Rural Alberta Pond on Ilford Delta 400
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The Burmis Tree Captured on Antique Camera Argus C3
This wraps up my three part exposure on The Burmis Tree. My goal wasn’t so much to capture a unique angle of the tree. As it’s hundred of years old its inevitably been photographed from every vantage point. Being as the Argus C3, the model T of cameras, was such a popular model, I’m sure many taken with it are floating about as well.
I shot this with Ilford Panf 50.
If you missed it, here’s my digital capture and the one I took with my Yashica Mat 124 medium format TLR
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The Burmis Tree Revisited in HDR
The first time I shot The Burmis Tree was also this yeah, except I had done it on medium format film, using my Yachica Mat 124 and expired Agfa film.
I was in love with that shot, especially because the sky came out so well when scanning it into my Epson V500.
When I returned I knew I wanted a telephoto shot and I wanted it in HDR. I also knew using my flimsy (and now slightly bent) tripod was going to make a steady shot difficult.
I was blessed with calm skies and beautiful clouds. It was my intention to bring the background in with my focal length and beyond that I just wanted to nail the exposure(s).
The burmis tree is estimated to be seven hundred years old and died in the 1970′s. In both of my renditions of the tree, I have photoshoped out the poll propping the tree in place.
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Ode 2 the 50mm~Day 28
There have been a lot of storms this year. This was shot after a doozie. The image looks a little small but it’s actually twelve images stitched together. For awhile now I’d been meaning to try a panorama HDR. I hadn’t looked online to see if anyone else had done it to be honest, but figured it’d be a great idea for scenes like this, where the sky changes in so many ways, from clear to cloudy, and you can still very clearly see the storm, as it moves away from the center of the city. Of course, I only had a 50mm lens to work with as well, so getting the entire Calgary skyline was not possible otherwise from this vantage point.
As a photographer, I am obsessed with skyline photos. Couldn’t tell you why but I imagine it’s the fascination with documentary style photography. And with our ever changing city scape, there’s usually something new every time I set up the tripod.
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Ode 2 the 50mm~Day 07/30
When I shot the train cars the day before I saw a real nice train bridge on the way. I’ve shot a couple bridges in my day, but never been too too happy with the results. The one I got here was okay. I had found my way to a walking bridge with a perfect view.
Today’s real shot though is when I flipped around to the sunset. I had intended to do an HDR today so I had my tripod with me. I had no idea it’d turn out as well as it did. I guess that’s what I am starting to love about HDR, it reintroduces that wonderful anticipation of a photo that film used to provoke.
