One small picture for man, one ......you know. :blush:

...Giant leap for Murray Kahn? ;)

That works. :)

I just received mine today. I will set it up this weekend.

Got mine too. Did anyone figure out how many days I need to black it out between exposures to have 28 seperate sun arcs?

Hi all,
Glad you got your cameras.
We're about to split to NY for a few days.
Promenea, there is some info relating to spacing of sun arcs on teh other 28 days thread.

I'll have more time sunday.

Okay, I'm thinking of a Sunday series - only open the thing for each sunday come rain or shine. So that's a 7 day seperation and as it gets closer to summer it will get brighter and brighter. Now I'm wondering whether 28 exposures won't be way too much. Maybe something called a week of sundays would resonate 7 being the largest single digit prime and all....Will 7 exposures do it?

I got mine as well. I'm really excited about it, too. I started babbling at the kids about it and apparently my interest in it is contageous. :D I think my son is dubious. I'm not online at home, so I couldn't show him the images you posted...

Anyway, do you think that the actual 28 day exposure will be too long here in CO? The sun is awfully strong here as compared to the coast. Does humidity affect the strength of the sun? If the drier air & higher altitude makes for a stronger impression, do you suppose I should use less exposure time? I won't be setting it up just yet, as I'm moving and I haven't pinned down just the right location yet.

<b>Promenea</b>: One thing I was thinking about, since you don't plan on just leaving it set somewhere. . . have you figured a way to secure it to it's spot? Maybe put something *really* heavy on it, so that you don't move it just a little teensy bit every time you open/close it. . . I like your plan, though.

Yes, I plan to secure it in place and just slide something between the opening and the window.

heres a thought , rotate the can 1/7 th of a rotation each sunday when you open the shutter as it were , that would be an intresting picture , just a thought

Wow zippy, you read my mind, I'm doing another one of the round ones with 1/12 roations per day to mime a clock face.

Prom, seven days won't be enough, I don't think to get much ambient detail, but you'll surely get the sun and nicely spaced at that.

Go for it and we'll see.

Elf, As far as local atmoshperic conditions, yeah, they all add to the mix, but I wouldn't stress. I also wouldn't give it less exposure. The paper's cheap enough, about 50 or 75 cents. I can send another sheet.

It is always better to ahve too much exposure than not enough, there are ways to bleach and lighten the image. There aren't too amny ways to put something in that isn't there in the first place.

Cool!

I guess brillant minds think alike !!!
:thumbsup:

foot3 - i got my camera today and am going to set it up. my concern is that i am in phoenix, aka the valley of the sun. will 28 days be too much exposure? we've had some rain lately, but we don't get a lot of cloudy days in the typical month.

Lookout123,
Remember the photogrpaher's Motto: "MORE LIGHT"
I don't thnink it will be too much. If the image is really really dark, I have darkroom magic that will make it lighter.

Actually, the process can wipe out a lot of density. I'll scan the original image which I lightened to show the sun paths more clearly. At the expense of everything else.

Give me a bit to get it scanned.

A detail. note the distinct paths. I am having a deja vu. Did I do this already?