Pinhole help!

[photophan85]

This is the first time I've tried pinhole,and although an image IS showing up,there is an odd visible vanishing-point effect going on. Four triangles,from the 4 sides of the neg,2 light and 2 dark, keep making a vanishing point into the middle of the neg that is ruining it! Anyone know what this is and what I'm doing wrong?

[windrivermaiden]

First,Pin Hole has no "Ruined". The wonder and beauty of this process is that it is unpredictible.

http://thephotoforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=27

if this doesn't take you there go to the forums tab, then to "film photography" then to "Alternative processes"

has a wonderful resource board full of alternative shooters, many who play with pinhole, who may give you details on your specific "problem".

This is just my humble and out-there experience talking...It may be the shape of your hole, what did you use to make your hole. Thumb tacks sort of make a squareish hole that can make triangle-y edges to the image. Ideally, one should use a needle, the finer the better to make the hole. I've only done a hand full of pinhole images with about as many cameras...about a hand full is 6 rolls of 35 mm film.


ps...what ever you do if you go over there...don't mention digital vs film debate... or how a process might be duplicated in Photoshop...we bite for that behavior. LOL...(pps..this is a joke but not really, them's fighting words over there)

[Abel]

very interesting.