One of the old rides at the Toronto Exhibition also known as the Canadian National Exhibition or CNE. It takes place every summer. http://theex.com
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Abandoned House, Mussoorie India
This was the view from the Plaza hotel in Mussoorie India. It must have been a gorgeous residence at some point. You can see that someone is living there, or at least hanging some laundry up to dry. Mussoorie is in Northern India at the foothills of the Himilayas.
Photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. I used a pod-support on a deck railing. I think it was 1/125 @f16.
“Mermaid Parade – On the Fence”
Photographed with a TL-120 on a tripod using a Vivitar 285H with plastic diffusor for fill-flash. I think it was 1/60 @ f16.
There’s nothing quite like the Mermaid Parade, the participants loved to be photographed, and the stranger the camera the better.
“Mermaid Parade – Twin Pillows”
Photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop with a Vivitar 285H with a diffusor for fill-flash. I believe it was f16 @ 1/125. The TL-120 seems to do fine with flash sync at 1/125 even though 3D World only claimed 1/30.
It was bright sunny day for the 2014 Mermaid Parade, fill-flash saved lots of my shots from excessive shadow detail.
For me fill-flash is like that commercial for hot-sauce: “I put that $#*& on everything!”
Taj Mahal Close
The Taj Mahal is often seen just in the classic full view, but there’s quite a lot to look at when you get closer in. MF3D is really the only medium that can convey the richness of all the marble inlays and carving.
This was photographed with a TL-120 using Provia 100F pushed one stop. I believe it was 1/250 @f16. No tripods are allowed at the Taj unless major fees are paid, so this was shot with the camera hanging around my neck using a Hasselblad waist level finder and a cable release. October 2010.
The TL-120 attracted a lot of attention in India, at times I was mobbed with people wondering what it was.
Against The Light
Against The Light
Looking over my earlier efforts at winter landscapes, I decided that my lighting decisions were too conservative and would never capture the feel of a winter snowscape. In February of 2014, I tried to change that by using more aggressive sun angles and shooting into the light. I didn’t want to go full contre jour because so much of what I find engaging are the textures of the surfaces, and MF3D is superb at capturing textures.
Here, I tried to position the camera so both lenses were shaded by the distant trunk, and positioned a flash on the left. I then waited while the earth turned, and tripped the shutter as the shadow-line reached the camera.
The result is the the best representation I’ve been able to make of a Juneau winter day. The sky isn’t blown out, but is a featureless sea with a floating sun. The trees are more than silhouettes and able to contribute to the story.
Standing Proud
Standing Proud
This image has been a while in the making. After reviewing my attempts at winter landscapes, I went out to try to do some things differently. I loaded a pack, took the first sunny day off work, and headed out to Cowee Creek where I knew I’d have moderate snow, free-standing trees, and a dramatic backdrop lit by the low afternoon sun. The film was exposed in February of 2014, processed by DR5 in May, and mounted in February of 2015.
To try to force the back of foreground tree trunk out of the shadows, I used a couple of Vivitar 285 flashes. One weak one firing forward (and slightly right) from just below the camera, and a stronger one coming from the far left.
While I think my concepts were correct, I fell short in the execution. This was the last roll of the day. It is a tested characteristic of my camera that the shutter timings start to drift at low voltages. By the time this roll was exposed, the batteries in the TL120 were failing in the cold and the right side was under exposed.
Dripping Foliage
Foliage at Cowee Creek
While this film was exposed in February of 2014, I only mounted this image recently and Boris’s foliage efforts prompted me to include it in the folio. While it lacks the diversity of color most people associate with “foliage”, I hoped the medium would be able to convey the textures and details I found that day.
I have been generally dissatisfied with the winter landscapes I’ve made, so tried to do this session differently. Rather than try to frame with the sun behind or safely off the lens, I shot into the sun or let it come aggressively in from the side. This is a “from the side” shot with at least one Vivitar 285 providing fill against the natural light. I didn’t make a lighting sketch, but I suspect there was one above the camera and a stronger one firing from the right.
Tent Rocks near Los Alamos
Well, this one is a bit different. It’s a hyper of a formation about 1/8 mile away taken using the Sony SLT 55 with a 100 mm prime macro lens. The images were acquired as part of a rapid burst from a moving car (I’d had foot surgery and my wife was driving me about). The spacing of the shots is around 100 feet. The white formations are about 30′ tall. This is a little known site near Los Alamos.
This was transferred to TL 120 using a “4K” screen. See “Camel Rock North Face” for the details of that process.
