Re: Weird Flare Effects

Hi Jeff,

The flare in your photos is from having the sun striking the pinhole
directly, which bends or flares the intense light onto the film. As a
rule, try to not have the sun hitting the pinhole when making an
exposure.

Throwing out the rules... the sun causes the flare; but why follow
rules? Your images are beautiful with the flare, maybe especially
because of it. I think is works wonderfully in the photo of the old
buildings; and the placement of the sun and subsequent flare
accentuates the subjects in all three photos. Sun flare is another
tool in the pinhole bag or tricks.

Tom

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Spirer" <jeff@spirer.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 9:20 PM
Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Weird Flare Effects

> I've only used one pinhole camera, and not for that long, so maybe
I'm
> encountering something that I should understand, but I don't. I'm
using
> the Zero2000, it seems that plenty of people on the list are
familiar with
> it. I get this very strange flare effect in bright sunlight when I
use it,
> and I'd be interested in figuring out what is causing it. I have
three
> photos here, two color, that demonstrate the effect.
>
> http://www.spirer.com/images/sunflower.jpg
> http://www.spirer.com/images/desparation.jpg
> http://www.spirer.com/images/home.jpg
>
>
> Jeff Spirer
> Photos: http://www.spirer.com
> One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
>
>
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Received on Tue Sep 19 22:50:26 2000