[pure-silver] Re: crazy experiment
- From: "Stein" <rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:12:05 +0800
Dear Garry,
I find it very flattering , if a trifle disturbing, to be someone's
liege lord. The last time it happened was when I got married and the effect
hardly lasted out the week. Mind, this was 32 years ago and I have at least
had the comfort of a secure position for all that time. In my case it is
Wyrm Under Her Feet.....
But on to photography before the listboss smites us sorely.
Last evening, I took my large format camera and my newly-acquired
garden trolley and staggered up to a disused railway tunnel here in the
Perth hills. As one does... The purpose was to inaugurate my new series of
Gods And Godesses by photographing my friend Bill as Vulcan. The tunnel is
all dark and eerie and takes gelled flash light beautifully. Plus Bill's
fire twirling wife could dance around about him with vast kerosene torches.
Inside the tunnel doesn't risk a bushfire.
Ever try to focus on a ground glass screen in a railway tunnel after
dark? Thank heavens for pocket torches and laser pointers. Thank heavens for
Metz flashes and radio synch too, as it is no fun to string synch cords by
feel. Winston O. Link deserves all the admiration we can give him, folks.
( Google up Mr. Link and enjoy yourselves....)
One advantage to this sort of setup. You do not need a dark cloth over
your head.
The results are going to be developed this afternoon. I took all Fuji
NPS sheet film, but it occurs to me that several of them may be better seen
in B/W. I can always print later in monochrome, but before I soup the NPS I
have a silly question. CAn I develop a couple of the film sheets in a B/W
developer right from the start, eschew any colour information, and end up
with a printable negative? I've never tried the experimant in all my long
years....or put another way, I have never yet mistakenly poured B/W
chemistry into a tank of C 41 film. What happens if I do?
Many thanks for all expected tech replies. I'll keep you posted on when
I shoot the Astarte or Venus pictures and you can come along and hold the
scrims*.
Uncle Dick
* And for any who are interested, I might mention that Bill was dressed in a
black kilt, sandals, and a light coating of motor oil, carrying a hammer and
steel lightning bolt. In view of the motor oil I asked the flame dancers not
to come too close, but we did have a CO2 fire extinguisher on hand.
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