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A fungus, possibly Xylaria polymorpha (Dead Man's Fingers), grows from a log. The powdery white tips are covered with easily dislodged spores. Pentagonal bokeh, top right, indicate there is a five-leafed iris in this camera.
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My images of xylaria polymorpha.
My images of fungi.
My macro shots.
I had an early Thursday walk this week, planning to make Harris shutter effect photos. A person walking past a busy mural was selected as a visual reference and made to stand out by an absence of detail.
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This modified Harris Shutter Effect image generates colored "ghosts" on a black background. Things that move and other registration differences between three more-or-less sequential photos are emphasized while static features turn black. Imperfect registration can leave a faint outline of background details.
Three frames were registered on the selected moving subject before a subtractive filter Harris shutter effect composite was generated.
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Composite images with a moving subject reference frame
Processing note: This camera defaults to high ISO and needs noise reduction (DXO prime). Color enhanced with DXO Filmpack (Provia 100 preset).
I tried to take 'action' shots with my SP550UZ. It was a resounding disappointment - it is very difficult to set the focus properly and quickly. I was also shooting a roll of Fomapan in another camera. I can't wait to see how that develops.
Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Psalm 30:7 King James Version
The Harris shutter effect combines different color layers from three successive shots to give colored ghosts to moving elements. This series of frames was taken hand-held as the surf broke on the shore and required alignment correction (I used Picturewindow pro).
Peruse the Rehoboth Beach Harris shutter effect project.
I was allowed to take a few pictures of the back shelf.
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A weekend visit to Syracuse, NY's Museum of Science and Technology brought an unexpected discovery: A collection of vintage medicines in a circa 1900 apothecary shop setting. It is not interesting to kids - I saw none even venture through the door. Adults, however, are treated to fascinating history and can view the various elixirs, tonics, and cures from the past century. One can easily Google a list of dangerous drugs that were once prescribed as medicine. This is a much better "hands on" examination of unregulated medicine. Careful perusal of a locked display case finds several infamous items including radium pills, chocolate coated strychnine tablets, morphine laced baby 'soothing syrup' and various mystery "elixirs" with unidentified contents. The knowledgeable guides will happily bring forth various items in the collection for close perusal while discussing them in context of the time it was produced.
Utata's Iron photographer challenge 143 elements:
1 - the color orange (distant lockers)
2 - something with a handle (foreground locker)
3 - vignetting
Iron Photographer 216 has me wondering about double exposures. This composite uses different sized images from two different cameras.
Technical trivia:
Double exposure, done digitally, is an additive rather than averaging (e.g. blending) process. Composite images will be overexposed unless the exposure value of one (or both) is reduced before blending.
Utata's big project for 2021 is Utatascapes: Places in the world or in the mind.
EDIT: made the blues better and replaced the original three days after posting.
The Masonic temple in Atchison, KS was open for viewing one day in July. The main chamber has several stained glass windows and free standing Masonic themed pieces. The windows are not visible from outside nor are they lighted naturally due to protective exterior metal blinds, installed to protect them from breaking in high wind. This stained glass window was back lit with incandescent lights and front lit with fluorescent.
Nestled among the trees, on an out-of-the-way stretch of Gerloff road (Lower Frederick Twp, PA) stands an interesting bridge that managed to avoid the wrecking ball. Built in 1888 by the Phoenix bridge company the structure was deemed unsafe for existing traffic by 1970. It wasn't immediately demolished, allowing supporters time to get it listed on the National Regiister of Historic Places in 1988. This wouldn't prevent removing an unsafe structure, but did help delay it while alternatives were explored. An image at bridgehunter.com shows the overgrown structure circa 1998. Rehabilitation involved engineering a steel-tied arch to bear all of the weight of the deck, relieving stress without replacing the truss. Augmenting the structure could not be avoided, but the character of the original was essentially maintained. A contemporary arch bridge by the same company could be considered an inspiration for this design. A brief history of the structure is given in a special citation for historic preservation.
Elsewhere on Flickr:
cmh2315fl shows a similar truss bridge in Virginia that hasn't been modified with an arch.
hhistory08 shows the related walnut street bridge in Harrisburg, PA. This is the largest surviving example of this type of truss bridge, with 15 spans, and is now limited to pedestrian traffic.
The image is out of focus by design, perhaps a bit too far. The expressions and the kid with sunglasses made this the best version.
Lower Providence Fire Company fair
Several others have posted images of the library, inside and out. But none gave the impression of the massive card catalogs filling the main room. Several cul-de-sacs like this one branched from the main aisle. (Europe)
The library exterior is worth a look as well:
I do solemnly swear
To misbehave
In all those delicious ways.
Wreathed in caressing fire
My laurels
Scorch the novitiate
But flows through the night
At my command.
