Luminous Landscapes added to the resources

I have just added a link to a web site that has lots of helpful information for photographers. I visit the site regularly yet had not posted it to the blog. I have been following a camera, quite the opposite of my pursuit of film photography, the Sony NEX 7. I am intrigued by the sensor which is an incredible 24 megapixels. One of my big interests in film is that I would like to print large images on a our large format plotter at Oculus without the images pixilating. This tiny, very high tech camera appears to produce image files with incredible resolution. Looks like Sony is going to be giving Nikon and Cannon a run for their money by amping up their offerings rather substantially.

Film Image of Mendota Community Hospital Lobby

This is the best scan so far from the latest round of film images I have from the Sinar "F" using E100G. This shot was taken with my Fujinon 90mm at F22 and a 5 second exposure. The film image looks great. Very sharp, colors and exposure are good. Scanning the image to digital has been the challenge. I have been trying to figure out all of the subtleties of the Epson V750 Pro. I think I now have the focus issue resolved. The result of much searching on the Internet and experimentation uses wet mounting the film to the underside of the Epson wet mount attachment which I have elevated with two pennies on each corner.This is resulting in a much sharper image. The experiments will continue.

More Images from the Temples of Death

http://bellefontainecemetery.org/

Walk Like an Egyptian

The Sphinx of Mr. Tate!

This is a large cemetery located in the North of St. Louis. For anyone who knows St. Louis, the northern part of the city has suffered the most decay over the years. The crypts and graves in this cemetery truly reflect the wealth and power that was once St. Louis. The St. Louis which was once the largest city in the United States, the center of commerce and the center of culture. It is truly and incredible place which I hope to return to and photograph many more times.

Uban Imgages from St. Louis Riverfront

Crunden Martin Entry

Power Lines

Checkered Past

Barge Crane and Abandoned Power Plant

Hinge and Graffitti

Barge Crane

My last post contained images from the 5 alarm Crunden Martin Manufacturing building fire. Over the weekend I went to look at the damage. The light was again fantastic and I spent about an hour revisiting some areas that I have photographed before. The images contain some industrial equipment along the Mississippi River and the St. Louis flood wall.

Blazing Inferno

Today's post is a bit of serendipity. When the shot just presents itself just outside your window. We saw the smoke, at first a big puff of black smoke followed by some white smoke. We think that must have been the building sprinklers kicking on in response to the first fire.  Then there was some more white smoke, then more white and black smoke. It would die down then get bigger. It when on this way for what seemed to be about a half hour. No sounds of fire trucks. The response seemed slow.  Then someone in our office remarked "this is boring, I want to see some flames". It was a joke as we all thought it would soon be over as it seemed to be getting put out. Well about ten minutes later things changed and there were flames jumping 60 feet in the air. Another old warehouse building bites the dust. I have photographed in this area of the city before and was planning on taking the large format back to this section to get some shots of the arch framed by these old buildings. Must have been quite the show for people passing through St. Louis on interstate 64 on on the Amtrak train that went right past this location at about the time the flames were really starting to shoot up.

Temples of Death- An Outdoor Museum of Architecture

Tonights post are the first of a series of photos from the famous Bellfontaine Cemetary in St. Louis.