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| This photo came as a real
surprise to me, and I'm sure to the mouse as
well. I had worked many weeks perfecting a strobe
triggering system that would stop the action of a
mousetrap bail 45 degrees over a mouse while it
was taking the bait. I ended up using piano wire
attached to the trap. When the bail touched the
wire it gave me a closure, which in turn fired
the strobe. The picture was taken with a
4"x5" view camera in a completely dark
room with the shutter open. The real patience
came in waiting for the mouse. After checking the
trap daily for several weeks, I one day found the
trap had triggered, but no mouse. I decided to
develop the film anyway to see what had triggered
the trap. To my surprise, this photo is
what I had. I dubbed it "Too Close for
Comfort" because I'm sure that's what went
through the little guy's head after he outsmarted
both me and the trap. Photo & article
published: Photomethods Jan.'88 |
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