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.
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.
The Bison are in Yellowstone, a pair of Fuji 6.45s
The waterfall is Yellowstone Falls, my home made camera.
Logs, Squamish, B.C.
On the Sea to Sky highway between Whistler and Vancouver, B.C.
Tried to get the through the window effect.
Kensington Market, Toronto
Spire St. James Cathedral, Toronto
TTl 120 camera
1853 – New Gothic Revival Cathedral opens for services on original site
1865 – Bells installed
1875 – Spire completed
One more Bob V. tribute!
I took a series of close-up, Autumn stream shots just down from the Kilgore Falls pictured in my last entries. They turned out OK, but not too exciting. Then I remembered seeing how Bob improved a Bryce Canyon shot with a pan mask crop in the last folio. So I just scooted the smaller frame mount over the pics and arrived at this. I really utilized the 3D World mounting jig for the first time on this one, to try to save everyone too much eyestrain! (and criticism) 🙂
The DOF, of course, suffers shooting at such a close and slanted angle. But the shapes and colors remind me a bit of Klimt and other curvy, Fin de Siècle paintings. So, I can just enjoy the pure abstraction of it, without worrying just how sharp or well exposed everything is. I like looking at the floating, squiggly highlights and finding all the tiny, nearly invisible jets and drops of water poking out in depth. View this one with maximum lighting, if you can!
This is another Bob V. inspiration!
Another time-exposed shot at Morey’s Pier at Wildwood, NJ, (using Bob’s suggested 4 sec. at f16, asa 100 method – saves a lot of guesswork!). This is the “Condor” ride, which looks (and sounds) very strange – even without the added psychedelic exposure. I shot a series of them, but because the spins and elevations constantly shift, it’s hard to predict the outcome. This was the best one, by far, and it won 1st place at my first visit to the Potomac DC Stereo Society monthly competiton. They joked it must be the first time a shot made by a Sputnik ever won anything!
I enjoy showing this to people and have them guess what they’re looking at. I’ve heard some strange answers (“guitar,” “bell striker”). The distance of the subject certainly cuts down on the parallax, but there is still a little bit of depth left. A wider pair of synced Hassies would have been the ticket here… (Right, Bob?) 🙂
This was taken at Baltimore’s Artscape Festival in July – said to be the largest, free outdoor arts event in the country. I set out to do a series of slides to contribute to a “Summer in the City” themed gallery group show last year. The gallery was enthused about the stereo format, but we still have a way to go in presentation ideas and executions for them.
This was shot at a performance by the frenetic “Baltimore Rock Opera Society” (BROS). Think Ed Wood-meets-Bosch, set loose on the sweltering streets – but the music and singing was actually pretty decent. I just set up my tripod and TL-120 behind a stage, hoping not to get knocked over.
Tacky, silly, and so very Baltimore, Hon!
I did another small series of MD Renn Fest shots this Fall, but a freak Oct. snowfall prevented me from doing the PA one this year.
April, the confident, photogenic vendor shown here, was introduced to me by Tom, (another roving, middle-aged photographer who was toting an impressive lens and digicam). 🙂 He said he has a Realist camera and was into NSA and such a few years ago, and I invited him to jump back into the fold.
Anyway, I did a few shots of her and others that warm day. I waited until the later afternoon when the sun slanted thru the thick, forest canopy of the grounds. It really is a special time, and no, I didn’t usually bother with fill-flash or reflectors. I like the way the sharp lighting heightens the fabric textures of the costumes, even at the expense of harsher shadows on the skin. Check out the fine print detail on those bills she holds! I got a whole, small series of various Renn Denizens, (including 1st attempts at Bob V. Style close-up portraits). I’ll slip more into the folios to come.
The Stars and Stripes and the US Seal are subtle signs of the US Consulate close to Quebec City’s Chateau Frontenac: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_Frontenac
The Consulate is witness to two centuries of friendship between the US and Canada following the war of 1812. I am playing in the early morning light with a mirror to juxtapose adjacent objects in new ways.
Original slide shot October 10th, 2011 with a tripod-mounted Sputnik using Provia 100P exposed at 1/25th at f22.
A large statue of Samuel de Champlain stands beside the Chateau Frontenac, in honour of his founding of Quebec City over 400 years ago:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain
In this early morning light I am playing with a mirror creating a picture within a picture, juxtaposing adjacent objects in new ways.
Original slide shot October 10th, 2011 with a tripod-mounted Sputnik using Provia 100P exposed at 1/25th at f22.
A historic building of old Quebec City is juxtaposed in the mirror onto the green fields surrounding the Citadelle, the city’s fortifications:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadelle_of_Quebec
In this series I have played with a mirror to juxtapose adjacent objects in new ways.
Original slide shot October 9th, 2011 with a tripod-mounted Sputnik using Provia 100P exposed at 1/25th at f20.