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My first attempt at Panoramas (Original Post) alfredo Aug 2015 OP
Crap on a cracker!... N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2015 #1
Thanks, That is from Henry Clay's Estate. He was an avid gardener and lover of trees. alfredo Aug 2015 #2
Never smelled ginkgo... N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2015 #3
The fruit smell really bad, but this ancient tree is lovely. alfredo Aug 2015 #4
Damn.. N_E_1 for Tennis Aug 2015 #5
I still have my Nikkor developing tank. There are times I think of buying chemicals, and.... alfredo Aug 2015 #7
I will never hand-develop a roll of film again jmowreader Aug 2015 #24
I used to do color slides. I got to the point where I was pushing to ASA 800 alfredo Aug 2015 #25
You can get Jobo processors on eBay, and they're good jmowreader Aug 2015 #26
Living in a Townhouse limits the hobbies. alfredo Aug 2015 #27
I feel ya jmowreader Aug 2015 #28
Who would you recommend for black and white film? alfredo Aug 2015 #29
Dwayne's Photo handles all my film that I don't need back that very day jmowreader Aug 2015 #30
Thnk you. I will look at them in the morning. alfredo Aug 2015 #31
Ah, the smell of ginkgo fruit!!!! Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #6
They make a mess on streets and sidewalks. It's worth it to see the day of the fall. alfredo Aug 2015 #8
It's such a gross smell. Agschmid Aug 2015 #12
Very nice! mnhtnbb Aug 2015 #9
Hugin is pretty good and it walks you through the steps. You might get some warnings, alfredo Aug 2015 #10
I went out on the deck tonight and took several series of 3 shots of the pink/orange sky in the east mnhtnbb Aug 2015 #18
A tripod helps, but you can get by using a solid rail or something similar. alfredo Aug 2015 #19
Looks great... Agschmid Aug 2015 #11
I hope we have a lot of entries. alfredo Aug 2015 #13
Not my entry but some practice... Agschmid Aug 2015 #14
Nice. Where is that? alfredo Aug 2015 #15
Cambridge, Mass. Agschmid Aug 2015 #16
I remember drinking at the Wursthaus. I had plans to see Tom Rush at Club 47. alfredo Aug 2015 #17
Yes just two red line stops away! Agschmid Aug 2015 #20
The Inner circle in Boston was where I saw Herbie Mann. alfredo Aug 2015 #21
Haha the combat zone is now very expensive condos.. Agschmid Aug 2015 #22
Either way, it holds no interest. Boston was so cool in the sixties. alfredo Aug 2015 #23

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,593 posts)
1. Crap on a cracker!...
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 01:05 PM
Aug 2015

Is that your yard?
Save me a little place tucked into a corner.
I would love to live there.
Great job on the photos.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
2. Thanks, That is from Henry Clay's Estate. He was an avid gardener and lover of trees.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 01:28 PM
Aug 2015

The older trees were probably planted by him. The Gingko was introduced to Kentucky by him. Watching the fall of the leaves is like watching a gold snowstorm, but the beauty of the leaves is balanced by the stench of the fruit.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,593 posts)
3. Never smelled ginkgo...
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 03:08 PM
Aug 2015

Think I would love to though.
Nature is always striving to have balance.

That's what I tried to do I photography also.

Big apostle of Ansel Adams.

Worked dark rooms and light rooms for decades.
Weaned on B&W, lived in the dark in color. Lol.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
4. The fruit smell really bad, but this ancient tree is lovely.
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 03:30 PM
Aug 2015

I can give it a pass on the smell.

I did some darkroom work. I loved it, but then I dropped out of society for about a decade. Photography took a back seat. It wasn't until the late nineties did I return to photography.

I miss the smell of the chemicals, the red light, and the burnt smell of the enlarger.

I just realized I was misspelling Ginkgo.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,593 posts)
5. Damn..
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 05:11 PM
Aug 2015

I lived so long in a darkroom I forgot the smells.
Had a measuring cup that I also used as a coffee mug..
One day someone was in before I was.
Poured coffee in the mug not knowing it contained dektol.
Poured it down my throat.

Got a little queasy, but ok. No big deal.

Too much exposure. I guess.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
7. I still have my Nikkor developing tank. There are times I think of buying chemicals, and....
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 10:25 PM
Aug 2015

But I then I'm spoiled by digital.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
24. I will never hand-develop a roll of film again
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 04:41 PM
Aug 2015

I have WAY too much film with surge marks around the sprocket holes from even slightly excessive agitation. Since I only shoot color film and the price of chemicals is as outrageous as it is, I find it better and more economical to ship 120 film to Dwayne's in Kansas and to take 35mm film to a local one-hour lab...the fun stuff in photo work happens after the negs are dry anyway, so why not farm out the boring shit?

