Last week, I received film shipments from B&H, Calumet, and JandC, all of it
B&W, and much of it sheet film, which I seem to be shooting more and more
lately with the big boy cameras. As I was stashing this lode in the
beer/wine/film fridge, I realized that I still have a half dozen rolls of
Kodachrome, which reminded me that I also have a half dozen Kodachrome mailers
that expire 12/31/04. Time to shoot my last Kodachrome. Forty-five years
seems to have come and gone much too quickly.
But it's yucky weather here; was yesterday, is today, is forecast to be
tomorrow and the day after. What to do? Inspiration struck with the second
cup of coffee this morning, and I braved the elements for a trip to the
neighborhood florist, where I purchased $20 worth of cut flowers of just about
every sort available, a veritable riot of fall colors. You don't need to go to
the mountain if you can buy it and bring it home.
I've removed four rolls of Kodachrome from the fridge to warm up, and I'll be
spending a couple of rainy days taking flower pictures. I may try a shot or
two with the 50/2 and the 90/2, but my serious plan is to start with the
135/4.5 on the 65-116 auto tube, then switch to the 80/4 on the tube, then on
the bellows for a closer look, possibly even trying that f=170 close-up lens
I've never used. After that, I'll put the 38/2.8 on the bellows and see if I
can get a good look at some of those sexual parts I have always heard that
flowers had. If I get any really dirty pictures, I'll share them. :-)
Of course, since this will all be indoors with s-l-o-w film, auxiliary lighting
will be required. I'll maybe use a T32, a T20 or two, maybe even a T45 or F280
for a few shots, but mostly it'll be the T28 macro twins, the T8 ring flash,
with both reflectors (but not at the same time), and the T10 ring flash, both
with and without the cross- polarizing filter.
This promises to be fun, as it almost always is when I get to use lots and lots
of different bits instead of just seeing them sitting on a shelf. And who
knows? I may actually learn something. Maybe an old dog can learn a new trick
or two.
Now, where did I put that varimagni thingy?
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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