Solargraphy - A 9 week exposure, my first 2 images

These two solargraph images are the result of a 9 week exposure on a Brighton rooftop using pinhole cameras made from a drinks can and film canister.

Once the exposed photographic paper had been photographed and scanned, Mike and I processed the images individually to our own taste, as the output is of course highly subjective. Once an image has been inverted you could spend countless hours and produce endless variations of the image. It is a very fine balance between pulling the detail from the foreground and losing the essence and beauty of the sun trails.

Solargraph image from a drinks can pinhole camera, taken from a Kemptown, Brighton rooftop, facing south west toward Brighton Pie. Mike McLean.

You can see a much larger version of the above image here

Solargraph image from a film canister pinhole camera, taken from a Kemptown, Brighton rooftop, facing wes. Mike McLean.

The next 2 pinhole cameras are coming off the roof in early November, can't wait!

My preference was to use Lightroom 3 for the processing, including inverting the image.