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This weeks Macro Mondays theme is Measurement.
How low can you go?
This is a photo of the objective element of a measuring magnifier. The top scale is tenths of millimeters. The line in bottom center, is one one thousandths of an inch thick.
That's the best I could do.
5X magnification on a full frame camera, with very slight cropping of width.
HMM.
What the hell is this? It’s a technique that uses refracted light to create an abstract image. Commonly called “refractography”, there is no lens attached to my camera. This is simply focused and refracted light. There’s more to the story, however. Read on!
To create this image, I’m using a few ingredients:
- High-powered LED flashlight: The light source is a simple flashlight that I can mount to a tripod for easy positioning
- Fresnel Lens: Also commonly known as a “magnifying sheet” or a “pocket magnifier”, this is also the same technology used in “better beamer” accessories to refocus flash bursts over a much greater distance. This helps me keep the light from spreading too far off course – I need to keep the light as straight as possible, and these cost about $4
- Refractive object: In this image, I’m using a glass vase with a spiral pattern, but different objects will create different patterns, lines and shapes. This same object could create a dozen different interesting compositions! Try anything made of glass, with unique surface details providing distinctive results!
- Refocuser: Because the cheap Fresnel lens doesn’t give me completely straight light (a telecentric lens would likely do this), I use a small single-optic lens from an old Contaflex camera to create sharper results before the light hits my camera’s sensor.
- Colour: Somewhere in the mix I’ve added colour by projecting the result of birefringence into the refraction. Yep. I’m that geeky.
The result is an abstract piece of art, one which can barely be considered a photograph. It pushes the “limits”, which is why I enjoy tinkering with this sort of thing. There is also no way to create exactly the same results twice. Each attempt requires different adjustments of the variables and constant fiddling to produce unexpectedly beautiful results.
I had originally created this refractograph as a classroom demonstration with students watching as the image appeared on the camera sensor. It was a fun moment to see everyone’s eyes light up as an “image” was formed with a series of optical filters.
Fun stuff! I need to spend more time tinkering. :)
I've only see that something is on the deadwood. Very young and tiny mushrooms showed when looking through magnifier lens.
Stack with 17 single images.
With some colour reflected from red and yellow cards behind the camera. Taken with a Super Multi-Coated Takumar 50/1.4 and Raynox M250 magnifier.
This road goes from Heptonstall in Yorkshire to Overtown in Lancashire (Burnley District). If you use the flickr magnifier, you can just about see the sign for Lancashire at the end of what can be seen of the road. The "white rainbow" (or "fog bow") became more distinct later on. However, my photos were really blurred.
This is art from someone else's art; namely Marco Cochrane’s “Bliss Dance”. First appearing at Burning Man in 2010, it had brief stop at the Great Lawn at San Francisco's Treasure Island before ending up in Vegas, in front of the T-Mobile Arena (home of the Vegas Golden Knights btw who, when the Leafs do their usual swan dive later in the season, are going to be my new favorite hockey team!)
Viewing with the magnifier is kinda cool.
L'Effet Orton, toujours, pour magnifier les couleurs d'automne.
Si vous découvrez cet 'effet', allez voir le site magnifique : la galerie de Michael Orton.
En espérant que le résultat vous plaise...
Merci pour les commentaires.
Orton Effect, always, to magnify the fall colors.
If you discover this effect, see the magnificent site: gallery Michael Orton.
Hoping that you like the result ...
Thank you for the comments.
Ok, i showed u how i took the drops with my IXUS 850. I put a magnifier in front of the camera, used the "D" macro mode, n took the shot very close to the drops. I normally set ISO 80, but i mistakenly set ISO400 this time, so it s a bit too noisy. ~"~ And i usually had to take at least 30-50 shots before i got a good one! Patience is the most important thing!! Of cos, have to thank Mr. Potoshop for helping me to enhance the colors and sharpness! ^_^
First Test Shot on my 'New' 1938/1939 Pre World War II German Rolleiflex Automat Model 2 with automatic stop.
Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar lens 1:3.5
Serial Number:
DRP 662339 DRGM
It works!!! HURRAH! I'm so over the moon. Considering I bought the camera from someone who had never used it and didn't know how to use it (don't try this at home lol). Between them answering all my bonkers questions over the internet I decided to risk it. I thought it was in such beauuuuutiful excellent condition that if it didn't work I could always attempt repair. If not, well I didn't want to think that far ahead with negativity. Whoever had it before me looked after it unbelievably well. It shines almost like it was made yesterday. I AM IN LOVE again. Always falling for old vintage cameras. Never ends...SOS haha
Film: Kodak Portra 400 expired 2006. 120 format. Shot at - 2 stops to let in more light given age of film.
Metered Incident light at F5.6 1/100 using Weston Master V but shot at f3.5 1/100. I wanted to see the results in the widest aperture. Photo is nothing special but, everything works super smoothly!! Phew.
Focal Depth of Field Distance 0.8 meters.
