#whitecartwater

[themucklebackitoven]

That’s it...the muckle Backit oven has gone to pastures new, well about a month ago but it’s been hard to come to terms with. The wonderful world that is @sinclairscatering has bought it to put it to work as part of their amazing team...weddings won’t benefit till next year but they will be starting a pizza takeaway in the coming weeks 😎 We on the the other hand are sitting pretty, waiting for all sorts of decisions to be made for us to head forward. Using the @gozney roccbox In the meantime we’re still figuring out all sorts of pizza/flatbread situations using the roccbox like this one...(pic) Roast leeks with barley miso, wild garlic, mixed mushrooms and finished with ricotta and preserved lemon, it will be vegan too by just adding some cashew ricotta...🌳 In the meantime you’ll find us on banks of the White Cart Water😎 . . . . #pizzaworld #newneapolitanpizza #allsortsofthingshappen #whitecartwater (at Stamperland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPN7qrDsfdo/?utm_medium=tumblr

[martynamazworkbook]

TRIP TO LINN PARK

#107

I decided to go to another place I know of that is fairly close to where I stay, Linn Park. I had visited the place a few times over the summer and remembered that the White Cart water was rocky in places, having a rocky bed. I thought that perhaps I could find an appropriate subject to photograph. 

The day was overcast and it started raining while I was on site. It was a fairly pleasant rain though, more like a summer rain so it didn’t disturb me much. I did have to cover the equipment to protect it from the water and being in the landscape...it got quite muddy so the dirt was getting everywhere. Nevertheless, as soon as I got to the spot I had in mind I noticed a wonderful vortex shaped water pattern that was made by the water flowing over the big flat stones and collapsing. As usual, I took a few initial shots with my infrared camera to see the effect and play with the shutter speed that I would then translate into the large format camera.

Unfortunately, the spot I was at was the stream bank and it was wet so it was really slidey and I was really wary of the equipment being at risk of ending up damaged or in water, even though it was shallow. 

This image actually follows a documentary on water I had watched the previous night (see next post). This is just a little proof (rather than a coincidence) of what I’d like to express in my book. The power of thought and focus. Something that is on my mind manifests almost instantly. The less resistance we have towards the thought, the more likely it will show up and the quicker it will. 

I obviously tried to ‘recreate’ the shot using the large format camera I had with me but it proved very difficult. For one, the tripod I have is my favourite as it’s lightweight enough for me to take it for travels, but it’s not strong enough to hold the Wista in place when I need it to be tilted on the head (rather than sitting straight or pointing downwards). Another thing was that due to the very uneven, rocky, surface I couldn’t find the right position for the camera to take in the ‘vortex’ but not its environment, or a tree that was fallen just by it. With the infrared, I could just handhold it and come quite close. With the tripod, I had to have the surface to put it on. I tried and adjusted the legs, the camera for about 45 min and took a couple of shots but I have a feeling that I couldn’t reproduce what I took with the IR Fujifilm. We’ll see. 

I then wandered off to take a loop around the park, along the White Cart Water. I stumbled upon a path leading down to the stream on the other side of the stream. I went down it out of curiosity and discovered a place that had some remains of a building. The remnants of the architecture extended over the water so that while standing on it I could look down directly on the stream. There were these cascades of water flushing down energetically. Again I took a few shots with the IR camera and they were super pleasing. At the time I thought the water looked like fire, like flames, especially that the IR gives the water orange/red/magenta tint. 

I tried to recreate at least one shot but again, having the camera on a tripod and no assistance (someone to hold me while I hang out from the bit I was on) I was only able to point the camera to the spots I wanted to photograph. I took one exposure and then tried to lay the tripod down and sit on it while the camera was hanging off the edge. Very stressful... :D The trouble here was that I had to set the aperture dial to the lowest so that I could focus the shot, but since I couldn’t see the dial, I could only reach it with my fingers, therefore I didn't have much control, only by the estimation,  as to what aperture I was setting the camera for. The shutter speed I had set up prior to ‘sitting’ on the tripod. 

I don’t think I was successful in getting any good or interesting shots but I’ll process the film and will see. 

Some of the IR shots are quite spectacular and I wish I could repeat them on the 5x4 camera. One thing would be different though as the IR waves pick up things that the normal camera doesn’t. It usually shows much more than a standard camera so, for example, the rocks over which the water flows are usually not visible on the negatives but I can see them in the IR shots.