Sunday, March 1, 2009

La Taza Coffee House, Belmont, Charlottesville


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This was taken from the front of Fitzgerald Tire’s towards “downtown Belmont, in Charlottesville. A car drove through during the time exposure, and the headlights left a streak of light leading from downtown Belmont past the La Taza Coffee House.
I took this using a wide angle camera intended for architectural photography, a Plaubel Makina Pro Shift. It uses 120/220 roll film, and the lens can be shifted for perspective correction. The film was Kodak Portra 160nc, which is a low contrast color negative film, and more importantly, was on sale at the time. The exposure was two minutes at F-16. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, don’t worry about it.

2 comments:

David c.h. Brown said...

Hey Ed,
Nice depth enhanced by the light streaks. Like it lots. Dave

Ed Deasy said...

David

thanks. I got lucky and a car came by. It was fairly late at night, so I probably would have had to wait a long time for another car. . .