Developed in Bellini C41 kit
The ground glass screen as you can well imagine is very foggy with age but thankfully, with some extra hard squinting haha, and the aid of the focusing magnifier I could see just enough to get it in focus.
Of course a lot of patience is needed when shooting with old vintage cameras. And that's something I have plenty of. As do many film photographers I have known over the years!!! Some of the most patient people i've ever met. Get on the wrong side of us and oh boy, how you've really pushed us over our absolute patience threshold.
Can't wait to run an Ilford Ortho Plus through it next/soon. Thought i'd go all out Orthochromatic for that extra vintage era vibe. Fingers crossed all being well.
Snapped hand-held with a Super Takumar 50mm f1.4, 8 elements version, plus a Raynox Magnifier M-250.
Plattbauch, Weibchen.
Libellula depressa, ♀.
Broad-bodied chaser, female.
Vor Ort kamen einige sehr einzigartige Gegebenheiten zusammen. Das Licht war fantastisch, ließ alles teils surreal wie von innen leuchten/glühen, bei 26°C, wolkenlosem Himmel, voller Sonne, aber 4 Windstärken. Die Leeseite eines winzigen Moorwäldchens bot Schutz und einen wahrlich magisch ausgeleuchteten Halbschatten.
Dort tummelten sich gut ein Dutzend der gelben Großlibellen, Plattbauch wie Vierfleck und ungezählte Azurjungfern.
Mit Autofokus war in der Situation absolut nichts zu machen, nicht mit der A6300 in Kombination mit dem Canon 70-200/4 und der nötigen kleinen Blendenöffnung.
Das Licht war extrem gestreut und warf keine Schatten, trotz praller Sonne. Auf dem Kameradisplay war nichts mehr erkennbar, im Sucher nur schemenhafte glühende Strukturen (rotes Peeking auf schwächster Stufe). Nur bei aktiver Fokuslupe ließ sich die Schärfe halbwegs kontrolliert setzen, wenn Wind und Model sich gnädig zeigten.
On location, some very unique circumstances came together. The light was fantastic, making everything glow/glow partly surreal as if from within, at 26°C, cloudless sky, full sun, but 4 wind forces. The leeward side of a tiny moorland grove offered shelter and a truly magically illuminated penumbra.
There, a good dozen of the yellow damselflies, flat-bellied like four-spotted and uncounted azure damselflies were cavorting.
There was absolutely nothing to be done with autofocus in this situation, not with the A6300 in combination with the Canon 70-200/4 and the necessary small aperture.
The light was extremely diffused and cast no shadows, despite the blazing sun. Nothing was recognisable on the camera display, in the viewfinder only shadowy glowing structures (red peeking at the weakest level). Only when the focus magnifier was active could the focus be set in a halfway controlled way, if the wind and the model were merciful.
I experimented on taking a magnifier-glass and put an item underneath the sun. Instantly, that item would start to smoke/burn from the heat of the sun. FYI don't do it without glasses ;P
Swirled about in a big, cyclonic blender for The Award Tree's ~ Catching Clouds ~ challenge.
For anyone inclined, viewing with the magnifier is kinda cool.
A beautiful flower - a Nigella Damascena (love-in-the-mist).
Snapped with a Helios 44M-6 and Raynox M-250 magnifier
Vierfleck, Männchen.
Libellula quadrimaculata, ♂.
Four-spotted chaser, male.
Vor Ort kamen einige sehr einzigartige Gegebenheiten zusammen. Das Licht war fantastisch, ließ alles teils surreal wie von innen leuchten/glühen, bei 26°C, wolkenlosem Himmel, voller Sonne, aber 4 Windstärken. Die Leeseite eines winzigen Moorwäldchens bot Schutz und einen wahrlich magisch ausgeleuchteten Halbschatten.
Dort tummelten sich gut ein Dutzend der gelben Großlibellen, Plattbauch wie Vierfleck und ungezählte Azurjungfern.
Mit Autofokus war in der Situation absolut nichts zu machen, nicht mit der A6300 in Kombination mit dem Canon 70-200/4 und der nötigen kleinen Blendenöffnung.
Das Licht war extrem gestreut und warf keine Schatten, trotz praller Sonne. Auf dem Kameradisplay war nichts mehr erkennbar, im Sucher nur schemenhafte glühende Strukturen (rotes Peeking auf schwächster Stufe). Nur bei aktiver Fokuslupe ließ sich die Schärfe halbwegs kontrolliert setzen, wenn Wind und Model sich gnädig zeigten,
On location, some very unique circumstances came together. The light was fantastic, making everything glow/glow partly surreal as if from within, at 26°C, cloudless sky, full sun, but 4 wind forces. The leeward side of a tiny moorland grove offered shelter and a truly magically illuminated penumbra.
There, a good dozen of the yellow damselflies, flat-bellied like four-spotted and uncounted azure damselflies were cavorting.
There was absolutely nothing to be done with autofocus in this situation, not with the A6300 in combination with the Canon 70-200/4 and the necessary small aperture.
