A Kirengeshoma Through A Pinhole
Saturday, August 11, 2012
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Original Fuji 3000 negative peel taken with Mamiya RB-Pro SD
with a lens cap pinhole. |
One of the favourite spots in my garden is a shady corner under the
Rhododendron luteum where I grow a large
Kirengeshoma palmata. Underneath is a fine (and quite rare) yellow green hosta called Northwest Textures. I have taken countless photographs of the spot in the past but today I used the pinhole lens (on the body cap) of my Mamiya RB-Pro SD. My exposure was 10 seconds using Fuji FP-3000B Instant Black and White Film. What you see here is a progression of he scans beginning with the actual negative. I had to dry it very well with a hair dryer to make sure it was not sticky so that I could firmly place it on my scanner bed. From that negative you can see the steps to the final results.
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Straight reversal with scanner |
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Shadow/highlight and contrast with Photoshop
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Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 Time Machine albumen print |
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Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 Time Machine cyanotype |