wrogers Loc: Kew Gardens, NY

Handheld pinhole-lens photo. The cost of the lens yesterday was $45. First image used post processing (oil-paint, and so on). The second is the un-processesed original image. Yes, the original composition could have been better. I didn't have the LCD loupe with me.

Irvingite Charles Loc: Irving, Tx

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tainkc Loc: Kansas City

To be honest, the oil painting version does not look like an oil painting at all. It just looks like typical Topaz squiggly stuff to me. I am curious about the pinhole. Was it home made or was it one of those that you can buy and snap on to your lens.

Tom

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

I must say I really enjoyed seeing your results and artistic vision. :thumbup:

wrogers Loc: Kew Gardens, NY

I bought a Rising Standard wide pinhole lens for $45, although Holga has some lenses of this type also. You can make your own pinhole lens using a spare camera bodycap, but the hole you make with a needle might not have the needed characteristics at its perimeter.

See Rising Standard lens http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/915858-REG/rising_rpwc001_cam_pinhole_body_cap.html

See Holga lens http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/846171-REG/Holga_299120_Pinhole_Lens_for_Nikon.html

My camera is a Canon D6. The auto ISO setting reduces the need for long exposures. So does the feature some Canon Cameras have that combine four faster-shutter identical images (rapid-fire shooting) into a single JPG image. This is the SCN setting for hand-held night pictures. With these two techniques you can hand-hold the camera for pinhole images. Nonetheless using a tripod is better. One website I read says the larger the camera format the better especially for pinhole pictures.

I discovered you can use a "close-up" extension tube with the pinhole lens for regular non-close-up pictures because no glass is involved. The tube doubles the apparent "length" of the pinhole lens. And using an LCD loupe makes it easier to compose the pictures because of the bright sunshine you usually need for pinhole images. I also suspect that some types of subject matter will work better than others for pinhole images.

I'm still experimenting and many of the pinhole pictures I take are not worth keeping. But here is another pinhole photo that I later Photoshopped.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

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tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Wow! Thanks for the in depth info! I am curious about the pinhole technique and Herschel from B&H posted a link just the other day about some pinhole caps. In the back of my mind, I was thinking about the same thing you said. That a commercial pinhole cap would probably provide better results for the reason you provided. Thanks!