Photography With the Rose - UPDATE: JANUARY 15 - Kodalith Negatives

[purplerose]

Welcome to "Photography With the Rose."

The photography here will be completely random. Most of my photography is conceptual and still-life.

Enjoy or not.

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1. Summer Heat: Some pears...
2. Hello Arlene: Storm clouds for a tropical storm off the coast of the Grand Cayman Islands.
3. Stock Photo: City lights in Atlanta.

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4. Dreamy Blue 2: A flower with a long "C" name...
5. Murder at Midnight: Title kinda says it all really.
6. Stock Photo: City lights in Atlanta (Again!).

[klips]

These are not bad. I think that summer heat would have to be my favourite, mainly for the composition and colours.

PS: The flower is a chrysanthemum if memory serves. Couldn't you have just done it of a rose? Easily identifiable and a lot easier to spell

[Le Gab]

There is a certain beauty in the softness and lack of focus of the pears. It is some of your best works, I have to say.

The lighpaintings, i really would have enjoyed them if they were partially focused.

Keep up!

[purplerose]

klips: Thanx, lol.

Le Gab: Thanx. The light paintings are random stock photos to try to add more off-the-wall inspiration for drawings and what-not.

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7. Deadly Tones: Skeletons shot through a reflector using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 8 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 2.5 --- 17 seconds --- f/8

8. Horror Productions: More skeletons shot through a reflector using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 30 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3.5 --- 12.5 seconds --- f/8 --- Burn --- Dodge

9. Ascension: Conceptual Sky (2006).

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A quick side note... All of my black and white ones (present & future) are developed by me.

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10. Deluded Visions: Skeletons shot through a clear shower knob using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 30 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 5 --- 83 seconds --- f/8 --- Burn

11. Dreamwave: My bedsheets shot through chains using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 8 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 0.5 --- 46.1 seconds --- f/8

12. Playing With Pastels : Another Sky (2006).

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13. Distill: Fake tree shot through a crystal vase using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 250 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3.5 --- 13 seconds --- f/8

14. Escal: Stairs shot through chains using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 15 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3 --- 10 seconds --- f/8

15. Between : Conceptual Landscape (2006).

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16. Wuj : Bookshelf shot through chains using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 15 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3 --- 23.5 seconds --- f/8

17. Jaded Tunnel: Indoor Architecture shot through a clear shower knob using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 15 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3.5 --- 7 seconds --- f/8

18. Peek-a-Boo: Another Sky (2006).

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19. Twisted Woods: Trees shot through a measuring cup using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 15 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 4 --- 52.5 seconds --- f/8 --- Burn --- Dodge

20. Saqirik: Tree shot through a clear shower knob using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 15 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 4.5 --- 16 seconds --- f/8 --- Burn --- Dodge

21. Dragon Country: Conceptual (2006).

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22. Inevitable: Dictionary shot through a clear shower knob using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 60 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3 --- 17 seconds --- f/8

23. Series: Air Condition Vents shot through a clear shower knob using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/3.5 --- Shutter Speed: 15 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3 --- 19 seconds --- f/8 --- Burn

24. Celestial Shower: Abstract (2006).

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25. Void: Pinhole Photography (photo paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 30 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 2 --- 8.5 seconds --- f/3.5

26. Sixpence: Pinhole Photography (photo paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 15 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 2 --- 9 seconds --- f/3.5

27. Almost There: Nature (2006).

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28. Shades of Me I - Goofy: Pinhole Photography (photo paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 15 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 1.5 --- 8.5 seconds --- f/3.5

29. Shades of Me II - Sly: Pinhole Photography (photo paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 15 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 1 --- 9 seconds --- f/3.5

30. Shades of Me III - Dazed: Pinhole Photography (photo paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 15 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 1 --- 8.5 seconds --- f/3.5


There are 6 images in this series... The rest will come when they come.

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31. Shades of Me IV - Studious: Pinhole Photography (photo paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 15 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 0.5 --- 8 seconds --- f/3.5 [Side Note: I'm hitting the viewer (you I guess, lol) with a book... *points at the shadows*]

32. Shades of Me V - Angry: Pinhole Photography (photo paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 15 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 1 --- 9 seconds --- f/3.5

33. Shades of Me VI - Out of It: Pinhole Photography (photo paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 15 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 1 --- 12 seconds --- f/3.5 --- Burn @ Filter 4.5 for 68 seconds

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34. The Learning Curve: Interior architecture using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/22 --- Shutter Speed: 125 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 2.5 --- 25 seconds --- f/8

[RockinAkin]

Some really excellent work here! I love Summer Heat, Playing with Pastels, and The Learning curve. I'd like to see more vibrant color explorations like Summer Heat. You've got a great eye for the black and white. Keep up the good work!

