Flipped Wall
Another shot of the Clover Point pumping station wall made with the half-frame film camera. This is an in-camera diptych where the camera is flipped between shots and the digital image is made by scanning the adjacent frames. This one is from a roll of film that was not advancing properly so both outer edges were double exposed, but not in an interesting way so I cropped them off.
In this one I like the impression of a spiral or twist, a bit like 3-ply string or something. It would be improved without the light standards – I will have to check out the area and see if there is a way of shooting it again.
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Olympus Pen, half-frame camera, Ilford Pan F Plus, ISO50, 1/50th, ~f5.6.
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I like this better than the earlier version that you emailed me – your crop resolved my concern with the uneven light standards. I like the spiral feeling; I get a strong sense of falling into the scene when I look at it.
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Thanks Melinda. I do to, though I kind of liked the light standards, the double exposure was too distracting. It would be fun to reshoot this, in different light when the very bottom of the wall might be darker and could blend across the black dividing line and obscure it a bit.
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Well, the next time I am in town, I will volunteer to be your Photographer’s Assistant and we can work on a re-shoot.
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OK. You can unbolt and lower the light standards out of the way, while I support the weight of the might Pen, like Atlas, while you do it. You’ll need to be quick.
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That may not have been quite what I had in mind, but I suppose it’s too late to back out now, isn’t it?
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‘Fraid so. Don’t forget to bring a really large, in fact a huge wrench. The kind with a 4 foot handle, as the bolts for the lights are big and likely corroded.
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That’s not a problem; I usually carry one of those around all the time anyway. Because you just never know when a gigantic wrench will be needed. (They make excellent paperweights, for example.)
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I am guessing you have large, and well reinforced, back pockets.
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Actually, I carry the wrench in a large, and well reinforced quiver. It looks funny, but works well.
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Looks funny because you are all bowed over (see what I did?)
I think a wrench might be better flung with an atlatl.
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Yes, I DO see what you did – you’re a clever one, aren’t you?
I don’t use a quiver because I want/need to fling it. I use it because the quiver has roughly the same proportions as the giant wrench. (Also in the quiver: a tripod, and a golf club.)
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Okay, I have the picture. Quiver is a fancy name for one of those things with two wheels that plaid trouser wearing people drag around golf courses. Wheels are a good idea. Till they come off due to the heavy load.
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I was actually thinking of a quiver that I carried on my back, but one of those wheeled things is a much better idea – less risk of injury. But only if I can somehow get out of wearing plaid trousers. Who is in charge of the dress code on that?
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Anything to with Golf is under the control of God, so I have heard.
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Yes. I think you are right. When I played golf (maybe I never told you about my golfing career?) I spoke frequently to God. Or used his name a lot, anyway….
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