dourbalistar wrote:
Thanks, helimat! I've been admiring your excellent Xpan shots too. Who does your development and scanning? Your results are always bright and clean.
Thanks. Previously, I was just getting them developed at the local ma & pa lab here in town, and then scanning them myself with a mirrorless camera. However I have switched to a one stop shop as I was falling further and further behind in my scans, figured $10 extra was well worth my time, ha ha.
I still get my E6 stuff developed locally, and scan myself, as well as the both develop and scan for some B&W. I still have a pretty huge backlog of developed film to finish up as well
My first roll of Agfa Copex Rapid 50 on the RZ67 Pro II with the Mamiya-Sekor Z 110 mm f/2.8 W at various apertures. Scanning was quite an effort as the film is super curly. Will make a note to flatten out the second roll before scanning.
SergeyT wrote:
I wonder if combining non-overlapping frames will make the triptych series stronger (or more clean)
I think it is a matter of taste. For me the idea is to have the images slightly disjointed, to create a sense of disturbance in a way.
If I wanted a clean 'pano' I would use my Xpan or Noblex.
But perhaps I misunderstand? The triptych was created with a half frame camera that has even spacing between all the images (the black lines).
I was thinking of having 3 separate frames , just like you have presented, but with no overlap, or repeated parts of the scene in more than one frame .
In that particular set , parts of waterfall are repeated in frames 2 and 3. And it created a tension where the eye keeps moving between these repeated parts.
SergeyT wrote:
I was thinking of having 3 separate frames , just like you have presented, but with no overlap, or repeated parts of the scene in more than one frame .
In that particular set , parts of waterfall are repeated in frames 2 and 3. And it created a tension where the eye keeps moving between these repeated parts.
The concept is great !
Ah, ok, gotcha!
I was doing that when I was using it to create dyptchs - which are much easier as it is just two shots per 35mm frame which makes scanning it very easy!
Defintely something to play with as a triptych too! I'm telling you, these Oly half frame cameras bring a lot of creative posibilities to the table!
Desmolicious wrote:
... these Oly half frame cameras bring a lot of creative possibilities to the table!
By looking at your work over a period of time usage of half-frame definitely influenced your style. But in my opinion, cameras are just cameras , they don't define style, they may make certain things, depending on the application, either easier or harder to achieve .
