Surrender
posted by micki at 10/07/2006 10:11:00 AM
Saturday, October 07, 2006
About Me
- Name: micki
- Location: United States
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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Camera - Minolta Maxxum 9000
Film - Kodak Tri-X
Shutter Speed - 1/6
Aperture Setting - f-22 Aperture Mode
Lens - Sigma 170-500mm zoom lens @ 500mm
Polarizer Filter
Scanning Method - My scan from my cheap little hp officejet 5510v all-in-one copy/scanner/faxer/printer
For the past couple of months, most of my Saturday posts have ended up being experiment shots. Which makes sense, as the subjects don’t fit into the other days’ of the week theme. Some of you have seen a couple of photos with my greasy lens. Well, I had an idea, a couple actually. Unfortunately, my daughters wouldn’t model for me, so I had to put my ideas into self-portraits. That took a little more time, but I like a challenge.
The first thing I had to do was improve my greasy filter. I added a little more vegetable shortening and then made a pattern in the grease that I hoped would create a look of swirling. Now it was time to do some test shots to see which aperture worked best. I had already learned that the effect I’d wanted only worked when I used the filter on a very wide lens, my 24mm. I also liked the effect better when there was either a lot of foreground or the subject was close to the camera. So, I used my old tripod (the one a strong breeze could blow over) and a hooded sweatshirt to set focus and exposure. I had to manually focus most of the time, because with the grease on the filter, it’s very hard for the auto focus to work. This is one of the shots from that afternoon’s session. There will be more over time, but two self portraits in one week? Geez! Oh, and those are my twelve year old’s clothes I’m wearing, and I had to pin the skirt smaller at the waist. She wasn’t happy when she found out I’d been wearing them.
Wow, Micki, this is amazing...it has sort of a Susan Burnstine feel to it....and I've tried the greasy filter thing before, but never with these results, I don't think I used enough! This is brilliant, definitely an area you should explore more. Well done!
Did you bracket the exposure at all?...over/under expose?
Terrific results, Micki. Thanks for describing your techniques. I can't wait to see more.
Excellent outcome to your experiments Micki. I really, really like this image. Inspires me to try this myself.
Very interesting shot. I like it!
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! looks very mystical!
I have got to know though how the heck do you clean the grease off LOL
Wow wow wow! Really special. I had suspected you might be a sorceress and now I'm sure :-)
I love it, Micki! Simply love it! At first, I thought that you had bought a Lensbaby! :-) Excellent!
WOW, fantatsic shot, I love the effect
Very creative stuff, love the end result .. well done!!
Lovely,
Still would not give up my DSLR for film :)
Love the work here. You show you do not need DSLRs to get amazing and funky images.
Suby
I feel exhausted just reading the prep that went into this but that’s what makes your photography and your site unique. ‘Surrender’? More like witching-up a twister of a storm, I’d say!
This is amazing! I love the creativity...what most people would depend on Photoshop to do for them (blurs, swirls, etc.) you do with old fashioned elbow...uh..grease!!! :D
Great work Micki...inspiring in fact.
Well done! I love when you get in a super creative mood! The outcome is always great.
This is very sureal!
I don't understand exactly what you mean with this shot titled "surrender" but i love the outcome.
I love too how you described the preparation . Hard work i fell.
Have a nice day Micki
love the greasy lens effect...big fan of self-portraits, i think they're really hard but you've just raised the bar to a whole new level....8.75/10
You've achieved a very ethereal effect here. I love the image. Good work.
Micki Micki Micki you blow me away with your creativity! Your twelve year olds skirt!!!!....what is your waist sz. 12inches or what!!This is a beautiful photo!
love your old school methods. Pure photography technique.
Wow, that's amazing! Fantastic shot, Micki. I might have to try something similar with resullts like that!
Awesome job!
Very spookey effect, the micki witch project! Always interesting to visit your blog and see the spells.
Interesting process. Glad to see some folks don't hesitate to get their hands dirty. In any case, the end-result is great, congrats!
I love your experimenting, micki. Mostly, I'm intrigued with any self portrait which explores a bit about the person. This one speaks volumes to me. I love seeing the person. :)
Superbly creative image, micki - the swirling pattern renders perfectly and you just nailed the composition.
this is stunning. A few months late--sorry. But bravo--love this.
Agreed! This one is really extraordinary - even among your photos!
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