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Cinema obscura. 30 Minute, 1800 second exposure
Cinema obscura. 30 Minute, 1800 second exposure
bob_bobski


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: 30 Seconds or More III (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Canon EOS-6D
Lens: Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Aspherical IF MC fish eye
Location: Home cinema
Date: Dec 6, 2014
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1801
Date Uploaded: Dec 6, 2014

 As the title says, this shot is a 30 minute exposure. It's a shot inside my camera obscura (home cinema), the aperture is a 10mm hole cut into the cardboard covering the window. I used an 8mm Samyang fisheye lens.
The image is then rotated to get the outdoor image to be up the correct way.
You can see the shadow of the camera on the left side of the frame.

Statistics
Place: 21 out of 46
Avg (all users): 5.9459
Avg (commenters): 8.5000
Avg (participants): 6.0000
Avg (non-participants): 5.9245
Views since voting: 642
Views during voting: 192
Votes: 74
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 12/21/2014 12:20:24 AM
Mighty interesting photograph. I knew exactly what it was being a fan of Abelardo Morell.
It was 7 from me, not more because the bright colors did not take me into the "obscure" realm and became too technical.
Wonderful exercice.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 12/19/2014 04:04:15 AM
backdoorhippie Thanks for you comment, i think a number of voters missed the fact that this was a 30 MINUTE exposure. For me it was more about the technique, i realise that it isn't a great "looking" picture but that wasn't really the aim.
MadMan2k I hope you have taken the time to come back and read the details and that the shot now works for you.
posthumous It is slightly more than just a backwards upside-down camera. Check out the details of the shot. I turned one of the rooms in my house into a camera and then took a picture of the result, this took 30 minutes. Thanks for the hanging, at least it's in your fantasy gallery :-)
 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 12/18/2014 11:48:11 PM
this might be no more profound than turning a camera upside-down and backwards, but the disorienting effect is completely convincing.

I'm hanging this in my fantasy gallery

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Sony Alpha a6400
Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD
 12/18/2014 08:23:02 PM
Interesting. I'll have to read the details about this one.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
 12/18/2014 07:53:31 AM
I'm not as much a fan of the photo as I am of what you did making it (I would have just moved on had I not read the title). Tough to wrap my head around it and actually give it a score, so I'm not - at least not for now - because I would give different scores for the technique and the result (which I might have cropped a touch).
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