--- "ROBERTSON,TRAVIS J" <is-...@womans.com> wrote: > My photos are having problems and I posted some example hoping that I can > find out what is the problem. Please note that this is my first camera and > I have been doing this for about a week. I'm just trying to work out the > kinks in my camera design. > > This photo was a 2-min exposure on a very overcast sky about 20 min before > sunset. I just wanted to see how a long exposure would turn out. Can you > see the two vertical lines down the middle of the photo? What could cause > that? > http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?cmd=max&star > t=&pic=trfarm_lines.jpg > > The photo below was the same shot but was a 1 min and 30 second exposure and > now I have a strange light source coming from the bottom. Could it be cause > by a problem with my pinhole? I sure I don't have any light leaks. I'm > using an oatmeal pinhole camera. > http://www.???????/discussion/upload/gallery2002.php?cmd=max&star > t=&pic=trfarm_lightproblem.jpg
Chances are that the light you are seeing is caused by a reflection from the surface of your film or paper. Did you paint the inside of the camera black? That will help, though it may not eliminate the problem. Cheers - george ===== Handmade Photographic Images - http://GLSmyth.com DRiP Investing - http://DRiPInvesting.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com
