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Exp metered - 2s | Exp compensated - 4s (25/05/16)
6x6 was the main culprit for the field of view issues I had. Here's one that still kind of worked.
For me the point of making these particular types of Kinetic Photographs is that the camera is not in my hands or under my control when the photograph is actually made. I set the camera’s self-timer, throw the camera into the air (sometimes as high as 15 feet or higher), the shutter releases—capturing the photograph—while the camera is airborne, and I hope that I catch my camera without dropping it. The photographic cycle is complete and all that remains is for me to upload my shots and see what has been captured and how. I upload most of the photos in the same orientation in which they were captured.
None of these photos are Photoshopped, layered, or composites...what you see occurs in one shot, one take.
Aren’t I afraid that I will fail to catch my camera and thus drop and break my camera? For regular followers of my photostream and my kinetic photography you will know that I have already done so. This little camera has been dropped many times, and broken once when dropped on concrete outside. It still functions...not so well for regular photographs, but superbly for more kinetic work.
Albeit supremely risky this is one of my favorite ways to produce abstract photographs.
If you'd like to see more please check out my set, "Suspended Animation:"
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Kinetic: Relating to, caused by, or producing motion.
These are called “Kinetic” photographs because there is motion, energy, and movement involved, specifically my and the camera’s movements.
To read more about Kinetic Photography click the Wikipedia link below:
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Gare Liege Guillemin, Belgique
Onder de perrons is een heel overzichtelijk voetgangersgebied met ruimten voor winkeltjes die allemaal identiek zijn dus een enorme eenheid uitstralen. Nergens storende en schreeuwerige reclame-uitingen. Een verademing bij onze Nederlandse stations waar alleen de aanblik al pijn aan alle zintuigen doet.
Vandaag, zaterdag 23 oktober 2010, mijn NS vrij reizen-dag gebruikt om naar Maastricht te gaan en daarvandaan met een boemeltje naar het mooiste station van de hele Benelux: Guillemins in Luik. (ben teruggekomen met 130 foto's) Ben niet buiten het stationsgebouw geweest.
Na een internationale wedstrijd werd het project van de bekende architect Santiago Calatrava gekozen. Calatrava's ontwerpen zijn spraakmakend en bovendien heeft hij zich meermalen bewezen met het ontwerpen van stations. Zo ontwierp hij eerder al het Stadelhofen-station te Zürich, het station van Luzern, het tgv-station van Lyon-Saint-Exupéry, het intermodaal station Oriente in Lissabon en het nieuwe PATH-station in New York.
Het nieuwe station is gemaakt van staal, glas en wit beton, en beschikt over een monumentale koepel van 200 m lang en 35 m hoog. De datum van de oplevering was oorspronkelijk gepland voor april 2006. Uiteindelijk vond de feestelijke opening van het station plaats op vrijdag 18 september 2009.[3]
Marshall Point Light Station was established in 1832 to assist boats entering and leaving Port Clyde Harbor. The original lighthouse was a 20-foot (6.1 m) tower lit by seven lard oil lamps with 14-inch reflectors.
The original tower was replaced with the present lighthouse in 1857. The lighthouse is a 31-foot (9.4 m) tall white brick tower on a granite foundation. The tower was originally lit with a 5th order Fresnel lens. A raised wooden walkway connects the tower to land.
The light station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
The lighthouse appeared in the 1994 film Forrest Gump.
The light station was transferred to the town of St. George in 1998 under the Maine Lights Program. The fog signal has been dismantled but the bell remains on display. (Wikipedia)
Cape Point, Cape of Storms, Cape of Good Hope
Cape Point Lighthouse can be seen near the bottom of the cliffs
On May 1, 1870, the Point Arena Lighthouse became the first of three tall coastal towers in California to commence service during the 1870s. The other two towers, built in a similar style, were constructed at Pigeon Point and Piedras Blancas.
