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The Vital Spark was a fictional Clyde Puffer made popular in short stories published in the Glasgow evening news in 1905 by Neil Munro . It later got made into several T.V series through time where a nation got introduced to Para Handy , Dan McFail and sunny Jim on there funny mishap adventures ferrying cargo between the islands
Friends of mine asked me to shoot them for their band pics, appropriately, the band name is Spark Notes, so I had to use sparklers, on the shore of Sarasota Bay with the city in the background,with a roman candle for some bling....
Ethernet plug.
No, this is an unmanipulated single-capture macro image without digital additions...
Yes. It’s visual trickery :)
What I did was place the RJ45 plug in front of my PC screen and then using Corel Painter I used a particle brush to paint the spark behind the plug on the LCD screen which formed the background. I did the painting while viewing the result through the camera as that made it quicker to get the height and dimensions correct.
As you can probably tell from the quality it’s more of a proof of concept than a refined work, but time was short and this was already Plan B. I think it was more successful than I anticipated, though like all experiments I’d do it differently next time. The main problem with using it for a macro was the pixelation in the screen background which becomes obvious if you zoom the image. I really needed to focus a bit nearer to the camera to blur the background.
I guess the best result would be with adding the spark digitally after the capture using Painter. But, for me anyway, I didn’t feel that was in the spirit of the Macro Mondays group challenge Plugs and Jacks, for which this was created.
The image is cropped to a three-inch width to fit in the group's limits.
Curiously Plan A was helpful too. The idea there was to use the PC screen as a polarised light source and put a polarising filter on the lens to generate wonderful colour highlights through the plastic (which changes the polarity of the light).
Well, wonderful they were but there is so little plastic in the plug we really needed to be a micro group to see it.
But what I did discover is that you can use the polariser on the lens to vary the perceived brightness of the LCD screen and its background image, which helps to balance it with the ambient lighting on the object in front.
I shall leave you with a final thought which seems apposite: We have the technology... it’s just the cable we’re missing :)
Thanks for taking time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Macro Mondays!!!
[Tripod; remote release; manual focus in LiveView; VR off.
LCD screen and ambient daylight.
Processed in Affinity Photo using Levels to drop the background to black. Selectively changed the colour temperature of the plug to harmonize the ambient light with the PC screen background; sharpened mainly using a High Pass filter in Linear Light blend mode.
Crop; cleaned up using Inpainting brush (Healing tool), and then sharpened overall with Unsharp Mask.]
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My spark for this photo was an ink well I found at an antique mall this past weekend. My background was an old Coke-a-Cola crate.
A hidden spark of the dream sleeps
In the forest and waits
In the celestial spheres of the brain.
Dejan Stojanovic
tones: AllEdges and Bärbel's PS/PSE actions
texture: flypaper
wish you a wonderful new week :)
Ever since I started using the inside of Riley's coat I had this one in mind.
Beauty dish from above bare and tight snoot from below gelled blue. Lens cap on, change focus to 1m and aperture to f22. Torch with pin pricked card exposed for 10 seconds and lens cap on again. Tripod swap, aperture change to f11 and closest focus. Cap off and lit the inside of Riley's coat from all angles.
Shot during a single long exposure with tweaks to contrast and crop in Lightroom.
Spark! heading the Halloween Parade in Paisley on 30th October and performing on stage with their trademark LED drum set. Great show!
The Fishing Boat "Vital Spark" anchored in Inverary Harbour on Loch Fyne, Scotland, as a rainbow appears over the autumnal hills of Argyle & Bute.
Backstage at Electrixmas is where new alliances are born. Flashback to last year: Format & Welle:Erdball.
"Spark of Hope" 2017
Und immer wieder ruft das Matterhorn. An unserem diesjährigen Matterhorn-Workshop zeigten wir unseren Teilnehmern neben den bekannten Ansichten auch einige unbekanntere Orte. Dieser hier ist sicher ein etwas weniger bekannter Ort, zumindest unter Fotografen. Eigentlich habe ich mich gewundert, dass es von diesem Standpunkt aus noch nicht viele Bilder davon gibt. Mir persönlich gefällt er ganz gut und an diesem Morgen (am Morgen vor Workshopbeginn) passte mir auch das Licht dazu.
For all birders there is one that lit the torch and started the journey - the spark bird. For me, it was, and sill is, the majestic Great Blue Heron.
After this rough year, I only hold fragile hopes for this new year.
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A sparking third rail as a Metra train crosses Well Street in downtown Chicago, IL.
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One flash: Yongnuo 560-iii
In front of subject
off camera
triggered with flash from camera
Used to freeze motion at 1/128
As seen from Inveraray Castle Gardens, Argyll.
Those of a certain age will remember the TV series in Scotland with Para Handy.
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This morning's gorgeous sunrise at the Spark Plug.
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The best time to climb Mount Ijen (2799 M above sea level) is at 3 am (from Paltuding basecamp). Because it takes time to reach its peak about 2 hours. That's when we could see the beautiful sunrise from the heights. But the struggle of two hours is not easy, it takes physically tough and endless patience. Because of impassable terrain quite heavy (especially for those who have never done outdoor activities, hiking). From the start we are faced with an uphill road is quite steep and it's very exhausting, not to mention we have to deal with the cold mountain air that ranged from 7 to 5 degrees Celsius.
But do not worry, all efforts will be rewarded when it reached the top of the mountain that has the largest crater in the world. So many amazing sights we see here.
This is the picture when the sun shows his form for the first time from behind the mountains that surround the crater of Ijen.
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Sexy outfit from United Colors, available in lots of colors.
Fatpack has a texture hud , for the body's Maitreya, Slink and Belleza.
Tableau Vivant \\ Starry Night \\ Updo - Redheads from a former Gacha :)
Decor Provided by Alles Klaar .
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