Portrait with home made lens
Sep 5, 2020 08:57:23 #
This photo was take about 50 years ago on a bright sunny day at the beach (not with this camera). It was taken with a homemade lens. Remember T-Mounts? I removed the threads from a T-Mount and glued in a magnifying glass. I made apertures by cutting black paper to fit into the T-Mount and punching various size holes in different inserts. Another method for making apertures - the plastic cover from a can of handballs - remember handball? That's what is on the third photo.
The photo is straight out of the camera; the only darkroom manipulation was to hold back the light (dodge) from her neck down so as to match the white on the rest of the photo.
BTW this was digitized from an 8x10 B&W print, using the Epson V600 Photo Scanner. I'm looking over my B&W negatives now for the good stuff I took before DSLR's.
The photo is straight out of the camera; the only darkroom manipulation was to hold back the light (dodge) from her neck down so as to match the white on the rest of the photo.
BTW this was digitized from an 8x10 B&W print, using the Epson V600 Photo Scanner. I'm looking over my B&W negatives now for the good stuff I took before DSLR's.
Straight out of the camera
A lens that gets attention
Plastic cap on the lens
Sep 5, 2020 09:11:24 #
manofhg
Loc: Knoxville, TN
Well I'm impressed. I think the picture is excellent especially considering how you captured it. Without the story, it looks like someone used PS to get it that way. Very interesting, never heard of doing the magnifying glass lens.
Sep 5, 2020 09:29:05 #
Howard5252 wrote:
This photo was take about 50 years ago on a bright... (show quote)
Great! Cool image as well. I've thought about making a pin hole camera using my 4x5" view camera and affixing a pin hole to a lens board. The trick seems to be finding the "focal length" of the pin hole. I actually did try it once but must have had too small a hole. Seems to me small holes would have issues with diffraction.
Sep 5, 2020 09:30:19 #
Howard5252 wrote:
This photo was take about 50 years ago on a bright... (show quote)
Love it Howard.....really amazing skill on your part sir. Wow.
Sep 5, 2020 09:32:08 #
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Sep 5, 2020 09:43:42 #
That is one B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L portrait of a lovely lady in a very well planned pose.
Wow, I wish my work could show so well!
NMY
Wow, I wish my work could show so well!
NMY
Sep 5, 2020 10:11:49 #
lamiaceae wrote:
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I've made a 4x5 pinhole camera in college using my Calumet 4x5. You don't look for a focal length; rack in and out till you get a focus. The focal length will be a function of the size of the hole so if you can't find any focus - enlarge the hole.
Sep 5, 2020 10:23:09 #
lamiaceae wrote:
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BTW, I should have pointed out - this is not a pin hole set up; it uses a lens.
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Sep 6, 2020 08:08:44 #
This is a really nice portrait, and the journey to get it is interesting.
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Sep 6, 2020 17:49:21 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Pinholes don't have a focal length--they don't actually focus. DoF ought to be almost infinite. img src="https://static.uglyhedgehog.com/images/s... (show quote)
To the OP: a very nice photo and a fine job of construction.
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