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On a recent trip to Boston, one of the top attractions for me was this set of sculptures called Harbor Fog. Getting this image was funny. Normally I spend my time behind the camera almost like a statue myself. Here, that was not the case. The lighting and 'fog' was motion activated. So you have to interact with these sculptures in order to get them to spew fog. So I would set up the camera and then run through them to set them off. I had other people with me, and they did a fair amount of running too. There was some science behind how you approached them and how much fog they put out. I admit, I don't think we ever figured it out. Anyway, we looked like around of silly gents continually running around like chickens with our heads cut off.
It has been fun to watch the area around these sculptures grow over time. For a long time the trees were new and the images around them have grown a lot. In the winter this scene looks much different, more stark. You almost have to shoot it in the summer to get the framing. I tried several different lens combos to make the Custom House building it bigger and smaller. In the end, I would have liked it bigger, but it kind of distracted when it was. In the end I liked these proportions better. Naturally, this is a blend of several images, to add as much fog as I could. I wished there was more, but these sculptures are tricky. Here is some info on these from wiki:
Harbor Fog, stilled buoys dream of a lost harbor, is a responsive sensor-activated interactive contemporary public sculptural environment located in Boston along the main pedestrian walkway of Wharf District Park Parcel 17, on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. The first permanent public artwork along the Greenway, the concept was selected through a competition for commission by the Mass Highway Department, and integrated into site construction in collaboration with engineers during building of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project (Big Dig).
The sculpture is constructed of three column forms fabricated from stainless steel and bronze, that reference the shape of buoys, each column contains multiple fog nozzles, LED light sources, motion sensors, and sound systems. The sculptural columns are surrounded by a boat-shaped outline of granite seawall blocks, salvaged from landfill containing 18th century piers that were discovered during sub-surface highway construction. The 2000 lb granite seawall blocks are elevated on stainless steel supports that allow the fog to travel under the blocks, and openings between the elevated blocks allow passage into the interior space. Multiple motion sensors on top of the vertical columns register pedestrian activity that is transmitted to a computer processor to control changing sequences of fog, light, and sound.
The technology that operates the sculpture is maintained by the non-profit Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy.
Fabricated wooden-arch pedestrian bridge across Etobicoke Creek at Watson Family Park in Peel Village
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3D Printing
When repairing vintage cameras, I often use a 3D printer to design and fabricate replacement parts that are otherwise unavailable. Even after all this time, the intricate movements and precision of this machine fascinates me. I was printing a tiny 5mm wide hollow bushing for a camera I was servicing. I sat watching the printer form the part, layer by layer. I suddenly thought … “I need to photograph this because it’s something many have never seen!” I grabbed a camera and captured this image in the final seconds, just as the hot end of the printer withdrew from the finished print.
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This one is a windmill blade fabricated in a Northern City being transported along National Highway 7. the blade is usually much longer than a trailer truck
A private commission from a new client. 15 grams....I fabricated this from scratch. No purchased parts.....except the rubies. I finally got a chance to use an old french oval drawplate to make the wire for the chain. I like this shape better than round wire for chains. I love designing concealed clasps....they are challenging! This clasp is a 'double-click' clasp....very secure....but easy to operate with one hand. I made a big boo-boo on this piece.....I just noticed it now......but it is easily remedied. I failed to engrave part of the letter 'M'.........I was REALLY pressed for time on this piece......I sorta rushed the engraving.......shoot!
An adult manu-o- Kū checks on its curious, newly hatched chick while providing shelter from a drenching storm. Less than a week old, the downy hatchling visually explores the world around its nest. The manu-o-Kū, or white tern, is an arboreal nesting pelagic seabird that doesn’t actually fabricate a nest; instead it uses a flat or hollow or fork in the tree to keep the egg from rolling away. The hatchling uses its strong, clawed, semipalmate feet to cling to the tree branch that will be its home until fledging. Parents alternate brooding duties until a week or two after hatching when the chick can thermoregulate and be left unattended for up to several hours. Then both parents engage in fishing and feeding, often alternating their arrival time back to the nest. Adults fish up to 120 miles offshore and provision the chick with fresh whole fish or squid rather than devouring then regurgitating a meal. This avian behavior was known to Polynesian voyagers and other seafarers. A landfall that may be out of view over the horizon could be located by following these birds conveying their catch back to their nestling.
I am always fascinated with how they can turn a vacant space into a bar that looks like it has been there for the last 50+ years.
A completely fabricated landscape! I was testing out a new texture and came across this wonderful barn photo, then added a quasar image from NASA, the moon (of course!), some trees and birds - using SkeletalMess brushes and a premade background!
I have always loved an inviting arch or doorway. This is a fabricated image. The stone arch is based on a work "Stone Arch - Stock by HBKerr on DeviantArt". I used his free bitmap as a fill for my drawn wall shape and made a few minor alterations to fit the mood. The fence and creeping plants are as shot and the meadow flowers are from another of my own images, HBKerr deserves both visitors and customers. www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&...
Beaird Industries was a large manufacturing/fabricating company that made large items like wind turbines. It has been closed for 15 years. This is a back gate where products were loaded on train cars for shipping.
This is the first shot with my new Sony A7CR. Just got this last weekend. What a great camera, feels perfect in the hand as I love the range finder form factor. I went with the R and not the C2 as the 60mp sensor allows me to shoot with primes and then crop to the picture I want. The primes give you maximum sharpness. As well they are smaller and go better with small size of this camera. It is only slightly larger than the a6700.
completely hand fabricated from solid brass bar stock and sheet, this piece is the actual size of the living mantis-20cm
Taken of Central Fabricators' building in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The intersecting drain pipes were the first thing that caught my eye, but there is a lot more to think about while looking at this shot. Water damage - patch work repairs - blocked up windows - is it still being used? and on and on. The building is quite large and extends both directions out of the picture. There is another set of drain pipes that match this one just to the right.
Central Fabricators says they are custom chemical process equipment manufacturers for the midwest and have been since 1946. I wonder why all the windows have been blocked and what that does for the working conditions inside the building.