SPECIALTY FRIDAYS -- Lightning Rod House in Infrared
posted by micki at 6/09/2006 08:16:00 AM
Friday, June 09, 2006
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No digital photography here folks. Only film, all the time. No post processing. I shoot it, I have it developed, I scan the print, I post it. It is hoped that you would respect my ownership of the images posted, despite the ease with which you could copy them. If you would like a true photographic print of any of my images, please contact me at goodiesbaker@yahoo.com and I will be happy to provide you with one. Weapons of Choice: * Minolta 7000 * Minolta 9000 *Minolta Dynax 9 * Konica Minolta 70 *Minolta x-700 * Minolta AL-F Rangefinder *1958 Minolta Autocord *Holga *holgamod Holga *PIX Panorama Toy Camera *Polaroid One Step Close Up Lenses: Too many too list, just read the stats for each shot I post Scanner: Epson 4990 Perfection Photo Favorite Films: * Kodak Tri-X * Fuji Superia * Ilford HP5+ -- Goal: To make the best exposure possible, on film. A Theme a Day *Sunday – Take A Guess *Macro Mondays *A Glimpse of My Town Tuesdays *Wednesday's Colors *Thursday's Critter *Unique Film and/or Camera Fridays *Saturday – Anything goes
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In order to keep my Saturdays free for whatever I want to post that doesn’t fall under my Sunday through Friday categories, I’m changing my Friday category just a wee bit. It will be Abstract/Specialty Film/Toy Camera Day. There…how’s that go? I’ve been shooting with the Holga, and will go into Williamsburg to pick up and drop off 120 films soon, and I’m shooting another roll of infrared now. Plus, I’ve shot a couple rolls of high speed b&w films…ISO 1600 and ISO 3200. Again, I need to pick up and drop off. Now that warm weather is here and I’ll be taking the kids to Busch Gardens every other week, I’ll be able to go to the camera shop more often, as it’s right down the road from the amusement park.
So, here are a few shots I took of the house with all the lightning rods on it (I think I counted 11 or 12 all together) that I shot with this year’s first roll of infrared. I might post some color shots of the house tomorrow, or maybe not. It’s been awhile since I posted pictures of this place. I’m not sure, but I think someone might be living in it again.
My scanner had a difficult time with the last two images. Again, the contrast really threw it. Some of the details in the highlights were lost in the scanning. If you ever get a chance to shoot infrared film, though, please do so! It’s really a lot of fun!
Lightning Rod House in Infrared 1
Camera - Minolta Maxxum 7000
Film - Kodak HIE Infrared Film
Shutter Speed - 1/45
Aperture Setting - f-11 Aperture Mode Mode
Lens - Sigma 35-135mm zoom lens
#25 Red filter and a Polarizing filter
Scanning Method - My scan from my cheap little hp officejet 5510v all-in-one copy/scanner/faxer/printer
Lightning Rod House in Infrared 2
Camera - Minolta Maxxum 7000
Film - Kodak HIE Infrared Film
Shutter Speed - 1/100
Aperture Setting - f-11 Aperture Mode
Lens - Sigma 35-135mm zoom lens
#25 Red filter
Scanning Method - My scan from my cheap little hp officejet 5510v all-in-one copy/scanner/faxer/printer
Lightning Rod House in Infrared 3
Camera - Minolta Maxxum 7000
Film - Kodak HIE Infrared Film
Shutter Speed - 1/45
Aperture Setting - f-11 Aperture Mode
Lens - Sigma 35-135mm zoom lens
#25 Red filter
Scanning Method - My scan from my cheap little hp officejet 5510v all-in-one copy/scanner/faxer/printer
Must try it now seeing these...they come out as something quite special
Oh I just your infrared pictures. Ghostly yet more alive.
Stunning work! Infrared film works really well on these shots... 3rd one is my favourite!
Michael
Super! Looks very spooky. My fave is the first one. The sky came out so well.
i can understand why the scanner had problems with this level of contrast. Good work!
Micki. I'm not a big fan of infrared but these images are truly lovely. I particularly like number 3 -- how the trees come out.
I'll be off air for a few days. See you soon. Chris
These are a lot of fun. They look like something on another planet. =)
These turned out very well! I adore your house. I've always wanted a house with a screened porch.
Wonderful! I actually like the third one best. The look of the trees really appeals to me. Lovely.
Can't decide if it looks ghostly or like out of a dream... Am back home and will send off your postcard right away. Sorry for the delay!!
Great shots. I really liked the 3rd one.
Lovely series!
Thiknking outside the box. Always a good thing to do
love the infrared look. i've tried in the past to manipulate the effect cia photoshop but it's not as neat as the real one.
the first one is absolutely stunning. my favourite from this serie. anyway, i love all of them. very nice work micki!
These look like screenshots for some blockbuster horror flick!
love these shots, you got me wanting to experiement!
Very wild shots! Lightning rod house?
Wonderful!
Have a nice weekend Micki!!
great infra red film type shots - love em
wild wild wild. really love the feel of these infrared shots!
Oh Micki ... one of your best. I always love the dreamy look of infrared photos. These are wonderful. Enjoy your weekend.
Infrared makes a special feeling.
I enjoy it.
Have a good week-end Micki
You really take these really well. Nice one Micki
Fascinating images. I really am tempted by your results to try some of this stuff. Image #3 is most impressive.
Beautiful Micki. It reminds me of the tree shot which is still one of my favorites.
Good and impressive. I love the spot. The house has a misterious something (kind of Norman Bates' Psycho motel), with this infrared shots. Landscapes do great with IR, I have tried it with PS sometimes, better with the roll though. I would like the original house too!
Hey where is your post for today?
No slacking allowed in the Blog world :)
Suby
P.s
How's your weekend going?
Just a little not of thatnks, since I already posted comments for these.
Thanks for the heads up about my stuck bird post. I am not sure what happened, but I fixed it.
I type the narratives in word, then copy paste them, perhaps it got cut then.
I need to try infrared one of these days. These look great. (btw, I'm glad you have your feeds set up! I can finally track your postings...)
These are lovely shots.. I'll take some infrared shots, but I think red filter is not enough for digital infrared. I think I'll need a full filter..
The first image is especially well composed and has quite a presence - somehow I expected that the lightning rod house would be bigger to be home to a dozen of the device. This brings new meaning to the word 'cautious' !
Your work is so fresh! Since some of the comments here are pointing to a favorite, I'll say mine is #1 because I would like to have a house like that with that much (green) land.
Beautiful! I love B&W IR shots and these are splendid. You're inspiring to do some IR shooting!
Love these pictures. I've looked through your latest work and both the pictures and writing are very enjoyable. Has a down-home feel to it that I very much like. Great job!
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