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The view from the gallery into the rotunda of the Public Library of Stockholm, designed by Gunnar Asplund.
In the back you can see the the main entrance.
See other pictures of this wonderful library here
The architectureal design annex of this library is the topic of my diploma work which is based on a real competition
Taken a few miles from our home, a bull moose browses on the vegetation that grows on the bottom of a pond. Browsing in water gives the moose a break from the constant torment of mosquitoes that bite the moose. Most often, cow moose are seen in the ponds, it's a real treat to see a bull browsing.
Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service - Worksop Fire Station - July 2021
Scania P270 - Rescue Pump
Scania P270 - Rescue Pump
Scania P380 - Water & Foam Unit
even on a bad day there's always somewhere round here that looks good...
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I've burned myself while capturing fire. Choked on smoke, inhaled dirt and spend hours cleaning up a mountain of baby powder all for the sake of atmosphere shots. I've chased birds up and down cliffs in Maine because I just "had" to have birds in the shot. This project has definitely taken me to places I've never been and even more so, proved that I have a very strong addiction to the art of photography and digital compositing.
The people around me have come to know what certain types of shots will take in terms of frustration and time. Tonights shot was no different! I had been browsing the internet on one of my many short tangents and came across one of my "virtual" Acquaintances most recent work and instantly felt the need to compete. Not with the same type of image, just a photo that rivaled the "wow" factor and work involved.
From the second I had mentioned to Joyce that I was going to go "epic" she knew that any plans to relax early were out the window. She likes to predict just how long a photo will take based solely on a few key points. What element I am playing with, what will I be creating from thin air and who's in the shot. Shots with Shawn are always a little bit more time consuming as the first 10 minutes are spent trying to both persuade him to do the shot and then calm him down. He's like a child on a sugar high. He has a hard time being serious for more than a second. However, he is nearly always able to pull it together and give me the emotion or action I'm looking for.
Well, after Joyce had the necessary information she made a prediction of around 3am for the finish time. I of course always tell her she's crazy and that it wont be that long. She just laughs and says "we'll see".
So what does it take to make someone explosively turn to water. I honestly had no idea! I had never attempted a composite with the use of water like this. I searched the internet and found a few crappy tutorials and a hand full of less than amazing images. The only images that were close to being what I was looking for were a few from old Gatorade ads. I knew I was going to have to wing the shit out o this one… But where to start?
Well, anytime I get to freeze action of moving things, I always smile. I love to freeze a single moment in time. Water unfortunately moves a slight bit faster than 1/250 of second and I was just not able to freeze water with the sharpness I have come to demand out of my photography. I'm not sure that I'd be able to achieve sharpness even with the Paul C. Buff Einstein Lights sync speed of 1/320. If I had powerful enough speed lights I would have opted for a different approach. I would have used the bulb setting and just used the speed lights super short flash duration to expose the shot rather than the shutter speed. This has worked in the past for freezing extremely fast moving objects like the rubber breaking from around a balloon falling in mid air, showing a ballon shaped blob of water. An event that is too fast for the human eye to see.
I had setup for the water shot by placing AB800s with Gridded soft boxes at both 9:00 & 3:00. My ability to composite the water was resting solely on getting a completely black background. Using a front light like the beauty dish would have illuminated the background and making the water useless. I had setup a black backdrop on what was officially the longest boom I've ever used. I had attached a c-stand arm to the end of my Avenger boom bringing the total length to just under 12 feet. After sandbagging the shit out of both the boom and stand I was able to stretch the full width of a Walmart black bed sheet on it, swing the whole wobbly rig over the pool all of that just to get a solid black backdrop!
I would pre focus then lock the camera in manual focus. Joyce would get water amounts varying from a cup to a bucket and we'd count down 3…2…1… She'd throw the water as I clicked the shutter. Capturing the water was simple yet not totally sharp. I knew I could do no better with the gear I had so I opted to except what I had and move on.
Shawn's shot was lit with the standard 3 point lighting. I had him put practice the pose and just as he got it I said "ok, now get in the pool" he looked confused and asked if I was serious. "of course, you're going to be turning to water, if you're not wet it just wouldn't look right" He reluctantly got in the pool and after 2 minutes of bitching about it being cold, Joyce decided to help him and splash him with water. After shawn was thoroughly wet, we got back to shooting. A process that took all of 10 minutes, 2 mintues if you subtract Shawn's theatrics!
It was now off to the digital world!
Post Production:
This is obviously where the magic happened. I masked shawn out in record time using the quick selection tool in Photoshop. This was the first time I'd ever used this tool and I don't know why I've never used it before! Its quick and pretty damn accurate. It's a secondary tool coupled with the magic wand. I suggest you try it.
After masking, I simply yet time consumingly overlaid selections from the best water shots. Using the natural highlights on his skin I essentially recreated his silhouette with water spray. I was then able to paint away areas of this head and body to give the impression that he was turning to water. This has to be the most abridged version of a post production process ever. This wasn't all together difficult just very time consuming. There is over 60 layers of water. Every area of his skin that is being "liquified" has an actual overlay of water as an edge. This gives a more realistic appearance and helps sell the overall effect. I wasn't sure about the background but knew that solid black was just not right. I played with a few different types of gradients and settled on my good friend mr. circular gradient.