- a fragment
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These gentlemen engaged in an animated marathon of backgammon, oblivious to the busy street around them. I had to await a break in traffic to catch this from across the street. Sinaia, Romania. (Europe)
Durian elicits extreme reactions. Mine was not positive.
Utata's iron photographer 329 asks for photos with:
1. tissue
2. half eaten
3. Instant film, or instant looking
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Thursday walk 488
I managed only one image this busy day while crossing a parking lot. I ran it through Poladroid, allowing it to crop as it pleased. The gaudy colors are native and not a function of processing.
Processing note: This camera needs noise reduction. I used DXO prime.
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Hello lovelies~ 'Tis I, yet again, with a collection of new goodies.
I love the art of drag, I love bold makeup artistry, and my queer identity is something that is important to me. This set is based on some of my favourite drag looks I've done for myself for fun, and I'm really looking forward to bringing more, different looks to SL (though I won't be just re-creating existing queens' makeup styles/looks 1:1 ofc, but my own style is definitely influenced by Trixie Mattel, Kim Chi, Twiggy and some others)
♥ Support your local queens & queers ♥
Tamagawa University Taiko and Dance corps (Tamagawa Taiko) performance 4/14/2014 at Ursinus College.
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Tamagawa Taiko drum and dance corps in my stream or in any stream.
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Romania from the road, sorted by interestingness.
Technical trivia
A polarizing filter was used.
The original image looked pale and washed out, but the Fuji Velvia 50 preset in DXO filmpack 3 made it more dramatic. (Europe)
This fungus or slime looked, at best, like a pink tongue laid on the surface of a log. It wasn't possible to emphasize the texture well in a traditional shot, so I opted for a closeup of one edge to emphasize the nodular, papillae-like texture while showing the white tendrils anchoring the mass. What could it be? Mushroomexpert.com suggests that one of the few fungi you might identify from an image is Phlogiotis helvelloides (aka Guepinia helvelloides, Tremiscus helvelloides, or apricot jelly), which eerily resembles a tongue. In that example and others found on the web, however, the structure sticks up from the substrate rather than laying prone.
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More slime molds.
All fungi.
My macro shots.
From the northwest the damage is not evident. One might imagine the house is merely closed, awaiting a new owner. View next or view previous in series.
Links to more of Pawlings mansion:
See remains of the mansion from above on Yahoo maps. The barn is to the SW; a ranger's house is to the west.
Road_less_trvled has a great set of Pawlings mansion photos taken in winter, when most of the trees are barren. Interesting historical details included in the text of each photo breathe life into the ghostly scene.
Maria*PA scouted this location for a flickr meetup.
DCSaint came to the meetup and got many nice shots in this set.
Drummers in the Litchfield marching band pass during the Rosefest parade 6/25/18 (Roseville, MN).
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A stationary camera shows a static background with a subject changing position in successive exposures. Muybridge's motion studies, in contrast, simulate a moving camera and show an effectively stationary subject against a moving background. These may be displayed as a polyptych or combined into multiple exposures on a single frame, as here, to emphasize the subject.
The goal was to capture the motion of the scene as the band marched past. This solution selected three images with approximately the same subject facial orientation then were scaled and oriented for maximal congruity of the face before stacking. This has the effect of making the subject clear while the remainder of the image becomes a blur of moving details.
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Composite images with a moving subject reference frame
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Watching the surf at Rehoboth beach.
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Three sequential images were corrected for distortion and registered before abstracting red, green, and blue channels from different images. These were recombined to generate this image.
"Zed, we have a bug"
- agent Kay, Men in Black
(note: "bug" is American slang for this model of Volkswagen)
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Contrast enhanced with DFT filmstocks (Rollei Ortho 25 preset, contrast and sharpening adjusted)
Muybridge perspective
Multiple exposure composite of a passing Onewheel rider, registered with a subject-centered reference frame, then combined for a subtractive filter Harris shutter effect.
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This modified Harris Shutter Effect (HSE) image of emphasizes differences between three sequential photos while turning static features black. The moving subject introduced background registration shift between successive images. Warping to align the Onewheeler caused him to be dark while other objects became colorful.
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Several trees along the Mount Misery trail have been initialed and scarred by graffiti. This one caught my eye because one tree is side lit by a reflection off an open patch of earth.
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This modified Harris Shutter Effect image of traffic emphasizes things that move and other differences between three sequential photos while turning the background black.
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Normal Harris shutter effect version
Read how to construct this type of image from three sequential photos.
Other subtractive filter Harris shutter effect images
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Tamagawa University Taiko and Dance corps (Tamagawa Taiko) performance 4/14/2014 at Ursinus College.
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Tamagawa Taiko drum and dance corps in my stream or in any stream.
This is a piece of concept art for a project where our task was to create a story board for a music video of a song of our choice.
The theme of the song of my choice was the living dead. This was drawn on pencil.