To construct the lighthouse at Point Arena, three kilns were built at the point to fire roughly 500,000 bricks needed for the tower. An additional 114,000 bricks of superior quality were shipped from San Francisco to build the outside courses of the tower. The height of the tower was 100 feet, and a fixed, first-order Fresnel lens was exhibited from the lantern room. Near the base of the tower, a large two and a half story, brick dwelling was built to house four keepers and their families.
The Annual Report of the Lighthouse Board for 1883 noted that the station was "located on a projecting point, the outer face of which is on an almost perpendicular bluff, made peculiarly dangerous by the liability of sudden caving near the edge of the earth overlying the sand-rock. One of the labourers fell over this bluff and was drowned. A picket-fence 1,400 feet long was built around the structures to prevent further accident."
In 1896, the present fog signal building was constructed to replace one built in 1870, which was being threatened by erosion. The fog-signal apparatus was relocated to the new structure, and the former characteristic of a five-second blast of the whistle uttered at intervals of twenty-five seconds was retained.
During the lighthouse's tenth year of operation, the first occurrence of an earthquake was recorded in the keeper's log on June 7, 1880. With the San Andreas fault lying just offshore from the point, the lighthouse was subjected to several more quakes including one in 1888 and another in 1898. Although the earthquake of 1906 is known mostly for the destruction it caused in San Francisco, the area north of the city also experienced significant damage. A keeper recorded the following account of the damage caused by the April 18, 1906 quake.
A heavy blow struck the tower from the south. The blow came quick and heavy, accompanied by a heavy report. The tower quivered for a few seconds, went far over to the north, came back, and then swung north again, repeating this several times. Immediately after came rapid and violent vibrations, rending the tower apart, the sections grinding and grating upon each other; while the lenses, reflectors, etc., in the lantern were shaken from their settings and fell in a shower upon the iron floor.
The earthquake also frightened a black bear, which ran into the station and had to be shot. Both the tower and the dwelling were damaged beyond repair and had to be razed. All the brick and other material that could not be used in reconstructing the light station were simply pushed over the cliff into the ocean.
After just a couple of months, temporary buildings had been constructed to house the keepers and the workforce during the reconstruction. A temporary short, wooden light tower was built first, and the lantern room from the original lighthouse was placed on top of it. Outfitted with a second-order lens, the tower began operation on January 5, 1907.
Now cognizant of the affect an earthquake could have on brick structures, the Lighthouse Service decided to use re-enforced concrete for the new tower. The Concrete Chimney Corporation of San Francisco, whose specialty, as implied by their name, was building industrial chimneys, was tapped to erect the tower.
The new tower was built on the site of the original tower. Iron bars were woven together, surrounded by wooden frames, and then covered by concrete to create the tower. As the tower grew, so did the wooden scaffolding encircling it. Contained in the scaffolding was a mule-powered elevator used to raise the numerous wheelbarrows of concrete to be poured into the forms. After the tower was completed, a doughnut-shaped buttress was built around the base of the tower to give it additional support and create a circular workroom. The staircase from the original tower was reassembled in the new tower.
The beams from a new first-order Fresnel lens, manufactured by Barbier, Benard & Turenne, were cast out to sea from the completed 115-foot tower on September 15, 1908 at 1800 hours. The new lens rotated in atop nearly three gallons of mercury to produce a unique pattern of a double flash every six seconds. A 160-pound weight suspended in the tower and attached to a clockwork mechanism caused the lens to revolve once every eighteen seconds.
After the tower was finished, work began on housing for the keepers. Rather than a single, subdivided dwelling, four separate bungalows for the keepers were built in a row south of the lighthouse. The keepers and their families must have enjoyed the privacy and extra space the new houses afforded.
Keeper Bill Owens served at Point Arena for fifteen years from 1937 to 1952, during which time control of lighthouses passed from the Lighthouse Board to the Coast Guard in 1939. The daymark of the tower was slightly changed as part of this transition. As can be seen in the historic black and white photograph on this page, the gallery around the lantern room was formerly painted black, but the Coast Guard decided to paint the entire cement portion of the tower white when they took control.
