Crepuscule

parmi

Crepuscule

This is my first TTV style shot. My Ansco Rediflex arrived in the mail today and after spending the rest of the day creating the dark box to marry my DSLR to the Rediflex, I was finally ready to take my first shots at dusk.

See here for photos and description of my dark box contraption

This is my favourite tree in my backyard. I look out at it every day and have wanted to capture it, but nothing has worked until today.

I tweaked the levels in this one to get a cross processed look. Slight adjustment of lightness, contrast and brightness. Cropped to a square.

Edited at 9pm, completed 10.30pm

Massive thank you goes out to Kitsmumma for the invaluable advice on viewfinder cameras and what to expect from them :)

Featured in TTV: Through The Viewfinder

Canon 50D
18 – 55, 58mm
Macro filter
f5, 1/60, ISO 100
Home made dark box
Ansco Rediflex

MCN: CFSMY-SWAJ1-251UE

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Crepuscule by parmi
Crepuscule by parmi
  • Isa Rodriguez

    Isa Rodriguez about 1 month ago

    oooooo.. beautiful and contained to admire.. a very poetic image.. .. what a lovely one..

  • parmi replied about 1 month ago

    Wow that was fast Isa! Thanks so much, poetic.. what a great way to describe a visual piece. That’s awesome, much appreciated! :)

  • Madeline Bowser

    Madeline Bowser about 1 month ago

    This is a fantastic photo … I love the idea of combining digital techniques with traditional methods. I have to find the time to get back into doing more of it … you have given me some inspiration from this image alone. I look forward to seeing what your dark box looks like.

  • parmi replied about 1 month ago

    Madeline, thank you so much, you have really given me the confidence boost I need! I was inspired by a few artists on here to do this. To think I have inspired someone on my first attempt is such a massive thrill! Have you seen the TTV Group for more work of the same nature. That’s where I was first inspired to do this, mainly by Kitsmumma. I’ll get the dark box shots up by the end of the week :)

  • JUSTART

    JUSTART about 1 month ago

    great work

  • parmi replied about 1 month ago

    Thanks a lot J!

  • rodeorose

    rodeorose about 1 month ago

    Wonderful image- very creative work!

  • parmi replied about 1 month ago

    Thank so much Rose :)

  • Dani Dreyer

    Dani Dreyer 29 days ago

    Can see why its ur fav tree, great work for sure!

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks heaps mate! I can just stare at this tree all day :)

  • Fiona Christensen

    Fiona Christensen 29 days ago

    Crepuscule = Twilight!!! Love it! what a great photo old style! wonderful Andrew, and im not surprised its a favourite tree, its beautiful!!! :)

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Ah thanks Fiona! I hadn’t heard of crepuscule until last night, love finding variations like this. Thanks so much mate!

  • Kim  Calvert

    Kim Calvert 29 days ago

    This is cool Andrew, sort of a “old Film” look, very creative.

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks Kim, I thought of an old 70s film when I was playing around with this too :)

  • Ric Alexander

    Ric Alexander 29 days ago

    That does it, Ive got to find how to make one of these things, Can you give a link ? Got to try this out…. Excellent image too BTW.

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks heaps mate. Check out “here”:http://www.redbubble.com/people/parmi/journal/4021524-the-contraption-the-wonderful-world-of-ttv for how I made mine, pretty simple once you get it going. In the TTV group there’s a lot of info on it too :)

  • Richard  George

    Richard George 29 days ago

    Interesting idea…good work

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks very much mate!

  • DevineDayDreams

    DevineDayDreams 29 days ago

    reminds me of the Witches of Eastwick! :)

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Haha it does!! I used to love that movie :)

  • Rosemary Scott

    Rosemary Scott 29 days ago

    A wonderful image Andrew! I love that fuzzy blur around the edges, & of course I’ve got a real thing for grunge – great to see the Anscoflex hadn’t been cleaned!
    Love it…. well done :))

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks so much Rosemary!! I loved the blurred effect it produced, really got me excited about what I could do with this new addition. I was really hoping it would be uncleaned and full of dust and dirt, was so happy it was!

  • Rosemary Scott

    Rosemary Scott 29 days ago

    PS : looking forward to seeing the contraption!

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    The journal entry is up :)

  • dlamb

    dlamb 29 days ago

    Love the dirty detail around the edges. Great work!

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Hey thanks a lot mate! Glad you like it

  • andreisky

    andreisky 29 days ago

    Great TTV Andrew

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks heaps mate!

  • Kitsmumma

    Kitsmumma 29 days ago

    ooooh! I’ve been waiting for this. Wonderful first attemp parmi, love the light you’ve captured and the subject is right up my alley :D The x-process look adds so much ambience.

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Oh thanks so much Kit! That means a great deal coming from you especially. I just put up a journal entry on my dark box contraption, was a lot of fun to build. I also now understand the frustration element you were telling me about too :)

  • Rosemary Scott

    Rosemary Scott 29 days ago

    Big Congrats on the feature Andrew!! Niiiice :))

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Oh awesome! I only just realised, thanks so much Rosemary. That’s made my night :)

  • Keith Reesor

    Keith Reesor 29 days ago

    Fantastic capture Andrew!! :)

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks very much mate!!

