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This is "something" on an old motherboard. There are many things with "Lines" on a motherboard, so it was one of my first ideas. Since the motherboard photos also turned out best, I thought I'd stick with that subject. But please don't ask me what this "something" once did. I can identify a few things on a motherboard, but this...
Photographing with the Laowa 2x macro lens allowed me to get nicely close to my subject. I wanted an abstract look, and getting extra close helped. I have an even more abstract photo of this "something", with an equally lined background from a cardboard box, but I thought it was a tad too abstract (with even more bokeh) to work for the theme, so this is it.
Illumination-wise, I went all in and used almost every single lamp on my photo table. The two standard LEDs (the left lamp also equipped with the translucent red chocolate box lid) for a golden hue on the metal (aluminium, I'd say), the flat natural-light photo lamp from above, my new "pro LED", set to green, placed slightly behind the scene, and my small pocket flashlight (white light only), set on "spot" and handheld from the side. With that much coloured light, it's at least only a single shot, because I can't focus stack with the Laowa ;)
HMM, Everyone!
HOBBY: Computing, as in building computers, repairing, and any electronics. Never toss an electronic or computing component even if deader than the proverbial doornail. My husband is the expert. I’m trying to learn.
WHAT: Light-emitting diodes (LED) pre-cut (or before sizing) in/on a breadboard. Yes, shallow depth of field. By choice!
FOCAL POINT: Third from left LED in front row.
LIGHTING: Components are in a soft box lighted on two sides by standing Photogenic StudioMax lights triggered by an off-camera SB 800 strobe at 1/64 power.
SIZE: The breadboard (base with holes) measures 2 in / 5.08 cm), and with the negative/unused space equals about 2.5 in / 6.35 cm.
The height including negative/unused space measures 1.75 in / 4.45 cm.
Thanks for looking!
Computing whether I am a threat or not. Taken at the Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge here in Idaho.
This is the hardware side of the NAS solution I was putting together before I came down with COVID. Will have that working shortly. This little computer compared with my very first PC here.
Shot with Sony 24-105mm f/2.8 macro lens on Sony a7r iii.
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80/365 -- When the Planets Line Up
Today, I was watching the re-run of Men in Black. Remember the story?? The Galaxy is on Orion's belt?
Have you ever wondered what's the probability of all the planets in our galaxy lining up??? Is there even a way to compute this...
Strobist info: 1x SB-800 with snoot behind subject. 1x bond paper folded in half right of subject for fill.
I think I got this Petri around December 2017; thought it looked really cool. Running a roll through it now, maybe its third roll in the 8+ years I've had it, so it's finally having a turn again.
This began as a rather drab capture an hour or two before it rained in Jerusalem. In these parts, rain is a blessing! Some light texture was applied to the image.
The location is the UN tower hill overlooking the Old City. And yes, October is sliding towards November. Have a great day, one and all.
Join new astronavigation programm now! Become a member of our computing team! Use your mind to lay a way to the stars! Note: all messages about brain injures and mental disorders, caused by collective mind computing, are totally fake.
Old cash register on display at the cute and quaint Al Vecchio Convento hotel in Forlì-Cesena, Italy.
Taken from Noonamah area at about 0300hrs today. Clouds backlit by lightning which was probably about 50Km east of Acacia Hills.
My sensors indicate an intruder is present.
Welll, in proportion to the robot's size, these sensory and controls are quite small.
The B-9, Class M-3 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot was featured in "Lost in Space."
The Robot featured a glass bubble sensor unit with moving antennae and possessed powerful computers that allowed him to make complex calculations and to deduce many facts. He had a variety of sensors that detected numerous phenonema and dangers. He was programmed with extensive knowledge on many subjects, including how to operate the Jupiter 2 spaceship. His construction allowed him to function in extreme environments and in the vacuum of space. He was extremely strong, giving him utility both in performing difficult labor and in fighting when necessary. Moreover, his claws could fire laser beams and, most frequently, a powerful "electro-force" that was similar to arcing electricity.
