Most of the time, I am secretly a bit begrudged about my photography. I find myself perusing my images, thinking about many of them just aren't quite there in terms of what I was after to begin with. I browse others' streams and sigh with envy, wishing I had taken such beautiful shots as some of those I find on Flickr. I suppose that is a good thing, to never be satisfied; I suppose that is what drives us to be better.
But sometimes, every so often, I do manage a shot or two that I really like. Shots that I fall a little in love with. My previous post was one of those, and this one comes close too, primarily for its "cool" factor, and because the image represents the vision I had in my head while composing and taking the shot.
This is about a 1-minute long exposure - a self portrait, taken with my Zero Image 2000 on the merry-go-round at Pier Park. I hadn't planned on visiting the playground that day in Pier Park, but while walking through I noticed the strong colors of this particular piece of playground equipment, and couldn't resist experimenting. So I set the little wooden box up, started the merry-go-round spinning as smoothly as possible, and when it completed almost a half round I stepped up onto it myself. Considering all the moving that went on, and the fact that this merry-go-round has a bit of a "bump" in one spot every revolution, I was surprised at how very smooth it turned out. And at how much it actually resembled the shot I set out to take.
Oh! And I almost forgot to mention that it was taken with Fuji Velvia 50 slide film, and that slide film is less forgiving when it comes over or underexposing, and so I was also quite satisfied that I had gotten the exposure right. My first roll of slide film through the pinhole was, sadly, quite overexposed.
Go pinhole, go. ;-)
Steven Hodson, nzbuu, jtravism, Jon Asay 찰칵, and 197 other people added this photo to their favorites.
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Fuzzphotoz 54 months ago | reply
cool shot
JGossPhotography 54 months ago | reply
Very cool shot! Love the motion!
Komkrit. 54 months ago | reply
I love this photo. I like the thought behind it. It shows your patient, hard work, creativity. I know you will be great, you already are. Thank you for sharing...
Happy Holidays to you.
cheer.
Komkrit T.
alternatePhotography 54 months ago | reply
Very nice! I think everyone has their ups and downs about their art.
Happy Holidays; and don't forget to check out Art & Fear if you haven't already. A most intriguing read.
mlindqvist 54 months ago | reply
Fantastic capture. Even more amazing (to me) is that it is taken with a pinhole.
Jacob L Barr. 54 months ago | reply
I really love this!!
mariczka 53 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Analogue, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Victor Bonomi 52 months ago | reply
Gorgeous! Love it!
edsel road 50 months ago | reply
really incredible
Frodden 48 months ago | reply
Buena foto
Láma 48 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Resistenza Analogica | Analogue Resistence, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Matt_Benson 47 months ago | reply
wow. How did you get the pinhole to not fall off the merry-go-round?
manyfires 47 months ago | reply
It was on a very secure tripod ;-)
caiti borruso 45 months ago | reply
oh, wow!
i really love this.
Felipe Sasso 37 months ago | reply
Fantastic!
grimset 37 months ago | reply
for a one minute exposure, this is very steady! great work
Koppensteiner Photography 36 months ago | reply
Great work !!
J.Sod 26 months ago | reply
I can really identify with your first paragraph of this post (as I assume many others on flickr can too). I spend countless hours looking through flickr marveling at others work, hoping one day I can create such amazing images. Most of the time I feel I am overly critical of my own photography, sometimes forgetting that I only really picked up a camera 3 years ago and am progressing along quite nicely in reality.
Its reassuring to read your post, because honestly I find most your work to be amazing and something I' hope to achieve someday. Keep it up, I always look forward to your next post.
manyfires 26 months ago | reply
Theresa Thompson 24 months ago | reply
amazing image!