Gate Montage
Another couple of examples of making the most of a roll of film from the Olympus Pen which was not advancing properly. The camera was, unknown to me, only advancing the film about 1/6th of a frame each time I cocked the shutter. These two shots are of the same subject, I was interested in the shadows of trees on the walls surround a gate to a parking garage. For the top one I was taking adjacent diptychs trying to get an interesting pair, and then turned around and took a shot down the road (Meares Street). The second image is the same location except I was taking fliptychs, both horizontally and vertically oriented, which is what made the squares.
So, these unintended montages are a sow’s-ear-to-silk-purse situation. Though perhaps not quite silk, they are interesting keepers as far as I am concerned. Another one taken at the same time (and 1/2 block away) is still my favourite, but these are nicely abstract as well.
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Olympus Pen, Half Frame, 28mm lens, Ilford Pan-F Plus 50, ISO50, Epson V700 Scanner
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These are both very silky….
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Why thank you Melinda. They could be worse, in fact they could be sow’s ears. The dried kind, used for dog chewing toys. At least they don’t quite rate that low, at least not the ones that will be seeing the light of day around this blog.
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Ugh – those ear/chew toy things are creepy. Which is yet another benefit of having cats, who don’t require anything like that!
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Cats are good at cleaning up after themselves too, especially ones that can go outdoors.
The worse thing about those ears is how do we know they are pig? Is anyone testing dog food for species origins? Maybe they have done a deal with the canine morticians and those are really dog ears. Not that it would bother a hungry dog (yet another strike against dogs).
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I’d say the film was advancing quite properly. These and the other one are fun!
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Thanks Linda. I wish I could control this problem, because if I could, I would exploit it. I like the effect, and it has quite a lot of potential for interesting shots (though keeping a sequence of 6 or 8 photos in mind to make something like this work is beyond my feeble powers). I suppose if I were a tech-geek there would be some way of making this happen on purpose. I do know what is going on – the rewind button was engaged (disengaged?) so that the sprockets were not turning. However, the take up reel was turning until it reached a certain resistance after which it stops turning (as it is designed to do when rewinding it has to let go) while I continue advancing the film (not). So, in theory I could make this happen – but sometimes there is more slack in the take up reel so the film moves further than other times, which makes it all a bit random.
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I like the one with the car (bottom left) that anchors what might otherwise be chaotic. The shadows of branches are peaceful.
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Hi Richard. That car placement did seem important. I processed this image on what is now its side, but at the last moment rotated it as it seem stronger with the car there.
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