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The friendly gnome 'Big Ears' breathes a sigh of relief after putting the damaged plane of his friend Noddy safely on the ground....
( for “Macro Mondays” -theme: “Pick Two” ) (damaged toy)
#PickTwo "Red" + "Bottle Cap".
Macro Mondays, June 29th 2020
(Rodenstock Retina-Ysarex 1:2,8/50mm + extension tube + Schönbrunner Lang-Bräu Burggraf Dunkel)
For "Macro Mondays" group, "Pick two" theme, selected red and paper
Para el grupo "Macro Mondays", tema "Elige dos", escogido rojo y papel
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Metallic + basket
This time of the year is asparagus season. We use this metallic basket as an inset in a cooking pot to boil the asparagus.
I'll be darned if this wasn't one of the most difficult #Macromonday challenges for me! During these challenges, I strive to tell a story, or capture the imagination, but try as I might I could not think of how to do it within the confines of this "Pick Two" challenge. Finally, I decided on a Blue Pen as my subject...and after many attempts at trying to find a creative way to capture a blue pen, I went with a story that we are all too familiar with. I hope you enjoy! HMM!
Nearly legible on the bottle's shoulder '1795' - from when the family of Jose Cuervo for ten generations (so the bottle assures me) has made Tequila from the Blue Agave plant.
Macro Mondays 'pick two' theme. This little jug represents 'metallic' and 'pottery'.
This shot was removed for not meeting the restrictions, the next shot in my stream is now my submission.
The jug measures 2.25" at the widest part
ANSH 111 (6) made of metal
Explore 51
This was hard one. I chose a curved stone that on a second look also has stripes. It measures 1.5 inches.
A mercury glass candle holder with a lit tealight inside against a bokeh background. This is speckled glass for Macro Monday Pick Two challenge. The holder is just over 2 inches high.
Cross-polarised pen case.
Well so much for my foray into desaturated colour photography :)
This week’s theme for Macro Mondays was twenty-five [edited] themes in one. What a super idea… Well that’s assuming that, as you are trying to think of what you might take for the theme, you can remember the ten [edited] words involved. Which I couldn’t. Completely forgot about fuzzy, though I had broken toys, twisted plants, spotted this and that all in my sights (can’t even remember rest of the nouns either).
But then I really had to choose iridescent abstract didn’t I?
Why? Well, first, I can’t spell iridescent for the life of me, so the practice was meant to be character-forming...
And second, I really love abstracts. But they are a minority taste I think, certainly compared to landscapes or birds or even macros. So poor lost and lonely abstracts needed some support…
And did I mention saturated colours? No? Probably a good thing really...
This is a Staedtler felt-tip pen case opened out and sticky taped onto my PC screen and then photographed using a polariser. The little rectangles in the image are the pixels on the LCD monitor providing the source light.
I rotated the image in processing to get the diagonal for some compositional impact. Probably should have done it in camera, but then I would need to be a better photographer wouldn’t I? :)
The case is two inches across so well within the limits for the group's submissions. Yey!
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Macro Mondays everyone :)
[In case you would like to try it this is how it was done.
A lot of plastic objects work ok; some don't have any effect - plastic rulers and CD cases are a good place to start.
1)The PC screen acts as a polarised light source. Set it to mainly white e.g. open a new Word document and maximise the window.
2)Place the object in front of the screen. I taped the case to the top edge of the screen (I'd be careful not to damage the screen itself with tape). You might just want to hold the object or prop it up.
3) With a polarising filter on the camera lens focus on the object.
4)For most intense colours rotate the filter until the white PC screen appears black.
5)Capture. If you want to in the processing adjust the black point so the black surround is truly black, increase saturation and vibrance.
And there you are.
Try lots of clear objects. Glass doesn't usually work. Many plastic do; cellophane wrapping and some plastic bags do.
The plastic is, in effect, twisting the light a bit so that some of the light passes through the camera's polarising filter. The amount of twist depends on the colour of the light so you get a rainbow for exactly the same reasons that you get a rainbow :).
Have fun!!
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The 6/29/20 topic for Macro Mondays is "Pick Two", one from a list of objects and one from a list of colors. The two I picked were yellow and pen.
Epacris longiflora, commonly known as the fuchsia heath (red flower). Photographed in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Focus stack using Zyrene
Bracelet of iridescent glass beads.
They are reflecting the gold paper.
Happy Macro Monday !
Waiting for internet repair - will come back and comment tonight !
Macro Mondays - Pick Two (delicate and insect)
THEME:
Select one descriptive word from list A:
Striped, Jagged, Delicate, Curved or Metallic.
Then Select an object to photograph from list B:
Pottery, Insect, Stone, Brush, or Basket
Steel slag for the Macro Monday's group, challenge Pick Two from two lists. I picked A. Metallic and B. Stone. This bit of steel slag is literally a metallic stone made up of partially melted iron ore (stone) coke, melted iron (metallic) and rust. If you look close you can see bits of those things in this man made Metallic Stone. I have boxed them for you.
Happy Macro Monday!
This weeks theme is "Pick Two" one from List A and one from List B
LIST A - Red, Blue, Yellow, Pink
LIST B -Flower,Bottle Cap, Paper, Pen.
Cut using my Cuttlebug machine and die cut stencil from my crafting stash.
For Macro Mondays theme ‘pick two’. HMM ☺️
Looking close... on Friday! - Candies
Macro Mondays theme: "Pick Two" - Damaged Candy
These colorful M&M's candy measure 3/8"
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