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Once upon a time, homework consisted of memorization, copying, and repetitive drill. Every educated person learned not only to write legibly but also to read aloud, since they were often called upon to read letters and other materials to their less educated friends and family members. Ink was used for formal work, and blotters were commonplace, even after dip pens gave way to foundtain pens. I still have some of my childhood blotters.
This is by far the hardest I have ever EVER worked for a photo.
The assignment was "water" and the teacher wanted us to think about a concept, plan out a picture and make it happen. Exactly opposite of everything I usually do!! I looked on line for ideas and saw the instructions for a shot like this. Knew it would be a challenge but had no clue how many little snags would come along with the challenge.
I taped the glass onto a tripod at an angle. Set up the camera on another tripod and started out with a small amount of water and blue food coloring. Started out shooting toward the sky but realized I had trees and houses reflecting in the water. Relocated to another spot on the deck facing another direction and tried again. This time roof lines showed up so I moved again and hung a quilt (all white) from the eaves behind the glass. Quilt was too close to the glass and my DOF was too deep so stitching showed up in background of the photo. Back in the house to gather up a big sheet of white paper and pin to the quilt. Great except the paper had been rolled up so it had a little bend to it and the light reflected changed part way down the photo. In the mean time, I had run out of blue food coloring so switched to orange and had gone from pouring half a cup at a time to an entire pitcher full as I held the shutter down. A hundred shots later - some with no water in the photo, some with the pitcher appearing in the top of the photo - I had a few to pick from. Cleaned up the mess, put everything away and then worked on processing for a couple of hours. Even sent off some choices to a couple of friends.
Turned in this one.
Did not make it to "Hall of Fame" - most favored photo of the week in my class.
Guess I should have just drank the water!
An infinite spiral of matrices - what fun! :P
Trying out the Escher Droste effect using GIMP and MathMap (with the Droste Effect script)
Taken on a Sunday morning in the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City. It was pretty obvious that this little girl was there just to carry out a school assignment. It reminded me so much of our school trips: just answer the questions on the worksheet. Never really enjoying the museum.
She's writing next to an Olmeca Head.