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You know, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
And I'm a million different people from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
R.Ashcroft
Cornus Kousa Fruit.
A bit of a last minute job for this week’s Macro Mondays sidelit theme. Oh to have a photographic studio with darkroom blinds! It probably wouldn’t be as much fun though...
This is the strawberry-like fruit of one of my favourite trees, the Cornus Kousa (variously called the Korean or Japanese Dogwood or even the Szechuan Strawberry). This year the fruit have been prolific though they are beginning to drop now as Autumn progresses.
This smallish tree has a spreading habit and gives light shade, so it’s a great tree for a not very big garden. Around May for about six weeks it is covered with large white flower-like bracts (which last much longer than flowers would), and then later you get the red fruit and nice Autumn leaf colours. You can eat the fruit but when we checked with the Royal Horticultural Society they said it wasn’t up to much so I haven’t tried.
For the sidelit theme I wanted to take something with lots of texture that would pop into relief with the hard directional light. At first I thought of a thimble but reckoned that would be popular for exactly that reason, so my second thought was this thing. I’d wanted to take a macro of one for a while in any case, so it’s a bit of self-indulgence really :) .
You probably have the idea that this was finely crafted in some professional studio set-up. Come on, you ought to know me better by now! It was taken on a cardboard box in my daughter’s bedroom with the curtains shut, while kneeling on the floor. Black card underneath and behind the fruit and a hand-held pencil torch for the lighting (trying to avoid lighting the card). Jolly uncomfortable :)
Working in the dark for focusing was annoying fun but with a bit of tweaking I got there. Time was limited so I only took six shots. Bit risky that (normally I end up taking dozens learning as I go).
Fairly straightforward processing; probably the most influential thing was the crop: wide format, off centre with plenty of space around. Hope it works for you. The fruit is 2.2cm wide so the whole image is well within the guideline for the group – yay!
The final image reminds me of some electron microscope pictures I have seen of viruses, hence the title.
As ever thanks for taking time to look and perhaps read. I appreciate your interest. I hope you enjoy the image!
[Tripod mounted; delayed shutter release; VR off to stop motor shake; manually focused using LiveView. Into LR for the basics: darkened the blacks to get rid of the light on the card; boosted the clarity. Into Affinity Photo for added saturation and to get rid of a cyan shadow cast we picked up from somewhere; Topaz Detail for sharpening at a medium general level.]
White ribbon is a salute to the medical professionals on the front line of the corona virus pandemic 15. Although the jobs of the doctors, nurses and other medical support staff are to attend to the sick, these desperate times call for their assistance at an all time high that also puts them at an equal level of danger. To the real heroes out there, we salute you.
Items in photo
CLOTHING
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Maddison
Mask by: KitCat @ Mainstore
AMITOMO - Color Noise GACHA - Maitreya - 13 (Gacha) by: Amitomo @ Mainstore
Blueberry - Evie - Jeans by: Blueberry @ Mainstore
Converse by: ROC @ Marketplace
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Sage
Denim Zip-up Jacket By: Gabriel @ Mainstore
Rolled Jeans by: Native Urban @ Mainstore
Another 1 Sneakers by: Native Urban @ Mainstore
Noen Hair by: Sintiklia @ Mainstore
DECOR
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Twenty Four Hour Market by: Minimal (Gacha) @ Mainstore
POSE
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Restless shopping cart by: Anxiety @ Mainstore (Made Shopping cart invisible to fit with minimal cart)
Fat lot of good The World Health Organisation are. Today they issued an urgent warning that the Manhole Virus is becoming pandemic. Too flippin' late for me. Must have caught it off Kim www.flickr.com/photos/digitalfemme57/sets/72157623329104254/ or Gary www.flickr.com/photos/garageowns/4878882158/ or some other flickr reprobate.
SO TAKE HEED : If you suddenly stop on a manhole cover and find your camera inexorably starting to point down towards your feet, DO NOT CLICK THE SHUTTER. Once clicked, you are infected. There is no known cure except chucking your camera in the nearest river.
Flowering profusely in this warm and sunny weather. Can't get out much because of virus lockdown so now working on plant portraits.
Confinement pendant la 1ère vague du coronavirus. J'y vois un visage de femme qui regarde son reflet effacé.
MAINSTORE-Normandy Sat.Sale Nov.19, Static outfit
Normandy Maintstore:
This is an alternate entry for this week's Macro Mondays - Member's Choice (Games and Game Pieces); it's a bunch of very small (approximately 8mm each side), coloured plastic cubes which are used to represent the four viruses in the cooperative board game 'Pandemic'. While my wife and I love the game it's very hard to play on the actual board so we bought the version on iPad which is much easier to manage.
A focus stack of 21 images processed in Helicon Focus. Cropping & straightening in Lightroom. Extensive dust / speck removal in Photoshop. Clarity, vibrance and sharpening in Lightroom.
the dots are for fun
to make things lighter
but not only that
they have a dark side too
the dots are a metaphor
the things i have to deal with feel like a virus
by putting the dots on
i make my pain visible
by washing the dots away
i feel like being able to cope with it
i know this might sound rather crazy, but at least i am not religious :-)
with his lawyer reading criminal code (R)...
and a victim explaining what happened (L)...
avec son avocat qui lui explique ses droits (à droite)...
et une victime racontant ses déboires (à gauche)...
Covid19 lockdown day 24. Today is a full moon day. Largest “pink moon” this year, I am told. Today is also the day when the US crossed 400000 cases and 12000 deaths from the Coronavirus. As I admired the details of our only satellite through the Nikon 200 500...I realized that I was looking at the one place that was 100% virus free. (Some folk climbed the Mt.Everest last week, so one can’t be a 100% sure if the highest point on earth is virus-free.) Moon enjoy it while it lasts. We humans have the capability to screw up any celestial object.
it is autumn and the streets of Melbourne have thinned out and a lady in red appears suitably attired and I grab the shot from the hip
Confinement jour 35 / Lockdown day 35
En direct des studios de confinement
Rien à dire de nouveau aujourd'hui, donc pas de discours long et indigent comme une intervention présidentielle ou ministérielle...
En France, les politiques parlent (*) et, presque partout ailleurs, ils travaillent…
C'est même à ça qu'on les reconnait !
Et les citoyens responsables ne les écoutent plus depuis bien longtemps, et c'est tant mieux (on aura l'occasion d'en reparler avec les masques artisanaux multicolores du carnaval du 11 mai)
(*) toutes tendances confondues !
Plus ludique et moins déprimant, un petit commentaire sur la photo :
Reproduction en porcelaine et à échelle réduite (18 cm de haut) d'un masque de théâtre Nô japonais (Zô-onna, visage de femme) et boule à picots pour machine à laver.
Deux objets qui n'auraient jamais imaginé être associés un jour !
Le Coronavirus renverse définitivement toutes les idées reçues et perturbe sérieusement ma raison… ou ce qu'il en reste !…
Nota (Communiqué du professeur Raoult) : Le masque Nô ne protège pas des virus ! Dommage !
Bon confinement à tous et "Take care !"
Le journal complet du confinement et des chroniques de la guerre :
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There is a major lock down everywhere in the whole world. People are fighting for their lives, food. In my country the price of the mask had gone up. Just a week ago they implemented no mask no entry to the market. Will remain in the lock down till 14.4.2020. Hopefully everyone stay safe.