[pure-silver] Quest and Re-quest
- From: "Adrienne Moumin" <photowonder2010@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:25:48 -0500
I am glad that my post spurred a round of ideas and thoughts.
But honestly, folks, I was just looking for some good, old-fashioned
technical advice here. Not being as far along as I'd like to be
photographically, I appeal to those on this list who are more experienced
and accomplished than I:
I just want to know whether, looking at my image, would you say that a
LF/view camera is what I need to consider in order to get the effect I am
after. That is all I am asking. (the image is at
http://www.picturexhibit.com/SkylineStitch.html)
Here is an excerpt of my e-mail reply to Snoopy, who sent directly to me his
"heresy" e-mail:
It's quite interesting to have others hold up a mirror to one's own
words.....makes me realize that my own communication is not as clear as I
originally thought.
I guess I was using those 2 photogs as examples of the type of DOF sharpness
I am after, rather than stating I was trying to emulate anything else about
their images. For me, this is both technical and emotional. I have
snapshot pictures of NY skyscraper panoramas I took 25 years ago, w/the only
thing I could afford at the time, a castoff Brownie-type box camera.
Those images, tiny and blurry as they are, do (for me) convey the types of
feelings I am after. However, I would never show them to anyone because
technically they are so far below what I am capable of, (what you call
"acceptable quality"), and also because for me, it is about manifesting, as
closely as I can, the "vision" (or whatever word you personally use for
this) that I see in my mind's eye.
I call it "the Quest" because this is something that I have yearned for my
whole life (the ability to record urban landscapes in great, sharp detail,
that is). I don't feel there's much there about emulation; I am merely
attempting to learn the technical aspects of how to achieve that vision.
The rest of what I need, I already possess inside, but since I didn't have
the benefit of formal education, I am trying to learn about & explore,
through the kindness of those on pure-silver, any technical information that
will assist and facilitate me moving along on my path.
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So if anyone has any opinions on this technical aspect of what I am trying
to figure out, please, please, let me know?
Thanks so much,
Adrienne Moumin
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