Group: Macro Mondays Theme: Smallest Devices
I am becoming more comfortable with outings that don’t result in a submission for the project. Today I was comfortable with the prospect of coming home from my excursion downtown without a photo. Toronto wasn’t too active on this chilly fall morning but I enjoyed my bike ride to the Annex area and Kensington Market where shops were just starting to open up. It’s not that I didn’t see anyone who might have been interesting for an encounter and a project invite; somehow things just didn’t “come together” for me but I was ready to accept that.
I was riding home and made a stop by the downtown campus where I take some adult education classes and have met many subjects for my project. I saw someone with a stylish hat and followed him down the street, hoping to determine if he was in a hurry to reach a class or not. I was distracted for a moment and when I looked up he had vanished – probably went to class.
I noticed a good deal of activity around the Engineering and Computing Centre building, a building I’d been past a hundred times or more but had never ventured inside. In I went to have a look-see and I discovered it was a beehive of activity, mostly students between classes, milling about and sitting on a long row of benches with their backs to a series of full-length windows to the street. The light was poor and, like a store packed with too much merchandise, there were too many people too close together for me to be able to isolate one. Until…
She was sitting on a bench by herself, typing on her phone, and I made a spontaneous decision to introduce myself and invite her to the project. She looked up and I was struck by her beautiful eyes. It was a bit harder than usual to read her response to my invite to the project because all I had to go by was her eyes. She quickly agreed, though, provided that it wouldn’t take too long because she was waiting for her ride. Meet Zeeniya.
With the strong backlighting and dark building interior, I asked her to sit on the end of the bench and face so that there was some sidelighting. Zeeniya was happy to work with me and I found the reflector would be needed to bring more light to her eyes. She held the reflector for me and when I asked if she could pull her veil down just a touch to clear her eyes, she was happy to do so. I told her “I really want to get your attractive eyes, especially since that is the one part of you that is going to show in the portrait.” She thanked me and said, laughing through her veil, “Really.”
Photos taken and ride not yet arrived, I sat next to her for a chat. Zeeniya is 18 and is a first year student in Biomedical Sciences. She was born and raised in Toronto but her parents are from Sri Lanka. She told me she is often mistaken for being Arab because of her attire. She told me that she was not raised in an overly-traditional household but had adopted the veil by her own decision in adulthood. My understanding is that she wanted to be comfortable in being public with her faith but also wanted to better understand the experience of visible minorities. She told me that on the street she has been the recipient of some unkind comments – mostly stereotypes, and mostly from older people – and that she learned to be somewhat guarded around strangers.
Zeeniya said she loved the sound of the 100 Strangers project because of its mission to reach across boundaries and break stereotypes. When I told her I felt badly that she’d received discriminatory comments, she said “I have to take ownership of the fact that I’m kind of over-sensitive and I have probably taken some of it to heart more than I should have.” She went on to explain that she loves her university experience so far, partly because it is such a multicultural environment and she doesn’t feel the need to be guarded much at all.
Her message to the project was a thoughtful one: “It doesn’t matter who you are; you can always leave your mark on the world.”
Just then Zeeniya’s ride came and it was time to say goodbye. It was clear that this was an encounter which was valued by both parties. Zeeniya was a delight to talk to and I admired her openness and honesty. She told me how happy she was to have been chosen for my project and we wished each other success – her with her studies and me with my project.
Thank you Zeeniya, for participating in 100 Strangers and for such an interesting and friendly chat. You are Stranger #654 in Round 7 of my project.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by the other photographers in our group at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
Petri Computor 35, with CC Petri 2.8/40 lens.
Compact camera, produced from 1970 until 1974. Clearly inspired by the Konica C35, so it has the programmed shutter and rangefinder focussing, but it differs in details. The exposure metering in not controlled by a needle displayed in the viewfinder, but by two lights (green/orange) for acceptable or risky shutter speeds. They are visible on top and in the viewer.
The film speed is set with a ring around the lens and not with a fiddly ring inside the filter thread. As the camera has no dial for exposure compensation, you can manipulate the exposure very quickly here.