u/friendlypotato44

How come the image looks so fuzzy, almost like it was underwater?

So this was my first attempt at a solargraph, it stayed outside for 3 days and was made with one of those large coke cans which I painted black on the inside.

This is just the inverted colors (I flipped the lines of the point curve on Lightroom) and nothing else.

The weird crossing of the first two lines are (at least I’m pretty confident) because the camera shifted midway through the exposure so I’m not too worried about that.

Any explanation for the two blotches on the lower part of the image?

But yeah, how come it looks so blurry? Pinhole size, needs editing, not long enough exposure?

u/friendlypotato44 — 5 days ago

▲ 7 r/Solargraphy

So for a school project, I decided I would make some solargraphs. I know the deadline isn’t ideal but it’s what I’ve got and I’m honestly just excited to see if anything shows up.

Anyway. I’ve cut some soda cans and bean cans and even solo cups + a cardboard lid, and spray painted the inside of everything flat black. I’m stuck on what type of paper to get bc half the time when I look stuff up it’s photo paper for coming out of the printer.

I’ve seen the ilsford and fomaspeed brands seem to be pretty good, and found them pretty cheap on this B & H photo video audio site, is that legit. If so that’s what I’m buying.

Chat gpt says go for the glossy, but idk I see more of the pearl stuff so maybe I’ll buy that. Any other details I need to think about, like I know there’s stuff where you can measure exposure but I was just planning on poking as small a whole as I could.

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u/friendlypotato44 — 26 days ago