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Handheld with my trusty Canon G9. I've decided to pull some photos from the archives for Photo of the Day and do a little bit of work on some of the ones I've been meaning to work on. I've shot over 40,000 photos in the last year, and I want to spend some time getting some of the places I've seen out in front of ya'll!
This was shot last August, on my second visit to Colorado. I went on a great camping trip and we stopped off in this little town for some dinner before making our way to the campground. It was quaint, with old casinos framed up by the huge mountains in the background. It looked a the set of the Road Runner cartoons. It was nuts.
Photoshop, Topaz Detial. Masks and selectively colored by hand. My little Canon G9 is awesome for landscapes and portraits. Enjoy this one, approximatetly 1 year after-the-fact.
The handheld Zamboni is constructed from a janitor's mop, the kind with a shaggy cloth bag that is held in place by a wire frame.
A Y-shapped hose connector is jammed into the hole on the top of the mop bag to direct water into each arm of the mop. Slits are cut into the bottom face of the bag so that the water can easily exit.
Connect a hose to the stalk of the Y connector and the handheld Zamboni is ready to go.
To use the Zamboni, start the water flowing, apply the mop head to the ice surface – and keep moving. Never stop moving the mop while it is in contact with the ice surface or it will freeze in place.
Here's the choreography:
- Put the mop head near, but not on, the ice surface.
- Start the water flow.
- While moving, apply the mop to the ice surface.
- When done but before stopping, lift the mop from the ice surface, stop, and cut the water flow.
It's easy to control the water flow. Simply squeeze a kink into the hose to stop the flow and release the kink to start it.
Photo courtesy of son, Max.
(Argia Vivida)
Or Familiar Bluet?? Who knows.....
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Notes: Palm Ave. fire road
Shot handheld, Canon G12 with Raynox DCR-250 lens.
I also have a GBA SP and 2 DS Phats, but they didn't show up for the photoshoot, so they had to be left out for now.
ISO 6400 f3.2 1/60
I'm still testing the limits of my IR filter. Focusing was the biggest challenge here, since the subject was moving and you typically focus before putting the filter on the camera. IR filters block almost all visible light so you typically have to focus _before_ putting the filter on the camera. I had to work hard for this test shot. But the real reason for the test to see if it could be done and if the high ISO noise would be tolerable. I was pleasantly surprised; it seems to be acceptable with a little post processing noise reduction work. It reminds me of some of my Holga-ish images from the beginning of the year when I first started learning photography.
Great thanks to my friend Dmitry who gave me
a nice chance to testdrive Canon EF 16-35 mm F/2.8 L II USM