There is a very famous grouping of tent rocks, larger and more numerous, south of Santa Fe, which some of you may know of. They occur only in a few places, including outside of Istanbul, Turkey.
I’ll be heading out to Tent Rocks proper in the summer once things have solidified.
Overlook Park White Rock, New Mexico
This image was taken using cha cha and a single Sony SLT 55 with 35 mm Sony prime F1.8 lens. The focus of the infinity point was a bit soft so I used a bLind deconvolution filter (Lucy Richardson) to refocus. Then the images were transferred to TL 120 by photographing a quad UHD screen with custom color table.
This is one of my favorite sites, with many opportunities for interesting views depending on the time of day. This wa 2pm to a bit hard lighting. The figured rock in foreground was interesting. I was pleased that the raw format and transfer process kept the detail and color of the highlight on the rock. In the left distance is Black Mesa. I lived near there for 5 years in a former candle factory where I had a lot of my woodworking equipment. I’ve since sold that equipment.
When I take this site again, I’ll be using the tl120 directly with its 85 mm lenses
Camel Rock West Face
Sony slt 55a 35 mm prime. Cha-cha. October 10, 2013 10:35 am.
Used to be you could climb up on this until about 1970. There were actually two formations, one about 100 yards south. Some kids attached a rope and pulled it down with a pickup. So they put a fence around it.
This was transferred to TL 120 using a “4K” screen. See “Camel Rock North Face” for the details of that process.
Camel Rock North Face
I only recently discovered the MF stereo world thanks to Nik! the first I’d seen was at the 2012 NSA. Immediately after that I’ve had 7 foot surgeries and unable to use my TL 120 the way it was intended. Determined to participate though, and once things are healed I’ll be getting out and composing directly to film. I realize one goal of this folio is to preserve the art of direct analog film photography, so my new entries are a bit of sacrilege. Since I’m a scientist I like to experiment. I have a bunch of 35 mm stereo and digital stereo photos. One question I wanted to answer empirically was: what would it look like to transfer images from my archive to medium format. Continue reading
Concepcion Mission Church
Concepcion (1731)
One 
of the most attractive of the San Antonio missions, the church at Concepcion looks essentially as it did more than 200 years ago, when it stood at the center of local religious activity. The mission was well known for its religious celebrations. Not visible today are the colorful geometric designs that originally covered the exterior surface of the mission. Inside, however, are original paintings of religious symbols and architectural designs. These outposts were established by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives. These missions formed part of a colonization system that stretched across the Spanish Southwest in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. This is one of the 5 San Antonio missions, the Alamo is owned by the state of Texas and operated by the Daughters of the Revolution. The National Historical Park encompasses 4 of the missions. Taken with the TL 120.
Prada Marfa
The brainchild of Berlin-based artistic team Elmgreen and Dragset, Prada Marfa was meant to be a “pop architectural land art project.” Built of a biodegradable adobe-like substance, the building is meant to slowly melt back into the Earth, serving as a surrealist commentary on Western materialism. Prada Marfa is located northwest of Valentine, Texas, just off U.S. Route 90, and about 60 km northwest of the city of Marfa. Costing a sum total of $80,000 – or, put another way, about 40 Prada handbags
Due to vandalism the handbags have no bottoms and all of the shoes are right-footed. While the vandalism might be the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to Prada Marfa, the site still gets thousands of visitors a year, despite Route 90’s low traffic flow Most people buy the artists’ story, but a few vocal dissenters have flooded the internet with conspiracy theories. Some even argue that Prada Marfa is a trap set by aliens meant to attract potential abductees. Visitors beware.
In March of 2014, the Prada in Marfa was vandalized with blue paint and graffiti. Image was taken with the TL 120.
Submission 2014
Thanks for allowing me to share my images. I’ve enjoyed your beautiful work
- San Francisco 2013 Fuji gf670w Ektachrome e 100g 20 foot separation
- NYC 2013 Fuji gf670w Ektachrome e 100g 30 foot separation
- National Railroad Museum Rusted old Dodge. EFKE 25 processed by DR5 TL120
- National Railroad Museum Steam Engine EFKE 25 processed by DR5 TL120
I was inspired by David Lee’s great hyperstereos to try shooting some of my own. My first attempt was from the Mark hotel in San Francisco, My second from a rooftop bar in NYC.
The others are EFKE 25 DR5 transparencies shot at the National Railroad Museum in Wisconsin. We just had a 3rd boy and moved to Long Island. I also started a new job, so we’ve been busy. I wouldve liked to attend the NSA this year, but maybe some time soon. If any of you are in NYC drop me a line, perhaps we can meet for some mf3d or other photography
Thank you,
Nik Sekhar