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Rose

May 16, 2007

Something similar (a flower) and yet quite different after the Tulip image. I thought to capture a different flower with the pin-holga, in this instance, a dried rose. I set it up slightly differently to the tulip image in that I taped the stem to the wall (which has a brushed finish which shows up on the image, it's not post work or alternative processing) - during the approximately 8 minute exposure I didn't account for the minute vibrations that occured whilst I walked past the wall which affected the final image in a strange (yet pleasing to me) way. I presume the tulip escaped such vibrations as it was sitting in a heavy vase. This rose image is almost abstract in it's two-dimensional appearance, reminding me of an x-ray. If I tried to reproduce this effect (and I did try) I doubt I would be able to achieve this again (but that won't stop me from trying)
Camera: Pinhole Holga with Polaroid back using Polaroid 84 film and an exposure of approx. 8 minutes.

Filed under: B and W Holga Pinhole Polaroid

4 Responses to “Rose”

Lisa
May 16, 2007 23:01

Fascinating read about how you did this. It's amazing how the flower looks like a stencil. Very cool pinhole work!

Cameron
May 17, 2007 17:36

Thanks Lisa! :-)>

[terrorkitten]
May 19, 2007 02:55

I'm glad you explained this one...my initial reaction was that you had found something dead on the beach...then the penny dropped!

games
March 15, 2008 00:43

amazing

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