[purplerose]

DivideByZero: Thanx and I do too! lol I wish there was a color lab for photography at my school because I would be splitting my time between black & white and color. For color I either used my film camera and went to a commercial developer or used my digi cam (which is now broken T_T).


35. Wildly Reaching: A bunch of crazy bushes using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/5.6 --- Shutter Speed: 250 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3.5 --- 33.5 seconds --- f/8

36. Alive: Tree branches using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/22 --- Shutter Speed: 60 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3.5 --- 33 seconds --- f/8

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37. Aninaq: A fountain (duh) using a Nikon 2000 (35 mm film)
- f/11 --- Shutter Speed: 60 --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3 --- 32.5 seconds --- f/8

[Asadex]

I like your work but sometimes the composition is empty.
Try to fill your creations with a "living" subject, give a mean to ebery image.

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38. The Chat: Feet... using a pinhole camera (photographic paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 30 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 0 --- 14.5 seconds --- f/3.5

39. Crossroads: Feet... using a pinhole camera (photographic paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 30 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 0.5 --- 33.9 seconds --- f/3.5

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40. B'e: A path using a pinhole camera (4x5 film)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 15 seconds --- ISO 400 & Darkroom: Filter: 3 --- 21.7 seconds --- f/11 --- Burn: 160 seconds

41. Creamy Che': A tree using a pinhole camera (Converted Nikon 2000 - color 35mm film)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 18 seconds --- ISO 800

42. Anticipation: Picnic tables using a pinhole camera (Converted Nikon 2000 - color 35mm film)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 18 seconds --- ISO 800

I tried to play with my composition a bit more in this set and some other unposted ones. More black and white pinholes will be posted as soon as my portfolio is graded. OH... 4x5 film is the devil, lol!

[eazym]

diggin the dynamics of 40, that ground's alive!

[Mr. Mu]

Hi there,

first of all, I am enjoying your notes on technical data very much. Keep them up, it's always interesting to see what lead to the pics.

little question: what kind of b/w film are you using?

the pinhole self portraits as well as those of the pair of feet (first ones) belong to my favourite pinhole shots. I have looked at quite a few, because I find the simplicity behind them so appealing, but more often than not I get the feeling that people are already happy with the fact that the shots came from a pinhole and don't add anymore value to the shots... or at least the pics look like it. So, that's different about your pinhole pics, imo.
And your self portraits have a great sense of humour...

Looking forward to updates.

[purplerose]

little question: what kind of b/w film are you using?

For the "Through" series, I used Ilford HP5 Plus.

For the other B/W photos, I used Color Negative film developed by a commercial processor and I printed the negatives I liked myself.

Umm, "B'e" was taken with 4x5 film made by Ilford.

The other B/W pinholes were done using paper negatives: Ilford Multigrade IV RC Deluxe Photo Paper.

Some linkage for ya: www.ilford.com, www.camerasbrookwood.com & www.pinholeresource.com

I hope that answered your question! ^_^;

but more often than not I get the feeling that people are already happy with the fact that the shots came from a pinhole and don't add anymore value to the shots... or at least the pics look like it.

Yeah, I have TONS of paper and film negatives that will never see the light of day (as finished photos) because they were too "snapshotty" for me.

[Le Gab]

It's really great too see you experimenting. In the words of EazyM "experimenting's soothing to the soul".

2 thumbs up on the feet photos. Keep posting and I'll keep being delighted.

[eazym]

Did I say that? By the way 34 and 37 are brilliance in print

[purplerose]

Thanx guys.

Here are two more from that color pinhole day. In conclusion, I like the weird color and hazy effect it makes, but I'm thinking it works better for slightly abstract nature pieces (like #41).

Oh, I got an "A" in "Alternative Photography." *does happy dance*


43. Tsalugi: The Parthenon in Nashville, TN using a pinhole camera (Converted Nikon 2000 - color 35mm film)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 13 seconds --- ISO 800

44. Follow Me: Architectural Abstract using a pinhole camera (Converted Nikon 2000 - color 35mm film)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 18 seconds --- ISO 800

45. Empty: Conceptual piece using a pinhole camera (photographic paper)
- f/~400 --- Exposure: 30 seconds --- ISO 12 & Darkroom: Filter: 1.5 --- 12 seconds --- f/3.5

[Le Gab]

Congrats on the A, dudete!

Did I say that?

Yeah you did, it's somewhere in my thread. (dont ask, i could find a propor smiley)

In this update, The Parthenon is your strongest. Even tho not in focus there are deffinitelly some good shapes to suggest something in there. The others tend to be abstract (and thats not bad either)

Cheers!