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Often I feel like a lot of SL photos aim to look as real as possible... I strive for that as well.
This is the opposite of that
Striving for that perfect black and white flower shot, whatever that might be.
I am not a "flower photographer", but I do enjoy the challenge of getting a good flower shot. And while I don’t always know what kind of flower I am shooting, on a good day, I can usually tell a rose from a daisy.
I still remember this tree years later, and it took me much longer to process this shot than I'd expected. It's not perfect, but it conveys the message I felt well when I first saw this guy striving for life in old age and after weathering many storms. It's on an exposed ridgeline in Patagonia, and as anyone who's been there during a storm knows... this guy has seen some insane conditions and lived through it all.
Tra due individui, l'armonia non è mai scontata, deve essere continuamente conquistata.
Simone de Beauvoir
Due steli di ninfea si appoggiano l'uno all'altro quasi a volersi sostenere in un punto in cui lo stagno riflette il cielo
#catajo #ninfee #lilly #couple #coppia #fiori #flowers #balance #equilibrio #sostegno #love #foglie #leaves
Looking close... on Friday! theme : Flowers in Unexpected Places
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Still striving for that perfect black and white flower shot, whatever that might be.
I am not a "flower photographer", but I do enjoy the challenge of getting a good flower shot. And while I don’t always know what kind of flower I am shooting, on a good day, I can usually tell a rose from a daisy.
ᴄᴜᴄᴀ | ᴇʟɪᴊᴀʜ ᴘᴏsᴇ sᴇᴛ
ʟᴀɴᴅɢʀᴀғғ | ᴄᴏʀʀᴜᴘᴛᴇᴅ - ғᴀᴄᴇ sᴄᴀʀs
ʟᴀɴᴅɢʀᴀғғ | ʀᴇsᴜʀʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴇʏᴇs
ᴠᴇɴᴅᴇᴛᴛᴀ sᴋɪɴs | ᴍᴀxɪᴍᴇ sᴋɪɴ -ʟᴇʟᴜᴛᴋᴀ ᴇᴠᴏ x
ᴍᴀᴢᴢᴀʀᴏ | ᴅɪʟʟᴏɴ sᴇᴛ
I strive to get shots full frame. It's not always possible when the birds are too far away. I hope you know what I mean.
Forster's tern
Sterna forsteri
Member of Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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Taken during one off my 1on1 workshops at antwerp.
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Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Redscaled Konica Minolta VX Super 200 + Double Exposure.
No 8. (1:6:6)
Who would have thought that such a beautiful place could be inadvertently stumbled upon - just outside Watford!
UPDATE! March 01st 2012.
This photograph has been bought by the very lovely and talented 'Slakah the Beatchild' an independent record producer and singer/songwriter based in Canada; for his new album released this year (2012) under the name of his altar ego 'Slakahdeliq'. The album is called 'The Other Side of Tomorrow' and is available for digital download here, on a 'free or pay what you can basis' (as of Feb/March 2012 anyway).
Check it out if you get a chance, you never know you might discover a musician you never knew you liked! :)
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I had numerous cameras and film with me - so it's been interesting how each combination of film and camera has responded to what was for me, a joyful and unexpected discovery. (The sensory memory of which, bottled somewhere deep in my limbic system, will live with me more powerfully than any image.) I'll be 'drip-feeding' you all images from this poppy field well into the Winter I suspect! ;)
1 Field of Poppies
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Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure (this one).
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)
This one - part of my ongoing experiments with Redscale - moving from the blunt application of that banging colour, to explore other possibilities beyond that...The first roll was shot almost exclusively along the environs of Stokes Croft, Cheltenham Road & Gloucester Road and mostly graffiti. The intention of the second roll was to find mainstream advertising or images from more affluent areas of the city, or more pastoral/non urban environments. I did not line up the film, nor take notes, nor plan beyond striving for the principle of contrasting subjects. The negatives were returned uncut as requested, but I did get lab scans - any overlaps of one frame over another, are a result of this. I have cropped where I feel it is most helpful to do so, so any inclusion of frame overlap is these uploaded images has been an active choice. I will almost certainly return to the negs with a home scanner to search for alternative compositions to complement these.
In some cases I have found the results quite 'dark' and unsettling in mood - quite a refreshing departure for my stream. I plan to explore this some more.
Redscaling.
Basically it involves taking a roll of ordinary 'bog standard' print film, reversing it and respooling it into another film canister (all done in a dark bag) so that the light is exposed on 'the wrong side of the film' when you take a shot. You then lose two 'stops' on the optimal exposure conditions from the original. It gets developed in exactly the same way as print film, but be prepared for the technician to be a little startled (at best) or a little irritated (at worst) when they realise that something very odd has happened to the film. :)
Finally got this piece mounted and framed and hanging on my wall ready for a group exhibition throughout July at Leicester Adult Education College.
