In today’s post there are a mixture of still and panoramic images. One of the things I enjoy photographing the most personally is graveyards. I know, I probably sound like some kind of sicko, but I’m fascinated by the history of them. It interests me to see different style headstones but most importantly I like looking at dates.
Call me sad but I think it’s amazing when you see a grave that dates back 300-400 years or more and in some cases some un-assuming graveyards have really famous residents.
Below are a mixture of still shots taken with a Hasselblad as well as some panoramic images. As you’ve probably guessed the panoramic images have been taken digitally but the Hasselblad shots were taken with Kodak Portra 160 film (sadly can’t afford a digital back right now).
The first two photos demonstrate the difference in DOF that can be achieve with Hasselblad/Zeiss lenses. Both shots were taken with their incredible 60mm lens and whether wide open or closed down this lens is stupidly sharp. Sadly one of these shots was slightly misfocused but the leaves in the third photo show the sharpness from corner to corner.
All shots were scanned on a relatively cheap Epson flatbed scanner so you can imagine the quality than one can achieve. If you check out the Wharram Percy post elsewhere on this blog the shopping trolley was taken with Velvia 50 and scanned on a drum scanner. The quality is just ridiculous.
Anyway, as always make sure you click on each image for a larger version. Hope you like.
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