Orb weavers using expired film
Oct 28, 2020 11:30:50 #
Oct 28, 2020 12:01:28 #
Very cool! Somewhat guessing, but these look like marbled orb weavers, Araneus marmoreus.
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Oct 28, 2020 18:09:04 #
Thank you merrytexan, Jerry, raymondh, Chuck, Bultaco, Jim, Audrey, Susan, Earnest, Mark, Jeff, Ronnie! I just bought a 'maybe the rest of a life-time' amount of expired film, adding to an existing personal hoard already taking up a lot of space in my freezer. The spiders will have to wait until the end of next summer, but film and film-subjects will be frequent topics for a while. Thank you all for your kind comments about these spiders.
Oct 28, 2020 18:40:44 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Thank you merrytexan, Jerry, raymondh, Chuck, Bultaco, Jim, Audrey, Susan, Earnest, Mark, Jeff, Ronnie! I just bought a 'maybe the rest of a life-time' amount of expired film, adding to an existing personal hoard already taking up a lot of space in my freezer. The spiders will have to wait until the end of next summer, but film and film-subjects will be frequent topics for a while. Thank you all for your kind comments about these spiders.
You have worked magic with expired film. Your quality and information remain outstanding.
Oct 28, 2020 21:55:34 #
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Oct 28, 2020 22:59:08 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
Thanks Paul, great shots and accompanying information. I am about to say something about Fuji and Kodak from my time of using both that probably has absolutely no basis in fact. It seemed to me if I were to make a landscape image of a scene, that Kodak would record more closely to what it actually were, but Fuji would record it closer to my memory of it. Somehow when I called the scene up in my memory, the skies would be a bit bluer and the grass greener than they were and Fuji would confirm this for me. Thanks I enjoy your posts both for the photographs and for the pithy comments.
Oct 29, 2020 00:06:32 #
RodeoMan wrote:
Thanks Paul, great shots and accompanying informat... (show quote)
Thank you RodeoMan! By the time I get done with editing, it's hard to say what the film 'looked' like from the scan. The expired rolls, particularly the Fuji Superia, have been coming back with an initial red tint. I'm less concerned about how the films match to the world, but instead, how the colors look, especially the saturation and vibrance and how the scans adjust to my desired end result. Of everything I've shot so far, frame over frame and roll over roll, Kodak Ektar has been my favorite. The Fuji Superia versions also have a color saturation I prefer to the Fuji NPH and Portra films. Stay tuned for more example results.
Oct 29, 2020 00:06:37 #
Thank you Jim, Flying Three, Gene, RodeoMan! As I plan for next year, I'll use ideas and analysis from this year. In addition to the extenders, I'd probably change the iso to ISO-160 for the expired NPH400 rolls, when used with a flash and these spiders and tunnel lights. Glad you enjoyed.
Oct 29, 2020 19:13:00 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
(If you don't like spiders, you probably should cl... (show quote)
Excellent work. I think spiders get a bad wrap, they help keep the insect population in check.
Oct 30, 2020 01:03:17 #
griffzky wrote:
Excellent work. I think spiders get a bad wrap, they help keep the insect population in check.
Thank you and I agree griffzky! These gals and guys look scary, but are really just teddy bears unless you're an insect.
Oct 30, 2020 07:49:46 #
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