Botanical bicycle

[FishyFishArcade]

Another missed composition here, I think. I needed to include more on the left and bottom to avoid the cropping to the edge of the greenhouse and the bench. I know how to compose these things, it's my inexperience wih doing it on a (slightly dim) ground glass that is my main issue I think.

Chroma 4x5
Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6
Fomapan 100
Fomadon R09 1+50 9 mins @ 20°
1/2sec @ f/32


Botanical bicycle by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

 

[David M]

Is it possible that when you inserted the dark slide, you inadvertently moved the camera by a smidge? This is really a question about carefully tightening all the knobs on the tripod and head. Carefully, because you don’t want to strip the threads.
You might perhaps have stood a yard or so further back, if there was no obstruction.
Otherwise, everything seem very competent.

 

[FishyFishArcade]

Thanks David.

Good shout out on the tripod thing. While I generally have everything tight when taking a shot, it's possible in this case that it wasn't tight enough and inserting the film holder might have rotated the tripod head a touch. I'll be aware of that next time, just in case.

And yeah, standing futher back was my though too. Why I didn't I have no idea (although a group of people started talking to me just before I took the picture, attracted by the unusual camera I was using, so maybe that distracted me a bit).

 

[David M]

If your tripod has a centre column and you haven’t raised it (and I think you haven’t, because your viewpoint is more or less level with the door handle.) it can sometimes rotate slightly.
People coming up to ask about the camera can be distracting. I find it very tempting to deliver a lecture on the complete history of photography and the benefits of film and large format. I do resist as far as possible, but it’s easy to slip into Ancient Mariner mode.
Easy to lose concentration. When they escape, it’s easy to forget and just click the shutter.