  • sfmilner

    sfmilner 29 days ago

    Greetings Parmi; Very creative and interesting work.
    steve

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Cheers mate, very much appreciated :)

  • Trish Woodford

    Trish Woodford 29 days ago

    Fabulous parmi, will be so interested to see all your new images using this technique. Love the colours and feel of this, like a dreamy or blurred memory :))

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks heaps Trish, the support really pushes me on! This is such a different and exciting way to produce shots, I think I’m hooked already. Really happy you like this one, I feel so motivated for more now :)

  • Bryan Freeman

    Bryan Freeman 29 days ago

    Wonderful Parmi, such an inpsirational photo and commentary to go with it makes me want to search the web now for one and make my own….......mebbe next year tho’ after we’ve been on our hols. ;-))

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks so much mate! Glad to be of some use on here lol!! Ebay.. worked a charm with the viewfinder, there’s a fair few on there. Where you off to on hols?

  • midzing

    midzing 29 days ago

    fantastic work Andrew,,, must have a go at this,,, looks like a lot of fun!

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Thanks a lot Wendy! Would really love to see the viewfinder world through your eyes!! It is a lot of fun, albeit, a tad frustrating to adjust to having things move in opposite directions on the screen to how we move!

  • Bryan Freeman

    Bryan Freeman 29 days ago

    Thanks Mate, gotta have a giggle every now and then don’t we.

    We’re going to the Middle East, Jordan- PETRA!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!! Which I’ve wanted to visit since I was knee high to a grasshopper, plus other countries in and around the region. We’ll be visiting ancient, ancient, did I say ancient? cities! I’m talking 5,000 years old ancient is how ancient! And I’ll either be getting a Canon 50d or we might even be able to stretch it to a Canon 5d (awed hushed silence ensues….eyes go glassey….and I fall off my chair and wake up with a nasty bump and a very, very sore shoulder) .....Nothing wrong with dreams…as long as we can bring them to fruition! ;)) Both dreams are likely to come true, all being well and we don’t suffer another financial meltdown between now and the time we have booked to go away…... fingers crossed. ;))

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Hahaha.. laughing is definitely necessary and always on the agenda with you around mate! That sounds like my dream holiday. I would love to visit Jordan especially. I have a real love of the ancient world. Ancient? Yes ancient haha.. A 5D!!! Nearly fell of my chair just reading this. No one actually owns a 5D, do they? I thought that was just myth. That is going to be one incredible holiday my friend. You will be the RB golden boy when you return with those pics! In case I forget to say so later.. have an AWESOME time!!! As if you wont.. lol

  • Bryan Freeman

    Bryan Freeman 29 days ago

    BTW, how much are these new fangled contraptions going for on that old school ebay?

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Fangled.. man i love that word! I got mine for $30 inc postage from usa. They ranged between $20 and $70 when I was looking about 2 weeks ago mate. Most were from usa, but a couple here in Aust too.

  • Bryan Freeman

    Bryan Freeman 29 days ago

    30 bucks!? man! That is soooOOOo cheaP…but I have to confess something, when I showed this to my wife and I was raving and blubbering about this wonderful image and how great it was and showed the way you achieved it with all that hard work etc etc yada yada..she looked at me like I was a dribbling fool, which I was by that stage and realised I needed to calm down, quite a bit in fact, and i said to her…Wait until you see the images Parmi (andrew) takes with this wonderful contraption. It’s gunna be awesomeness incarnate! She still ooked at me like a dribbling fool..but as these contraptions are only 30 bucks or so, I reckon i could buy one and let it sneak into the house without her knowing too much. Afterall, what’s 30 bucks when we’re gonna be spending 10’s of dollars going to the middle east? I arsk ya!

  • parmi replied 29 days ago

    Haha classic! That was described so well, I could visualise it happening. All that was missing was the hit on the head with the rolled up newspaper! I really thought it was a bargain too. I have a love for all things old and dusty, and this really fit the awesomeness category. 30 is absolutely nothing in this day and age! Get on it mate!! Would love to see what you capture with it!

  • Ric Alexander

    Ric Alexander 28 days ago

    Thaks for the link, I will look.

  • parmi replied 28 days ago

    No worries mate, let me know if you need any help :)

  • Lorena Maria

    Lorena Maria 27 days ago

    Excellent!!!

  • parmi replied 27 days ago

    Thanks heaps Lore :)

  • Andrew Bradsworth

    Andrew Bradsworth 25 days ago

    very nice work Parmi, great folio

  • parmi replied 25 days ago

    Thanks very much mate! Looking forward to going through your folio, so much in there I want to see :)

  • pmistric

    pmistric 22 days ago

    Nice work…the cross-processing is subtle and not overdone..perfect. Very good for your first TTV.

  • parmi replied 22 days ago

    Thank you so much! What a huge compliment, that’s awesome.

  • deepbluwater

    deepbluwater 16 days ago

    Fantastic image! thoroughly draws me in… beautiful work Parmi!

  • parmi replied 16 days ago

    Thanks very much! I really wanted it to do exactly that, so good to know it came across :)

  • Maria  Moro

    Maria Moro 9 days ago

    Hmmmm!!!!!!...this looks really interesting… .I’m no expert regarding your technique … but for me it resembles a water reflection cast off … is it a Jacaranda????......from Ebay to this… well done…..

  • parmi replied 9 days ago

    Awesome, I can see that in it now too! It must be those blurred edges. Not a jacaranda, but it does have a very similar branch structure to one. That’s probably why I like it so much! Thanks so much Maria!

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