Some Early Results from Photo Experimentation

I've been in a photo slump - not very engaged or productive. I thought I needed a change of mindset and tried a return to a long-ago interest: pinhole photography. I didn't throw all the way back to a film camera though (maybe later). Rather I started playing around with fabricating a pinhole in the body cap for one of my first Sony digital camera bodies. Soon after I graduated to a professionally machined, perfectly smooth pinhole. Thank you, Thingyfy.

Below is a little gallery of early efforts.  I'm not ready to print these but I'm moving in the right direction. 

I don't often include people in my photos but sometimes 

they bring a bit of drama to the scene. 

(Sony Nex-5, 1/3 second at ISO 1600)

I increased the saturation on this one, working to pull a little life from the dew drops. 

(Sony Nex-5, 1 second at ISO 1600)

First light at Malibu Creek State Park can be magical.

(Sony Nex-5, 1/3 second at ISO 1600)

One of our cohort became a mysterious spirit when she strode 

around my tripod and through the frame wearing a white hat.

(Sony Nex-5, 2.5 seconds at ISO 1600)

Another day and a different camera

The pinhole is sharpest in close range. 

(Sony a6000, 1/20 second at ISO 3200)