The light was extremely diffused and cast no shadows, despite the blazing sun. Nothing was recognisable on the camera display, in the viewfinder only shadowy glowing structures (red peeking at the weakest level). Only when the focus magnifier was active could the focus be set in a halfway controlled way, if the wind and the model were merciful.
Albums:
"Dragonflies | Libellen": flic.kr/s/aHsmm17rYM
"Insects | Insekten": flic.kr/s/aHskuEMKoD
What's the use of a pillowfight
When i've always seen the truth
behind your lies..
Best viewed on BLACK, please use the magnifier :)
I found this small (1.5") and well-made loupe/magnifier in its original leather case, in my dad's desk, after he passed away. He was a mechanical engineer and I am curious what he used it for. It is another question I won't have answered. I loved its beautiful simple design and function. I placed it on top of my iPad to photograph the contrast of technologies.
i am still alive :P i've been doing so much art and photography as deadlines coming up. had a little break and did some editing :)
lips look all dry.. foundation made them go all weird :P
still using my dad's film lense, hense some info doesnt appear on "more properties", i love the x4 magnifier :D
number 2 in the series of shadow, aka the LBC, and a magnifying glass. i think this one is my favorite of the three.
ANSH scavenger11 Magnifier
Camera: Leica M9-P
Lens: SUMMILUX-M 1:1.4/50 ASPH. E46 4203500
Retouch: Lightroom 6.7
Option: Leica Magnifier M1.4x
There are are two large brown coloured cave spiders found in the U.K.; Meta menardi and Meta bourneti. The two can only be distinguished by examining them with a strong magnifier.
They are amongst the largest spiders found in the U.K. Both species live in total darkness, so although they are not rare, they often go unnoticed.
The female cave spiders produce teardrop-shaped eggsacs, which hang suspended on a silk thread from the roof of their dwelling.
When the spiderlings first emerge they are attracted to light, unlike the adults which are strongly repelled by light. This helps the spiderlings find new areas to colonise.
The lights only came on briefly for visitors to safely walk through the grotto, it was hidden in a dark corner too.
Have a lovely weekend everyone
Playing again ................. with photoshop and a free template .........
1st place - Contest - Insect photo - Breathtaking group - 4th Jan 2010 :-)
SILVER Medalist Round 26 - COLOR WHEEL: YELLOW - Perpetual Contest - 26th Oct 09 :-)
Thank you all for the great comments/awards, it makes me try harder to keep on improving and looking for new images and experimenting with some older ones :-)
Have a great week everyone :-)
Take care
Linda
First time i saw Metallica live, great concert in Oberhausen (VIP lounge ;-))...thanks guys was a great evening
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The Cheviot Hills. Northumberland National Park. (The small tree on the right has come free of the ground, probably due to the wind. Use the Flickr magnifier.)
Of note: the area in the photograph, just below the aforementioned subject of this endeavour (you gotta view with the magnifier to see it) looks all post-processed with magic tricks courtesy of Photoshop but, it ain't. Albeit, it is enhanced with that 'devil of pure photography', I will grant that but, the rotors must stir up all the air molecules or something cause sooc, it comes with all that distortion.
Red and Yellow Tiger Lily - iPhone 13 Mini, craft store dome magnifier.
Click here to see how I made this: youtu.be/WN2OYI5f2JY
Created for Sandy's Contest 63 ~ Text Art over at Kreative People.
A collage of images from my long-serving guitar accessories suitcase: stickers, in part include The Fonz (thumbs-up, "Aaay!"), Jimi Hendrix, Ted Nugent (Oh! Who can forget the dulcet tones of the classic Cat Scratch Fever!), CN Tower when it actually was the Tallest Freestanding structure, Dean Markley guitar strings, Pink Floyd Pyramids (original LP insert for Dark Side of the Moon) and a bunch of other stuff. Viewing with the magnifier is pretty good.
Credits
Hey, everyone!
Today's post is inspired by Stephen King's character Rose O'Hara, aka "Rose the Hat" leader of the True Knot gang. Although I'm team Danny Torrance all the way in Doctor Sleep, I was overwhelmed by Rebecca Ferguson's beauty playing Rose. Her boho demonic style is just amazing, right?!
Hope you like it! Xo! <3
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For the third round broski's!
The lightweight weapon consists out of a combination between a shotgun that uses state-of-the-art Sweetwater reusable slugs, that can be filled with whatever can be found, such as rocks, screws, empty bullet casings, and so on.
The other part is a crossbow that fires regular bolts, that can be picked up again.
The weapon is for usage when ammo is finite, granting it a supply of reusable ammo.
The scope consists out of a regular (Electromagnatic-filed detecting) magnifier and a built-in computer that calculates the arrow's drop-off, and adjusts it to the planet's gravity.
Standard issue to every squad.
Credit to Bowlingdude for the text and KevinTK for the original scope design, as well as the SPW team for the useful notes!
No credit to Shockwave for whatsoever.
Feel free to comment and add notes!