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    I found out about the rec.photo.equipment.35mm shoot-in in early 2005, and being one of those folks who seems to produce more when faced with a deadline, I figured I was obliged to produce some shots.

these are some of the the results of my first assignment: symmetry.

 
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SYM2 Aaron Grier  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : I printed this on grade 3 paper, and the increased contrast on the actual print reminds me of charcoal. my crappy scan doesn't do this justice.
Location : Frye Electronics' sound booth
Date : 2005-02
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low-pass waffle iron  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : mmm... patterns. nope, it's not a waffle iron. it's sound-deadening foam.
Location : Frye Electronics' sound booth
Date : 2005-02
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stairway to...  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : the stairs leading to my basement. unfortunately the detail in the deep shadow isn't picked up well by my scanner (notice that there's loads of noise) but you get the idea.
Location : Aaron's basement
Date : 2005-02
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ultimate symmetry  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : the ultimate symmetry?

this really demonstrates how short the tonality range on a +2 pushed film. add that to the fact my scanner gets hella noisy in the dark, and you get a noisy low-contrast print like this.

I printed this on (polycontrast) grade 2 paper as a demonstration of the contrast range to be expected by pushing 125PX to EI 1000. this probably would been fine with an extra stop, although I could probably get better results printing on a higher grade paper with a steeper characteristic curve. live and learn, I guess.

People : the dorky photographer
Location : Aaron's bathroom
Date : 2005-02
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dehumidifier  Sm    Med    Lg  
Description : this is an updated version of the shot which was submitted to the shoot-in. I was thinking around the lines of rotational symmetry when I shot it.
Location : Aaron's basement
Date : 2005-02
Comment : CREATOR: XV Version 3.10a Rev: 12/29/94 (PNG patch 1.2) Quality = 80, Smoothing = 0
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