tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post386373331630168465..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Through the pinhole.Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-24478415463400151232009-10-26T07:36:18.261+01:002009-10-26T07:36:18.261+01:00Thanks for the info Lucy.Thanks for the info Lucy.herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-4472559728635341252009-10-25T23:06:14.513+01:002009-10-25T23:06:14.513+01:00Although I've much admired these pictures, whi...Although I've much admired these pictures, which remind me of Depression era photography, I was just STRUCK by the thought that the only remedy for melancholy is melancholy. So true; I've noticed that I when I am touched by melancholia, I tend to wallow in it.<br /><br />I didn't know about this pinhole thing. How did you discover it? Where is it on the camera?Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02375981493145612394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-39959062524881447532009-10-25T18:11:04.217+01:002009-10-25T18:11:04.217+01:00Thanks again, and thanks for the Smorg, Dave!
HHB...Thanks again, and thanks for the Smorg, Dave!<br /><br />HHB - the camera measures about 12cm wide, about 8cm high and, with the zoom retracted, about 11cm deep, so it's pretty dinky really. The specs at the Panasonic site are <a href="http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/1258590/index.html" rel="nofollow">here </a>.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-19513069943287137502009-10-25T17:37:59.394+01:002009-10-25T17:37:59.394+01:00I remember seeing the pinhole camera as a kid. A n...I remember seeing the pinhole camera as a kid. A neighbour had rigged it up using a box.<br /><br />It's intriguing the pictures it can throw up.Anil Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02422187314611747278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-69484047826698269432009-10-24T22:35:16.557+02:002009-10-24T22:35:16.557+02:00Great writing, Lucy! Yes, this effect can be achie...Great writing, Lucy! Yes, this effect can be achieved in PS, but I'm sure you're right that it results in a larger image. I've only used it a couple of times, and never to such good effect as you have here.Davehttp://www.vianegativa.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-70577615364899440242009-10-24T00:54:04.437+02:002009-10-24T00:54:04.437+02:00That would be window and what!That would be window and what!herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-54678849388195687022009-10-24T00:53:15.315+02:002009-10-24T00:53:15.315+02:00I do like the pin hole effect. The wndow is my fav...I do like the pin hole effect. The wndow is my favourite.<br />L. Just waht are the dimensions of this camera?herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-8060086042210560112009-10-23T12:32:59.302+02:002009-10-23T12:32:59.302+02:00Oooh, I want one! Lovely shots, as always with a g...Oooh, I want one! Lovely shots, as always with a great eye. Interesting conversation here too on cameras and melancholia.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-20550872550649958382009-10-23T07:11:50.169+02:002009-10-23T07:11:50.169+02:00Oh. Wonderful!Oh. Wonderful!Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-1605219018960165892009-10-23T04:06:24.676+02:002009-10-23T04:06:24.676+02:00Love that factory warehouse window. Such a spooky...Love that factory warehouse window. Such a spooky photograph. I agree with Plutarch that the others are a lovely melancholy match for the season.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454557080455458675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-80668061078762942902009-10-22T19:50:38.972+02:002009-10-22T19:50:38.972+02:00Thanks visitors.
Elizabeth and Julie, hello old...Thanks visitors. <br /><br />Elizabeth and Julie, hello old friends!<br /><br />The Lumix camera is indeed a bridge, as was the last one, a Canon Powershot S3IS. It might fit into a large pocket, the Canon did until it had a lens protector sleeve and UV filter added to it, which made it look grander than it was. The Lumix is awaiting its UV filter, which should screw neatly onto the retractable part of the lense. It has a more powerful zoom than the Canon, and a Leica lense which the reviews said was better than many 'kit' lenses supplied with DSLRs.<br /><br />Melancholy: 'Mithradites, he died old.' I love Elizabeth's description it as 'gentle and informative'. I say to the penumbra, thus far and no further. I may come back to this subject...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-82304928769587114632009-10-22T19:30:47.286+02:002009-10-22T19:30:47.286+02:00Very interesting.Very interesting.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-87264903300313015522009-10-22T18:46:42.361+02:002009-10-22T18:46:42.361+02:00Melancholy is a gentle form of sadness which can b...Melancholy is a gentle form of sadness which can be enjoyed. There is no suffering in melancholy, just an urge to think of things as they are, rather than as they might be or have been. These photographs, thanks patly to the pinhole but largely to your vision, are at a perfect pitch for a melancholy season. I enjoyed them and shall enjoy going back to them. <br />I have heard that it is called a "bridge camera" which is what I think my Olympus is.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-29304294389953910472009-10-22T17:06:15.067+02:002009-10-22T17:06:15.067+02:00I must to admit to a strong streak of jealousy, Lu...I must to admit to a strong streak of jealousy, Lucy. My Lumix, an earlier model, has a decided lack of pinhole feature.<br /><br />Lovely!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-30209220157893434872009-10-22T17:03:42.564+02:002009-10-22T17:03:42.564+02:00Beautiful!
Why is it that our society has so littl...Beautiful!<br />Why is it that our society has so little use for melancholy? It can be so informative and gentle...now we medicate everyone...<br />I made an old pinhole camera years ago in school...it was so fun.<br />SOMEDAY I will have time to get back to something more than family photos...I am so fond of B&W ans Sepia.<br />Blessings & thanks for a lovely tour of the contryside!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07505258364895249347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-19804157698155986612009-10-22T13:13:43.370+02:002009-10-22T13:13:43.370+02:00An ellipsoid penumbra, no less; sounds as if it wa...An ellipsoid penumbra, no less; sounds as if it was ripped untimely from a stanza of <em>terza rima</em>. I have followed your interior monologue (on camera acquisition) with interest and find you have crossed a barrier which brought me up with a bump. Your new camera belongs to a genre in between the pocket varieties and a full-blown SLR. Is it called midi? I forget.<br /><br />My starting point was the need to compose photos with something other than the LED screen which I find very hit-and-miss. The logical mix of quality, features and price led me to the midis where I hivered and hovered. Given they aren't anywhere near as bulky as an SLR I wondered whether I might, nevertheless, be inhibited from taking one everywhere on the grounds that it wouldn't fit easily into the pocket of my fleece. As it is it looks as though I'll be making do with a Canon Powershot A1100 IS which is pocket-portable and has a viewfinder. The question is: will you <em>always</em> take the Lumix with you?<br /><br />I can see one reason why you might and that is your continuing fascination, and skills, with near-monochrome colour pix which I have commented on before. Since I have no talent for camera-work I can only sit back and admire this less-is-more philosophy, a sort of colorific minimalism. And I further admired the catalpa post; an individual eye is a given in much of your work but I especially took to something that used to torture me professionally while I was still gainfully employed: the way you managed to impose the Yeats text in a logical, pretty way while simultaneously ensuring that the background behind each letter rendered that letter legible. It was always much harder writing text on a factory production line.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-1139273358476110862009-10-22T12:36:34.083+02:002009-10-22T12:36:34.083+02:00So you and the Lumix are a Blues duo! Yep, makes m...So you and the Lumix are a <i>Blues</i> duo! Yep, makes me feel better.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.com