The Camera I

More Panoramics

leon — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:30:25 +0000

I have always liked panoramic images; anything with an aspect ratio of 1.6:1 or greater catches my eye for some reason.
This is why I LOVE shooting with my Fuji GX617 camera whose 6x17cm images have an aspect ratio of 2.8:1

We took a drive up the Pacific Coast to Monterey, CA about a week ago and I got to take a few shots.

-Leo

Panoramic!

leon — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:22:00 +0000

We recently went out for a drive along the coast in San Pedro/Palos Verdes and stopped along the way to take some photos.
This was a good way to test the Fuji GX617 Panoramic camera and get some fresh air at the same time

I always like to stop by the Korean Friendship Bell and enjoy the views of the Pacific Ocean from there.

Here is a photo taken that day with the Fuji GX617 and the 105mm lens. The film was Ilford FP4 in case you were curious.

Cheers,
Leo

New Telescope Installed

leon — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:47:44 +0000

The new telescope has arrived and I was able to install it in the Observatory last night.
It’s a Celestron C14 Schmidt Cassegrain mounted atop my Paramount GT-1100 german equatorial mount. I decided to get a large instrument to use for visual observing in the summer months and this seemed like the best balance between size, cost, and more importantly weight
I wanted to be able to lift and install the scope by myself.

My initial impressions of the views through it are WOW. More to come.

-Leon

Horseshoe Bend

leon — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 00:28:55 +0000

An amazing site of one of the most famous twists in the Colorado River. This happens to be in Page Arizona.
I don’t think any photo can do justice to how amazing this looks in person

This particular photo was taken with a 4×5 film camera using a 65mm lens (equivalent to 17mm in 35mm camera terms)

-leon

Digital Infrared

leon — Wed, 18 May 2011 04:07:37 +0000

Here is a test shot taken shortly after I had my Canon 5D camera modified into an Infrared-Only camera.

Playa Trails movie

leon — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:43:20 +0000

Here is the movie version of startrails over the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley, enjoy!

-Leo

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Delicate Arch

leon — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:31:15 +0000

This is one of my favorite places to photograph and is well worth the steep hike
I had the benefit of beautiful puffy clouds on this occasion and I can’t wait to go back there again soon.

-Leo

Solar Rainbow

leon — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:02:27 +0000

We were camping out at the Alabama Hills in Lone Pine, CA and as the sun was setting my friend Jim noticed an interesting artifact that the sun made behind the hills.
I used a polarizing filter on the lens to help intensify the the effect.

If you happen to know what this phenomenon is called, please do let me know

-leon

The Fins

leon — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:07:52 +0000

Here’s a recent scan I did to test a newly acquired drums scanner I recently picked up on the used market.
The picture itself was taken back in early 2010. The image was made on a Toyo 8×10 field camera with a 210mm lens.

As you can tell from the way I cropped the image that I favor more rectangular aspect ratios for most of my landscape images

Cheers,
Leon

Star Trail at the Racetrack

leon — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:37:52 +0000

I spent a solitary evening camping out at the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley back in December 2010.
I set up a couple of cameras on the playa and let them shoot for several hours.

One camera was a Canon 5D2 Digital SLR with a 15mm fisheye lens. I shot a series of 2.5minutes long exposures that I later combined into a single image.

The second camera was my self-make 4×5 film camera with 65mm fixed lens. The 65mm lens provides a very wide field of view – equivalent to 17mm on 35mm format!