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orange alley
orange alley
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Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Custom Made Pinhole
Date: Jan 23, 2011
Aperture: f/167
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 102s
Galleries: Black and White, Pinhole/Zone Plate
Date Uploaded: Jan 23, 2011

Viewed: 650
Comments: 29
Favorites: 3 (view)

 This is a short alley behind a coffee shop and art gallery. The back door is the last on the left. City of Orange, hence the painted orange. I had company, a man who was quite delusional. He spent 30 minutes telling me all about the hundreds of dollars he was making every day selling old film cameras in his camera shop 45 miles away. He commutes on his bike when he doesn't have a "killer buzz going". He was quite fascinated by my "fully electronic, clearly telescoping camera holder"
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 01/31/2011 02:18:05 PM
Love the shot and the story. Reminds me of my sister when she gets manic,(she is bi-polar) She is always coming up with all kinds of stories about things she is inventing and selling for hundreds of dollars.:)
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 01/29/2011 01:00:08 PM
Loving this series, the pinhole shots give a great mood to a scene.
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 01/28/2011 05:55:35 AM
Killer image. I don't know where the hell my body caps are but I ordered them two weeks ago. I'm lagging. This is awesome stuff, again.
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 01/26/2011 06:10:33 PM
Have I mentioned it's time for you to have a show somewhere? This needs to go in it.
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 01/26/2011 04:21:43 PM
Loved your story. The lights above the door and wall make a nice pattern down to the Orange. That alley is cool.
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 01/26/2011 11:16:50 AM
Clearly telescoping? Wow. I like the picture though. Did you get a picture of the man?
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 01/25/2011 07:44:22 PM
It's an intriguing, moody image, and interesting story. You'd better be careful consorting with delusional men in back alleys!
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 01/24/2011 06:52:05 PM
Inner sanctum personified!
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 01/24/2011 10:12:49 AM
The orange looks like an entrance into another dimension. You can either go there or just take a safe left to the regular place. The guy you talked to sounds like he takes the orange.
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 01/24/2011 07:52:19 AM
Great story and a compelling, moody image to go along with it. Wow.
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 01/24/2011 05:33:00 AM
I'm glad you explained that that's a painted orange. I was sure that this was the entrance to a black hole of some sort and that floating object is a planet in another System.
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 01/23/2011 04:38:52 PM
I really like the mood behind this. Very cinematic.
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 01/23/2011 03:30:05 PM
Nice! Kind of a timeless feel to this. I find myself wondering which century...?
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 01/23/2011 03:09:04 PM
A most excellent story, Ben. This feels like a set from a movie. A key scene about to transpire.
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 01/23/2011 11:14:50 AM
lol you were brave to be chatting with the dude. i'd be out of oxygen if I had that long of a bike commute! maybe that's why he has the killer buzz :)

I like how dark spooky and mysterious this is. Looks like some trash on the ground in the light patch in front of the circle? Very gritty.
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 01/23/2011 10:45:57 AM
Great pinhole pic (and great story). I love that the circles of light on the left wall mimic the orange moon at the end of the alley.
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 01/23/2011 10:15:57 AM
LOL on the explanation! And this is exactly what pinhole photography is for. Most excellent!
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 01/23/2011 09:47:54 AM
Just great! My first thought when seeing this (without reading comments or story): made around 1930. Luckily your shutter speed wasn't that long :)
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 01/23/2011 09:10:36 AM
so many interesting pieces to this picture and overall another wonderful shot. Surprisingly little noise for iso 3200 and 102 s.
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 01/23/2011 08:49:18 AM
Your pinholes keep on taking my breath away.
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 01/23/2011 08:09:24 AM
Weird... I actually like this. Please don't tell anyone.

:)

LOL @ your "friend". Were you uneasy with him being there?

I couldn't tell it is an orange. Looked like a moon (a real one) or something... couldn't figure out what it was doing there.
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 01/23/2011 06:01:27 AM
Don't know anything about pin hole cameras; but, this looks very scary location. The orange really adds to the feeling.
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 01/23/2011 04:06:14 AM
I was wondering why you spend such a long time listening to Mr. Killer Buzz, but then I look at the details. Obviously, it was worth it, this is a "killer" pinhole pic! The orange looked like a full moon to me at first. Just lovely.

Message edited by author 2011-01-23 09:15:20.
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 01/23/2011 02:15:42 AM
interesting shot and story, f/235 ? surprises everywhere.
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 01/23/2011 12:15:48 AM
Cool shapes!
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 01/22/2011 10:26:47 PM
Take care you should take a friend with you. that said. What a great image!
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 01/22/2011 10:06:44 PM
My gun was ISO 3200! Imagine how long I would have been pacing at ISO 100.
 01/22/2011 09:59:50 PM
what is this levitating orange? spooky
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 01/22/2011 09:45:19 PM
102s is a long time to spend in a dark alley. I hope you were packing a gun :)
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