Pinhole cemetery

[Terri]

As I predicted, this year's World Wide Pinhole Day found me with no time to go shoot anything new. :(

But - I did get into the darkroom over the weekend and made a couple of prints from last year's pinhole experiments.

These were shot in a Savannah, GA cemetery using my pinhole lenscap on my Pentax 6x7. Totally guessing on exposure, the negatives turned out fairly decent!

Pinhole 1:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/terriks/Alternative%20techniques/Pinholecemetery1.jpg




Pinhole 2:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/terriks/Alternative%20techniques/Pinholecemetery2.jpg



I really love using those 6x7 negatives. :heart: I need to shoot that camera some more!

Here, I used Ilford warmtone paper at grade 3.5 contrast to give them some punch. :sexywink:

Thanks for looking!


Edit: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, these were taken at the famous Bonaventure Cemetery, where Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil was filmed, and all sorts of creepy ghosty things are reportedly going on. :razz:

[Fox Paw]

Very cool effect and very good shots. Those are sharper than many pinhole images I've seen.

You mention the paper you used--do you print them, scan the prints and post the result?

[Terri]

Thanks! I was also gratified by how sharp these seemed. I'm guessing due to the larger format...? I'm no pinhole expert.

Yes, I generally use 8x10 size silver gelatin paper to make enlargements. That size fits easily on my flatbed scanner. I scan the prints and use Photoshop to get them as close to the print as I can. I'm not much of a scanner. :lol:

[Chiller]

Those are right on. Love the first one a lot. :thumbup::thumbup:

Y'all have World Wide Pinhole day, we have National Pinhead day. :biglaugh::biglaugh:

[Terri]

Y'all have World Wide Pinhole day, we have National Pinhead day. :biglaugh::biglaugh:
Where's the Smilie Queen when you need her?? :lol:

[Antarctican]

http://www.emofaces.com/en/smilies/p/pinhead-smile.gif

^^^ Probably not the 'pinhead' anyone meant...........

[Terri]

^^ ....that's the goofiest thing I've ever seen....! :biglaugh: