Serendipity strikes again
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Serendipity strikes again
We went to Ribblehead on Saturday, to take a shot from a limestone pavement overlooking the viaduct. Well, we found these rocks to be much more interesting for a foreground, and proceeded to set up the trusty Ebony.
I had just got the grad filter aligned and checked the exposure, when we heard the sound of a steam train whistle in the distance. Now, this stretch of railway line runs from Settle to Carlisle and is famous for steam trains being run from time to time, but we are not train buffs, so were not expecting this.
Helen quickly set the aperture and shutter speed, I loaded a sheet into the Quickload and, suddenly realised that we had not yet attached the shutter release cable !!
Fortunately, the shutter doesn't take a lot of effort to trip, so I used the digital release mechanism (a finger ), and here is the result. What do you think ?
I had just got the grad filter aligned and checked the exposure, when we heard the sound of a steam train whistle in the distance. Now, this stretch of railway line runs from Settle to Carlisle and is famous for steam trains being run from time to time, but we are not train buffs, so were not expecting this.
Helen quickly set the aperture and shutter speed, I loaded a sheet into the Quickload and, suddenly realised that we had not yet attached the shutter release cable !!
Fortunately, the shutter doesn't take a lot of effort to trip, so I used the digital release mechanism (a finger ), and here is the result. What do you think ?
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I used the JC Patented 6x17 Emulator Attachment
IOW, I have a piece of plastic the same size as the ground glass protector with a 42x119mm aperture cut in it. This serves two purposes: it can be used with a notched bar as a viewer, or it can be used as a mask on the focusing screen, allowing you to take 6x17 pictures on 4x5 film.
The advantage of keeping to 4x5 is that I can vary the proportions if, as in this case, I needed to allow more sky; thus the odd proportions of this picture - 6x13.5 ?
IOW, I have a piece of plastic the same size as the ground glass protector with a 42x119mm aperture cut in it. This serves two purposes: it can be used with a notched bar as a viewer, or it can be used as a mask on the focusing screen, allowing you to take 6x17 pictures on 4x5 film.
The advantage of keeping to 4x5 is that I can vary the proportions if, as in this case, I needed to allow more sky; thus the odd proportions of this picture - 6x13.5 ?
Oops
P.S. - Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack your thread!
It's a cracking shot by the way, the train makes a great shot even better, and it was luck that it showed up? Can you pick my lottery numbers this week?
It's a cracking shot by the way, the train makes a great shot even better, and it was luck that it showed up? Can you pick my lottery numbers this week?
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Steve, that's a very interesting idea; I will pursue that when I get back from Ireland this weekend. Thanks for the prompting.
In fact, here is a quick conversion to B&W
<update> here is a "proper" conversion
In fact, here is a quick conversion to B&W
<update> here is a "proper" conversion
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Joanna,
This is one cracking shot, and, despite my being a B&W enthusiast, for once, I personally much prefer the colour shot.
I was up that way a few weeks ago, knowing that a steam train was coming over, and waiting for it. I was shooting DSLR so not admissible here, but how I wish I had found those rocks!!
This is definitely one for the wall. Well done!!
John Fontana
This is one cracking shot, and, despite my being a B&W enthusiast, for once, I personally much prefer the colour shot.
I was up that way a few weeks ago, knowing that a steam train was coming over, and waiting for it. I was shooting DSLR so not admissible here, but how I wish I had found those rocks!!
This is definitely one for the wall. Well done!!
John Fontana
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