(Some more Renfest runners-up this time around – all shot with a hand-held, string steadied TL-120)
Another lovely young stand girl at this past PA Renfest. Lighting was a bit of a challenge.
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Fresh Fruit 3
Another view of one of my favorite stand models, from the same MD Renfest a few years ago.
Anachronistic Couple
This handsome couple is doubly out of sync with both modern times, and the medieval/Renaissance revelers all around them. They were sitting at the bar, near a grounded Pirate Ship boutique, at the PA Renfest last year. If you thought you were viewing some Victorian Costumer movie outake starring Jane Seymour and Gene Wilder, you’re not alone!
Wild and Tamed
The work of David Lee of Soquel, California
Caverns
The work of Jon Hoggatt of Denton, Texas
Fair Lupine
The work of Linda Nygren of St. Paul, Minnesota
Seattle Public Library -3shots
The work of Frank Roberto of Bellevue, Washington
I fixed the focus in my Sputnik & headed to the library.
Sorry, I don’t have a scan of the images.
Hey here’s how I fixed the focus. With scotch tape!
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Incense Urn, TaiPei Taiwan
Jim Harp – May 2012
Photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop, Vivitar 185H fill flash, tripod support.
TaiPei is filled with beautiful Buddhist and Confucian temples.
Buddha National Memorial, Taiwan
Jim Harp May 2012
Photographed with a TL-120, Provia 100F pushed one stop, tripod. This monument is located in Fo Guang Shan in Southwestern Taiwan. It’s difficult to capture the scale of this place but panoramic MF3D comes close.
View from the 101 Building – Taipei, Taiwan
May 2012
This is the view from the observation deck of the 101 building which is the tallest skyscraper in Asia. This was a cha-cha shot with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. I used a four foot separation, which is quite a bit less than the “1/30” rule would dictate. While I don’t think this separation would produce satisfactory depth in 35mm or digital I feel that it works well for medium format. Medium Format’s high level of detail provides plenty of depth cues and there’s none of the miniaturization effects that a 20 foot separation would have created.
Behind the 101 Building – Taipei, Taiwan
May 201. Photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. I used a pod support.
This image captures what much of Taipei is like; the mountains in the background, the modern, nondescript buildings and the group of people exercising in public.
Zipper Sunset
A detail of the ride "Zipper" with sunset colors behind
Taken last year at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe, Washington. Sunset colors painted the sky briefly while I scrambled to find a vantage point.
TL-120, Provia 100F, settings unrecorded.
MOG Walkway
Looking up from a walkway outside the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington.
Yeah, not a whole lotta depth. But I took it and you’re gonna look at it!
It was a bit of a challenge to shoot as I wanted the lenses parallel to the ceiling and it was an awkward position from which to check my framing.
TL-120, 1/2 second at f19, Provia 100F. Taken on New Year’s Eve 2009.
Chelsea Market
Street scene in the Chelsea district
Visiting Manhattan over Christmas 2010 we got socked in by a blizzard. Our flight was cancelled so I got in a few more days of shooting scenes in the snow. Here I’m precariously perched on a mound of snow and could have used some snowshoes on my tripod. I love the quality of the saturated color in the reflections.
Twin Hasselblad 500Cs on a custom wood bar, 50mm, Provia 100F.
Approaching the Pillars
An area near the Pillars of Silence
When I visited the Southwest a few years back I stopped in Page, Arizona, and hired a photoguide to cart me around to some interesting spots. There’s one spot called the Pillars of Silence where there’s a deep layer of white sandstone topped by a harder layer of rock. As the cliffs erode there are places where a hard rock is still protecting the soft sandstone directly below it so you get to an area full of white pillars each with a stone cap. It looks like an art installation. This photo is of an area right before you get to the pillars. You can see the amazing patterns made in the sandstone as it melts away. It reminds me of brain matter!
Shot with the TL-120, Provia 100F, f22, on a tripod. Shutter unrecorded.