Re: [pinhole-discussion] question on making pictures of pebbles...

2001-03-27 Thread Guy Glorieux
John Ptak wrote: The effect I'm trying to gain is imaging small objects close-up at ground level, John, I know a pinholer here in Montreal who actually diggs the ground to get his pinhole almost flush with the ground. Wild images he gets with his Leornado. Of course, he protects it so that

Re: [pinhole-discussion] question on making pictures of pebbles...

2001-03-27 Thread Tom Miller
Message - From: John Ptak jfjp...@yahoo.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 11:54 PM Subject: [pinhole-discussion] question on making pictures of pebbles... Hello group. I'm new here and to pinhole as a process as well. (I have just completed an 8-part course

Re: [pinhole-discussion] question on making pictures of pebbles...

2001-03-27 Thread Kosinski Family
John, this is a good idea for pebbles. However, you are going to distort perspective somewhat and you'll get less of an image than you would by simply tilting your camera down. Why not try it by putting a second aperture in your camera at the lower position? The description of your camera reminds

[pinhole-discussion] question on making pictures of pebbles...

2001-03-27 Thread John Ptak
Hello group. I'm new here and to pinhole as a process as well. (I have just completed an 8-part course at the Smithsonian given by the excellent Ed Kirkpatrick). I've made 3 cameras of metal containers of various sizes with good results. Presently I do have a question which I hope the members of