safe haven for tiny formats

[Heroique]

Found this guy and thought some might enjoy seeing it.

That’s a graceful grasshopper – I like how its greenish-bumpy texture blends into the leaf.

I wish I could report that my two insects (above) remained “friends,” but later in the day, they ran into each other and argued. No agreement was reached, and the result was quite horrifying — the poor beetle was alive and kicking, even as the two ants hauled him to their Queen as a sacrifice. (I’ve reduced magnification to 1:1.5)

If the entomologists can identify any of these insects, that would be kind…

[Rick Tardiff]

I took this with the canon G11..a neat little P&S I carry everywhere. I was setting this up to shoot with the 4x5 and wanted to see what it "looked like".

[Vaughn]

Two negs of a tiny format.

Three Boys, North Jetty, 2010
Humboldt County, CA
Scanned Carbon Print
Diana Camera negatives

The boys are on the remains of a wrecked ship's boiler

[Vaughn]

This time a strip of three negatives. A work in progress. I give it a little more contrast, a little more exposure, and balance out the exposures of the 3 frames a bit more. Fun image for me.

Cottonwoods, 2009
Grand Tetons National Park
From a scanned Carbon Print

Rolleiflex, on FP4+

[Allen in Montreal]

Jesus!
I have fallen behind and am just seeing this now a few weeks later,
I hope you are recovering ok?

Mirror shot, testing whether i could mount & operate one-handed (days before shooting a band).

Long story short, hit by a car (upper arm snapped in half), overnight in hospital. Got bit by a mozzie = infected leg, so operation postponed all month.

[Allen in Montreal]

Brat number 2.

Pentax 645, 150mm, TXP.

[Ash]

Hi Allen, 5 weeks on nearly... I complained after 4 weeks & got a neoprene brace which is a significant improvement to comfort, but there's no improvement to the left hand.

They canceled the op indefinitely, saying it's better to treat conservatively. The infection is totally cleared apart from a scar.

This is the reason I've put the Razzle back up for sale; I may never be able to use it again as I can't stretch my arm straight & can't lift my hand to my face. The radial nerve palsy means the wrist is limp/useless and the fingers/thumb can hardly move at all.

I'm determined all the same, but unable to work & exhausted easily.



Get those risers off that deck! It must ride so high!

Tell the kids to watch out crossing roads. I was on my longboard...
It was my right of way, van stopped to let me across, a taxi in the bus lane hit me.


Board got snapped in half too.

[Allen in Montreal]

That is horrible Ash!
I hope things turn around and it mends.
I am speechless.

[Ash]

I'm not sure which I'm more upset about....!

[NicolasArg]

Damn... just read it Ash. Really sorry to hear it