November Pinhole/Zone Plate Image Thread

10/31/2008 11:53:00 PM · #1

Post your pinhole/zone plate creations for November here!

To get started:

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

11/01/2008 07:05:53 PM · #2

Am not promising one a day but hey, will try ;)

Don't have a clue whats going on around the coffee cup? but was amazed at the women being so in focus as this was a 60 seconds exposure - guess she was listening intently to her blurred friend ;)

Convert from RAW
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Sepia tone (Virtual Photographer)
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pointandshoot

Canon EOS-10D

11/01/2008 10:03:39 PM · #3

Originally posted by Ecce Signum:

That is very nice resolution for a pinhole. Was that a home-made lens?

11/01/2008 10:20:22 PM · #4

Originally posted by pointandshoot:

That is very nice resolution for a pinhole. Was that a home-made lens?

Txs Steve :) I sent an old body cap off to a company that made the pinhole for me, can't remember where I sent it right now and think it cost around Â£15.

11/01/2008 10:47:24 PM · #5

I'm sure I won't get a shot a day in either, but I managed to get one in today.

11/01/2008 10:50:37 PM · #6

This is just some stuff on my sideboard, and is something in the nature of an experiment.

I made my own pinhole by cutting a small piece of aluminum from a Diet Dr. Pepper can. I used the smallest drill in my drill bit set to start a hole in the aluminum (just rolled it between my fingers). It was much easier than I anticipated, and I went right through the metal. That pinhole was way too large. I tried again. This time I stopped before I went through the metal, and I finished the piercing with a beading needle. I have no idea what size the pinhole is.

I drilled a hole in a body cap that fits my 40D, and Scotch Taped the pin hole over the hole in the body cap.

I exposed this at ISO 100 for six minutes and opened it in Camera RAW. To get something workable, I had to up the exposure by about 2.5 stops, so, as you can see, there is lots of noise. I tweaked the curves and turned it into a tri-tone to make it look like an old print (sort of). I did some clean-up for sensor guck, and was surprised at how clean the sensor actually was.

I'm probably going to order a ready-made body cap.

Message edited by author 2008-11-01 22:52:06.

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

11/01/2008 11:31:51 PM · #7

Ah, flowers, nice idea Nathan :)

Germaine, I'm starting with a 'custom' made pinhole and thinking of going native with a Cornflake pack or similar by the end of the month ;)

Rollover lol so will post my day 2 pic (ok, it was taken yesterday). Am getting excited by this SC and whilst offered in a dpc challenge I'd be getting the brown for this I reckon its pretty good for a 37 second candid :)

pointandshoot

Canon EOS-10D

11/01/2008 11:59:06 PM · #8

I'll post both of these since they are the same setup. I'll try to post at least one shot a week.

Wildcard

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron AF 55-200mm F4-5.6 LD Di-II for Canon

11/02/2008 01:40:16 AM · #9

11/02/2008 04:01:27 PM · #10

Come join me in our new pinhole/zone plate photo gallery! Don't forget to tag your photos for this gallery.

Many thanks, Langdon!

eta that you can edit already-posted shots too to add them to the gallery, so I hope we'll fill up that gallery pretty soon!

Message edited by author 2008-11-02 17:41:59.

11/02/2008 04:22:09 PM · #11

Cool. Thanks to The Powers That Be. 8)

Message edited by author 2008-11-02 16:30:04.

11/02/2008 09:45:36 PM · #12

took a bunch of shots yesterday, but when I sat down to work on an image, I ended up working on one hanging around since July

11/03/2008 09:22:07 AM · #13

11/03/2008 01:00:00 PM · #14

ooh, made it to day 3 :)

Bulb Exposure lol

11/03/2008 10:18:23 PM · #15

11/04/2008 09:05:47 AM · #16

11/04/2008 09:14:36 AM · #17

11/04/2008 10:00:41 AM · #18

11/04/2008 04:28:02 PM · #19

Anyone want to join me in creating a pinhole/zone plate self portrait at some point this month? Sounds like fun to me!

Message edited by author 2008-11-04 16:57:34.

11/04/2008 04:39:53 PM · #20

a soft focus SP would be the only way I'd go ;) - I'll consider it...

11/04/2008 04:43:31 PM · #21

Always game for a laugh me so put me down :)

11/04/2008 04:48:40 PM · #22

hmmm....how did "consider it" turn into "absolutely going to do it"? :O

watch it, or you will just get an OOF shot of a fingernail, or a freckle.... ;)

11/04/2008 04:51:00 PM · #23

Might try and sneak out at lunchtime tomorrow and get a couple of outdoor snaps ;)