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southern california #01
southern california #01
bspurgeon


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Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Custom Made Pinhole
Date: Jan 3, 2011
Aperture: f/167
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4 sec
Galleries: Landscape, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2011

Viewed: 609
Comments: 29
Favorites: 1 (view)

BW Pinhole Print #1

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Pinhole creates a tremendously deep depth of field that is usually sofly in focus. In post, I essentially decreased the contrast of the tree region to make it blend in with the unfortunately bland, misty sky. I used Nik Color Efx graduated fog faded to 15%. Gave the image a bit more life.

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02/05/2011 10:57:58 AM
excellent composition for this shot. gives a very eerie feel, haunting almost. reminds of parts of germany, on a ghostly early morning walk through the fog. this is definitely going into my favorites
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01/13/2011 09:43:55 AM
Great shot. This really is California at certain times.
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01/13/2011 03:47:26 AM
lovely composition and effect!
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01/11/2011 11:19:05 PM
I really love how you lined up that post and the tree. What a great eye you have.
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01/11/2011 04:33:58 PM
I really like the composition.
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01/10/2011 06:11:43 AM
Spectacular softness and dof.
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01/09/2011 11:55:25 PM
My first thoughts when I saw this were "foggy" & "dreamy." I see from reading the other comments that these descriptions have already come up several times. Personally, I like the shot a lot, but have to admit, I don't really know how to judge pin hole shots. I certainly look forward to seeing more of them from you this year, though.
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01/09/2011 10:42:01 PM
i like the dream like quality. This pinhole stuff is neat!
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01/09/2011 09:21:23 PM
This makes me want to get out the pinhole thingy i rigged up sometime back. Very nice.
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01/09/2011 09:26:28 AM
Really brilliant shot. The soft focus, and washed out look give this photo a lot of flavor. If that makes any sense?!?!
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01/09/2011 09:23:12 AM
Wonderful composition. Interesting about adding the fog with CEP, I would be interested to see what it looked like without.
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01/08/2011 09:34:18 PM
I especially love the pole in the front. Its like its acting as a guard for the rest of the photo. The tree in the back is very lovely and soft.
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01/08/2011 08:23:04 PM
Not bad! In some ways a bland sky adjusts to BW better than a nice blue sky. This feels misty/foggy because of the grey tree.
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01/07/2011 11:44:25 PM
Great posts in the foreground-really nice balance to the tree. Love the softness of the pinhole.
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01/07/2011 10:13:59 PM
This is really wonderful...I'm looking forward to your pinhole shots this year...
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01/07/2011 09:43:37 AM
Misty and chilly. I like it.
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01/07/2011 09:23:17 AM
I love this effect, it pops out at you, almost in 3D! The minute I looked at it I wondered how it was done, so really nice to see you left the details :)

Great shot, and I'm sure it would also make a great print.
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01/06/2011 11:21:28 PM
Perfect title. =) Love the softness, makes it seem like this is merely a figment of someone's memory.
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01/06/2011 09:34:08 PM
Has a nice soft feel to it, never tried pinhole but the results are interesting.
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01/06/2011 06:22:00 PM
Great work. Beautiful soft view and a nice composition. Looking forward to see more of this kind of photos.
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01/06/2011 11:14:55 AM
Intriguing effect. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your use of this effect
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01/05/2011 02:53:06 PM
It works like a time machine, creating 19th century pictures of the present.
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01/04/2011 11:32:52 PM
I, too, am curious to know whether it was foggy or whether the pinhole just lends itself to that effect. Also, I like the symbolism that "California" is just on the other side of a fence...or maybe I'm reading too much into it. :)
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01/04/2011 11:28:03 PM
Really nicely composed.
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01/04/2011 09:52:15 PM
It looks foggy to me also, i like it.
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01/04/2011 07:46:55 PM
I'm curious about something ... in reading a little about pinhole photography, one of the things mentioned is clarity throughout. This photo is rather "glassy" (or "foggy" looking. How is that done with pinhole? Was it a foggy day? Or is it the long exposure?
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01/04/2011 12:58:25 PM
Wonderful composition. It's balanced and unbalanced at the same time. Overall, it does have a certain gravity to it.
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01/03/2011 10:05:10 PM
I really like the contrast thing you have going on here.
So far as balanced, I find the pole in the front balances the tree in the back and there's a large implied triangle too.
I think I'm thinking too hard though.
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01/03/2011 09:32:24 PM
Some nice ghostly footsteps between the tree and the post, too!
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