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Side by side, hand in hand
Or walking their separate paths,
Their fire burns bright and
Lights the way for those that follow.
- a fragment
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For Utata's Weekend Project:"Dashes" {7th May dash 21st May)
This was shot blind - the camera screen was invisible in the glaring sun, precluding better arrangement (orientation) of the metal elements. I could only make out the dash-seeming highlights in the glare, so continued until this point.
This Agfa camera, made between 1959-1969, recommends using Isopan SS, which was discontinued late in the sixties or early in the seventies. This roll expired in 1969.
I was reminded of this vintage pair by Michael Perkins' image titled "Chromatic" Some modern films still indicate DIN as a number followed by the degree symbol.
From here to there
with a purity in the air,
This open-air waystation
allows a moment of quiet respite.
When time to go
most travelers move slow,
As this vaulted monument
brings awe, architectural delight.
- a fragment
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Chasing splashes with a low perspective on a rainy day.
Crispy processing note:
The RAW was contrast enhanced by a Daidoish curve adjustment, to crush black and blow highlights, microcontrast and fine contrast increased to about +30, exposure increased to about +0.80.
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Dancing through the night
like fireflies to the light
Her enchantments lit by flame
we'll not be the same again.
Those around the ring might stare
as she soars without a care.
- a fragment
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The title is a lyric, from John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival, that captures the mood at the time.
1. The book you purchased most recently.
2. A leaf, or more than one, but not a whole tree-full.
3. 4x5 (aka 8x10) aspect ratio
Point of focus fell just outside frame (to right) after shifting to include more stair as someone unexpectedly walked into frame.
Agfa SUPER SILETTE LK, Fuji 400, wide open (f/2.8)
Processing notes:
Lab scanned JPG contrast enhanced with a "Daidoish" preset (exposure, contrast, and clear-view increased; blacks increased and whites decreased in curves to clip blacks and highlights) One iteration is described here:
A beautiful day for a walk.
To see and be seen.
To show your colors
or make it monochromatic.
- a fragment
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In-camera focus stacking view of foam on instant coffee- convenience without cafestol, it is claimed. Not the first in the thread, but a different perspective.
126 in 26 (31/126: everyday essentials)
I have been working on my fabric version of an old mill at Paisley, Ontario...in the four weeks since Christmas.... and it is likely finished ( though there may yet be be a small addition...not always easy to decide when enough is enough....)
It's a northern thing, I think. In summer, I have once seen a person standing in drive through line for coffee - even though gas station coffee is available across the street.
Taken for Utata's Thursday walk project.
A pinecone was selected as a dark foreground element so that proper exposure will force the background into overexposed or high key lighting style.
The Muchnic house is empty of (most) furniture except a little alcove off the great room on the second floor. Victorian parlour games were for groups of people but played indoors. For a group, it could be speed cubing. This cube has non-standard colors, making it effectively a toy.
Processing note: This camera needs noise reduction. I used DXO prime.
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Processing notes:
Contrast enhanced with a "Daidoish" preset (exposure, contrast, and clear-view increased; blacks increased and whites decreased in curves to clip blacks and highlights) One iteration is described here:
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Three images were registered on a moving subject then stacked.
Integration signal to noise reduction (SNR) reinforces locally similar elements of the immobile subject, sharpening them, while weakening dissimilar background elements (e.g. elements out of register).
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Composite images with a moving subject reference frame
Shooting parameters are a little uncertain:
File info indicates f/3.6, 1/1600s, ISO320, 16mm
Fuji's RawFileConverter says f/4.0, 1600s, ISO400, 23.8mm
Hand-held images on a dim evening are usually bad with the Fuji X-S1. Here, the loss of detail is almost acceptable.
Contrast was enhanced with Topaz Restyle (Dingy Attic preset, 30% normal blending mode)
Pedestrian crossing the street, in front of a fence in Dinkytown, was viewed via a subtractive filter Harris shutter effect (subtractive filter HSE, SFHSE), constructed from three sequential images.
Pop-Artified:
Background dehanced and desaturated to emphasize textured figures.
Details
A modified Harris Shutter Effect image generates colored "ghosts" on a black background. Things that move and other differences between three more-or-less sequential photos are emphasized while static features turn black. Weak colors and soft blacks made more intense by modifying brightness in HSV space. Seemingly coincident cars are actually different vehicles on the rapidly traveling train.
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Read how to construct this type of image from three sequential photos.
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Like crystalline diamonds flung across the bright sky
the spray flew as the jockey made his mount fly.
A fantail pulled in new directions
from a boat sent into the heavens.
- a fragment
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That path that we take defines us.
The branches we follow confines us.
The decisions we make binds us.
The people we follow blinds us.
But, until we reach the end,
the full story hasn't been written.
There is no song of our lives,
no ballad without edits or revision;
As we push forward
down that misty road that guides us.
- a fragment
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Macro Mondays 8 Dec 2025
Kitchen Tools
In-camera focus stacking view of a vintage aluminum grater with wooden skewers poking through.
Kids take the sidewalk while parents roll in the street.
This image reminded me of the nebulously defined aesthetic of Felt Life before its founder and several admins abandoned the group and, in many cases, Flickr. There are now 345,000 images in the pool - many of them simply dumped. But if you head back to circa 2007 images (now around page 2900) you can have a glimpse of what was intended.
Utata's Iron Photographer challenge 240 asked for compositions with:
1 - a card (ace)
2 - a small figurine (is a non-functional robot too much license?)
3 - square format
As the firmament spins around us
and seasons change,
Think on this:
People come and people go,
the outrage on the media
is both constant and
everchanging.
We can endure. We can flourish.
Or we can whither on the vine.
- a fragment
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Three sequential moving camera images (walking) were registered on a relatively stationary subject then stacked.
Pop artified version is here.
Integration signal to noise reduction (SNR) reinforces locally similar elements of the immobile subject, sharpening them, while weakening dissimilar background elements (e.g. elements out of register).
See all Integration SNR images sorted by Interestingness
Composite images with a moving subject reference frame
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Heavy rain may not last until an interesting subject is reached, so you see what is nearby.
Related Things:
See my Rain photos
See what I saw after wrapping this camera in a bread bag.
I was exploring ways to take images without recognizable faces while visiting Amsterdam. View larger to appreciate the image in the water droplets.
(Europe)
A 1-cm mini binder clip, holding two backlit pieces of orange peel. Highlights from Olympus LG-1 LED Macro Ring Light.
Processing note: This camera needs noise reduction. I used DXO prime.
I stumbled upon a newly opened restaurant, trying to make a start during the lean summer months (when the college students are absent).
[Uncorrected out of camera jpg.]
Update: two months later they no longer served coffee.
Walking and shooting, practicing Daido Moriyama style imaging.
A "Daidoish" preset was applied (contrast 90+, clear view 50+, blacks -40 or less, tone curve adjusted to crush blacks and blow highlights)
Time slides by
as lives are lived
The world spins
and our feet are planted
on the firmament below.
- a fragment
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Striding out of her warm embrace
I embrace the world before me.
The night obscures both time and place
But I know ther is much to see.
- a fragment
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