Photography

alfredo

(60,071 posts) Mon Sep 30, 2013, 01:16 PM Sep 2013

Last night I photographed some slides from 1968 - 1969

I cannibalized a defunct scanner to get the opaque light table glass, used the slide holder, my camera, tripod, extension tubes, and a cfl desk light to capture the images.

The images
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfredo_tomato/sets/72157636054521275/

Original images taken with a Pentax Spotmatic, Kodachrome and Agfachrome film.

Check out the license plate on the old Rambler.

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Last night I photographed some slides from 1968 - 1969 (Original Post) alfredo Sep 2013 OP

Love that first one. NV Whino Sep 2013 #1

That's my favorite of the set. alfredo Sep 2013 #4

Considering their age.... Johnny Noshoes Sep 2013 #2

Yeah, the grain just can't be applied properly with alfredo Sep 2013 #3

Neat! Solly Mack Oct 2013 #5

Thanks. alfredo Oct 2013 #6

I noticed my first reply had a non sequitur. Damn auto complete. alfredo Oct 2013 #7

I did wonder. Solly Mack Oct 2013 #10

You always have had that eye nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #8

Thanks. High School art classes? I fell in love with Picasso's blue period. alfredo Oct 2013 #9

It surely helped nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #11

Early exposure to the arts helps. Fall in love with you subject, alfredo Oct 2013 #12

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

1. Love that first one.

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 01:30 PM

Sep 2013

It's ethereal.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

4. That's my favorite of the set.

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 02:35 PM

Sep 2013

Johnny Noshoes

(1,977 posts)

2. Considering their age....

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 02:15 PM

Sep 2013

Considering their age these look great. Digital is wonderful and all but there's just something about film... I'm listening to Coltrane right now and it just seems to fit somehow.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

3. Yeah, the grain just can't be applied properly with

Reply to Johnny Noshoes (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 30, 2013, 02:34 PM

Sep 2013

A digital sensor. At least I don't seem to have destroyed the film character by converting them.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

5. Neat!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 02:48 PM

Oct 2013

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

6. Thanks.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 4, 2013, 06:02 PM

Oct 2013

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alfredo

(60,071 posts)

7. I noticed my first reply had a non sequitur. Damn auto complete.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #5)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 10:33 PM

Oct 2013

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

10. I did wonder.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 12:37 AM

Oct 2013

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

8. You always have had that eye

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 11:21 PM

Oct 2013

For composition.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

9. Thanks. High School art classes? I fell in love with Picasso's blue period.

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #8)

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 11:52 PM

Oct 2013

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

11. It surely helped

Reply to alfredo (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 01:27 AM

Oct 2013

But after watching many "pros" mess up basic rules, there is something to a natural eye. It's the j'ne se qua of it. Training helps, and it helps a lot. You need to know the rules before you break them, if you know what I mean. But there is this eye for it as well.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

12. Early exposure to the arts helps. Fall in love with you subject,

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 03:30 PM

Oct 2013

even if it is just a vacant building.

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