I mentioned in my previous post that I had done an exposure using Pan F that took 38 minutes.  Well here it is, nothing inspiring at all about it at all, no detail in the rock carving that I was wanting to capture.  Flat, flat, FLAT!! You can’t even tell that the rock is at its highest about a foot from the ground.  It just looks flat.
I would not have thought that I could have got any closer (see below) than about 2 feet, but clearly I could. Â Ah well, you live and you learn, and thats what its all about.
That said, I did have my Bronica set up as well, and I hope that I managed to make some good images of the tree stump and holly tree that you can see in the background of the main image. Â The light was perfect for that.
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Hmmm…… obviously rather tricky this pinhole business – not that I ever imagined it wasn’t
That’s a very long time to wait for an exposure which isn’t /quite/ what you were aiming for!
Good luck with the Bronica exposures.
Mike
Indeed I think it can be – what do you aim with for starters when you have just a wooden box???
It was long indeed, my longest to date, which given the lighting (dappled woodland) I would have thought would have been shorter, but my metering was more or less on the money anyway.
Still I quite like it along with my Bronica, as it slows me down, instead of bracketing like mad in the hope that I get something. All I have to do now is gain the confidence that I only need one shot, instead of taking a few more “just in case”.
Indeed – I am definitely beginning to understand the advantages of slowing down. Maybe I should dabble in pinhole one day – I have to say that it really is rather appealing, and your pretty much spot-on exposure there proves it. The sense of not knowing what you might capture is something I like the sound of too!