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
25. I used to do color slides. I got to the point where I was pushing to ASA 800
Sat Aug 15, 2015, 11:46 PM
Aug 2015

I want to take black and white film again. I just need to do the research on processors.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
26. You can get Jobo processors on eBay, and they're good
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 12:43 AM
Aug 2015

They started making new ones...but a new Jobo CPP3 is $3300.

Jobos are "rotary" processors - the machine has a motor with a magnet on it, and a big trough of water the film tank, or print drum, runs in which maintains temperature - very important for all color processes and for some B&W. Your tank has a magnet on the bottom. You fill the tank half-full of solution, attach it to the motor which is set at the "slow" setting, and let it run for the length of your process.

I used to own a CPE2, which is the smallest one they make. The only thing I DIDN'T like about it is the "slow" speed is still a hair faster than I'd like. There's also a CPA2, which the Army's rec services darkroom in Berlin had. You can adjust the speed on it to whatever you want, within reason. The CPP2 (and now CPP3) adds a "cooling" function - you plumb the machine into a cold-water outlet and it uses that cold water to lower the temperature of the bath. It also has a recirculating pump (IIRC the CPA2, which is the same size as a CPP2, also has this pump) to keep the temperature stable.

Given the option, I would get a CPA2 first, then a CPP2, a CPE2 if I didn't have room for either of the others, and a CPP3 if I won the lottery.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
27. Living in a Townhouse limits the hobbies.
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 09:33 AM
Aug 2015

I was a kite maker before getting back into photography. I just didn't have the room to build the large kites I like, and hata kites don't hold the same interest. I'd have a photo lab if I had the room.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
28. I feel ya
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 02:10 PM
Aug 2015

I live in a small apartment that's upstairs. I'm really dreading the thought of having to haul the Epson 7890 printer I need upstairs. (I thought about buying a colorhead for printing on an enlarger...paper for enlarging is almost impossible to find, you can't get Cibachrome at all and Epsons will print scanned slides on French watercolor paper. So...)

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
30. Dwayne's Photo handles all my film that I don't need back that very day
Sun Aug 16, 2015, 08:11 PM
Aug 2015
http://dwaynesphoto.com/newsite2006/B-W-film-processing.html

If you just want it processed, it's $4.49 per roll - plus $4.50 shipping on the first roll, and an additional 50 cents shipping on each additional roll in the order. It's higher if you want prints, naturally. Last time I had some developed, I sent it out Friday and was working on it the next Thursday.

My favorite place to buy black & white film is Freestyle Photographic Supplies in Hollywood...

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/category/2-Film/Black-and-White-Film

If I KNOW I need to work on the film the day I shoot it, I get out the Nikon and have it processed at a local one-hour lab. Everything else goes to Kansas.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
6. Ah, the smell of ginkgo fruit!!!!
Wed Aug 5, 2015, 07:45 PM
Aug 2015

When I was studying biology, one of the professors needed ginkgo leaves for a stream flow study, since they were unique and not in that area so could easily be found. I knew where there were trees, so I collected a few trash bags full of them. I was not aware of the smell of the fruit or that one of the trees was a female. Gathering leaves, I kept thinking that I must have stepped in and knelt on cat shit. The students who were assigned to put leaves in small bags with a set number of leaves in each were not happy either. The whole science building smelled like cat shit for a day or two.

Oh, the good times!

mnhtnbb

(31,319 posts)
9. Very nice!
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 08:21 AM
Aug 2015

I have never attempted panoramas, either. Don't know if I will, since the timing is not the greatest for getting
out to take shots and learn how to use new software. Might be the first time I haven't entered a contest
in quite a while.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
10. Hugin is pretty good and it walks you through the steps. You might get some warnings,
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 10:44 AM
Aug 2015

but just hit cancel and everything will work fine.

BTW, I am finding that it is a good idea to resize the images first, then stitch them, and three images is a good number of images.

mnhtnbb

(31,319 posts)
18. I went out on the deck tonight and took several series of 3 shots of the pink/orange sky in the east
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 10:52 PM
Aug 2015

at sunset. I might give it a try to see if I can make a panorama out of it.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
17. I remember drinking at the Wursthaus. I had plans to see Tom Rush at Club 47.
Tue Aug 11, 2015, 06:51 PM
Aug 2015

I seem to remember it being right near the Wursthaus.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
21. The Inner circle in Boston was where I saw Herbie Mann.
Wed Aug 12, 2015, 10:19 AM
Aug 2015

I had my own blend at LJ Peretti, watched the sail boats on the Charles, watched the Swan boats at the commons, and learned the difference between a milkshake and a frappe. I still drink Moxie when I can find it. I went to the combat zone once, and decided it wasn't my scene.

I was in Morse intercept school at fort Devens at Ayre Mass, and hit Boston whenever I could get a pass. 65-66

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