walks.
Audii-Dudii
22-Jan-2022, 05:41
Okay nice, comfortable and dangerous! :). If you have a dog, perhaps take it with you on those walks.
I do and surprisingly, her presence usually makes the situation worse, not better!
That's because javelina consider dogs to be predators, the same as coyotes, hence their sworn enemy.
I've only once been charged by a javelina when I was photographing by myself, but I've been charged several times when I've had Miss Abby (a 55 lb. standard poodle) with me.
Although she's smart enough not to engage them, she will often hide behind me, which makes backing away from them tricky, as I keep bumping into her, disturbing my balance and increasing the chance I will fall down.
And believe me, staring at a herd of approaching javelina while I'm lying flat on my back is not something I look forward to doing any time soon!
I've also seen many snakes, mountain lions, bobcats, feral horses, owls, eagles and hawks during my nocturnal photo outings over the past 12 years, despite the fact I live a half-mile from the Scottsdale police station, which is located in the geographic center of the city!
Here's a local news video from last fall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCabbBYvjrQ
Audii-Dudii
22-Mar-2022, 22:03
Of late, I've been experimenting with the XPan (65:24) format for my nighttime photography. It's actually proving to be a challenge to wrap my mind around the format, but the early results are turning out fairly well, IMO:
https://i.imgur.com/I1RGBe9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Sn67KQT.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/qGpMhx9.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wKyXXZD.jpg
SeanAmadio
27-Mar-2022, 02:11
https://i.imgur.com/qGpMhx9.jpg
Love this one in particular, great lines and soft light. I sometimes struggle to fill the frame on my XPan but these are excellent.
Audii-Dudii
28-Mar-2022, 21:26
Love this one in particular, great lines and soft light. I sometimes struggle to fill the frame on my XPan but these are excellent.
Thanks for the kind words! :)
Audii-Dudii
29-Mar-2022, 12:35
I rather like this photo, taken late last night / early this morning, in between rain showers:
https://i.imgur.com/OL5CviW.jpg
Fuji GFX 100S / FrankenKamera VIII / Pentax 645 33-55 at 33 mm and f11 / ISO 100 and 30 seconds
Martin Aislabie
30-Mar-2022, 07:39
I rather like this photo, taken late last night / early this morning, in between rain showers:
https://i.imgur.com/OL5CviW.jpg
Fuji GFX 100S / FrankenKamera VIII / Pentax 645 33-55 at 33 mm and f11 / ISO 100 and 30 seconds
Lovely
Martin
Oren Grad
7-Apr-2022, 14:06
I am deeply saddened to share word of the passing of the original author of this thread, Jeffrey Goggin ("Audii-Dudii"):
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/66069364
Very sad, indeed. His contributions and knowledge will be missed.
Thanks for passing it along, Oren.
I'm so sorry to hear this. I looked Jeffrey up long ago upon first reading of his night-time exploits here. If you'd like to put a face to the nickname, here's himself in his own words:
https://audiidudii.aminus3.com/about/
Rest In Peace 'Audii-Dudii'. Your presence will be missed, Jeffrey.
Roger Thoms
28-Apr-2022, 04:36
This is very sad new, RIP.
https://youtu.be/tuVgXyu6Giw
Old_Dick
28-Apr-2022, 18:15
Sad news.
Merg Ross
28-Apr-2022, 21:50
Sad to hear the news. His photography has been a pleasure to view. RIP.
Here is a post card I printed of a lunar eclipse gone wrong (5x7 neg contacted onto post card paper). The post card was taped to my office door for a few years.
Tri-X, 5x7, 28" (710mm) lens, multiple exposures (f22 @ 1/25th sec at 15 minute intervals), shutter freezing open during the fourth moon. Love it!
Lens -- a Turner Reich with the longest element on the rear, none in front of the shutter, on a cold evening outside Yosemite Nat. Park.
8x10 Kodak 2D w/ 5x7 back. Got to love the bellows!
April 23rd, 1997 (a week before my triplets were born). Looks not all that sharp...could have used f16 at 1/50th sec., but that is wide open at this focal length.
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