Nov 23, 2008 2:59 pm
Today I had a play with my new macro bellows with some of my manual lenses. It ended in minor injury and some nice photos.
Unfortunately the Mamiya 210mm lens was too heavy for the on-bellows tripod mount to support, so it snapped off and gouged my finger as I caught it. Fortunately I can still mount on the camera. I may be able to jury rig something up to replace the broken mount as well.
Below are some of the shots from it. The flower was picked from the footpath near our apartment complex.
Yellow Flower, Actual Size
Size reference photograph for comparison with macro bellows photographs
Yellow Flower, Mamiya 45mm f2.8 + Macro Bellows
Closeup of a yellow flower using a macro bellows
Stamen, Zeiss Flektagon 35mm f2.4 + Macro Bellows
Closeup of a yellow flower using a macro bellows
Yellow Flower, Mamiya 70mm f2.8 + Macro Bellows
Closeup of a yellow flower using a macro bellows
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Sep 22, 2008 8:45 pm
I ventured out to Wellington Point yesterday evening and photographed the shore as the storm clouds rolled over. We stayed out on the shore as the storm hit out west, which was a pretty awesome light show, but I didn’t capture any particularly memorable photographs of the lightning.
The following couple of images were taken just before the sun set. Each of the images links to a larger version on Flickr.
Sep 4, 2008 9:49 am
Yesterday I purchased a Graflex 4×5 Speed Graphic Pre Anniversary-Pro Press camera, and also a Graflok back to fit to it from eBay. They’re located in the US so they’ll take about a week to get here. This particular model was manufactured between 1928 and 1939.
Here ends the first quest to acquire a large format camera. Phase two will be obtaining a field camera with more movements, a bag bellows, and some ultrawide shuttered lenses.
Jul 29, 2008 9:24 am
The Brisbane Flickr group I’m a part of had a lunch meet on Saturday at the Caxton, followed by coffee at the Powerhouse, during which we caught up on gear acquisitions and took random portraits of one another. Before we left Fortitude Valley we went up to the cliffs for sunset and blue hour (the hour after sunset). Most of us took panoramas and landscapes of the city but since I didn’t have my tripod with me I improvised (shot below).
The following morning we met up at about 4:30am at Fingal Head on the Northern NSW coast for a dawn shoot and light painting (long exposure photography using torches or flashes to illuminate subjects - in this case the lighthouse at Fingal Head). I didn’t take part in the light painting but took a few shots during and after dawn.
As usual, each of the images opens up to a wallpaper size version if clicked.
Jul 19, 2008 11:05 pm
The Treasury Casino with skyscrapers of the Brisbane CBD backdropping, through the mangroves of South Bank.
Brisbane’s iconic Victoria Bridge sweeps across to the Brisbane CBD, with the Chifley on Lennon’s and Riparian Plaza skyscrapers dominating the skyline.
The source exposures for these image were taken using a Mamiya Sekor C f2.8 45mm lens mounted on a Canon EOS 450D.
Jul 7, 2008 8:57 am
I went to Mount Coot-tha Botanical Gardens on Sunday and tested out my Hanimex 135mm manual focus lens coupled with Kenko extension tubes again. In between bursts of wind I ended up getting a few decent macro shots of flowers.
Each of the images below links to a wallpaper size version on Flickr.
Jun 29, 2008 7:00 pm
Taken in New Farm Park, Brisbane
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Jun 28, 2008 11:54 pm
I spied some small flowers blooming on a shrub as I walked past a drive way in New Farm, and zoomed in for a close shot.
Jun 23, 2008 12:55 pm
Some scans from slide film, taken with my 60-odd-year-old Meopta Flexaret IIa twin lens reflex camera (a few more photos of the camera itself are here).
A couple of test shots taken on slide film with the Holga 6×12 pinhole camera
