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The leds must be positioned inside so that they convey the light to the tip of the tail skeleton. You can melt slightly the tip so it reflects there.
Night shots of Needle Felted Angler Fish. He has the working LED light in his "fishing rod". He is felted over a foam base & is about the size of a basketball.
In English:
So here is the second installment of my monthly self portrait series. I am a little late in taking the shot and posting it, but that's because I was waiting on my new light stands and shoot-through umbrellas that were shipped to me here in France.
Now, the philosophic part:
During November, the frantic pace of school in France has become even more frantic. Each week I have had a different "contrôle continu" (read: quiz worth a sixth of my grade or thereabouts) in one of my classes. And each week, I have felt more or less like I am improving on each one. However, my scores are still not anywhere near where I would like them to be. The grading system in France is very different than in the United States. Everything that we do is scored out of 20. On my first "contrôle continu" in dynamics, I received a 1 out of 20. Ouch. On my first Stress contrôle I got 6 out of 20. Vibrations was maybe 4 and I just took my second contrôle in dynamics which will probably be around 4 or 5 as well. However, the average passing grade in these classes is MUCH lower. For a class of normal difficulty as low as a 10 or 8 is a passing grade and for very difficult classes like dynamics, a 5 is sometimes a passing grade (based on the curve). My study habits are starting to be refined and I am for the first time in my life going to a weekly tutor, which has helped loads with understanding all the things that go on that the professors assume the French students know, but that us international students don't. I'm still fearful of failing classes, but I feel like I can scrape by this semester and will be a-ok for next semester.
Now the photographical part:
The title of this picture also applies to my photography. Now that I have my light stands, flashes, and umbrellas and the various other pieces, I feel like I can start taking this portrait thing seriously. The above photo has barely been photoshopped, The only thing I did was darken the shadows on the ground and on my face a little bit. There is a flash through an umbrella camera right, and a bare flash behind the rhino, both at half power. Which, of course, brings me to the rhino. This guy is just sitting over by the humanities building on our campus and from time to time people paint him different colors. I don't know why and I don't think it can be explained, except by saying that this is France. Things are different here. The generally odd proportionality in the photo is created, for all you non-photographically technically inclined, by using an ultrawide angle lens. My left hand in this shot is about 2 inches from the lens in this shot, which means that from the cameras perspective, it is a lot larger than the rest of my body. The same thing goes for the head of the rhino. It is a proportionally correct (in terms of the sizes of all the parts) in real life but here the head, and especially the horn look a lot bigger. Pretty cool stuff, eh?
Anywho, there's the update on school and photography, I hope all of you people back home are doing well. Thanks for reading this and keeping tabs on me, as I am not the best at keeping in touch with people.
En français: (et un peu plus court parce que ce n'est pas vraiment obligatoire d'expliquer le system des notes françaises pour les francophones)
C'est le deuxième realisation de mon serie des portraits-autonômes. Elle a été prise un peu en retard parce que j'attendais pour la livraison des Etats-Unis des materiaux comme les pieds lumières, les parapluies photographiques, et des autres choses comme ça.
La partie philosophique;
Pout ce mois-là. le titre de ma photographie est "Saisir la bête et ne pas le lâcher!" En novembre, j'ai commencé d'assez reussir dans mes cours. Chaque semaine, je passait un contrôle continu dans un de mes sujets et chaque semaine je me sens que je me suis amélioré. J'ai pas encore recevoir des vrais bonnes notes, mais je suis assez sûr maintenant que j'ai la capacité de passer mes cours cette semêstre. C'est bizarre pour moi ici avec les notes encore. Aux Etats-Unis, il faut recevoir plus que 70% dans un cours pour le passer (imaginez: plus que 14 et normalement une note moyen est comme 85 vers 100% (17-20)) Alors c'est assez déprimé quand je reçoit un 4 ou 5 ou moins ici en France. Mais ça va, j'ai commencé d'être étudiant français, Je vais le faire.
La partie photographique;
La titre de ma photo signifie aussi le début de mes photographies portraits. J'ai maintenant des flashs, des pieds pour les flashs et les parapluies, alors je peux commencer joeur avec l'éclairage pour bien améliorer mes photos. Cette photo-là a été prise avec flash avec parapluie à la droite du appareil et un flash derrière le rhino, les deux à demi-puissance. La perspective (avec la grosse main et tête du rhino) a été realisé avec un objectif grand-angle. Ma main est seulement quelques centimètres du objectif ici. Et le rhinocéros? Il est juste ici au campus d'INSA. De temps en temps il est repeint. Je ne comprends pas, mais c'est cool.
Merci pour le lire! C'est ma vie en France pour le mois de novembre. A plus!
Strboist:
Flash through shoot-through umbrella camera right at 1/2 power.
Bare flash on top of waste bin behine the rhino at 1/2 power.
These dolts decided to go right up the steep side of the big dune outside Stovepipe Wells. I don't think they thought this through. Switchbacks exist for a reason, guys.
Olympus 40-150 @ 150mm.
This was in amongst the plant stems in the insect border....looks like the plants are doing what was intended!
A wider angle view from further away at Quality Falls, near Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. This is really a great little hike and a terrific place to explore, with barely a soul to interupt your party. This photo was taken in the fall, at very low flow in Quality Creek. In June the waterall has quite a different look, with a lot of snow melt and fresh rainfall draining out of the hills. Either way, I think both looks are great.
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Strobist L102 1.1: Straight-on flash. My trusty model, Kawaii Bunny, endures a flash in the face.
Note: the flash is actually at about 5-10 degrees. As it was mounted on a light stand, this was the closest I could get to head-on, pop-up camera flash.
I think as photographers we are perhaps more aware of certain things that (at least visually) happen in our surroundings. I've lived in the same location for about 6 years, and over that time I have noticed that for only a few weeks each year a great photo opportunity happens at sunset.
Near the winter solstace, when the sun is the most southernly in the sky for the Northern Hemisphere, the angle of the setting sun against the windows of several local buildings lines up perfectly with my apartment for an amazing reflection. This doesn't happen other times of the year so far as I have noticed.
I took this photo of the reflections two years ago...nearly to the date.
I disturbed this when I was cutting the hedge and it landed on a car tyre.The camera's focused on the tyre but it's not too bad.
Moth Weekend
From my home Moth Trap. This moth was already vibrating his wings - warming up his flight muscles and getting ready to fly off so had to shoot quickly.
From Butterfly Conservation:
An unmistakeable and distinctive moth with pinkish-brown markings. The wings are folded along the body at rest which gives the impression of a withered autumn leaf.
The adults are attracted to light and feed on flowers of Common Reed and other grasses. They are frequently seen during the day, resting in the open, on walls, fences or vegetation. They overwinter as larvae so the caterpillars can be seen all year round, feeding in mild weather. They usually pupate in a cocoon just under the soil.
Path around the Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool
My first time actually inside the cathedral, although a very prominent landmark in the city. It is at once brutal but striking. A great monolithic round reaching skyward with its lantern tower. Inside, brilliantly coloured stained glass panels illuminate the vast minimalist void, pews arranged in the round, encircling a large raised marble alter.