Sunday, July 15, 2012

undergrowth

Here is another pinhole image from Monday's visit to the national forest.


My pinhole camera is my normal digital camera with the lens removed.  In its place is a body cap (covering the opening left by the lens) with a tiny pinhole in the center.

The pinhole is a sort of proto-lens.  Its use dates back at least to the 11th century AD.  Long exposures dictate the use of a tripod and composing the shot is a guess, since my through-the-lens viewfinder shows only darkness with the pinhole attached.  At least there is no worry about focusing, as everything in the photo will be uniformly semi-sharp.

2 comments:

lindy said...

Worth every moment of wait and see.

Roger Morris said...

Thanks, Lindy!