[rollei_list] Re: New photos online
- From: Aaron Reece <oboeaaron@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 22:49:23 -0500
On Feb 8, 2006, at 6:16 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
http://homepage.mac.com/oboeaaron/rolleipics/alexis/
self_portrait.html
The mysterious double exposure in the second portrait
looks to me as though its fogging from the holder not
completely seating in the camera thus leaving a light leak
along a thin line. Such fogging can also be caused by leaks
around the periphery of the camera back but those usually
show up on all or most pictures.
That was my first thought as well, as it would explain the big
triangular wedge and the vertical lines, but what I can't figure out
is the clearly resolved image in her forehead. That is the top of her
toychest which is under the window she was sitting at. Do you suppose
it's possible that a small gap between the film holder and the back
could cause a pinhole-like image to form? I can't think of any other
explanation. I was there the entire time and I am sure that there was
no double-exposure.
I like both of these pictures.
Thank you, Richard.
Apologies for cross-posting this to both lists; I thought perhaps
some of the large-format users on one but not both lists could shed
some light on the mysterious double-image issue. I don't usually go
in for the hip toy-camera look myself, but I do find this photo an
intriguing "composition," mostly because it was completely
unintentional but it seems to work geometrically somehow. BTW the
barrel-looking thing in her forehead is a wardrobe for those
microscopic Polly Pocket dolls ("Curse it! Curse it! We hates it
forever!") so the latest joke around here is that the BIG camera can
show what you are thinking of inside your head. That may explain the
mysterious blank spaces that appear in all my self-portraits.*
-Aaron
* I'm joking. I cannot abide photos of myself.
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