Re: something to take your mind off wwpd.

It also seems necessary to have lighter objects on a black background. The
opposite leads only to patterns of fog.
----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Sellers <scottsellers@mindspring.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] something to take your mind off wwpd.

> Hi Bill,
>
> On Sunday, February 25, 2001, you wrote:
> > I uploaded a couple images as one, taken with the lid of a salt shaker.
> > http://www.pinhole.com/discussion/upload/images/salt-shaker.jpg.
> > They don't have a lot of esthetic value but they are an example of
results
> > from a three dimensional multiple pinhole array. The salt shaker lid is
> > somewhat dome-shaped. Instead of several individual images, one from
each
> > pinhole, they seem to converge, yielding multiple overlapping images, as
> > seen especially in the donut shaped highlights. The one real trick to
> > capturing these images is to eliminate all other light sources except a
> > single flood focussed on the item being photographed. Any other source
of
> > light just fogs everything, no matter where it is. The top image is a
pot
> > and two gravy boats, the bottom one is the same pot plus a pomegranate,
with
> > a skull in the background. . All in all, educational but not as
satisfying
> > as my cracker series. A two razor blade slit is next. Bill.
>
> Interesting. For this technique, it seems small, high-contrast
> subjects would be best, with the actual pattern of the pinholes a
> central design element. A single ant or say ladybug could be turned
> into a phalanx -- if you could get them to pose.
>
> I like the experimentation. However, this work is not as crispy as
> your earlier series.
>
> Scott
>
>
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Received on Sun Feb 25 21:11:23 2001