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For Macro Mondays - Spiky.
37 subimages stacked in Zerene. Speedlight bounced off black background. Black flag, bottom. Silver reflector, top right.
2 inches in greatest dimension.
When I saw the final image, I had the uneasy feeling that I has seen it before... check out this link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dylan%27s_Greatest_Hits
For Macro Mondays - Spiral.
Toyo 45G. Nikon 120mm/5.6 AM*ED Macro Lens. Ilford FP4+@100. B+W Yellow filter, 1-stop. F22 @ 1/125s. Normal development in Rodinal @1:25 for 9 minutes.
Single strobe with grid front left.
One can find both clockwise and counterclockwise spiral patterns in the sunflower seeds, and the number of seeds in a given spiral is a Fibonacci number - 34 and 55 are two adjacent numbers in the Fibonacci sequence that are often seen. For more information momath.org/home/fibonacci-numbers-of-sunflower-seed-spirals/.
2.5 inches in greatest dimension (1.6x)
Aphrodite.
Macro Mondays - Smoke.
Speedlight with grid and red gel, left.
Three inches in greatest dimension.
Portrait of a really clean and brightly coloured adult male Little Whip Snake that I found coiled beneath a sheet of tin beside the house yesterday. I was so taken with him that I couldn’t resist taking a couple of images before returning him back to his cover.
For Macro Mondays - Motion Blur
My intention was to freeze the leaf with the strobe, and capture the motion blur of the falling water drops in the ambient light. I applied the water stream to the leaf with a syringe - the stream moved the leaf down and to the right, into the ambient light, and the drop fell into a dark area lit mostly by the strobe. The image that resulted was the opposite of what I had intended, but I liked it...
Strobe with grid, left. Silver reflector, right.
2.75 inches in greatest dimension.
For Macro Monday - Pin Badge.
"Collegium Sancti Petri Caeseriense"
"The seal of the college was designed in 1930. It is a peacock surmounting a rock, a couple of crossed keys, and the legend "in perpetuum." The peacock is symbolic of the soul finding immortality after death; the rock symbolizes St. Peter as the "rock" upon which the church was built; the keys represent the keys to heaven, and the words "in perpetuum," denote the hope of going on forever." - from the college website.
The St. Peter's colors are blue and white - the peacock is the school mascot.
The lapel pin is 17mm wide x 16mm high.
For Macro Mondays - Green.
Speedlight with grid, left. Speedlight with diffuser and black flag above, directed at goldenrod in background. 56 subimages stacked in Zerene.
2.25 inches in greatest dimension.
Oriental bittersweet is an invasive perennial vine introduced in the US in the late 1800s. The initial capsules are green - they eventually split, revealing a yellow skin and a red berry.
For Macro Mondays - Dried.
Focus stack 60 subs.
Strobe with grid 45 Degrees left. Overhead speedlight with grid and black flag. White rerflector card right.
The rose is 2.375 inches in greatest dimension.
For Macro Mondays - Wood.
A detail from a wooden bowl made by my good friend Everette.
Single speedlight with reflector bowl and grid, above and behind, left. 50 subs focus-stacked.
2.4 inches in greatest dimension.
For Macro Mondays - Reflection.
Speedlight with snoot, lower right. Speedlight, low power with diffusion gel, behind left.
A link to the poem by John Boyle O'Reilly poets.org/poem/white-rose.
3 inches in greatest dimension.
For Macro Mondays - Monochrome.
Speedlight with reflector bowl and handheld diffuser, left. White reflector, right.
2.625 inches in greatest dimension.
For Macro Mondays - Reels.
Lightbox. Speedlight with snoot directed at upper portion of tape reel.
Cassette tape reel.
2.75 inches in greatest dimension.
Staples for Macro Monday. Info - each staple is 1/4 inch high re scale.
One looks around the house and there are many items that are single use only with no way to re-use them. Staples are one of them. There is just no way to personally recycle them.
For Macro Mondays - Tree Bark.
Speedlight with grid, feathered, left. Silver reflector, right..
One of a few small birch logs that have been serving an ornamental function in our fireplace for many years...
2.75 inches in greatest dimension.
Portrait of a stunning adult male Collett's Snake (Pseudechis colletti).
Taken on a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR coupled to a Laowa APO Macro Dreamer 100/2.8 lens.
Tripod, manual focus and settings. Full Elinchrom D Lite 4 IT studio lighting utilized.
A study for this weeks Macro Mondays theme, "Guilty Pleasure..."
Glenmorangie Scotch in a small tulip-shaped dessert wine glass. Speedlight in 3-foot softbox acting as a scrim.
While I am pleased with the technical aspects, including the pour, I feel that the image doesn't read as Scotch but wine, due to the shape of the glass...
PS - I finally decided to go with the high key concept here...
2.375 inches in greatest dimension.
The orchid is backlit by a softbox acting as a scrim - a snoot is providing additional light on the center of the main orchid.
Toyo 45G View Camera Fujinon A 240mm f/9. Ilford FP4+ @125. 1/60 sec f/16 ASA 125.
Standard development in Ilfosol-3 @1:9 dilution.
Printed on Ilford MG Fiber Classic - Glossy. Ilford MG Developer @1+9. Six seconds exposure with dodging of the central petals and 3 seconds burning of the leaves and stem.
Despite taking all of the expected measures, my developing time for this contact print was uncomfortably fast. I have ordered some silver chloride photo paper, which is much slower, and I may experiment with one of the old school developers...
Adult female Woma Python portrait. Captive specimen.
Canon 5D IV, Laowa Macro Dreamer 100/2.8. Lit with an Elinchrom kit.
For Macro Mondays - Sticker.
The Apple decal that came with my iMac Pro laptop.
Speedlight with red gel, grid, and handheld diffuser, rear.
The decal is 2.75 inches square.
For Macro Monday - Superstition
Aces over Eights - the hand that Wild Bill Hickock was holding when he was shot in the back of the head by Jack McCall. Since then, this has been felt to be an inauspicious hand...
The entire event is shrouded in legend, but the hole card has been a particular source of contention...
Speedlight with red gel, grid, left - lighting cards. Speedlight with blue gel, snoot and black flag lighting smoke in front of cards, right.
2.875 inches in greatest dimension.
For Macro Mondays - Liquid
Water in a small 40ml graduated cylinder. A 600ml graduated cylinder is in the background.
Speedlight with yellow gel illuminating black background. Silver reflector above and behind, aimed at base of graduated cylinder.
3 inches in greatest dimension,.
For Macro Mondays - Junk Drawer.
I do not have access to my personal junk drawer at the moment. However, I spotted this item in my favorite thrift shop (all proceeds support animal rescue.) The quartz clock no longer works, but who could part with this cool and handy compass? It is clearly destined for my junk drawer...
The subject is 2.5 inches in greatest dimension.
I have been going through the archives to prepare a gift for my sister - a book of photos I have taken of her dogs. This is Nessie as a wee pup.
For Macro Mondays - Key.
An old Craftsman drill that I have owned for many years.
Speedlight with snoot aimed at key gear teeth. Silver reflector, right, bouncing light from speedlight with grid aimed above subject, left.
2 5/8 inches in greatest dimension.
The look that say's.. why you interrupting me?
Great Grey Owl... a real favourite of mine
Such a majestic bird that had plenty to say about his studio photographic day
Another from the Captive light session with Ade,
using studio lighting... tried for a very low light one here
Was so pleased to see the White Faced Owl got into Explore, and so many of you liked him...Thank you