Yes it's Paimpont Abbey again but, inspired by David @yrhenwr , this is a pinhole image. It was taken using a Nikon D5100 with, instead of a lens, a body-cap pierced with a 0.25mm hole to emulate the very first images produced first by Camera Obscura and subsequently by pinhole cameras using sensitized plates or papers. This could get addictive!
@maggiemae The size of the pinhole is a trade-off between the the size of the circle-of-confusion it produces and it's light gathering powers. The smaller the pinhole, the smaller the circle-of-confusion and the sharper the image but the longer the exposure, the noisier the image will be, which destroys the sharpness - the digital equivalent of reciprocity failure with film emulsions. With a pinhole 'lens', everything in the image is equally sharp... or blurry! A sharp image, in the terms of the way we think about images nowadays, is simply not possible. But sharp is not everything in an image... it has to have soul too. Give it a try Maggiemae.
@yrhenwr Thank you David but it's you who deserves a pat on the back for inspiring me to have a go. I wasn't ready for the storm of sensor spots though... but at an aperture of f/200 I guess it's inevitable even though the sensor is essentially clean.
@vignouse I am so pleased you felt inspired to have a go. I fully expect better results from you than I can achieve and thus far I am not disappointed. I should have warned you about the spots. I have spoken to others about the lack of clarity and all agree that it is an inevitable diffraction effect. When i have got over the thrill of a couple of new lenses (a 10-24mm and a 90mm macro) I'll try some more pinhole shots. I did find that I soon was trying to get weird gimmicky effects.. Next time I will try to behave better!
@yrhenwr Congrats on the new lenses and I hope you have fun with them - I love my extreme w/a to death... try some unusual PoVs, you'll love the results. The lack of clarity in the pinhole shots is also due to the fact that we're enlarging them. A native image is surprising in it's quality - have a look on Flickr at some of the dedicated groups and especially those doing 8 x 10s on low ASA film... there are some incredible images.
This is a really cool technique. I love the old timely movie feel of this photo. Can't decide if it feels like a romance or a horror movie. Maybe a little bit of both...
