Re: Bleed Off the Frame with IR

[Jeff Spirer <jeffs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:46 PM 8/1/97 -0700, GMA wrote:
>Jeff Spirer wrote:
>> 
>> I recently shot my first roll of HIE in quite a while.  One of the
>> photographs was of a fairly dark room with light coming through some of the
>> cracks between the boards of the wall.  The bright light streaks that were
>> created went right off the frame.  I am wondering how this happened.  The
>> photograph can be viewed at the following location:
>> http://www.hyperreal.org/~jeffs/dark2.html.  A more interesting IR
>> photograph from the same location can be seen at:
>> http://www.hyperreal.org/~jeffs/tracks.html
>> 

>In the dark2 photo, there are arcs of brightness at the top of the crack
>lights.  If that's what you're referring to, I believe it's a fairly
>common thing with HIE.  Cause it's got no anti-halation backing,
>halation can occur!  And this looks like an exmaple of it.  Light
>bouncing in every direction off the pressure plate and exposing the film
>from behind.  Even film up by the sprocket holes.  This is the process,
>really, which creates much of HIEs' ethereal look.
>
>Hmmmm. Looked at 'tracks' also and I find 'dark2' to be much more
>interesting, moody, mysterious.  Each to his/her own, eh?

Most people like "tracks" better.  I've gotten somewhat negative reactions
to "dark2" so I figured most people would prefer it.
>
>By the way, what camera are you using to shoot HIE?  My Olys have
>dimpled pressure plates which cause problems, (due again to the lack of
>anti-halation, the light can bounce off the dimples and expose the
>dimple pattern thru the back of the film too) so I can't use 'em til I
>get the custom plate I've ordered from Oly, NY.

I use a Konica Auto S2 rangefinder that I bought specifically for using
with IR.  It has the IR focusing mark and it lets me not look through the
filter.  



Jeff Spirer
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Photos: http://www.hyperreal.org/~jeffs/gallery.html
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