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Challenge: Portrait of a Camera II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
Location: Dubai, UAE
Date: Mar 5, 2015
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1.3 sec
Date Uploaded: Mar 5, 2015

 Being a (relative) noob to photography, I went digital first, then started exploring film. I bought this Sinar 4x5 camera, with the goal of trying to shoot large format. I figured out how to load the film into the cartridges in total blackness, I was able to tenuously fit the camera to my existing carbon-fiber tripod (although very top-heavy)--I thought I was set. Until I shot a few scenes and started looking around for someone in Dubai to process them.... No joy.

So, this camera has been a nice decoration in my computer room until this challenge came up. I'm glad it was useful for something at least. I'm still looking around for options with shooting and processing large format--maybe mail off the slides in the cartridges? If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.

Thanks to ciaeagle for the bling! Very happy to get a ribbon out of this.

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 54
Avg (all users): 6.5056
Avg (commenters): 9.0000
Avg (participants): 6.3667
Avg (non-participants): 6.5763
Views since voting: 1500
Views during voting: 177
Votes: 89
Comments: 9
Favorites: 1 (view)

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 03/19/2015 12:55:28 PM
Love the angle! Congrats on the ribbon!
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 03/19/2015 04:56:11 AM
Nicely done, love the bokeh. Congratulations on your red.
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 03/18/2015 01:59:55 PM
Very niiiice! Congratulations on 2nd place!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/18/2015 04:22:23 AM
Congrats on the red; nicely done. One of my top picks.
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 03/17/2015 11:49:47 PM
That is some serious bokeh, lovey image in my second top picks.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/17/2015 01:43:58 PM
Good one. Hats down to the idea and the execution.
I almost tried a similar approach. A shot through the vertical viewfinder of a TLR. Instead of a cityscape, the subject's subject would have been another vintage camera. The orientation and the size of the viewfinder made it a very tough shot and i gave up. I wouldn't have been as effective as yours, anyway.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/16/2015 05:14:38 PM
It doesn't necessarily feel like a portrait of a camera to me but I love the bokeh and the hanging city. My favorite in this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 03/13/2015 09:41:09 AM
My absolute favorite!
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 03/12/2015 11:04:28 AM
Awesome bokeh!
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