When World War II broke out, the keepers at Point Arena were required to report all sightings during their watch. During one of Owens' watches, he thought he saw a submarine off the point, but when reporting it was told that there were no enemy submarines in the area. Unfortunately, Owens' report proved accurate as the lumber schooner Ameilia was torpedoed just north of Fort Bragg shortly thereafter.
In 1960, the keepers' bungalows were razed and four modern, nondescript, ranch-style houses were built in their stead. The station was automated in 1977, when a rotating beacon was placed on the tower's balcony. Although not used, the Fresnel lens remained in the tower. A nonprofit group, the Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers, obtained a 25-year lease to the light station in 1984, and was awarded ownership in 2000. The four keepers dwellings can be rented for overnight stays. A good museum is housed in the fog signal building, which was built around 1900. Adjacent to the tower, is the lintel from the doorway of the original tower that was found in the surf by keeper Owens.
In 2008, renovations costing 1.6 million dollars were carried out on the public restrooms, fog signal building, and the tower, whose concrete had begun crumbling in recent years. As part of the work, a new copper roof was installed atop the lantern room, and the first-order Fresnel lens was relocated, along with its pedestal and drive mechanism, to the fog signal building. Fresnel lens expert Jim Woodward was brought in to oversee the dismantling, cleaning, and reassembling of the lens. The tower was reopened to visitors in February of 2009 but remains unpainted due to a lack of funds. A metal floor has been installed in the lantern room, and this large space, formerly filled by the Fresnel lens, makes for a great observation room.
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The day before this we had headed out toward Point Reyes, but there was a driving rain and a violent gale, which caused us to change our mind. Fortunately the next day was beautiful, and we managed to see deer, coyotes, elephant seals, countless raptors and other birds, a bobcat, a whale, and of course these elk. Tule Elk, Point Reyes National Seashore, California.
Sandy Point State Park, Maryland
This 3 exposure image was shot near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Maryland. One exposure for the sky, one for the water and the third exposure for the rocks. All manually blended in CS3. The use of the Vari-n-Duo ND filter gave me the long exposure needed for the smoothness of the water.
Prior to walking down to Haunted Bay I took advantage of the early morning lighting around Point Leseuer, this additional walking actually tired me out for the walk as it was a hot day. Here is a broader view of the point taken on Sunday 11th November, 2012.
Looks best on black
Photo By Steve Bromley.
Here's the view west and south from the trig point on top of North Berwick Law. It's a very prominent, though not particularly tall, hill in an otherwise flat expanse of coastal East Lothian - the remains of an ancient volcano, like the more famous Arthur's Seat (just visible in the far distance). On the horizon, left to right, you can see the Lammermuirs, Pentlands, Edinburgh, and Fife with the Firth of forth in front.
The weather was perfect, but I only had 1.5 hours to get from the harbour to the top, take pictures, and get back again for a boat trip. Next time I'll take it more slowly! Stitched panorama.
Canon EOS 5D mark III, Canon EF 24mm f/4L IS USM.
13x(24mm, f/10, 1/500, ISO 200).
Sunrise this morning at 50 point. This is my first frame of the morning... Sometimes all the planning means nothing, just shoot what you see!
Nikon D810 Ballet Photos of Pretty Ballerina Dancing in Malibu! Captured with the Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens and the 50mm Sigma Art Lens !
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I'm working on an anthology of classic, epic poetry, which begins with selections from Homer's Iliad and Odyssey! :) I've replaced the Roman names with the Greek names: "RAGE, Sing, O goddess, the rage of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Greeks. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another."
All the best on your epic hero's odyssey into the art of photography!
Nikon D810 Beautiful Ballerina Dancers! Goddesses Dancing Ballet! Ballet amongst the California Spring Wildflowers!
Very seldom do I decide to leave an image alone except for a few minor adjustments. I liked the subtle feel to the image as well as the subtle color. I don't know the name of the plant, so anyone with that knowledge, please speak up.
Now that we are deep into winter the opportunities to get out with the camera are more limited. After a couple of weeks of inclement weather yesterday brightened so I ventured out. This bloke was alone on a sand spit and only walked away as I got close. Such a dramatic species and so elegant in flight too.