So this was definitely one of those images where I had to force myself to say "I'm done" I knew I could have gone on for ever. I'm sure I could have replaced the background with some crazy image of a city turning to water or some shit like that. I instead opted to call it a night and watch a bit of Vanilla Sky.
The time was now 4 minutes past 3am and once again…. Joyce was right! I will now use her strange ability as a tool in developing more accurate client bids. She can sit in on meeting and at the end she'll be able to tell how long the shoot and edit will take like some sort of strange human calculator. Its brilliant!
Lighting:
Model:
AB800 Med Softbox at both 10:00 & 2:00. Full Power
AB800 Beauty Dish Boomed overhead. 1/4 power
Water:
AB800 Gridded Med Softbox at both 9:00 and 3:00. 3/4 Power
Late March, Colorado.
I was already using my camera with a macro lens. I looked up first to see two bucks suddenly appear at a ridge. They had recently shed their antlers and looked quite different from just a few days prior. They quickly moved down a path and I had no time to change my lens. So I just shot this photo of one of the two bucks with my macro lens!
Mule deer are found in North America, mostly west of the Missouri River and especially in the Rocky Mountain region. They are called mule deer because of the size and shape of their big ears. They have black-tipped tails and the bucks' antlers are bifurcated (vs. coming off one trunk as with white-tailed deer).
They are fascinating to watch run because they do so with all four feet coming down and rising up together, in pogo-stick fashion. Even the fawns run in this way. This form of running is also called stotting and pronking. This style allows them to move quickly and rise high over browse plants and shrubs. Impressive!
Prostrate or decumbent shrub, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec or Jan. Lateritic gravelly soils, shallow soils over granite.
Browsing landscpae to catch a bee or fly. Tried capturing but gosh they move so fast, one really need lot of practise to get that shot, may be some other time..
Browsing the irregular pop-up music stall that sometimes crops up on Middle Meadow Walk, as dusk fell
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA dear followers, I just upload all the pictures I get.. good and bad. I am not it to this views and faves game! if you want browse through this album and see which ones you like! thanks!
A potential buyer looking at some antiquarian prints in one of the many fascinating shops in Cecil Court, just off Charring Cross Road in London. This is 3 exposures with -1+ stops bracketing, then Photomatix for HDR and tonemapping, and finally Photoshop for the finishing touches.
Lady browsing some plants outside a corner shop, perhaps a nice plant as well as picking up the milk might help brighten Lockdown...
Lucky catch as I drove home from work.
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DON’T BULLY
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EINSTEIN'S MUSHROOM TRIP - Episode 1:
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Browsing photos from past holidays, I discovered this, from our travel in Amorgos, 4 years ago. "Wild beauty": these two words are the better to describe the island. Beautiful blue and white villages and flowers resisting the strong wind, beyond huge rocks over the sea.
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my Special Angel ♫ ♫ ♫
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"" Walking up the hill tonight
And you have closed your eyes
I wish I didn't have to make
All those mistakes and be wise
Please try to be patient
And know that I'm still learning
I'm sorry that you have to see
The strength inside me burning
Where are you my angel now
Don't you see me crying?
And I know that you can't do it all
But you can't say I'm not trying
I'm on my knees in front of him
But he doesn't seem to see me
But all his troubles on his mind
He's looking right through me
And I'm letting myself down
By satisfying you
And I wish that you could see
That I have my troubles too
Looking at you sleeping
I'm with the man I love
I'm sitting here weeping
While the hours pass so slow
And I know that in the morning
I'll have to let you go
And you'll be just a man
Once I used to know
And for these past few days
Someone I don't recognize
This isn't all my fault
When will you realize
Looking at you leaving, I'm looking for a sign..""..... (Marketa Irglova )
A pair of giraffes browse the bush for some late snacks as the sun sets in Chobe. Although hard to see in the dim light, the giraffe on the left is the male, with smooth ossicones, and his companion is female, with tufts of hair on hers.
We have a lot of snow in Quebec so this is a concept about it.
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ZOMBIE SUPERBOWL PARTY
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EINSTEIN'S MUSHROOM TRIP - Episode 1:
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THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE BIRD WHISPERER
- See the short version on Flickr:
DON’T BULLY
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CIVIL AIR PATROL:
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TNT: an AC/DC Cover
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LUNATIC
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Taming Light #17.
Deep in the depths these strange creatures of light feed on radiant filaments of green.
Well, that's what I can see. Perhaps you see something else? :)
For new viewers: These are light refraction patterns or 'caustics' formed by a light beam passing through a shaped and textured plastic form. Colour is added into the clear plastic which modifies the way the plastic hardens further enhancing the patterns.The pattern is captured directly on to 35mm film by removing the camera lens and putting the transparent object in its place. The processed film is digitally scanned for uploading. Please note these are not computer generated images but a true analogue of the way light is refracted by the objects I create.
View large to see the 'rainbow' refraction colours and the diffraction effects.
With her housework finished for the day, Elizabeth relaxes at her desk to catch up on the latest doll fashion news and plot her shopping choices at Penny Lane boutique tomorrow.
Stefan heads for a browse around the new fishing store. While there he is impressed with the new diving gear
Another Verticordia flowering yellow and turns red as it ages.
Shrub, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. green-yellow/red, Sep to Nov.
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