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You may be surprised to learn that it’s a single photograph rather than a double exposure or multiple images blended in Photoshop. So how did I pull it off?
Imagine a bus shelter with a row of mailboxes standing close behind it. The bus shelter is made of glass panels, which means that if you stand to the side of the shelter, you can look simultaneously through its side and back walls. You will then see the numbers of mailboxes behind the shelter as well as the numbers of mailboxes to the side of the shelter, reflected off the side panel.
The framing and focusing were a bit tricky. To add to the challenge, I was standing at a crossroads so I had to watch out for passing cars, and it was raining. Luckily, both me and my camera survived and I got a couple of interesting shots.
The title of the photo refers to the film A Beautiful Mind about the mathematician John Nash, played by Russell Crowe. Spoiler alert: the plot includes lots of numbers and a mailbox.😉 Oh, and the title of the photo is also a sort of spoiler.
Lovely Super-Takumar 50mm lens decorated fairy LED lights. Used a square aperture filter to give square shape to the bokeh. Notice how it looks warmer on the inside of the lens due to a yellow tint that the glass gets from years of decay of its radiactive thorium glass element.
For a point of interest in this Macro Mondays Windowsill challenge, I was fortunate to have a "museum" of artifacts collected from my travels.
An apple snail shell, found in the marshes of the Myakka River in South Florida, was positioned on a rock from Coastal Maine. Carefully balancing on my windowsill, the scene was illuminated entirely by outdoor light, with the azalea blooms in the front yard as background.
Owings Mills, Maryland
April 24, 2020
Thanks everyone for the visits, comments and fav’s.
Happy Macro Monday!
Sunlight pouring in through a window in the old turf house Laufas. Being in that place was like being transported back in time.
Our co-founder Zoe visited the impressive ruins of this 12th Century abbey.
Villers Abbey was founded by monks of the Cistercian order back in 1146.
Fast forward almost 1,000 years, Villers Abbey is now home to impressive ruins, stunning gardens and even a microbrewery!
Our Daily Challenge; ECHO
Attempt to visualize waves and their reflections yielding an echo. I created this effect using a long time exposure while simultaneously changing the focal length.
Our co-founder Joris visited a 14th-century castle nestled into the Warche Valley - Reinhardstein Castle is open for tours and is a great sight to see on local hikes.
Once owned by a local lord and nobility, Reinhardstein Castle was saved from demolition by a professor and a team of volunteers and local crafters back in the groovy 1970s. These days, the castle is fully rebuilt and, as you can see, in excellent shape.
The museum Oud Amelisweerd is housed in an old mansion. Many rooms are directly connected by doors.
For a short period the museum hosted art of the Dutch artist Armando.
Looking down the side of the building at night catching the reflection of the building opposite. not done in photoshop, slight edits in lightroom.
One of the seldom days it seems that pollution didn't take over the sky around the east coast area in mainland China. Decided at around 5 in the afternoon to go for this sunset shoot, especially since living for so many years in Shanghai I really don't even have one nice shot of the somewhat iconic skyline, I really wanted to try my luck at the bund again today. Unfortunately the shot I did using the 10-stop filter was started a bit too late and I didn't anticipate the light to change so quickly, so my best shot of the evening was actually underexposed by 2.5 stops! Anyway, this was my second choice, just uploading here to comfort myself, will have to go back and try again sometime this summer.
The USAF Thunderbirds make a low pass over Austin, Texas, as part of Operation America Strong - a salute to front line medical staff and first responders during the COVID-19 crisis.
(c)Jon Etkins - jon@snikte.net
This image was taken after a snowstorm in a golf course by a drone . Over 200 feet the trail in golf course looks like a tree with some leaves or flowers on its branches. Those leaves or flowers are actually real trees. It was not easy to find this composition in the air. I spent almost 1 hr and 2 batteries and finally get this image done.
The weeks are blurring together... my days largely consist of day dreaming about golden light like this 😌
Melbourne, Australia