• Saturday-What'sUP January 23 - 12:18 am

When you think about the Quincy Mine, you automatically picture the Shafthouse building, since that one is most visible on the Quincy Hill. Today we get a quick study of the Hoisthouse building, by Aladino Mandoli. Dino snapped a number of shots from different angles, so you get a good perspective of the details of this historic mining era building, which by the way, still houses the hoist that helped to lift and lower the mining cars, carrying the men in and out of the mine.

All four of today's photos have a distinctive look to them, so I asked Dino about the process used to create them. Here's what he said: "The process is called "High Dynamic Range" or HDR and involves 3, 5, up to 9 shots taken of the subject with just the exposure changed on each shot. These shots are then combined to make a composite photo which pulls details out of the shadows and keeps the highlights in the brighter areas. A wonderful technique for getting much more detail and sharpness in photos."

Interesting... thanks for the pictures and the photography lesson, Dino!

Makes me cold looking at them. Cool pics...(Cold pics?) :D

BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHY DINO...THANKS FOR YOUR TIME INVESTED TO BRING THESE SHOTS TO PASTY.COM FOR OUR VIEWING.

Beautiful buildings. If they were in New York they would be artists' studios, or expensive loft flats. It would take a lot of resources to make those livable.

Thanks 4 sharing this Keweenaw history.

Wow, these photos are amazing , they are so ghostly looking , if only they could speak.

Very interesting photography! But it sure makes me shiver this morning, considering it's minus 3 on our backporch thermometer. brrr :+

Great pictures. After having driven past the Quincy Mine on the way to Copper Harbor for almost 30 years, I stopped at the mine and took the tour. It was really interesting and well worth the time.

Awwww, my old playground when living in Pewabic. Super pics, thank you!

Nikon's "D-lighting" has a similar result as shown in the above pictures when applied in the camera or when using Nikon's software to process a picture. One application often is sufficent to produce good results.

With all the detail and odd exposure in the photos I first thought they were models.
Great photography, Dino.

Fantastic pictues. This morning we were up top of Quincy Hill, coming out of the Dollar Tree Store, and spotted a rainbow in the distance. What was different about this rainbow, is it went straight up in the sky and not curved. Then taking Quincy Hill to Calumet we saw it again. It was just strange that it went straight up in the sky.

I know I'm going to catch flak for this, but while everyone seems to enjoy today's photos, I believe they are way too over-sharpened to be pleasing. To me, these photos just don't look right!! Sorry guys, but I'll take a slow speed colour transparency film in my Nikon F6 anyday....

I tend to agree with you, Capt. Paul. I like realizm, not all that fiddling around.

Both are pleasing in different ways ~ these look more like artwork but i do like my old Nikon F (and have been hoarding film). This is comparable to the differences in photographing waterfalls: do you prefer the flowing effect with a very slow shutter speed or the 'snap' of the water frozen with a high shutter speed? To each their own!

Question ~ the wall in the first shot has rectangular openings every few feet ~ was this to see thru the wall? And, if so, why?

Jbuck, I'd suspect that the rectangular openings you ask about are probably air vents---intended to keep the area beneath the (probable) wooden floor aired out---and dry.

very interesting photos. I love the interesting things one can do with digital photography.

When I saw those square holes in the stone walls I assumed they were sockets for beams. They look to me to go only part way thru the wall. Just a guess.

jbuck,
No need to be hoarding film quite yet. There are a few of the larger camera/electronics outlets across the country that sell about any kind of film you want. Shoot me an email and I can point you in the right direction.

Thanks Capt Paul!

I have a film loader where i load my own cassettes. Of course all the film is kept 'on ice' too. Not to mention a hoard of chemicals in my darkroom to develop the film. So far so good, but i can see the day coming when that's not the case.

Sconie & Dickingrayling ~

Duh! The foundation appeared to be a wall, so i was off on the wrong foot right off the bat. Both your suggestions make sense in regards to a foundation rather than a wall!