'Striving forms' - resist-dyed and collaged paper - 91cm x 135cm -
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A few facts about my photography:
1.I have had my share of ridicule from people (in flickr) about my style of photos, and
I thank them for making me strive to improve further
2.I used to hate taking photos of: landscapes, flora and fauna – I take it all back
3.My favorite genre in photography? – Portraits and Street photography
(candid/dramatic)
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Waking up to another wet, foggy day in Toronto. Best seen large by clicking on the photo. Have a great as t week everyone!
He always seems that real life is about to begin but every time there was a ordeal to overcome an obstacle in the way must be passed, the work to be done, religion must be paid, and time must be spent, so life begins, but I finally came to understand that these things were Life is
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Han ser alltid ut til at virkeligheten er i ferd med å begynne, men hver gang det var en prøvelse for å overvinne et hinder i veien må passeres, arbeidet som skal gjøres, religion må betales, og tid må tilbringes, så livet begynner, men livet begynner, men Jeg kom endelig til å forstå at disse tingene var livet er
Always striving to go places not many others have is one of my constant goals when it comes to railfanning. I don't see any fun in going to the places that hundreds of unoriginal, boring sheep have milked dry to oblivion such as the iron range, LS&I, Trona, or the Columbia River gorge. On my recent fully self-funded trip (springowski could never), I wanted to explore the deep south and its plethora of rarely documented shortlines, as well as some actually enjoyable class 1 action that the two eastern roads can't provide. Among my main targets was Alabama and Gulf Coast and their newly acquired fleet of GEs. One of those, ex Conrail C40-8W #4055, recieved G&W's 125th anniversary heritage paint. I thankfully timed my trip while it was being used on the turn job from Columbus, Mississippi to Boligee, Alabama and back. Here it is paired with a Columbus and Greenville SD40 as they build their train to head south. This is seriously one of the best looking engines I've ever seen. Hats off to G&W for doing this shit. The train would wait a few minutes as Golden Traingle would depart in front of them, and they themselves would make Watco's Alabama Southern wait at their diamond in the southern part of town. Columbus is an extremely underrated little railroad hotspot with 4 different shortlines and 2 class 1s running locals to town. More deep south content is to come.
“All strive for victory. But not all understand what it truly is. To a soldier or pilot on the line, victory is surviving the current battle. To a politician, victory is an advantage one can bring to a bargaining table. To a warrior, victory is driving an enemy from the field of battle, or bringing him to surrender.
Sometimes victory is greater than the warrior could ever hope for. Sometimes it is more than he is able to hear.”
- Thrawn
It all started almost two months ago with an idea. Make something for May 4th (I’m late, I know, but cut me some slack). Me and Jan, the Creator are both big fans of the Imperial architecture seen in the Star Wars universe and wanted to do something large in size. After some hours of researching, looking through many concept arts and designs, the plans were put together and we set out to build our creations.
~ Platform ~
The starting point for me here was the platform on which the custom Tie Fighter (designed by Jerac) and many minifigs are standing on. One piece of concept art / Imperial structure we found was a large landing platform on Kashyyyk. To get the shaping right, a combination of corner slopes, hinges and many larger tiles were used to get the look. Since the surrounding area was to be terrain, I went with Dark Orange as the color for the ground. I purposefully left this area more flat and basic to leave attention towards the base. I also wanted a small area below the platform to store speeders which also helps break up the bottom area, giving it some action.
~ Base ~
The base itself was built in two main sections and some medium sized segments at the top. Walls here uses various tiles in LBG and DBG to form this Imperial architecture design. Was quite a challenge later on with the lack of tiles in certain areas so I had to get creative in how I would spread them. Instead of just using regular tile, I also made use of sandwhich tiles, corner faucet cut tiles and some snot to built up this area. Lots of other elements were used for detail including some DBG frames that I attached to tiles to create this column in the middle wall. The key thing while working on this was to keep a balance of simplicity and detail, something that can get lost while working on a larger creation. As we get to the top, you can see more detail and extras, like crates and dishes that populate this area.
~ Minifigs ~
The last thing I want to discuss is the minifigs used throughout the build. The Imperial selection of officers, troopers and crew is very extensive so once again, keeping a balance was important. Me and Jan wanted to include characters like Grand Admiral Thrawn and Moff Tarkin to give these creations a bit more purpose. Perhaps they’re here to inspect something new, here for a strategy session, the point is these two give a presence, even with being two small minifigs. The Death Troopers additionally work well to complement those, giving you once again the feeling that there are things at work here.
Thank you to CTR Bricks for helping edit the picture.
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~Noah
See more of this build by watching this YouTube video.
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