Re: Still Life Compositions

Without spending more money to upgrade the focal length of your Zero 4x5
poinhole, why not try composing some still life scenes that essentially
cover 180 degrees? This is fascinating and could lead to new ideas and
inspiration. Let us know how your results worked!

Thanks,

R.J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Healy <mjhealy@kcnet.com>
To: pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Sun Dec 29 20:03:23 2002
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Still Life Compositions

Sounds fantastic! Yesterday I got an idea while I was experimenting w/ the
360 mm pinhole on 4x5. If I held a polaroid at a certain distance that
reproduced the scale of the actual scene, then I figured I'd know how to
frame a shot w/o a polaroid. Next I tried it with a polaroid shot w/ the 50
mm. I couldn't do it, though. As soon as I started holding it close enough,
my ^#%@ nose kept getting in the way. I wish I could get my camera could go
down to 25 mm. Mark, if you want to trade... Personally, I think tabletop
could get pretty interesting. What you want, though, is an empty airline
hangar for a backdrop...

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: <erickson@hickorytech.net>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Still Life Compositions

I'll defend a 1" Fl on 4x5. The first camera I ever built had 0.75" Fl and
I've had great fun with it. It has a wonderfully wide acceptance angle and
makes a nice round image on 4x5 film. Placed 0.75 inches away from the
object it gives a life size image.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Healy" <mjhealy@kcnet.com>
To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] Still Life Compositions

> I need to ask you a dumb question. You are able to get 25 mm of focal
length
> on 4x5? What equipment are you employing, that you can do this? That's a
> separation of 1 lousy inch from pinhole to film plane, isn't it? I'd love
to
> try that myself. My monorail and bag bellows **AND** recessed lens board
> allow me a fat, gross, long-length 50 mm. What is your trick?
>
> Okay, another dumb question. With that kind of coverage on tabletop, it
kind
> of seems like you're going to get the doorway behind you in the image,
plus
> six miles down the length of the hallway, to say nothing of your own
entire
> carcass. So I'm kind of wondering, why are you working with 25 mm? That it
> distorts, would be one good reason. But you'll get distortion with 40-60
mm,
> won't you? Do you have to stick to 25 mm? If I didn't like it that I was
> getting so much into the frame, that probably would be my first point of
> reassessment. Give yourself some bellows. I mean, unless you can position
> your camera so it's a quarter of an inch from your subject matter. I tried
> that recently w/ table top myself. The camera actually cast a shadow onto
my
> subject. Impossible.
>
> Mike Healy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Andrews" <mandrews@dragonbones.com>
> To: <pinhole-discussion@pinhole.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 6:47 PM
> Subject: [pinhole-discussion] Still Life Compositions
>
>
> I am novice pinhole photographer looking for some advice regarding
shooting
> still life compositions with my 4X5 Pinhole Camera (25mm focal length).
>
> My issue is that I am trying to limit the elements in my composition, but
> tend to pick up a significant amount of the surrounding area no mater how
> close I am to the still life composition. Is it possible to limit the
> surrounding area? I've seen other pinhole still lifes with a limited
> composition--perhaps this was accomplished in the darkroom?
>
> Many thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.
>
>
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