Roll up shutter parts. Kitchen window shades.
Roll Up Shutter Parts
- form into a cylinder by rolling; “Roll up the cloth”
- arrive in a vehicle: “He rolled up in a black Mercedes”
- Denoting something that can be rolled up
- Denoting a menu that will display only its title to save screen space
- get or gather together; “I am accumulating evidence for the man’s unfaithfulness to his wife”; “She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis”; “She rolled up a small fortune”
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- close with shutters; “We shuttered the window to keep the house cool”
- a hinged blind for a window
- a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
- Close the shutters of (a window or building)
- Close (a business)
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- Divide to leave a central space
- (of two things) Move away from each other
- Cause to divide or move apart, leaving a central space
- (part) separate: go one’s own way; move apart; “The friends separated after the party”
- the local environment; “he hasn’t been seen around these parts in years”
- (part) something determined in relation to something that includes it; “he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself”; “I read a portion of the manuscript”; “the smaller component is hard to reach”; “the animal constituent of plankton”
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Its been quite a long time since I’ve made any short shutter speed images that capture the movement of the ocean, so I decided to see how film would react to these shutter speeds. As I have mentioned before, film has it’s challenges, but these challenges are exactly what I was looking for. With my digital SLR, I had the option of setting up my camera for 1/2 or 1/3 stop increments, but these options are not available with the leaf shutter system on the film camera I use. My knowledge of the lens configurations for the film system I am using is minimal, but my current lens only offers full stop adjustments. With this, and the lack of ISO options*, I have found that the amount of time with workable light is cut in half… At best.
For this image, I watched the movement of the ocean in relation to rock formation and tried to visualize how much movement would be recorded. I waited for the right amount of light to cross over the rock and quickly snapped series of 2 images using a 1/2 second shutter speed. I waited roughly 2 minutes, and snapped two more with 1 second shutter speed. I think both speeds came out good, but the wave curl detail in the 1/2 second exposure (this image) was a little better for my taste.
Working with a digital camera, I had instant enjoyment when the image came up on the LCD, but with film there is a feeling that is hard to get past. The feeling of dialing in your settings, waiting for the perfect moment, and click….. Nothing. No image to view… No instant feedback to help fine tune your exposure. I have found myself feeling as if something broke. Like something wasn’t working right, but its all part of the mystery that I have grown to love about analog photography. The nice thing about all of this is the build up and heightened anticipation of what was captured. The process of unrolling, rolling, and developing the film… Watching the timer as the final seconds of the film washing counts down… Pulling the reels from the tank, and seeing exactly what was actually captured…. Its hard for me to explain, but I can say that the delay is worth it.
The boring details….
Camera- Hasselblad 500C/M
Lens – 80mm f/2.8 @ f/16
Shutter speed 1/2 second
Film – Kodak TMAX 100 – Developed with Kodak HC-110 dilution (H)
*I have only one film back, but additional film backs can be loaded with a different ISO and changed mid-roll on the Hasselblad V system. Film speeds can also be adjusted by "pushing" or "pulling" development, but I am still researching these methods.
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